Moodles

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by Moodles 8y ago
As I said, we are just disagreeing on the definition of hawk.
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by Moodles 8y ago
No, I think we're disagreeing. Look at the link I made in my original post. By definition, hawks are ones that don't get on well with each other.
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by Moodles 8y ago
Probably disagreeing over the meaning of hawk then.
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by Moodles 8y ago
This seems like the hawks and doves Nash equilibrium in game theory: http://college.holycross.edu/faculty/kprestwi/behavior/ESS/H... On one hand you want some doves because they work together well and so
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by Moodles 8y ago
Please explain, in detail.
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by Moodles 8y ago
Other headlines I have read: "What could blockchain do for music?" "Blockchain - the future of healthcare?" "De Beers turns to blockchain to guarantee diamond purity" "Blockchain Technology Is Becoming Cru
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by Moodles 8y ago
This is pretty much how all projects and headlines about blockchain are created. X could be: the music industry, healthcare, space, pornography, universities, protecting your art, tracking your bananas in Laos or buying your weed. Those are
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by Moodles 8y ago
We can even generate bullshit CS papers (and get them accepted into some unscrupulous journals) now! https://pdos.csail.mit.edu/archive/scigen/
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by Moodles 8y ago
Proof of stake has issues too I believe, such as the big getting bigger, "not at stake", etc. I agree it's a shame the work in bitcoin etc is useless for everything besides securing the blockchain, though.
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Zimbabwe election unrest turns deadly as army opens fire on protesters(theguardian.com)
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Tommy Robinson bailed after Court of Appeal win(bbc.co.uk)
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by Moodles 8y ago
I agree that those sorts of cases are very hard to deal with. However, I think the "fake news" the MPs are trying to combat is actually really trivial stuff that pretty much nobody on HN would pay attention to. Stuff like: "Y
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by Moodles 8y ago
What are you trying to tell me? I'm just saying that my opinion is that I doubt this is some establishment conspiracy to make voters vote for them. I think the MPs are probably just trying to get rid of fake news right now. I certainly
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by Moodles 8y ago
It's not as hard as you're making out I think. If people have access to Facebook, they have access to other websites and sources of information to crosscheck any fake news.
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by Moodles 8y ago
Yes, I am for food being labelled correctly.
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by Moodles 8y ago
I'm not sure if it's a "blatant attack on alternative news sites". I think probably people actually have good intentions here rather than some establishment conspiracy. I'm not convinced that regulating social media
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by Moodles 8y ago
Perhaps you are right that the most effective long-term way to stop the masses believing bullshit and eating shitty food is by forcing the companies to do something about it, rather than teaching kids to think and look after themselves. I h
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by Moodles 8y ago
But I don't think it's that hard or time consuming to fact check the news you read. Some people don't have the skills, yeah, which is why we should focus on teaching them critical thinking. That's not an argument for not
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by Moodles 8y ago
But I think teaching kids to read the label on their food is a good idea...
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by Moodles 8y ago
Is anyone else disheartened by the fact that the discussion on "fake news" has focused around e.g. regulating social media, rather than just teaching people basic critical thinking skills?
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by Moodles 8y ago
What point are you trying to make to me?
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by Moodles 8y ago
Let's hold on a sec because the discussion glossed over this. Are we all just accepting that it's normal for it to be harder for you to get a job because of your skin and gender? That's pretty outrageous and sad.
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by Moodles 8y ago
Hah, it's interesting to see my comment cause some controversy on HN :-) I'm not saying social scientists are pro-Stalian or other suggested nonsense in some comments. I'm merely saying that, compared to every other subject,
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by Moodles 8y ago
80% of humanities papers are never cited once. 80%. That. is. appalling. http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2014/04/23/aca... Social "science" is even more terrifying in my view. 25%
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by Moodles 8y ago
Yeah, I studied blockchains before for a job (some business person saying: "hey we should really look into blockchain, and AI, and Big Data, and IoT, because errr...") and I always felt stupid and like I didn't understand it.
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by Moodles 8y ago
Reminds me of this xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1227/
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by Moodles 8y ago
It's not likely to take off. Do you want pre-shared secrets and the expense of a quantum network to, in theory, have infinite security (in theory!), or are you okay with tried and tested RSA which gives you >1000000000 years securit
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by Moodles 8y ago
I'm so fed up with science and politics journalism.
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by Moodles 8y ago
Good point. Yeah, it seems impossible for tech in the UK to compete financially...
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by Moodles 8y ago
Not to mention that marginal tax in the UK is 40% income tax for 45k+ (45% over 150k) + 2% national insurance which is actually more marginal tax than SF, the highest taxed state in the US. Of course UK has the NHS fee healthcare, but if yo

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