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The Conspiracy Test(theconspiracytest.org)
2 points by apienx 3y ago|4 comments
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by apienx 3y ago
Website where you take on the role of a detective for your brain. It's quite entertaining and was clearly made with love.
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by apienx 3y ago
Right. They started investigating iMessage a couple of months back. https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/6/23861030/imessage-bing-eur...
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by apienx 3y ago
Google ran a clever “Time for SMS to exit the chat” campaign some time ago. Might have helped precipitate this decision. https://youtu.be/N_B0riy__rw?si=C-gDkNbmb3MFyWao Telcos live in the Stone Age. A little disruption is
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by apienx 3y ago
These guys claim to see distinct “neural signatures” depending on whether n is >4 or =<4. They can see neurons misfiring for the larger numbers. Is it hard-coded in our brains? My guess is no. You can probably train brains to instantl
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by apienx 3y ago
This is super useful. Thanks for sharing!
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by apienx 3y ago
Globally, free speech is alive and kicking. Free speech is improving in China, India, Africa, etc. Slowly but surely. In Europe, there are setbacks. Burn enough embassies and the pragmatic Scandinavians will eventually ask you to stop burni
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by apienx 3y ago
Thinking is hard. Learning to change your opinions/beliefs is even harder. It takes deliberate and consistent practice to get better at these things (join your local Skeptics/Humanists group if interested). To quote Bertrand Russe
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by apienx 3y ago
I’d recommend this post by Manokhin. Quite insightful and helps get some perspective. https://archive.ph/YqPSC
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by apienx 3y ago
Startups that were propped up by “cheap money” are gonna fail faster now that interest rates are high(er). But there’s nothing to indicate a fundamental shift has occurred. The system, policies, and values that have led to the era of “cheap
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by apienx 3y ago
> It was pretty much a classic RMS talk, with a focus on Red Hat, artificial intelligence, and why kids don’t think free software is cool (hint: it has to do with wanting to be popular, which evidently was never an issue for Stallman). I
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Swedish paper reported that L’Huillier was lecturing when the announcement took place, and just proceeded with the lesson as if nothing happened. Kept their cool! https://www.dn.se/sverige/nobelpristagaren-anne-l-huilli
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“Ember” reading the “Speech” is uncanny territory. I’m impressed.
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One million dollars is what some states pay _per target_. Every major black hat group operates with the blessing of some state. It’s about more than just money. Actual exploits are probably traded for “favours” (e.g. votes in international
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by apienx 3y ago
“Here are some tips on how to make your shell scripts safer. Don't.“ https://sipb.mit.edu/doc/safe-shell/ I say this as a diehard shell fanatic. The closer to metal, the better. ;-)
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by apienx 3y ago
I can sort of see what the author is getting at. Learning to “let go” is hard is a learned skill. That said, “Control” has become a loaded term IMHO. If you believe that humans have some level of free will and agency, then it stands to reas
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by apienx 3y ago
“You can't defend. You can't protect. The only thing you can do is detect and respond.” -- Bruce Schneier
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by apienx 3y ago
Peter Schiff claims that the U.S. technically defaulted on is debt in 1971. Holders of Federal Reserve Notes were handed dollars instead of the promised gold.
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by apienx 3y ago
Glad you found what suits your microbiome. Note that our species probably wouldn’t have developed big brains without “cooking”.
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by apienx 3y ago
Awesome write-up and effort for a PoC! The problem it’s solving, however, is not immediately obvious. So here’s the relevant (albeit not-so-convincing) passage: > “but direct, vision-based interaction with soft silicone blobs embedded in
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by apienx 3y ago
It’s an option…for now. In 2016, India demonetized bills as low as 500 Rupees (the equivalent of $6). People died in the ensuing chaos, and the Supreme Court just that ruled in favor of the demonetisation.
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by apienx 3y ago
Essentially, money is a network of trust. Bitcoin is a network that enables trustless consensus. It provides tremendous value IMHO (along with opportunities to scam people). This news is about Binance being increasingly isolated. Mastercard
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“Those who will accuse us of irrationalism have an extremely narrow view of rationalism, a view that scientists have abandoned a long time ago. Ever since quantum mechanics came to be, and quantum mechanics is probably the greatest scientif
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by apienx 3y ago
“By 2016, only about 2% of the value transacted in Sweden was by cash, and only about 20% of retail transactions were in cash. Fewer than half of bank branches in the country conducted cash transactions.“ https://en.m.wikipedia.o
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by apienx 3y ago
Incremental progress at best. The editors at Science Magazine referred the paper to Science Advances (which generally has a pay-to-publish model).
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On average, there's a lot more trust than in the past. 1- Tribalism has been steadily declining. In the past, people tended to assume the worst (because of a more hostile environment). 2- Registries, ratings, scores, and other records
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by apienx 3y ago
I couldn't find any "influential" papers by him. Here's a fascinating read about Neil's scientific output. The graph at the bottom is quite informative. https://emilkirkegaard.dk/en/2022/09
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by apienx 3y ago
Fascinating app (and that's from someone who doesn't play games). I'd love a mode that's strictly geared towards character strengths. P.S. By the way, it's from 2021.
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FYI, the paper is published in Nature Physics, Impact Factor: 19. Nature proper had an Impact Factor of 64.
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by apienx 3y ago
Engineering is not limited to design optimization. I propose the following fundamental theorem instead: "Every problem has a solution".

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