LeroyRaz

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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
I agree, how dull and uninspired. I'm very much with Paul Graham, who believes in the creation of wealth (as opposed to the extraction of money).
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
I feel like most hobbies are cheap or free: - Reading (libraries) - Exercising (e.g., running, hiking, swimming - depending on pool / beach access -, joining a group of friends who play basketball, etc...) - Playing video games (e.g.,
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
This article is wonderfully written. However I feel it makes a conceptual conflation. First it describes the Greek philosophies as being essentially self help. Following that logic it would seem stocisim is not a system of ethics at all, bu
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
This doesn't seem a fair analogy. Elon Musk is not being paid by the government, as I understand. The reason the manager flying around spending money to attend a downsizing meeting is gross is that the manager is spending company money
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
Your claim that good economicts "know there is no free lunch" is completely false, unsubstantiated and actively misleading. Many impressive economists believe there are policies that could massively improve the worlds economy, but
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
Protectionist polices can serve countries well. A lovely example is South Korea's entertainment industry (they prohibited displaying foreign cinema, and the resulting need to produce domestic cinema lead to them developing a strong and
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
I feel you must underestimate humans...
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
I don't this is a quaint or antiquated practice. Writing (preferably physically writing) and or typing long essay is extremely standard amoung certain Silicone Valley and Tech circles. Paul Graham is also one of its most vocal advocate
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
The article makes many good points: basic science research is immensely valuable, and society gets enormous (outsized) returns on this investment. However, I feel the implied argument: DOGE investigating science funding and talking about cu
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
Isn't the elephant in the room the social sciences though? Like a vast quantity of their research output is badly designed studies that don't replicate, and serve only to launder the authors ideology through a veneer of science. I
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
How does Julia compare to Python with Jax? I just love pythons ease of use, and the few times I've tried Julia it has felt clanky in comparison, and then Jax just makes everything so amazingly fast.
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
I read him as implicitly opining on the "solving" of political or economic systems. In doing so, he is making a false analogy. The analogy fails because the "solution" to a real world problem does not require solving the
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
I'm all for informing people. A lot of people (myself included) are generally pretty ignorant. As to traffic light systems: I think they should be transparent, and linked to easy-to-verify information. An example of a good food one is
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
I don't like the title. Complex dynamics often require simple solutions. E.g., a complex chaotic system can often be made simple by adding damping (a simple solution).
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
"No matter what you believe, I’m willing to bet you’ve been feeling a lot of outrage lately." Is it true that most people are feeling lots of outrage? Why? The vibe I get from the left is outrage. The vibe I get from the right is
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
I wouldn't trust the guardian. Their misrepsetation of Depp v. Heard was appalling and revealed that they have extreme ideological biases.
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
You can potentially rely on friends or family members to source such information (e.g., only one member of the household really needs to be checking the local group, etc...)
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
I'm not making a statement about palantir. The words "democracy, freedom of speech and gender equality" refer to the core tenants of west values.
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
Almost all cultures consider themselves to be superlative. The middle east considers itself the best. China consides itself the best. I have no problem with the west considering itself the best. And, tbh, democracy, freedom of speech, and g
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
What you describe (doing basic market analysis) is pretty much unrelated to 'rationality.' 'Rationality' hasn't really made any meaningful contributions to human knowledge or thinking. The things you describe, are a
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
How is it scientific? What do you mean by scientific?! Do you mean logical?
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
I mean, isn't the problem that they actually aren't that smart or rational. They're just a group of people who've built their identity around believing themselves to be smart... They're also not freethinkers. They&#
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
I think astral codex ten did a survey recently and the majority of respondents were politically left
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
I have a very different view. I think quality takes effort, and unless you are extremely gifted, or extremely practiced as a writer (i.e., you've done it professionally for years) what you write as a first draft is probably terrible. A
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
Personally, I love how Florida telivises it's court proceedings. I think it really strengthens the oversight and trust people can have in the judicial system.
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
A poorly conceived and generic article. If he has a malignancy (if), it is greed not fear. And with that fact clear, the whole article makes no sense.
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
I'm consfused. Is this an indefinite or a very temporary thing? The article says the move is part of a roughly 11 day pause in communication (till the first of Feb) but also describes the reviews as "suspended indefinitely"
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
"Adding to the worry: the Trump team appears to have deleted entire webpages about diversity programmes and diversity-related grants from the agency’s site."
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
This take seems to project a massive amount (of negative falsehood) onto Paul Graham's essay. As I read his essay, Paul Graham does not care one wit about the gender (trans or otherwise) of an individual. He is explicitly criticising t
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
Tiktok is obviously a massive national security risk, and I find it funny people don't see that. It is extremely well established that propaganda has great value, and so allowing a foreign adversary the capacity to potentially control

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