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@sizzletron@noagendasocial.com does anyone have a source for this? can't find anything

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@pettter sure, just seems unusual to assume that a given book will promote X agenda, unless Pikkety is known for a propertyless stance...?

@pettter if you're worried by all books that don't promote a moneyless, propertyless society doesn't that limit your reading list somewhat?

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no one knows why the annual minting of the coin began, but it is believed to have been an offering to the market gods to ensure a healthy crop of alpha.
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This morning around #sunrise I saw this view looking #East (obviously) and it was worth delaying my departure to work for a few minutes to take in this beautiful scene. I particularly like how the vivid colour of the #orange, #pink and #yellow #clouds contrast with the #silhouette of the #trees in the foreground.

#MyWork #MyPhoto #CCBYSA #DSLR #Nikdon #D7000

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AI rant 

If I were to make a book about the most influential theorems of the 1900s, this would definitely make it in the book.

"Approximation by superpositions of a sigmoidal function"

The possible use of signal processing and control applications, is basically the same as deep learning. Later papers show that deep learning is even less limited. But think, all of modern computers and electronics, live in a subset of what machine learning can simulate.

api.semanticscholar.org/Corpus

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Interesting article from 2600 in 1985, extracted from their "best of" book, about a BBS that got raided by the cops.
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@verretor @smartbrain when you start with a false premise there are no ends to the hoops you will need to jump through to justify it. "Safe and effective" was treated like it was a fact from the start.

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Today’s Wisdumb 

If you buy an authors book directly from him, and not through Amazon, and pay a little extra to have it signed, they are very likely to answer your questions.
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