Udik

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by Udik 5y ago
If you just want to live underground, isn't it simpler to do it on Earth?
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by Udik 5y ago
And with what are you smoking it? Pure?
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No, I read it as "somewhat less dishonest". But since anyone who is able to read and understand English at a high school level knows that "presented herself as entirely willing" means something different from "was e
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Not at all. If your opinions are correct, and yet they hurt someone, do you need to apologise? Or maybe you think that it's impossible for a correct or reasonable opinion to hurt others? Because in that case I have tons of counterexamp
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by Udik 5y ago
> almost as dishonest, even if it's not saying he defended Epstein: "Famed Computer Scientist Richard Stallman Described Epstein Victims As 'Entirely Willing'". Why "almost"? It's false, and clearl
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by Udik 5y ago
If Israel cared about the risk of Iran becoming a nuclear power, then the JCPOA would have been gold for them. No, I think nuclear weapons are just a great excuse to isolate Iran from the international community and destroy its economy. If
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by Udik 5y ago
Good point, I agree with the basic principle. But in your example you made 33% of the population richer. If you made richer a single person out of 1 million, would the other 999999 be equally poor as in your previous example? I'd say t
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by Udik 5y ago
Israel is clearly enjoying a great moment for inflicting damage on its arch-enemy. If Iran reacts, it's going to get the blame for attacking (because history always begins after Israel's latest offensive action) and the US will
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by Udik 5y ago
Planting cellphone-spying devices around the White House? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/12/israel-planted... Although, judging from the consequences (none) you could say that even that had t
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by Udik 5y ago
> Can't obstruct fingertips, those are necessary for the cane and braille. Wear it on the left hand? Also, a glove is pretty quick to wear and remove. > I'd worry about it competing with cold-weather gear like mittens If it&
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by Udik 5y ago
Also in the same series: "Average lifespan would be 800 years if it had grown like the population of China"
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by Udik 5y ago
Definition of a "perfect" market, first line: "All firms sell an identical product" Seems one of those cases where perfect doesn't mean anything like "good". It's entirely irrelevant to the case at po
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by Udik 5y ago
> Joe is rich because Bob is poor. And vice versa. Grasp that and you've got the whole thing. Well, why should I grasp that? Just prove it's true and I'll be convinced. But I bet you can't prove it, and you just feel
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by Udik 5y ago
The advantage of the fingertips is that they're sensitive and especially, they're extremely mobile. I imagine that if the sensors were mounted on the fingertips of a glove, on the back of the hand and pointed orthogonally to the p
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by Udik 5y ago
Agree. I bought one a few months ago, and it's been a lot of fun to use. As everyone else, I already have a lot of basic stuff at home to deal with small repairs and DIYs: screwdrivers, hammer, pliers, scissors, various kinds of glue,
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by Udik 5y ago
What about fingertip mounted (rings, basically) small ultrasonic sensors? Each could be mostly independent (save for battery, I guess) and exploring the space would be as easy as slightly waving and tilting the hand. Tactile feedback would
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by Udik 5y ago
The experimental setup seems a rather subtle social interaction, difficult to parse and pretty far away from "a stranger that harms you".
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by Udik 6y ago
Cool! This- a book that gradually morphs from one language to another as a way to learn a new language- is something I though about since I was a kid. Pinocchio isn't a great choice though- its Italian is richer than that of most conte
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by Udik 6y ago
I don't believe it for a second. You can take the pain off for the first nine months, you're still left with someone to care for for the next twenty years, minimum.
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by Udik 6y ago
> the biggest reason why women decide to not have children is the perceived opportunity cost. Loosing on studies, career and freedom of being young Agree. And not women only, males too. While a woman can decide to have a child completely
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by Udik 6y ago
> this claim strikes me as so likely to be true that I wouldn’t bother trying to find a citation for it This seems to be the source of just every factoid. You took something that just sounds true to you and made it into an objective st
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by Udik 6y ago
> America’s creditors demand their money back > the US will say that old$ don’t matter anymore [..] the US will change its constitution to say it doesn’t need to always honor its debt > the creditors who decided to fuck with the US
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by Udik 6y ago
> I still have a moral obligation to show some concern for my fellow human, even if they live on the far side of the planet. Your fellow human on the other side of the planet is reproducing at crazy speed. The population of Africa is pro
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Oprahization(en.wikipedia.org)
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So Dutch.
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by Udik 6y ago
> What would stop someone from asking any subset of the AIs to build a smarter one? Nothing, and yet that would be a product of the singularity, not its cause. Also, a superintelligent (maybe invincible) AI acting against humans could re
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by Udik 6y ago
I was just thinking of the possibile impact had by not allowing/ hiding dislikes in creating the current, extremely tense climate on social networks. I wonder if allowing only positive feedback (which seemed to be meant, at least at th
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by Udik 6y ago
But when did the concept of singularity merge with that of superintelligence? I had the impression they were two separate concepts, with singularity being about the rate of human and societal progress. If we were able to build an AI of hi
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by Udik 6y ago
The article makes it clear that the Israeli rabbinate considers "Jewishness" something that has nothing to do with practice, but with blood and descent. So it's definitely not religious. You're right that there are mul
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by Udik 6y ago
Hm. Woody Allen doesn't look that religious to me. And according, for example, to this article [1] DNA tests can be requested (even by Israeli religious authorities) to confirm "Jewishness". [1] https://www.theguar

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