Silverback_VII

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   by Silverback_VII 4y ago

   We do not know the end game of nukes. Whatever life is "saved" can easily be obliterated further down the line.
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   by Silverback_VII 4y ago

   Open-source should have speed up the evolution of new ideas and yet more often than not it's just keeping old proprietary software barely alive or duplicating it.
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   by Silverback_VII 4y ago

   I have seen it in many places. It's like you can watch the emergence of Orwell's Animal Farm in every human setting. A small fraction doing more and more, which in turn let the others do less and less.
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   by Silverback_VII 4y ago

   they are working together. supermemo.com is based on the same algorithm but is designed to be more mainstream (no advanced stuff like incremental reading & hard to make your own cards).You can buy high quality language courses there(no
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   by Silverback_VII 4y ago

   let's ask the developers of the open-source deepfake program what they think is an ethical use of their tool.
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   by Silverback_VII 4y ago

   >"To really understand something first you blindly memorize" Because of this sort of advice ppl equate memorization with "not understanding" and cramming. Never memorize things you don't understand.
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   by Silverback_VII 4y ago

   I will respond with another citation of the same author: "He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.” The brains who you use to achieve someone else's goal instead of using it to become what you truly are is somewhat w
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   by Silverback_VII 4y ago

   Memorization is powerful only if you memorize the right stuff like Machiavelli's Prince instead of a phone book. Incremental reading (supermemo 18) to dissect books is even better I think.
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   by Silverback_VII 4y ago

   there are only a limited amount of things you can memorize because your lifetime is also limited. Piotr Wozniak the creator of supermemo, the first spaced repetition program, talks about it on his site: https://supermemo.guru&#x
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    by Silverback_VII 4y ago

    who wants to be "the brains" behind something which is not of his own? Only your own cause and goal can generate the willpower and stamina necessary to ultimately create something great. As Nietzsche said: "He who cannot obey
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    by Silverback_VII 4y ago

    >"While this is true, it also isn’t helpful. Play the cards you have, not the cards you wish you had." certainly not, if you have bad cards it's better to bluff - What is there to lose? btw the best book on the subject is
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    by Silverback_VII 4y ago

    This "watching your own mind" seems problematic. Either your consciousness is disconnected from your brain(has a brain on its own) like a player playing a game and his virtual character or your mind creates a mirror of yourself so
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    by Silverback_VII 4y ago

    I would say no. Without outer space there is simply not enough space (and resources) anymore. Too much tension to solve the major issues...