Calamity

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by Calamity 6y ago
True, but that ability to relate a certain feeling to an internal issue (e.g. thirst or hunger) is somewhat of a learnt behavior. It was part of the childhood ride that has now long been forgotten. This still, however, doesn't solve th
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by Calamity 6y ago
Although I understand what you're pointing at, I think you have focused too specifically on feeling or reason (i.e. thought). I am willing to go as far as to say that all our actions, thoughts and feelings are mechanical/predeterm
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by Calamity 6y ago
Maybe it is because I'm still not there yet, but I feel that there is a nugget of wisdom in here that I still can't wrap my head around completely. Is this pointing to the same idea behind "the chains of habit are too light t
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by Calamity 6y ago
Agree on the first part, but the second part doesn't seem as though it would practically work. Subreddits are the closest approximation and they still fall under a monolithic umbrella (and struggle to cope). Also, in terms of balance o
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by Calamity 6y ago
If you guys know where one could secure those types of put options, please fill me in. The only avenue atm for me seems to be a spread bet on margin... Which I'm not that keen on as "market irrational for longer than solvent"
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by Calamity 6y ago
I'm not sure I follow? If one year an apple costs 2 gold coins, but next year, that same apple costs only 1 gold coin - this would be deflation. I'm still trading gold coin(s) for an apple (fungible), it's just that the curre
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by Calamity 6y ago
I think your point was made and those who are actually listening have understood it ;) I think your analogy does a good job in conveying the point that deflationary =/= valuable. Almost ironically, having a deflationary system is somet
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by Calamity 6y ago
Your comment actually embodies one of the most ironic parts of this whole fiasco: Bitcoin, which is purported as the anti-fed/anti-government savior of the future world economy (maybe I'm exaggerating a bit, but I don't think
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by Calamity 6y ago
Yeh, well, that's what gets me the most about this. I can imagine the number of people jumping in on the bandwagon with money they can't afford to lose - and the pain that will inevitably ensue.
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by Calamity 6y ago
Smart move. They rake in the profits whether you're right or wrong. I've stock in something similar (plus500), but it makes an insignificant part of my overall portfolio. If you have a minute, feel free to PM a few that have caugh
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by Calamity 6y ago
It just non-stop amazes me. There might be some psychological defensive-bias at work here, but just in these replies to my original comment... it's predominantly pro-btc.
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by Calamity 6y ago
The thing that has surprised me the most with the current crypto-craze is the number of people that I consider generally quite rational/thoughtful who could nonetheless not resist the temptation to jump onto the bandwagon. I'm lef
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by Calamity 6y ago
I'm not too sure I caught what you said in that last sentence? Do you mean it is difficult to argue that authority figures act in bad faith despite there being substantial evidence for it?
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by Calamity 6y ago
hahaha, don't sweat it mate. I'm right along there with you. I was surrounded by people dropping buckets of cash for GPUs back at the dawn of deep learning and was therefore naturally tempted to buy Nvidia's stock price (30$
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by Calamity 6y ago
Wow, thanks for providing that link. It really amazes me to see how much we don't even realize we attribute to hindsight.
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by Calamity 6y ago
Out of curiosity, what's your total return with this approach if, at expiry, the stock price matches the strike price? In other words, how much are you making with the premiums you collect? I guess one issue with this approach is that
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by Calamity 6y ago
Hey, thanks for this, just did this. Will now just have to wait and see until Google suggests me a new youtube video to see if it worked.
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by Calamity 6y ago
You know the worst part? I do pay for YT Premium and yet Google still finds a way to throw ads at me on Youtube videos through videos it suggests via Google Feeds (the leftmost screen on a Pixel). I bloody pay for the service and yet I am s
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by Calamity 7y ago
Another reason why something like Sci-Hub is a public good despite its negative press.
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by Calamity 7y ago
Thanks for this interesting follow up post! :)
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by Calamity 7y ago
In my mind, Schrödinger's cat was an important thought experiment that pointed strongly in this direction. Whether it is just a limitation stemming from our current knowledge of physics or something else is still debatable.
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by Calamity 7y ago
yeh, exactly this. I've been on some pretty terrible "trips" (if you can call them that) while smoking weed. I don't know if I can call them hallucinations, but I definitely felt like I couldn't tell whether somethi
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by Calamity 7y ago
When I try and communicate to others this idea that death is actually truly a blessing, I generally begin by asking someone whether - if they really thought about it - they would choose to be immortal if given the option. The classic idea o
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by Calamity 7y ago
Have you ever watched "Mr. Nobody" (2009)? There's something about the scene where the main protagonist dies (the senior citizen living in the future) that resonates to the "haha, oh that's what it was all about!&qu
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by Calamity 7y ago
It was a little surreal to read your post. The "putting on a show to entertain myself" is essentially word for word how I would describe it. I generally have a hard time explaining it to others without starting to feel it's a
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by Calamity 7y ago
Unlike the "pseudo-random" number generators used in software everywhere, here we have a truly "random" number generator (at least with our current understanding of physics). Impossible to predict the next number - no ma
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by Calamity 7y ago
So is the ultimate goal here to have something highly annotated? I.e. instead of having programmers comment their code, you have them code their comments? I like the principle, but what you say are the limitations so far? What can it not do
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by Calamity 7y ago
I think there is a good chapter from "Business Adventures" where it talks about and describes some typical annual shareholder meetings - from the book, it seemed essentially to be lip service by the company. Your average sharehold
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by Calamity 7y ago
I think that is what the current US administration is trying to instigate at the end of the day.
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by Calamity 7y ago
Do you mean just being immersed in the language here rather than practicing/using it? In some sense though, I imagine that when you hear something in a foreign language, you are actively making links to sounds or words that you think i

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