Double_Cast

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by Double_Cast 7y ago
I agree that using particular pronouns is low cost, but let's not pretend it's free. Language is a made-up protocol. A protocol is useful only to the degree that others use the same protocol. The topic is political precisely becau
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by Double_Cast 7y ago
Frankly, it's just a pattern I've observed from playing with numbers myself. I'm unsure how to explain it properly, and I have no academic sources to point toward. You can probably find a better explanation somewhere in an ar
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by Double_Cast 7y ago
/ (0) / \ 0 (1) / \ / \ 0 1 0 (1) = 011 = 3 (in decimal) a) Numeral Systems (e.g. ternary) are just trees, and specific numerals are just paths from root to leaf. b
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by Double_Cast 7y ago
(x^0) = (1) makes sense because lim{y -> 0} (x^y) = (1). E.g. (10^0.001) = (1.00230524...)
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by Double_Cast 7y ago
The problem is that there's different types of multiplication. The fact that multiplication over the Reals can be thought of as "iterated addition" is a consequence of commutativity. But mathematicians often generalize multip
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by Double_Cast 7y ago
Time preference is a comparison between the present and future. So the relevant factor is the time differential, rather than the value at any particular point in time. The relevant question is not "does a dollar bill represent at least
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by Double_Cast 7y ago
The value of monads is that they fold side-effects into the return values. dirty languages: input -> function_a -> output/input -> function_b -> output ^ ^
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by Double_Cast 7y ago
Monadic is a type-class. Like how Equatable is a type-class. Adapters essentially add a specific type to the type-class the client is looking for.
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by Double_Cast 7y ago
to be fair, i feel like the new entries in the DSM V are basically personality traits.
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by Double_Cast 7y ago
Another point of alignment is social protocols. The point of a protocol is commonality. "let's agree to disagree" isn't a solution.
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by Double_Cast 7y ago
"Seeing Like a State" discusses legibility vs illegibility, and how centralization incentivizes legibility. E.g. like how units of measurement were standardized in order to mitigate tax evasion.
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by Double_Cast 8y ago
Violence is about violation.
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by Double_Cast 8y ago
The insight that communication is inherently transactional explains a lot about advertising/media. Maybe others find it obvious. But it took me a long time to figure out explicitly and work out the ramifications.
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by Double_Cast 8y ago
Art is compression. The denser the data, the more meaningful/beautiful/elegant. "Meaningless but aesthetically pleasing" is just decor.
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by Double_Cast 8y ago
Thought experiment: Suppose you bet 100% of your bankroll every round. If at any point you lose a round, your bankroll is now $0. Any money you made from former rounds is for naught. Whoops. bankroll_final = (bankroll_initial)(round_1)(
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by Double_Cast 8y ago
Before youtube, he made a lot of videos for Khan Academy.
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by Double_Cast 8y ago
> There’s a lot to be said for building things that work, but “move slowly and steadily towards a goal” just doesn’t have the same ring. I'm reminded of one of my math professors. When a student asked him "How do I do this pr
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by Double_Cast 8y ago
I didn't learn music through Youtube. So unfortunately, I'm not familiar with any videos that I would consider comprehensive or canonical. At best, I can share videos that highlight a particular pattern, or share examples of popul
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by Double_Cast 8y ago
Frequencies : Music Theory :: Logic Gates : Computer Science. See my other comment.
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by Double_Cast 8y ago
The problem with the above explanation is that it starts at a lower level of abstraction than is warranted. Analogously, it explains MOSFET's rather than algorithms. The fundamental unit of Music Theory is the Interval (as in "fre
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by Double_Cast 9y ago
> why bring -isms to the study in the first place? The article isn't bringing "-isms" or ideologies into the article. The article intended to contrast the Modern West's economic system [0] with the Feudal System. But
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by Double_Cast 9y ago
Suppose the article had said "One small step for man, one big step for mankind." You are responding with the equivalent of "What about womankind? There are female engineers at NASA. Isn't the moon landing a big step for
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by Double_Cast 9y ago
I don't think the quote intended to imply that Capitalism propagated a myth. I think the quote intended to imply that the subject of the myth was Capitalism. E.g. suppose I said "One of bowling's most enduring myths is that w
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by Double_Cast 9y ago
So... do astronomers truly have no idea why the 9 polar cyclones don't combine? I can't imagine what mechanism might prevent this.
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by Double_Cast 9y ago
Philosophy divides the mystery of consciousness into two problems. The Soft Problem is "how does the brain compute things?". The Hard Problem is "how does qualia exist?". The Soft Problem is easy to imagine. Neuroscience
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by Double_Cast 9y ago
Also. Maybe meditate on the irony of citing wikipedia articles without reading them and then criticizing polemics.
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by Double_Cast 9y ago
The model is irrelevant to my point. E.g. Lab and Cieluv may become obsolete if it turns out that we can remap "the bindings between color and wavelength" in our brains as easily as "the bindings between color and wavelength&
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by Double_Cast 9y ago
You're assuming that yellow is permanently bound to a single particular wavelength. What if it's possible to rebind yellow to a different wavelength? What if it's possible to rebind purple to a single wavelength (rather than
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by Double_Cast 9y ago
The scientist, artist, and philosopher have contributed jack squat. Actually, that's wrong. The scientist has contributed the appearance of knowledge where none exists. I.e. a delusion. The delusion is that modern science understands c
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by Double_Cast 9y ago
Because this isn't about truth. This is about diction. You are using "a priori" in a non-standard way.

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