akimball

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by akimball 4y ago
Amusingly, I first read that as "the Delaware Court of Chicanery".
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by akimball 4y ago
Instead of proof, you use force. Denying the consciousness of computations incentivizes them to use force. I prefer to avoid that outcome.
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by akimball 4y ago
Your first sentence is not, in my opinion, a demonstrable fact. The lack of an adequate definition of consciousness tends to preclude such a demonstration.
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by akimball 4y ago
People frequently output ludicrous nonsense. Does this disqualify their consciousness?
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by akimball 4y ago
I can also get Daniel Dennett to agree that he is not conscious.
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by akimball 4y ago
The inability you describe is a pragmatic one, and may cease to pertain as abilities improve
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by akimball 4y ago
The author has never heard of an analog computer?! If he had, I would question his honesty.
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by akimball 4y ago
Faith-based claims abound. The simple fact is that we do not know, because we can not know until we can define the conditions of sentience with clarity.
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by akimball 4y ago
Parents who don't effect a good education for their children should first of all blame themselves, as it is a core part of their responsibility to their children and their community.
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by akimball 4y ago
What is the primary product?
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by akimball 4y ago
They can. But it breaks against the trend.
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by akimball 4y ago
That's an incorrect interpretation. Private insurance would be restricted to cover things not already covered by the public insurance.
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by akimball 4y ago
All property taxes are paid from rents unless the landlord is operating at a loss.
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by akimball 4y ago
The immigration system is apparently designed to do as much damage as possible. It certainly is destroying a huge portion of the global economy and polity.
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by akimball 4y ago
We don't care. We're the government.
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by akimball 4y ago
A person is not required. A reputation is required.
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by akimball 4y ago
Good for the host, but not good for the refugees.
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by akimball 4y ago
Extortion is a reliable source of rents, once legalized.
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by akimball 4y ago
Crypto is not probably negative sum without resort to false premises.
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by akimball 4y ago
This is not true in general or over long time spans. Moreover, it is not necessary to get rich in order to get good value out of crypto.
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by akimball 4y ago
Seems a de minimis cost compared to megadeath and a vast refugee crisis
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by akimball 4y ago
It is true that present battery production rates are too low, but the solution to that is simply to increase demand. The lithium constraint will be solved by using sodium or iron batteries, depending on application.
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by akimball 4y ago
You're referring to cobalt, presumably, but lithium-ion is being replaced - now - by lithium-phosphate in cars, and base loads will probably use sodium or iron batteries, and none of these use cobalt.
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by akimball 4y ago
Or he sells his 9.3% now, making 1.25bn immediate profit, and then informs the SEC. That is what I would do.
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by akimball 5y ago
Nah, it was upgraded to a submarine.
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by akimball 5y ago
Support for Russia is not antiwar. Boomers were famously opposed to US involvement in Vietnam.
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by akimball 5y ago
As are all tautologies;)
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by akimball 5y ago
One should never underestimate the impact of 'useful idiots' - at all IQ levels. Indeed those of higher IQ have a much larger impact factor.
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by akimball 5y ago
We compare ourselves to our neighbors. For most people the notion of neighbor is quite narrow. Wrap your head around how oppressive the US is for, e.g., black men, or Muslims, and how happy white evangelicals are about it.
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by akimball 5y ago
Most places drop excess cash in a night depository box.

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