ESRogs

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by ESRogs 6y ago
Down for me in Berkeley, California.
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by ESRogs 8y ago
If Google fixed dots-don't-matter, couldn't someone still sign up for Netflix with jameshfisher+netflix@gmail.com? If Netflix checks for + address duplicates, then that's not an issue. But you could still have the situation w
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by ESRogs 9y ago
Feelings get in the way of changing minds. Ignoring your own or your opponents' feelings doesn't make them go away. Take a look at the article. How is someone who is concerned about sex differences in representation going to feel
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by ESRogs 9y ago
> In the US, you die or your kids starve if you don’t have enough money. We do have https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supplemental_Nutrition_Assista...
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by ESRogs 9y ago
Collection of Eliezer essays: https://www.lesserwrong.com/rationality
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by ESRogs 10y ago
He really likes that skinned knee example.
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by ESRogs 10y ago
They'd probably answer, "With Haskell."
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by ESRogs 10y ago
Are you really asked to be a spokesman for seasteading? Or are you just pointing out that fellows will find themselves associated with it
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by ESRogs 11y ago
> When AlphaGo does lose, it seems to happen when outright bugs cause it to make moves that are readily recognizable as mistakes I'm not sure this is true. It made the wrong move at move 79 in game 4, but I'm not sure that shou
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by ESRogs 13y ago
You're right that it doesn't tell the whole story, but one of the major findings in the last century of psychology is that the one-number summary actually contains a surprising amount of information. "Mental tests may be desi
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by ESRogs 13y ago
While I'm sure a case could be made that IP protection is necessary in biotech, isn't the example you gave actually evidence of the the opposite -- that patents stifle innovation and research?