Omnus

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by Omnus 8y ago
It is categorically different. If your memories of 1000 years ago gradually fade away, only that old version of you is "gone" (in present experiential sense). You and your family and friends have known you as a consistent "
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by Omnus 8y ago
Yes it's huge problem to face, but I never understood this response to immortality/transhumanism. The alternative is, as far as we know, eternal oblivion for you and everyone you love. That, as opposed to using our rationality a
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by Omnus 9y ago
This is a common sentiment that fails to take into account the fact that, once you DO exist, you have a desire to continue existing which you did not have prior to your existence.
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by Omnus 9y ago
Sure, but you have to balance the potential bad with the fact that humans have an inborn drive to continue existing, and that death has profoundly negative effects that induce unnecessary suffering. If Jeff Bezos was your son and he was af
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by Omnus 9y ago
What on Earth could you possibly mean by that? You'll magically make deep, abiding, social ties by riding a bicycle?
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by Omnus 9y ago
I don't know...most of the things described in the article are commonplace in Western society, aside from the family members preparing the corpse. He could have been describing any of a number funerals and deaths I've witnessed in
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by Omnus 9y ago
Not really. The absolute worst estimates for CT scans increasing your risk of fatal cancer is around 1 in every 2,000 scans. That statistic almost certainly isn't true, since we'd see skyrocketing cancer rates since the developmen
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by Omnus 9y ago
Same here - I got my first issue about 4 months late, and then never received the 2nd one, then the 3rd magically showed up on time.
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by Omnus 9y ago
I think as long as you keep track of who you're sharing with (maybe keep it to family, close friends who actually care about the children) it's really no different than emailing pics or breaking out wallet snapshots during parties
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by Omnus 9y ago
You "don't understand" how people can have a desire to share pictures of their children with friends and family members who care about them? No one cares that you "don't care what their kids ate today" - just
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by Omnus 9y ago
You're saying you would willingly destroy all of humanity? Or did I read that wrong?
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by Omnus 9y ago
Sure, just limit the types of programs to those that could be understood by an average programmer within 8 hours. This way, a human could solve the halting problem for a limited domain of programs, but there is still no general algorithm
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by Omnus 9y ago
I would love to see a study on coffee consumption's effect on time perception. Maybe it's a widespread phenomenon.
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by Omnus 10y ago
My original comment was not just about communication, so I'm not sure what bird calls have to do with any of this. Even so, it is unclear if birds actually have infinite use of finite means in the expressively meaningful way humans do
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by Omnus 10y ago
There is nothing "magical" about humans and the unique abilities we possess - I've never heard anyone intelligent argue that. If you're asking me if I would be swayed by compelling evidence, of course I would. As far as
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by Omnus 10y ago
Psychologists often assume that there is a special cognitive ability—a psychological secret sauce—that makes humans different from other animals. The list of candidates is long: tool use, cultural transmission, the ability to imagine the f
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by Omnus 11y ago
I'm sure "machine learning for MBAs" will be a thing very soon if the current trajectory holds. Using a scale of 1-10 to rate the "human-ness" of AI belies the complexity of the situation. Computers are already bet
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by Omnus 11y ago
Exactly right - the Turing test as it was originally conceived is very hard to implement (some argue impossible). To use the popular phrase, this is "not even wrong".
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by Omnus 11y ago
Well of course you didn't - the school's funding didn't depend on taking tests. That's the point of this whole discussion.
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by Omnus 11y ago
If you want to explicitly enter 16th notes, you have to make it obvious to StaffPad that that's what you want, otherwise it can interpret the lines as 8th or 32nd notes, or a combination of those depending on where the notes fall in th
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by Omnus 11y ago
It is a very cool piece of tech to be sure, but as a composer who has used notation programs almost daily for over a decade, this really doesn't solve any new problems, and it isn't anywhere near powerful enough for professionals
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by Omnus 11y ago
Look for recordings using the terms "period instruments", "historically informed performance" (HIP), or "early music". There are several ensembles, both orchestral and choral, that perform music in a historica
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by Omnus 11y ago
In addition, the article puts forth a commonly held (but false) notion that equal temperament destroys any sense of key color or identity, apart from pitch. That would be true if every instrument or voice sounded exactly the same throughou
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by Omnus 11y ago
People often take it as common knowledge that Visual Studio barely supports C. As of VS2015 almost all of the C99 standard is implemented, with a few corners missing, like tgmath. I am interested to see if this allows more C libraries to
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by Omnus 11y ago
Author here - I'll implement some of these suggestions and see if the extra space might allow for something a little more interesting. It's a pleasant surprise to see a pull request on this little thing.
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by Omnus 11y ago
Looks like it actually implements quite a few opcodes from Csound. A quick glance makes it seem well suited toward quick integration in existing projects, with a very small footprint and codebase. Could be good for experimentation or lear
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by Omnus 12y ago
It's sort of a double edged sword isn't it? You're right, the space is saturated with developers and games, but on the other hand, interest in indie games is at an all time high. I'm not sure it's true that it&#x2