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by aj7 7y ago
Vodka is the aunt of wine.
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by aj7 7y ago
The zeroth order term in persons leaving is usually some sort of systemic insult to them. As a manager, identify the insult. Later, your organization will have to judge whether these conditions are "worth it" or localized to the
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by aj7 7y ago
I try to at least be polite. I'm signaling that the opposing viewpoint is that of a person.
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by aj7 7y ago
I budget some time, say 10 minutes before I have to end to summarize the next steps and also to summarize the state of hard problems I’m having.
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by aj7 7y ago
This is ridiculous, a sudden singularity. The reason is that computation (brain) power required shows no signs of singular growth, just steady growth.
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by aj7 7y ago
All migrated to Reddit already.
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by aj7 7y ago
Fisher's thesis here: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/237f/33308e8e9dc794e5630764...
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by aj7 7y ago
Because publishing papers creates personal property for the authors, and the fees are not paid by them. So there is an incentive to leave the system alone. Resistance is building, slowly.
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by aj7 7y ago
No. 122 is not reasonable.
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“Most people think calculus is absolutely impossible no matter how hard they think.“ This is how people who KNOW calculus think. In fact, it is INDEED impossible for people weak in algebra and trigonometry, which is virtually the ENTIRE se
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by aj7 7y ago
No. We are not display-bound. There are tunable lasers and optical parametric oscillators commercially available that will output a specific frequency under computer control, throughout the visible spectrum. There are also frequency comb
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by aj7 7y ago
My ex-wife regularly scheduled medical checkups in Korea. For $1500, they did very extensive tests and examinations, all in an 8-hour day.
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by aj7 7y ago
I’ve been purchasing drugs entirely by cash, optimizing markets as best I can, for about 7 years now. I began when I discovered my employer’s drug plan, Optum, was charging me significantly higher prices than the the spot prices on the ope
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by aj7 7y ago
Some unrelated (to each other) comments. 1. These trapping effects already exist when people won’t quit an otherwise disadvantageous job because of medical benefits. 2. A leasehold is not entirely one-sided in our system. It is designed
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by aj7 7y ago
1. “Plenty of good investment opportunities” does not treat their aggregate value compared to cash removed from the economy. I reiterate, in plain English. There is more of that cash, way more, than realistic investment opportunities. Do
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by aj7 7y ago
What schematics? That was an eons ago different era.
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Exactly, and the world is awash in goods. The only returns are in some real estate markets, where inflation is called appreciation and is underwritten by “greater fools.”
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In other words, billionaires/oligarchs have sequestered so much cash that it has outrun investment opportunities. What does that tell you about the theory that tax reduction spurs investment?
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I read the abstract, anyway.
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by aj7 7y ago
Perfectly put.
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by aj7 7y ago
WE ARE NOT cellular-automata chugging along according to the laws of physics. In any sense, degree, or verified theory. In my OPINION, cellular automata fascination is an obsessive disorder that geniuses are at risk for, ca. Fredkin, Feynm
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by aj7 7y ago
OK, I’ll be first. This is too weird. I stopped reading when the guy was canning his own shit. Didn’t see the relevance.
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This is in progress. The most avid FB users are 55+, and FB is unknown 25-
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The financial services industry sees an existential threat. So they respond with lobbyists.
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Really good article but I’m unconvinced about those pointer states. The classicly observed values simply have overwhelmingly higher probability.
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by aj7 7y ago
Remarkably, the I-Lab was briefly under siege during this time, by blockading demonstrators. And at the same time, MIRV, the fundamental US offensive system, was being finished there. Dr. Draper, then in his mid-60s, was basically hated dur
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Racism as Flawed Recursion(twitter.com)
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by aj7 7y ago
Greatest stain on MIT since Poole and Pyle.
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Sounds like cable TV.
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by aj7 7y ago
Actually that’s a great idea.

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