Tomminn

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by Tomminn 9y ago
Disagree with your view of the essay, but your anecdote is interesting. I learned something from analyzing the anecdote with inappropriate sincerity. Why- of their own free will- would each economist offer $20,000 to eat the turd? There can
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Most bad decisions find their origin in either relying to heavily on ones own thoughts, or not sufficiently trusting them. Having a good meta-instinct for knowing when to cede to conventional wisdom and when to trust your own instincts is l
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I think the definition implicitly described in that book is "Quality is the ability to satisfy the innately messy human value function". Which I think is a pretty okay definition. Though it's a better definition for beauty.
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Groundbreaking study says people socially connected enough to have a hookup are more likely to be socially connected enough to have a hookup.
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This is crazy. "You're wasting literally tens of kilobytes on that narcissistic two line bio of yours young man. Moderator! Moderator! Please delete this."
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This at first made me angry, but on reflection I think you're basically right. I think it's because modern academia lacks the slack in the system that is necessary to solve these kinds of problems.
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The 18% transformation is associated with the change in risk due to a serving of coke every day for a decade . Option b) is correct.
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A serving is ~3/4 of a can.
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Rule of thumb- if something has been in our evolutionary environment for eons, it's not something you need to worry about.
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Wow. A small step but this shit is starting to get real.
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Pilot wave just moves the quantum magic/weirdness/conspiracy to a particle whose trajectory we cant see, that "rides" the pilot wave in a manner that grossly violates our notions of cause and effect. Under pilot wave the
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Pilot wave theory is actually a small change to the mathematical model in QM, but it is one which never affects anything that you can measure in the lab. It is correct to say that all interpretations lead to the same predictions, but not ac
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Absolutely- the air con is essential. Good air quality and a comfortable temperature is hard to get any other way. So the car would need to be at least a hybrid.
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The physical thing. If living in something the size of a large car could be made comfortable, easy and inconspicuous, I suspect the market would be large with your prototypical cash poor/experience rich millennials who might (aspire to
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There is no reason only Tesla could do this. Minimalist campers are a huge growth market. It has that classic characteristic of a good start up market- people want the solution so badly, they badly hack their own.
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To a first order approximation, every $3500 he donates the against malaria foundation would save a life. I'm all for Jeff Bezos operating as a more ethical businessman. And you can criticize him for that till the cows come home with no
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That is my point. You, on the other hand, are someone who has to deal with actual downside risk.
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I remember talking to a friend, who was stressed about the risk in her next career move, and I said: "Realistically, the worst case scenario is that you have to move back in with your parents for a while, and I'm pretty sure they&
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Never assume mathematicians can see past their little definition/lemma/theorem games to solve actual problems where those definitions/lemmas/theorems are "obviously" applicable. Some can, but a surprising numbe
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In my disciplined days I used to have coffee/caffeine only on weekdays. Cannot recommend this protocol strongly enough. Mondays are amazing because the two-day detox is enough to resensitize you to caffeine.
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Parent probably means chewable or vaporized nicotine.
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Do you sleep well? I ask because almost every person I talk to who "has no problems drinking coffee before bed" also happens to have chronic sleeping issues, including me, five or so years ago.
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Are humans to scientifically illiterate to justify having a Nobel Prizes for science? ...
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I've seen this a bunch of times on hn. Each time I read a little more and notice/learn something new. I'll be the first to point out his flaws, but goddam Steve Jobs was a smart guy. It amazes how much he knew exactly what h
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He also said "You never get your wants, you only get your needs". Same idea- the wants always slide. The only thing that doesn't slide is the needs. It actually surprised me learning later in life that Tony Robbins is not the
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For a few years at the beginning of my PhD, when I typed 'f' into the URL bar of my browser, www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/III_toc.html was the autocomplete instead of www.facebook.com. They are genuinely amazing once you h
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This would've been a great initiative if it started 15 years ago. At the moment, I think changing traffic systems in ways that are less accessible for self-driving cars is short-sighted.
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Makes total sense to opt out on top. I'm surprised more chefs don't do the same. If people say that "it's not the same" after a few years, you can make a come-back with all the free PR that entails.
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It's funny. I have a philosophy that work at its core should be viewed a generous act for society so work-wise that's all I've cared about doing for years. And yet, I've found it hard to actually contribute positive tang
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Aren't you worried that incorporation is a consequence of successful entrepreneurship rather than a predictor?

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