briancaw2

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by briancaw2 13y ago
Sorry but right after you finish the basic probability coverage it stops making sense. -> In the case of the two envelopes the problem comes from the fact that there are an infinite number of possible amounts in the envelope. Right there
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by briancaw2 13y ago
No, quite the opposite unfortunately :(
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by briancaw2 13y ago
This is either way over my head or not at all clear. More explanation would be appreciated.
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by briancaw2 13y ago
I think the key assumption is there is a 50% chance of getting double and a 50% chance of getting half in the swap scenario. Once you pick an envelope initially the chance disappears; you can't parlay the chance into the new context.
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by briancaw2 13y ago
It could just be the case that everyone complains about their database and the HN crowd uses a lot of MongoDB. There's certainly more total MySql/MSSQL griping, whether or not gripers/users is higher for MongoDB isn't r
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by briancaw2 13y ago
Right, saying something is better because it's quality - absent price - is better than something else's quality is different than saying something is just plain old better (which it might be just because it's more expensive)
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by briancaw2 13y ago
I believe there's a good bit of psychological evidence that spending more money actually makes you perceive things as better.
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by briancaw2 13y ago
I would argue it's very unclear if it is in the best interest of everyone else. Immigrants send money home (out of our economy). Companies may produce more/cheaper, resulting in possibly lower prices. But maybe they just spend t
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Rolling Stone: The Geeks On The Front Lines(rollingstone.com)
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by briancaw2 13y ago
I never said they should be able to ignore the law and judge entirely based on their own good judgement. A single point of reference argument about people not having good enough judgement to abdicate (which relied on a case of abdication?)
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by briancaw2 13y ago
You're argument that entrusting certain officials with making good publicly known decisions "works really well right up until it fails really badly" based off of a weird GW parable has me scratching my head. And regarding sma
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by briancaw2 13y ago
I'd rather take my chances with a judge than nearly guaranteeing failure in the current system. We already do this with small-claims court I believe and to be honest I'm not sure of the differences between that and a court that w
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by briancaw2 13y ago
This problem is indicative of how screwed up our legal system is. Lawyers harass regular folks at-will as most people have no recourse (i.e. money to hire their own lawyer, or knowledge of the expanding and complicated laws). Two ways I ca
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by briancaw2 13y ago
"Banks require government insurance" doesn't mean they demand it, it means they need it or people won't trust them. Both banks and people demand the insurance, because without it everyone fails.
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by briancaw2 13y ago
http://www.slate.com/authors.troy_patterson.html
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by briancaw2 13y ago
Just because the government insures deposits to keep public trust in banks does not mean that it justifies banker's high wages. It's actually the opposite - the fact that bankers require government insurance 1) takes risk away fr
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by briancaw2 13y ago
Greenspan is saying that STEM workers shouldn't make more than other workers. The argument isn't for increasing worker supply from external sources in general, it's for targeting STEM for more visas. It's known that stu
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by briancaw2 13y ago
It's cute that the income inequality Alan Greenspan is worried about threatening capitalism is between regular engineers and everyone else, instead of between executives\owners and everyone else. Explains why I see so many documentari
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by briancaw2 13y ago
Adjusting to something like the "Blues" color scheme seems to make things a bit nicer. What I'm worried about is comprehension.
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by briancaw2 13y ago
OK, now cite where they think general intelligence is tomfoolery.
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by briancaw2 13y ago
Who would you consider the leading authority?
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by briancaw2 13y ago
I'll be candid with my sources - I took a class with Patrick Winston called The Human Intelligence Enterprise where we went over a history of AI ideas. Nowhere in that class did I get the impression that 'general intelligence&#x2
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by briancaw2 13y ago
Are we making great, amazing advances in pattern recognition, mechanical systems that very cleverly incorporate sensor feedback, and other novel areas? Sure. Are we making super-impressive progress in general intelligence. No. There&#x27
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by briancaw2 13y ago
Based on what? The only example we have of human intelligence is human intelligence, and we're still more or less at thinking-this-makes-neurons-here-light-up knowledge of how it all works.
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by briancaw2 13y ago
People greatly exaggerate the progress and inevitability of AI.
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by briancaw2 13y ago
I was off Facebook for a year and felt as free as you described. The problem is that girls use FB as a vetting tool. It's weird to not have FB and introduces a barrier to entry in the dating world (pun absolutely intended).
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by briancaw2 13y ago
The last time I went to a bar I went up to order a drink and all 6 20-somethings at the bar were on their iphones (that's 6 individuals, at a place of social gathering). The destruction of presence is more than just lack of eye contact
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by briancaw2 13y ago
It's not clear to me that a criticism that is unique to a gender is gender biased. Any person part of a group has things/actions that are unique to that group and criticizing based on those isn't necessarily biased. Re: pri
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by briancaw2 13y ago
If your landlord shows you your apartment at 2pm while everyone is at work (or only shows a model unit) and you move in and can hear every footstep your neighbor takes and your neighbors coughing in bed at night, there should be easier ways
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by briancaw2 13y ago
Im in Mountain View and I can tell you that at least half of the problem is shoddy construction. East Coast houses are made to keep out weather and West Coast houses are made not to hurt when they fall on you. And this issue is going to ma

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