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   by Hoagy 7y ago

   Late to the party but does anybody know if this is connected to the findings a few weeks ago that this Quanta article is replying to? ( https://www.quantamagazine.org/no-dark-energy-no-chance-cosm... ) I know they are proposi
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   by Hoagy 8y ago

   I thought this initially as well: if there are many of each colour, and the only information is that there is at least one blue dot, how could this be new information to trigger the suicides? But this isn't correct. Let's say n =
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   by Hoagy 8y ago

   Wow, that is very counterintuitive.. I suppose you could set any threshold x, and play so that if the first number is bigger than x you stick, otherwise you switch. This would be strictly better than random (break even) if x is within the r
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   by Hoagy 8y ago

   Hah! New rule: only non-useless projects to be funded. Uselessness to be determined by investors on application for funds.
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   by Hoagy 8y ago

   Did they explain why?
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   Ask HN: Hub for links to educational documents?

   1 points by Hoagy 8y ago|1 comments
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   by Hoagy 9y ago

   I agree with this. I am surprised that rather than trying to define itself as journalistic, Google isn't trying to present itself as an archivist (I am unaware if this has any legal meaning). I wonder what would happen if an explicitly