RivieraKid

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by RivieraKid 2mo ago
I didn't imply that this is how I define UBI. Look at the exact wording I used.
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by RivieraKid 2mo ago
> UBI type system in place to pad the fall, people will bounce back and adapt when industries break down If you mean UBI that would allow anyone to stop working and live a modest life, that just doesn't work. UBI is essentially redi
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by RivieraKid 2mo ago
I meant basic financial independence. It gives you the option to live like someone who has the median wage forever, but without having to work. If you work, it's a bonus on top of the $40k you receive annually. Whatever happens, perh
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by RivieraKid 2mo ago
It's really hard for me to understand that people who have the chance to achieve basic financial independence (say $1M net worth) don't take that chance and make sure to stay financially independent forever. If you do that, you&#x
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by RivieraKid 3mo ago
> So abducting the leader of one country (against international law) and killing the leader of another country (against international law) is fine? Depends on the leader and the country. Abducting or killing Hitler would be fine. The pro
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by RivieraKid 3mo ago
The US is providing some help but less so than Europe and much less so than what Ukraine is contributing. And by saying "to the last Ukrainian" you're spreading a Russian-propaganda narrative. This slogan has been repeatedly
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by RivieraKid 3mo ago
You're not the bad guys, there's a huge difference between the attack vs Iran and the attack vs Ukraine. Iran is an authoritarian regime which repeatedly said that Israel should cease to exist, has killed tens of thousands of thei
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by RivieraKid 4mo ago
I've recently went into a rabbit hole of learning about Singapore. It's fascinating that you can transform a developing country into a country that's almost on the level of Switzerland in 60 years. I wonder what's the re
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by RivieraKid 4mo ago
> The crux if it is that if you ever break from "the universe can be fully expressed mathematically", you are stuck in the mud of supernatural beliefs. That's just not true. I've broken from "science can explain
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by RivieraKid 4mo ago
What specifically you mean by "manifestation of a bunch of chemical and electrical signals"? The brain is a system of physical particles. Why do I feel pain when the system is in state X but feel happy when it's in state Y? P
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by RivieraKid 4mo ago
Gist of the argument: If it was true, you can create extreme pain by running a program. You can run the program by simulating a CPU, using pen and paper for memory. So you're essentially claiming that some simulated being is in pain be
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by RivieraKid 4mo ago
Yes, we're stuck at the first step, defining consciousness. My definition, which I am confident to be "correct", is that consciousness is my current feelings, perceptions, thoughts - my state of mind and my ability to have st
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by RivieraKid 4mo ago
I assign probabilities of zero to all 3. Computer program being conscious leads to ridiculous and obviously false conclusions (think about a person running a program using pen and paper for memory).
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by RivieraKid 5mo ago
Yes, this is basically my only issue with SQLite. SQLite with a strict type system would be great.
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by RivieraKid 5mo ago
Blue Origin's tortoise slow-and-steady approach to development ia increasingly looking stupid.
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by RivieraKid 5mo ago
Science will never be able to properly even define the concept of consciousness because it's outside the scope of science. Consciousness is something that is used to observe the outer world and science essentially describes patterns
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by RivieraKid 6mo ago
Why not? How could it negatively affect my life?
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by RivieraKid 6mo ago
For example using nested .gitignore files vs using one root .gitignore file. I guess this principle is related to this one: Imagine the code as a graph with nodes and edges. The nodes should be grouped in a way that when you display the gra
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by RivieraKid 6mo ago
Not a law but a a design principle that I've found to be one of the most useful ones and also unknown: Structure code so that in an ideal case, removing a functionality should be as simple as deleting a directory or file.
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by RivieraKid 6mo ago
I have some of those too, to a limited extent. Not worried about inequality, at least not in the sense that AI would increase it, I'm expecting the opposite. Being intelligent will become less valuable than today, which will make the w
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by RivieraKid 6mo ago
Ok, so the answer is "they make the existing model worse to make it seem that the new model is good". I'm almost certain that this is not what's going on. It's hard to make the argument that the benefits outweigh th
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by RivieraKid 6mo ago
Really? I think it's pretty straightforward, at least for me - fear of AI replacing my profession and also fear that it will become harder to succeed with a side project.
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by RivieraKid 6mo ago
I don't get it. Why would they make the previous model worse before releasing an update?
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by RivieraKid 6mo ago
I 100% agree with this take, I find AI completely non-scary, especially in the sense that it's some kind of a conscious entity that will want to take over. I find these people almost delusional. It's a powerful tool, so it can be
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by RivieraKid 6mo ago
Messy in a way that would affect you?
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by RivieraKid 6mo ago
I've been increasingly "freaking out" since about 3 - 4 years ago and it seems that the pessimistic scenario is materializing. It looks like it will be over for software engineers in a not so distant future. In January 2025 I
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by RivieraKid 6mo ago
Whether you're excited depends on what do you do for living and how close you are to financial independence.
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by RivieraKid 7mo ago
That's a possible outcome. Another possibility is that AI will handle all of the thinking and problem solving part. So the market value of thinking will drop. The bottleneck will still be humans, but their input will be (1) doing physi
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by RivieraKid 7mo ago
> I don't see how this is the case if you're anything more than a junior engineer... it unlocks so many possibilities. I really don't understand this way of thinking. Don't you think that AI could replace senior engin
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by RivieraKid 7mo ago
If existing capital starts to generate excessive profits, more capital will be built, which will require human labor and will make the original capital less valuable.

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