aeternum

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by aeternum 3y ago
The issue is this doesn't look toward the future. With growth, the standard of living currently enjoyed by those in the US will look pitiful in 100 years. Any proponent of de-growth should spend a few years in countries like Sri Lanka
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by aeternum 3y ago
>On Saturday Musk responded to a random account with the username @Rainmaker1973 that tweeted that the unique biodiversity of Madagascar is the result of being isolated from other land masses for 88 million years, Is supposedly evidence
813.
by aeternum 3y ago
It's just word choice being used to influence reader perception. For example, simple "change" or even welcoming progressive ideas is perceived by other groups to be advocating for a new world order. Notice how you can also ca
814.
by aeternum 3y ago
Ridiculous take, travelling the world is cheaper and easier than ever. If you work hard you will likely be able to buy a ticket to visit the moon, something only a few humans have ever done. Starvation is at an all-time low, you have acces
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by aeternum 3y ago
Company size is hard to define and market share would require lengthy court battles to determine as markets are always changing and market share would have to be relitigated with every product release. Market cap could be interesting, but w
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by aeternum 3y ago
SF has rent control, why isn't it working?
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by aeternum 3y ago
How would you change the system so that it avoids market capture?
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by aeternum 3y ago
Capitalism has an answer for excess profits: competition. It works exceedingly well, better than anything else humans have invented to handle unexpected shortages and global supply chain issues. Governments should focus on ensuring that bus
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by aeternum 3y ago
Ok but what issues do you have with the argument itself / methodology? After all, Feynman was also a bongo-playing womanizing crank and single author on multiple papers.
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by aeternum 3y ago
One of the more recent papers in 2021 from that link seems to disprove the whole thing pretty convincingly by looking at temperature fluctuations during the Covid lull in global air traffic. https://www.sciencedirect.com/sci
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by aeternum 3y ago
New rivers can also form, and volcanoes create new fertile land. How much does the Mississippi spill into the ocean and why don't you consider that a massive waste of freshwater?
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by aeternum 3y ago
Except that the most successful companies have paid close attention to negative externalities. Ford Motors shortened the work week and paid workers a high wage at the cost of short-term profit. Cage-free chicken eggs and eco-friendly shoe&
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by aeternum 3y ago
Humans are also pretty notoriously bad at doing this. It's also very easy to be inspired by something then forget the source. Humans often perform reverse-attribution, where they later realize or someone else points out a similarity,
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by aeternum 3y ago
The difference seems to be in the level of fidelity of the copy. For example, we still attribute works to Socrates even though they were written down by Plato. Some of these LLMs can produce code that is nearly identical to some file in th
825.
by aeternum 3y ago
That doesn't quite work because almost all the algorithms humans and ai use are learned as data. IE Bayesian reasoning, long form multiplication and division, even the scientific method.
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by aeternum 3y ago
Yes but a peg alone doesn't mean that one currency can be on the way out. For example the pound was famously pegged right up until the day it wasn't: https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/08/geor
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by aeternum 3y ago
CEOs often us this excuse.. I'm not selling company stock, I'm just diversifying.
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by aeternum 3y ago
The replication crisis represents decent evidence that this kind of thing is still a major problem today.
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by aeternum 4y ago
No one seems to care about the nuclear radiation release from coal-fired plants.
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by aeternum 4y ago
That could help, and modifying landing fees might be a good way to do this. Currently I believe landing fees are proportional to size/weight which doesn't make a lot of sense since a small regional jet takes just as much space in
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by aeternum 4y ago
One major issue especially in the US is airport congestion. There are just too many flights operating out of too few commercial airports. This configuration would increase congestion as it means more flights needed to service the same num
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by aeternum 4y ago
Not really, the aircraft industry has been trying for 30+ years to remove lead from aviation fuel. It's incredibly difficult because of the wide variety of engines, the regulation involved, and the fact that failed engines can easily
833.
by aeternum 4y ago
The key assumption is that workers produce much of the company's profit. That is increasingly an incorrect assumption. There are now companies with zero employees, and I expect to see many more in the future. If a founder writes a hi
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by aeternum 4y ago
There has been conflicting info, but there's also a prediction market bet on it: https://manifold.markets/Mqrius/will-spacex-build-a-flame-tr...
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by aeternum 4y ago
SF monitors them, the problem is the board of supervisors is in on the take
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by aeternum 4y ago
>I think all the high valuations are money laundering Yes, but the same can be said of most of the art world, and that has survived for Millenia.
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by aeternum 4y ago
It's worth looking at what has worked in other countries, and there seem to be two solutions: 1) Go the Singapore/China route and make the penalty for both use and dealing extremely harsh. Often execution. 2) Go the Canada/N
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by aeternum 4y ago
I'd be willing to bet they'll have a proper flame trench for the next launch so this won't be a major issue going forward.
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by aeternum 4y ago
the algorithm is actually quite good but you need to give it signal. Most people prefer entertaining videos over educational videos. If that's what you tend to click, that's what it will show you. Entertaining is hard to resist,
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by aeternum 4y ago
People really can't predict what investments represent the bonfire vs. good investments, and even if they get that right, it's even harder to get the timing right. For example myspace vs. facebook, webvan vs. amazon vs. instacart.

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