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by afpx 4y ago
50 years from now, are we going to be using fission or fusion?
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by afpx 4y ago
There will be "professional writers" who will use these tools to enhance their creativity. And, there will be general writers who will use these tools to write better. I'm primarily a coder, and these tools open up immense po
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by afpx 4y ago
There's definitely skepticism around here. A lot of people here were around when the Satoshi paper came out. The hype began almost instantly - let's disrupt governments with a utopian free-market! Everyone will have an equal say!
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by afpx 4y ago
Apologies for the GPT hijack, but I've been having a lot of fun creating procedurally-generated scenes in blender using GPT Chat. For example "write code in python using blender libraries to create a scene that contains a procedur
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by afpx 4y ago
I think a lot of people in the US (and maybe most democratic countries) want China to become a democracy. So, when we see these protests, we feel like they're headed in that direction.
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by afpx 4y ago
opium wars?
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by afpx 4y ago
I think it's more about not being recognized for the amount of work that one puts, not necessarily the absolute (or relative) pay. How many times I've worked all-nighters to build core parts of a system, only to see the guy who ta
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by afpx 4y ago
primates get a rush when they see peers beaten down
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by afpx 4y ago
I disagree. If your data is going into a database to live forever, you should be careful what you say.
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by afpx 4y ago
How can this be? The world still seems flooded with cash, huge populations still aren’t industrialized and want development, there’s shortages of products and services in demand by middle classes. Why wouldn't this point to more growth
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by afpx 4y ago
I doubt his target market is HN users. He wants the youngest generation to get VR and grow up using it. Minecraft, Roblox, all the clones ... many billions of dollars. If you own the platform, even more. Then, when they hit adulthood, they
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by afpx 4y ago
At least some of the big companies used to do defensive hiring. Keep all the smart creative people busy so they can’t build competitors.
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by afpx 4y ago
“Science” currently incentivizes the wrong things. How do you change the incentives (back)?
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by afpx 4y ago
Unfortunately, the social credit industry already exists and is being used. Few companies will avoid using it in the future, because it will put them at a disadvantage. This needs to be remedied with legislation.
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by afpx 4y ago
Would it be ok if they warned that it's just for entertainment? I enjoy reading these types of articles, and in my next project, I was planning to do something similar.
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by afpx 4y ago
Yet, Amazon has over 13,000 open tech positions: https://www.amazon.jobs/en/landing_pages/tech-roles
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by afpx 4y ago
For real evidence of Humanity's cruelty: Read Pinker's "Better Angels". Luckily, we're trending upward.
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by afpx 4y ago
How do you know that the genetic component is missing in you? Were both of your parents failed musicians?
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by afpx 4y ago
Gives me flashbacks of high school Mensa meetings.
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by afpx 4y ago
The curve of his wins and losses over time will differ from those of the other top players, if he's cheating.
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by afpx 4y ago
Except few people ask why. And, that's frustrating. It reminds me one of my daughter's science shows. In an experiment, they hire an actor to repeat a nonsensical ritual in a waiting room. When new people come in, without being as
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by afpx 4y ago
Believe me, I'd love it if people cared for nature. But, people tend to choose having kids and keeping those kids out of poverty before they choose nature. And, having kids requires economic activity, unfortunately. I didn't creat
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by afpx 4y ago
Is Russia really a threat to Europe? From over here, it seems like they're struggling as it is. Or, do you mean after they control all of Ukraine's exports, Europe will buckle?
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by afpx 4y ago
These jobs allow something like 60-100M households escape poverty every year. That's a good thing for everyone (except the Earth).
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by afpx 4y ago
Not everyone that uses social media is a citizen of the USA. And, probably many more aren't even real people. But, regardless, if you're a real citizen of the USA, you'd approach this as with everything first amendment relate
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by afpx 4y ago
I always ask for competitive compensation. I definitely find uses (for helping others, like you say). But, if most companies are competitive, how do you decide which to pick?
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by afpx 4y ago
A lot of us have "enough money" that food and shelter became boring years ago. Diminishing returns happens pretty quickly. So, when money no longer matters as much, fun becomes pretty important.
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by afpx 4y ago
It feels worse than work, because at least at work I can automate all the manual, tedious stuff away.
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by afpx 4y ago
I've only been alive since the 70s. What was life like before the Fed created money? Was it better?
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by afpx 4y ago
A few years ago, I read The New Testament - a translation by David Bentley Hart (an Orthodox scholar). It’s more of an academic literal translation. I read it mainly just to educate myself. I was raised in a strict “no religion” family, an

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