Simon321

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by Simon321 5y ago
I argue it's very much in the interest of human beings. It has been since we first picked up a rock and used it has a hammer. It's the ultimate tool and has the potential to bring unseen prosperity.
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by Simon321 5y ago
Because it's badly defined and so it's unanswerable because what it means changes depending on who you ask.
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Peter Thiel’s Origin Story(nymag.com)
21 points by Simon321 5y ago|4 comments
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by Simon321 5y ago
To people recommending trades, there's nothing wrong with trades, but you can get more out of college than only a job. You can actually learn things that you wouldn't have learned otherwise. The environment also naturally stimulat
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by Simon321 5y ago
reeks of short-termism
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by Simon321 5y ago
A parameter in a neural network is more comparable to a synapse of which the brain has 100 trillion. And yes, we will get there too one day.
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by Simon321 5y ago
Great article. Nice insights on techne & metis.
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by Simon321 5y ago
This is false, computer performance has been doubling nearly every year. See for example https://www.top500.org/statistics/perfdevel/
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by Simon321 5y ago
What is the return like for Ycombinator?
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by Simon321 6y ago
As a person that also has ADHD, it's more than that. Being around people and working and talking with them directly stimulates me and keeps me focused.
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by Simon321 6y ago
Why is the conclusion always to regulate <technology> and not to regulate workplace surveillance for example?
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by Simon321 6y ago
A lot of people here define ADD differently, they say it's this or it's that. But the truth is ADD will manifest differently for each person. The core characteristic is being chronically understimulated. People with ADD have diffi
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by Simon321 6y ago
We can still vote, so they still need us. With the time freed up by AI we can become more informed voters.
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by Simon321 6y ago
Computer power is still growing exponentially without a doubt: https://www.top500.org/statistics/perfdevel/ Software efficiency seems to be exponential in many places as well: https://bits.blogs.nytimes
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by Simon321 6y ago
INTJ is 2.1% of the population https://personalitymax.com/personality-types/population-gend...
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by Simon321 6y ago
They will use eye tracking and foveated rendering to reduce the hardware requirements.
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by Simon321 6y ago
retired would be my guess if i see these huge salaries
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by Simon321 6y ago
Making goods and services cheaper is 'negative economic impact'? I'd argue the opposite. Greater productivity has been humanities goal ever since they first started sharpening rocks and sticks. I'd argue that it is desir
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by Simon321 6y ago
How typically cynical of human beings, a wondrous technology comes a long that can free mankind of tedious work and massively improve our lives, maybe even eliminate scarcity eventually and all people can think about is how it could be bad
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For Its Latest Trick, OpenAI’s GPT-3 Generates Images from Text Captions(syncedreview.com)
1 points by Simon321 6y ago|0 comments
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by Simon321 6y ago
His friend is only paying 30% also: Gross | Gross New | Net Delta | Total taxation 2000 €2600 €155 31.00% 3000 €3600 €262 38.00% 4000 €4600 €253 42.00% It is possible to pa
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by Simon321 6y ago
I did some calculations because it seemed strange to me. Gross | Gross New | Net Delta | Total taxation 2000 €2600 €155 31.00% 3000 €3600 €262 38.00% 4000 €4600 €253 42.00%
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by Simon321 6y ago
Confirmed this is correct with an online calculator. Strange, you'd expect it to go up with a lower wage and not down! EDIT: Ah, i figured it out: Gross | Gross New | Net Delta | Total taxation 2000 €2600 €155
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by Simon321 6y ago
A gross to net calculation of a gross salary of 4000€ to 4600€ adds 250€ net in Belgium btw. 100€ is an exaggeration.
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by Simon321 6y ago
And then Amazon bought it and turned it into their lumberyard engine. The rumor is it is one of the reason their game crucible bombed.
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by Simon321 6y ago
it doesn't scale down to zero and the startup time is too long
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by Simon321 6y ago
a few seconds apparently: https://thenewstack.io/comparison-aws-fargate-vs-google-clou...
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by Simon321 6y ago
This would be a 'local hidden variable' theory. According to wikipedia these have largely been ruled out: Most advocates of the hidden-variables idea believe that experiments have ruled out local hidden variables Source: https:
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by Simon321 6y ago
a lot of this is fear mongering
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by Simon321 6y ago
This would only be true if you allow your money to rot and don't do anything with it for 60 years. Inflation would eat into that a lot more in that scenario. Average inflation is roughly 3%. As others pointed out, equity returns are 5-

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