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by Xen9 2y ago
I believe there currently exists none because the problem has no real theoretical solution because almost no one has given it thought. Lots of "related" but information-wise not so useful texts exist on "how to do X" bu
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by Xen9 2y ago
I believe that it was my mistake to not to define the scope & assumptions of the problem of backing up rigorously because this has confused many commenters. I believe that any ransomware either (1) exists inside a backup and is thus rem
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by Xen9 2y ago
Assuming we want to store most-typically-incrementally mutating data in perpetuity, then TOH or a derivation probably provides optimal scheduling scheme. The question is which frequencies you give each "layer", what parameters def
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by Xen9 2y ago
We should define the problem as "wanting to store most-typically-incrementally mutating in perpetuity." I did not put all definitions & assumptions to the post because this is not an academic paper and most of it can be figure
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by Xen9 2y ago
This is the type of scheme that would be improved hugely by adapting IDF: instead of full copies he'd make the majority incremental or differential, saving time. I realized today that the mechanism, given multiple devices, where in an
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by Xen9 2y ago
In my philosophy, times would merely be various signal clocks. Time in this sense, then, will be the instantenous unit that relates one's environment-embedded consciousness' clockrate to the clockrate of the clock. Consequently, o
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by Xen9 2y ago
This is actually what I mean by that lots of "discussion" is repeating common sense hymns.
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Ask HN: Theory of Backups
10 points by Xen9 2y ago|21 comments
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by Xen9 2y ago
Money trees obey the jungle rules. --- I realized today that "hustling" is actually very irrational for normal person not only due to prospect theory but ALSO due to the fact that you are not investing in a business with known rev
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by Xen9 2y ago
I agree that politics complicate things, though at some point it becomes a question of courage and not legislative-political succintiveness. I am not sure if you opened the link I gave. It seems the budget in EU is particularly high. I don&
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by Xen9 2y ago
You are wrong. Industrually one can have one of these to work for perhaps 50 beds that go in a conveyor belt or a single large belt conveyor. One would then need only the small version. Hire an accoutant. Research where humans consume unusu
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by Xen9 2y ago
The disparity is not huge. It'd not cause a huge structural change, and the decreased jail time could cover part of expenses.
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by Xen9 2y ago
ALSO: Two neighbouring nuclear countries will not go to war, even the US might not want that.
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by Xen9 2y ago
One reason may be that they both have relatively stable authoritarian regimes. Both Putin & Xi can be expected to remain around at least five years, possibly few times longer. Consequently, bilateral cooperation is easier.
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by Xen9 2y ago
Targeting a nation's own web presence cannot capture as complete picture as IA. For example, discussions about minor languages that are vanishing are often English. In addition, IA does not only do archiving of the inernet; it's r
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by Xen9 2y ago
Perhaps I was wrong, thanks.
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by Xen9 2y ago
Raw genius, the site even looks "old" ... On related note, Internet Archive backup would probably cost between 20M and 60M USD. Many EU countries would have incentive to do this as public culture preservation projects. The archive
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by Xen9 2y ago
Hard drives are non-magnetic & remain readable with good microscope indefinitively. They ALSO allow one to use superior error correction algorithms at ease (analog EC being possible). There exists no obligation to "always mitigate
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by Xen9 2y ago
China has recently issued many joint statements with Russia, that show that they are in fact going to the opposite direction. For example: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/05/24/china-russia-join... In wh
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by Xen9 2y ago
I believe this is a reasonable reply. I also believe it's strange you get downvoted!
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by Xen9 2y ago
You seem generally well-read. Certainly, the typical contribution that your comments make to the Hacker News & the world around are much larger than mine. If you had an email / IRC other reachable address in your profile, I would p
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by Xen9 2y ago
Makes no economical sense, but arguably the right response to not only AI, but every thing.
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by Xen9 2y ago
Direct democracy with prediction markets would solve this because an idiot who votes for a project that fails would lose voting power, minimizing the issue.
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by Xen9 2y ago
I prefer to keep your statement as an open problem: but I stand behind my words.
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by Xen9 2y ago
I do not live in the US, but I believe that parity between US annual national prosecutorial funding and annual national public defense funding could alleviate the problem.
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by Xen9 2y ago
Differences in foundational understanding & unteachability of foundational research causes inevitably ton of confusion in texts on formal science ideas outside a known academic context. This text should not fascinate a programmer but cr
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by Xen9 2y ago
Tyranny of majority is of course possible! In general, parliaments will always have issues where there is no one representing them. For example privacy, encryptation, drug issues are commonly underrepresented here in Europe. This means for
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by Xen9 2y ago
From Monster Manual by Gary Gygaxale and David Ångströmson (TSR Inc., 1978), p. 61, in the section on etches: "An etch exists because of its own desires and the use of powerful and arcane magic. The etch passes from a state of humanity
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by Xen9 2y ago
In representative democracy there's little to stop the officials from passing laws to suppress opposition or passing laws to hide the fact that they are doing so. In direct democracy, even while you may be in majority in the issues tha
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by Xen9 2y ago
Slightly tangentially, there exists huge amount of immigration studies that have failed (intently or not) to take confounders into account :(

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