RevRal

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What Not To Write On Your Security Clearance Form(milk.com)
202 points by RevRal 16y ago|98 comments
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by RevRal 16y ago
It appears the print page can't be linked to. I've seen this in a few other places as well. Link to the "single page" instead: http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/articles/2010/06/...
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by RevRal 16y ago
I imagine the 3DS effect will look very similar to these: http://digital-photography-school.com/9-crazy-cross-eye-3d-p... , since each eye is receiving different images. Except with the 3DS you won't have to cross your eyes.
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by RevRal 16y ago
Okay, this an instance where I would like the downvoters to explain the downvoting. The submitter asked for "low-probability, high-impact" events. Cats destroying local ecosystems is a low-probability, high-impact event and perceived as to
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by RevRal 16y ago
>Running out of oil, which will in turn start a whole host of problems. It starts getting scary when oil production vs demand becomes disproportionate. Aka, peak oil. >Someone hacking the pentagon or whatever, and detonating all
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by RevRal 16y ago
Here you go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Can%27t_Happen_Here :)
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by RevRal 16y ago
Evil cats: http://www.exitmundi.nl/meow.htm ? I am posting this as an example of a "risk that is widely perceived as tolerable." Is it high risk? I think so, judging by all the other examples of non-native animals destroying parts of ecos
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by RevRal 16y ago
Sweet, that looks interesting. I have some friends in Vegas I haven't seen a while. Could be fun.
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by RevRal 16y ago
Sure, you can get by in life without having finished reading GEB. But to me, a life having not read GEB is not a life worth living.
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by RevRal 16y ago
I've been trying something new for the past couple of weeks that seems to be working pretty well: throughout the day, I disable my internet connection by hitting the wifi button on my laptop.
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by RevRal 16y ago
I very highly recommend the graphic novel The Incal by Jodorowsky and Mobius. After Dune fell through, the pair went on to use their Dune inspiration on an incredibly epic and beautiful story. Jodorowsky is known for his mysticism, the stor
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by RevRal 16y ago
Doesn't a black hole already have a huge surface area in space-time?
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by RevRal 16y ago
Thanks. I basically have this figured out, didn't see your comment until after. The first hint was when Fs popped up in the first digit, which would make the color pretty red, so I thought F might mean "red". Red is the last color on the
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by RevRal 16y ago
With no knowledge of how hex colors work, I'm going to see how long it takes to figure it out by playing this.
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How to turn a sphere inside out [video](video.google.com)
59 points by RevRal 16y ago|18 comments
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A series of lectures from Robert Sapolsky - Biology and Human Behavior [video](archive.org)
11 points by RevRal 16y ago|0 comments
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by RevRal 16y ago
As I said, every simulation within the context of this story would be looking into the future via the lower simulation. In this argument, every simulation would look into the future to see the lottery numbers, and would act out on this know
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by RevRal 16y ago
You're right, not much of anything. I can't even pinpoint what I thought was or was not ironic. But in my defense I was trying to stop the silly recursion jokes with a "halt" or risk a halting problem since every following joke would be u
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by RevRal 16y ago
Halt! Hammertime. (I'm conflicted by this thread. Ironic? Not ironic?)
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by RevRal 16y ago
In the context of this story, the simulation below you would also be looking into the future, and the simulation above would be looking at your future. Whatever "future" is seen has to be reflected in every simulation. This doesn't change
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by RevRal 16y ago
Calculating to heat death doesn't make a difference to the people in the simulation. So, it's not the same as terminating the simulation before completion. For instance, if calculating the simulation was paused for 100 years, then resumed
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The AI in a box boxes you(lesswrong.com)
2 points by RevRal 16y ago|0 comments
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by RevRal 16y ago
I hate to see fiction encouraging a deterministic model. I love to see fiction encouraging a deterministic model.
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by RevRal 16y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulated_reality http://www.simulation-argument.com/ http://urgrue.org/lib/mysterious-flow.html
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by RevRal 16y ago
You could create awesome feedback loops by making a very small change to something in the simulated universe, relative to how it is in your universe. Then the people in the simulation will make the same change too, but relative to the chang
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by RevRal 16y ago
#79 is my favorite so far. These are really creepy and keep giving me the chills. Going to pass these on to my friend so he can sample them into his music. Wow, these sound so transmundane.
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by RevRal 16y ago
Well wither me toes, I've been calling them micrometers my whole life. Thanks!
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by RevRal 16y ago
You know you're awesome when you bust out the micrometer to systematize the rendering of perfect french fries.
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by RevRal 16y ago
The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/pranav_mistry_the_thrillin... I haven't seen the one by Microsoft. I really recommend watching this, it's pretty intense.
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by RevRal 16y ago
>Numerous studies on dolphin language show signs of advanced intelligence, and it is believed that the high-frequency sounds dolphins make underwater are capable of communicating information that is holographic in nature. Chris Foresm

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