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by adamc 4y ago
exacerbates
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by adamc 4y ago
Yes, but I'd expect it's much lesser amounts. 80 gallons is a decent sized water heater.
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by adamc 4y ago
The discussion here is interesting. In general, I don't think either optimism or pessimism are the issue. Letting your feelings overwhelm data is the issue. It's fine to be optimistic so long as you can realistically assess when
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by adamc 4y ago
StackOverflow is kind of horrible. I keep waiting for someone to disrupt that market with a less awful product.
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by adamc 4y ago
There have been several cases where we said "only (modern) humans do ____", and it turns out to be false, e.g., "make tools". So if I have to guess... my guess would be, sure they did. They're just a variant of huma
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by adamc 4y ago
At that point, they would be risking nuclear reprisals.
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by adamc 4y ago
It's worse than that. They have limited storage and if they can't sell much of the oil, they have to turn the wells off. Problem there is that the oil will freeze in the winter, the pipes crack, and then it takes a lot of work and
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by adamc 4y ago
He has a book out I'm reading. Good so far: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-End-of-the-World-Is-Just-the-...
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by adamc 4y ago
People are nervous. It isn't clear to me that there is much in the short-term that can be done about it. The invasion of Ukraine and bad weather (likely a result of climate change), as well as various consequences of the pandemic, are
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by adamc 4y ago
Yes. I would rather not sugarcoat reality.
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by adamc 4y ago
You're missing the point. Sure, they have monopoly content (so does Netflix, etc.). But they don't have a monopoly on entertainment, and most (or many) people can easily be satisfied by competing content or even forms on entertain
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by adamc 4y ago
This. Sure, they have a monopoly on particular content, but I can certainly find other forms of entertainment. A small fraction of the audience may absolutely require Disney properties, but many people don't. Substitution is a real thi
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by adamc 4y ago
If you have to buy the course to get access to this, I am not sure it will matter. I watch lots of youtube videos, and I pay for courses from places like udemy, but... I don't see myself as converting the things I already pay a youtu
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by adamc 4y ago
Given that most of the emitted light is infrared, there would be other challenges.
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by adamc 4y ago
The Skunkworks book was OK. Lots of memorable anecdotes, but not nearly as well-written as Kidder's book.
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by adamc 4y ago
As less and less on the internet becomes worth reading, maybe we can leave the AIs to read and post to each other.
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by adamc 4y ago
Finished "The Soul of a New Machine". It's fantastic. It mostly takes place in 1978-1979, although the machine debuted in the first half of 1980.
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by adamc 4y ago
First, I think the reasonable null hypothesis -- the hypothesis that needs to be disproven if you want to claim something -- is that intelligence is unrelated to happiness. That's the weakest, most natural assumption. So I don't
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by adamc 4y ago
Google fiber isn't even available everywhere in Austin, a town they "came to" long ago. So... color me skeptical about the significance of this.
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by adamc 4y ago
Still digesting this, but part of what makes some of the smartest people smart is the ability to find an interesting, well-defined, problem in a vague question. Great mathematicians don't just solve such problems, they help formulate
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by adamc 4y ago
I don't think that would deliver a comparable education. Speaking as someone who majored in math, got a doctorate in anthropology, and later became a software engineer.
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by adamc 4y ago
You answered my question -- was looking for a little more context.
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by adamc 4y ago
Why do you think that is?
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by adamc 4y ago
You are describing a sort of cultural inflection point. It would be interesting to read more about that.
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by adamc 4y ago
It's fine to FU the administrations, but at public US institutions, a lot of the problem is declining state support for education. In 1970, the full cost of in-state students at the University of Texas was being paid by the state, IIRC
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by adamc 4y ago
1) Not for work-for-hire, no. 2) 70 years is too long.
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by adamc 4y ago
Then how is it that his heirs control the rights? Once in the public domain, it stays there.
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by adamc 4y ago
It won't change search. It will make it much harder for Google to offer gaming-related services and be perceived as credible.
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by adamc 4y ago
My ex and I had one of those. I think it might have been the last PC we bought without a video card... worked well (for its time), actually. I miss the days when there were more vendors and Computer Shopper was enormous. Ah well.
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by adamc 4y ago
The result of this will be that Google will be an anathema in the gaming space.

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