aneth4

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by aneth4 13y ago
So, the fact that I would speculate that the fundamental make-up of the cosmos might (not "must" as you mis-quote) be related to how consciousness is an emergent property of the cosmos is bizarre? I think your discounting of such
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by aneth4 13y ago
Stop the press. Device designed to record all of your behavior reveals what you are doing all the time.
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by aneth4 13y ago
Your implication is that a computer of sufficient power and proper programming can develop an illusion of self and qualia. Perhaps that is true, but it is far from "dull" or "known."
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by aneth4 13y ago
Presumably you mean not disproving quantum involvement in consciousness doesn't imply it's existence. That's far more than this snipey comment deserves in the way of response, but feel free to form a thought here.
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by aneth4 13y ago
I'm very interested in any theoretical connections between interactions of conscious beings and quantum physics. I've read a number of physicists discounting any such possibility, but it's clear to me nobody understands these
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by aneth4 13y ago
Well I'm all for that outside of safety, transparency, and abuse regulations.
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by aneth4 13y ago
Well, "liberalised" as a general term doesn't mean anything, so I wouldn't say I "don't understand" it. The language is ambiguous, but you may be correct on second thought.
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by aneth4 13y ago
I agree that a basic income may be the best solution to the decline in demand for labor. And I consider myself economically conservative. There is still much to be learned about the societal effect. Its something we need to consider as an
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by aneth4 13y ago
Ok - I guess it was just REALLY inept messaging after the acquisition, maybe mostly acquiring company's fault. How about: We've been acquired. Over the next 3 months we will be migrating customers and will notify you of any action
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by aneth4 13y ago
The site was updated to a somewhat better 2.5 weeks to shutdown. It now says "Not quite sure what we were thinking on that one!" How could a founder not think about what will happen to customers if they shut their servers down wit
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by aneth4 13y ago
> The entire reason for this acquisition was for the customers. That's just obviously not true. How does this acquisition in any way help customers? The resolution offered is to migrate manually to Redis Cloud, something customers c
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by aneth4 13y ago
Hope they spent at least $1M to try all four.
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by aneth4 13y ago
So they are aquiring a company composed of: 1) brand goodwill 2) customers 3) technology 4) employees Apparently the first two were not worth much and it was even more valuable to create significant negative reputation for Redis Cloud by da
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by aneth4 13y ago
Not really. Performance is far too subtle, subjective, and complex to judge on a linear scale. Poor performers often do well because they are lucky or good actors. Having used racets at times, I can say they are definitely more than a weird
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by aneth4 13y ago
Not to put down the designers here, but how many ways can you take a K and add an =, which is pretty much the symbol design of every modern currency....
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by aneth4 13y ago
I'm not sure this trend of IT's typography encoding making the introduction of new symbols difficult needs encouraging.
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by aneth4 13y ago
What exactly is the difference between a "shilling" and a "dollar"?
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by aneth4 13y ago
The worst part is the hypocracy... what Buckmaster claims about himself: "Possibly the only CEO ever described as anti-establishment, a communist, and a socialistic anarchist" http://www.craigslist.org/about/j
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by aneth4 13y ago
If you write too much code because your editor makes it easy, you're a bad programmer. Period. Good programmers detest redundant code and seek to reduce it regardless. Maybe this guy used too many code generators or something. Regardle
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by aneth4 13y ago
Why would you never take a bus, plane, or train? While the argument that privacy doesn't matter if you have nothing to hide is dangerous to make policy, certainly if you have nothing to hide, then there is nothing to gain by remaining
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by aneth4 13y ago
Chances US would extradite a Chinese dissident talking about CCP methods of oppression? Zero Chances Hong Kong will extradite Snowden? Very low I think.
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by aneth4 13y ago
In most cases, that's probably true. I'm not apologizing for all US policies.
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by aneth4 13y ago
Laws are not the same as ethics. It is not unethical to break the law unless the law is ethical.
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by aneth4 13y ago
I suppose we should extradite people to Iran for breaking Shariah too. This isn't American exceptionalism. Do you think China will extradite their military leaders for hacking US computers? Fat chance. If agents are caught in country b
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by aneth4 13y ago
This occurred to me, but assuming he hasn't been disappeared this would be too easy for him to deny leaking.
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by aneth4 13y ago
It is not illegal in the US to break Chinese law. In fact, it is the job of the NSA to gather intel, not to obey laws.
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by aneth4 13y ago
I certainly don't think every foot soldier should be deciding what needs to be secret or not. The definition of power is making these decisions. Those in power legitimately deserve some latitude to excercise that power. "Those in
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by aneth4 13y ago
As much as I'm glad NSA snooping came to light, I'm very uncomfortable with a rogue 20-something singlehandedly deciding issues of national defense. It is not enough simply that something be illegal. IMO, something must be highly
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by aneth4 13y ago
Not to be an apologist, but it seems like Apple's actions make a lot of sense. First of all, who posts meeting notes from meetings with top executives when given a heads up about upcoming products? NOBODY. Of course it's confident
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by aneth4 13y ago
The Prism leak also seems to have caused a series of severe thunderstorms in Bangkok. It's really been wet here.

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