MikkoFinell

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by MikkoFinell 8y ago
Describe the subjective process by which you decided whether to get up. Probably you just felt like it, or were coerced by your bladder. If you had a reason, then your actions are a product of that reason, which itself is part of a casual c
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by MikkoFinell 8y ago
Okay I accept your compatibilist definition that actions are done with free will despite being part of a causal chain. Congratulations, you won the language game, and can proceed to claim we agreed free will is real. You now have as much fr
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by MikkoFinell 8y ago
My argument wasn't considering the difference between having a thought and acting on it because I did not think it was an important distinction. Whatever mechanism there is that makes you act on some thoughts but not on others, that me
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by MikkoFinell 8y ago
In order to author your decisions, you'd first have to author the decision to author your decision, and so on. So you would need to decide what your next thought is going to be before your think it, as well as deciding what that thou
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by MikkoFinell 8y ago
> The "free will" question has centuries of ethical baggage attached to it that are critical to a functioning justice system, among other concerns. In that case the concept is detrimental to our justice system. Take away free w
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by MikkoFinell 8y ago
Well, since we are motivated by self preservation it might make sense to talk about blameworthiness when we figure out whether to lock you up or the person who threw you, or to cut out the brain tumor that caused you to suddenly become aggr
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by MikkoFinell 8y ago
Free will has been settled though, hasn't it? The best case for it these days seem to be a language game called "compatibilism" where you redefine free will to mean something vague about acting according to motivations, and w
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by MikkoFinell 8y ago
Wanna know how I'm 100% certain that your job and hobbies does not involve typing beyond casual chat messages?
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by MikkoFinell 8y ago
I agree. Moreover, it's obvious to me that an imperfect human pilot is worse than no human pilot at all.
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by MikkoFinell 8y ago
You're making it sound as if Tesla invented the phenomena of distracted drivers that cause traffic accidents.
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by MikkoFinell 8y ago
Lets change the marketing, then people won't die from car accidents anymore.
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by MikkoFinell 8y ago
Why not just program it in Rust if you want to guarantee that the system doesn't have any security vulnerabilities?
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by MikkoFinell 8y ago
"That is so sad and convicting. Great reminder for us all to put those phones down and engage with our kids more." I imagine a mother posting that comment on her phone, with a couple young children looking at her sadly in the back
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by MikkoFinell 8y ago
Trigger warning: Rust programmers should be careful about clicking the link. The article contains a controversial joke that might shock some readers.
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by MikkoFinell 8y ago
> The quote is a riff on what Max Planck, himself an eminent scientist said on the subject: Yes I'm familiar with the quote and of course it was obvious that you were referencing it. What's funny is that you seem to believe the
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by MikkoFinell 8y ago
> And that would mean that a younger generation of scientists would have to wait much longer before their ideas could be discussed without opposition from the established elders who see their pet theories attacked by these uppity youngst
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by MikkoFinell 8y ago
Yeah we can at last make some more progress in science, now that we're finally rid of Hawking.
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by MikkoFinell 8y ago
I will give your offspring a 90% chance to get in on the longevity escape velocity. You get around 50% depending on your current age and general health. If you are close to 40 years old, and have been neglecting your health, then you might
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by MikkoFinell 8y ago
> seize that market with unfair practices Please describe what you consider a fair practice to seize a market in general terms.
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by MikkoFinell 8y ago
> Not in my experience. I mean, people are people everywhere, but IMHO HN is exceptional is this regard; I see less of it here than almost anywhere else. As an experiment, go to some relevant thread and courteously imply you don't s
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by MikkoFinell 8y ago
> the ownership of your object (who is in charge of free-ing it) and the lifetime of the pointers that targets this object. (the whole ownership system & the borrow-checker) Having to bear the cognitive burden of making the lifetime
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by MikkoFinell 8y ago
Which information in particular is missing from the C type system in your opinion?
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by MikkoFinell 8y ago
People are actually claiming that Rust is more readable than C?
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by MikkoFinell 8y ago
Is AI defined as "mysterious future thinking computer"? Anything we figure out how to do seems to suddenly fall outside of the definition.
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by MikkoFinell 8y ago
Hah, could you imagine, someone saying they found a bug in a piece of Rust code? I haven't read the HN terms of service, but I'm guessing they you'd get banned pretty quick for something as egregious as that.
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by MikkoFinell 8y ago
What is it like?
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by MikkoFinell 8y ago
What do you mean by "intellectual value"? I find it interesting to watch combat sports, because it's like an experiment in human physique and psychology that reveals of what kind of self defense is actually effective and how
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by MikkoFinell 8y ago
Covered for linear algebra? Yes those videos have some nice visuals but the material is just scratching the surface.
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by MikkoFinell 8y ago
I would want to stop a human trying to turn everything into paperclips as well.
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by MikkoFinell 8y ago
I wonder if you would change your mind about that when you are being fed through the meatgrinder that turns you (and everything else) into paperclips.

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