Today, I explore patriarchy as a grammatical Sorites problem. What else is now? 🧐
As I think through the larger elements, I wanted to share a singular insight.
#philosophy #patriarchy #psychology #language #blog #podcast #grammar #society #heuristics #perspective #video #lenses
Last time, Thomas Nagel asked What's it like to be a bat? This time, I ask What's it like to be a human?
#philosophy #philosophyofmind #consciousness #subjectivity #interrsubjectivity #epistemology #language #intersubsectivity #heuristics #perception #blog #podcast #humanity
What does the ancient idea of karma have to do with Cuba and Palestine? More than you might think.
https://open.substack.com/pub/billhulet/p/what-is-karma?r=4ot1q2&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Learning about the Optimal Stopping problem from "Algorithms to Live By" by Brian Christian & Tom Griffiths.
How to maximize your odds of picking the absolute best option in a pool of size N:
1) Reject the first N/e options (approx 37%) to establish a strict benchmark.
2) Instantly commit to the very next option that outperforms that baseline.
Read more on the secretary problem math: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_problem
#Math #AlgorithmsToLiveBy #DecisionMaking #Heuristics
In defence of Sabine Hossenfelder, I posit that particles are not real or fundamental in any meaningful way. They are heuristic placeholders at best.
📕👉 https://www.amazon.com/Architecture-Encounter-Mediated-Philosophics-Monographs/dp/1972025031/
There is an underlying 'reality', but it is not material in any conventional manner. My thesis operates on scale-dependent mediation. Seeking peer reviews.
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Politiikasta-tiedeverkkolehdessä professori Harri Jalosen kriittisesti pohtiva 18.5.2026 artikkeli tekoälyn ja demokratian suhteista ja jännitteistä,
https://politiikasta.fi/tekoaly-demokratian-peilina/
#tekoaly #ai #llm #demokratia #democracy #algocracy #paatoksenteko #politiikka #politics #teknologia #technology #sovereignty #toimijuus #agency #vastuu #harkinta #laskenta #tieto #knowledge #information #data #heuristics #ulkoistaminen #neural_networks #human #control #iatrogenic #byrokratia #bureaucracy #algorithmic_bureaucracy
We present Elevator, the first binary translator that statically translates entire x86-64 executables to AArch64 without debug information, source code, or assumptions about code layout. Unlike existing systems, which rely on heuristics or runtime fallbacks to handle code-versus-data decoding errors, Elevator considers all possible interpretations of every byte and produces a separate translation for each feasible one ahead of time. Any byte may be interpreted as data, an opcode, or an opcode argument; we generate separate control flow paths for all interpretations, pruning only those leading to abnormal termination. Translations are built by composing code "tiles" automatically derived from a high-level description of the source ISA, yielding a nimble translation framework. The approach is deterministic and produces complete, self-contained binaries with no runtime component in the trusted code base. The principal cost is substantial code size expansion. The key benefit is that the output is the actual code that will run, enabling testing, validation, certification, and cryptographic signing prior to deployment, reducing risk compared to emulators or JIT compilers. We evaluate Elevator on a diverse corpus of real-world binaries, including the entire SPECint 2006 suite, demonstrating that static full-program binary translation can be both reliable and practical. Elevator achieves performance on par with or better than QEMU's user-mode JIT emulation.
Deterministic Fully-Static Whole-Binary Translation Without Heuristics
https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.08419
#HackerNews #Deterministic #Whole-Binary #Translation #Static #Analysis #Heuristics #ComputerScience
We present Elevator, the first binary translator that statically translates entire x86-64 executables to AArch64 without debug information, source code, or assumptions about code layout. Unlike existing systems, which rely on heuristics or runtime fallbacks to handle code-versus-data decoding errors, Elevator considers all possible interpretations of every byte and produces a separate translation for each feasible one ahead of time. Any byte may be interpreted as data, an opcode, or an opcode argument; we generate separate control flow paths for all interpretations, pruning only those leading to abnormal termination. Translations are built by composing code "tiles" automatically derived from a high-level description of the source ISA, yielding a nimble translation framework. The approach is deterministic and produces complete, self-contained binaries with no runtime component in the trusted code base. The principal cost is substantial code size expansion. The key benefit is that the output is the actual code that will run, enabling testing, validation, certification, and cryptographic signing prior to deployment, reducing risk compared to emulators or JIT compilers. We evaluate Elevator on a diverse corpus of real-world binaries, including the entire SPECint 2006 suite, demonstrating that static full-program binary translation can be both reliable and practical. Elevator achieves performance on par with or better than QEMU's user-mode JIT emulation.
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