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811.
by ColanR 7y ago
https://sci-hub.se/10.1126/science.aaw9486
812.
by ColanR 7y ago
15 years ago, conspiracy theorists were being asked to prove government spying. It's hard, and the coverup might leave only circumstantial evidence, but it doesn't mean its not true. Either way, if you're trying to provide a
813.
by ColanR 7y ago
> So long as our view of the internet is governed by opaque algorithms with no oversight, gaming them will be profitable. (as long as people can get away with it,) gaming them will be profitable.
814.
by ColanR 7y ago
I think that a government spokesperson should not be considered a reputable source when speaking on potential misdoings by the same government. Is there an independent source that can speak to the Plum Island claims?
815.
by ColanR 7y ago
This is called 'market cannibalization', when considered from the opposite perspective where amazon is competing with their customers. It's definitely considered bad for business, for precisely the reason that customers will
816.
by ColanR 7y ago
It does seem to me like Amazon worded that statement very carefully, and in a way that allowed for that kind of behavior to occur. Conversely, if they were not doing that kind of thing, they could have removed that ambiguity from what they
817.
To catch and reverse a quantum jump mid-flight(nature.com)
1 points by ColanR 7y ago|0 comments
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by ColanR 7y ago
No example images or demo site?
819.
by ColanR 7y ago
Edgewrite looks like the same kind of thing the old Palm Pilots used.
820.
by ColanR 7y ago
Nevertheless, it was an interesting tangent. Hadn't heard about that word usage previously.
821.
by ColanR 7y ago
How close do you think webrender is to landing in stable? I've not heard much about it before.
822.
by ColanR 7y ago
I wonder if it's still worth using, despite the outdated OS.
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by ColanR 7y ago
No. I'm saying that the effects of psilocybin claimed by Mckenna, and which are required for his theory, do not exist. Specifically, for example, psilocybin actually reduces vision, rather than improving it [1] : which invalidates Mck
824.
by ColanR 7y ago
> low doses of psilocybin improve visual acuity, particularly edge detection, meaning that the presence of psilocybin in the diet of early pack hunting primates caused the individuals who were consuming psilocybin mushrooms to be better
825.
by ColanR 7y ago
Saw that recently...it's cool, but there's no actual evidence that psilocybin has any of the positive evolutionary effects that Mckenna hypothesizes.
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What Is Not in Plan Nine (2012)(wiki.c2.com)
73 points by ColanR 7y ago|40 comments
827.
by ColanR 7y ago
> One limitation of that thought experiment is that it assumes defection is guaranteed to achieve a certain outcome. That's a premise, and it's what creates the dillema in the first place. > Furthermore, once you start playi
828.
by ColanR 7y ago
Even so, that idea merely expresses the hope that the prisoners can be educated out of their mistrust - which still seems like saying, 'the dillemma doesn't exist, if we fix the prisoners'. (for the sake of argument, it looks
829.
by ColanR 7y ago
It would be nice if we were all superrational, but that concept just explains away the entire problem of the prisoner's dillemma: the dilemma serves to highlight our mutual lack of trust, and superrationality simply says, 'what if
830.
by ColanR 7y ago
And sagemath.org.
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by ColanR 7y ago
Sadly, game theory bears out that observation. [1] Trust is difficult to cultivate. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner%27s_dilemma
832.
by ColanR 7y ago
My rule of thumb for buying laptops (since the mid 2000s) has been that compaq is the bottom-rung cheap brand that should always be avoided. Not sure their survival has been a good thing.
833.
by ColanR 7y ago
And they can also be found on the High Seas...
834.
by ColanR 7y ago
Seems like we would do well to find a way to implement some kind of certification process, like we do with engineers. [1] If you lose your certification if you write low-quality code, then (hopefully, if the certifiers have the processes in
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by ColanR 7y ago
Technically it's an 'easter egg'. [1] It's hard to think that the phrase is accidental (see upper left corner). If you want to poke fun at the other phrases in the list, be my guest, but you're not disproving the
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by ColanR 7y ago
The last few pages (49-53) were just a ton of references. It seemed like a meta review that could have done with more inline citations, but it had a very sizable bibliography.
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by ColanR 7y ago
It seemed fairly well sourced. Anything in particular you didn't like?
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Universal Basic Income – A Report for Unions [pdf](world-psi.org)
29 points by ColanR 7y ago|34 comments
839.
by ColanR 7y ago
Your advice to mail ahead your secure computer is not good. Mailed electronics are just as susceptible to search, if not more so, as what you keep with you. I think the reality we have to grapple with, regardless of rights violated, is that
840.
by ColanR 7y ago
If this comment is going to be downvoted and flagged, someone needs to step up and provide a reason. The source is a good one; there's nothing inflammatory in the tone of the comment, and facts are provided. Let's discuss these

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