bsedlm

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by bsedlm 4y ago
can anybody tell me what's f in this scenario? dy/dt = dx/dt + Ax is it the case that y = f(x,t)? thanks
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by bsedlm 4y ago
are you talking about hallucinogenic substances?
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by bsedlm 4y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31648981
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by bsedlm 4y ago
I think there's a larger point around the general notion of "spread of competency". the competency is not allowed to spread. there's a thick shroud of secrecy around how all this sophisticated technology comes about. Thi
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by bsedlm 4y ago
that's the same thing as asking people in europe to please do whatever they can to influence NATO's behavior... or asking somebody in Colombia to please help stop all that cocaine (or dunno) there's something deeply flawed in
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by bsedlm 4y ago
for that matter, unconditional anything is dangerous unconditional rationalism seem to lead to a meaningless life (i.e. the shitty kind of nihilism) unconditionally doing something because "rationality" demands it strikes me as me
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by bsedlm 4y ago
so you want bitcoin as non-fungible cash? isn't that a counter to the whole point of a cash-currency?
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by bsedlm 4y ago
I don't wanna be opted-in by default into any notification generated by any automated process. only when a fellow human clicks (i.e. directly triggers) one action (intended to call my attention) should I be interrupted with a full no
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by bsedlm 4y ago
why assume it's not intelligent? I think whether or not it's intelligent depends their actual goal
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by bsedlm 4y ago
familiarity is not the same thing as simplicity
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by bsedlm 4y ago
if the entirety of your being is the property of your employeer during "clock time" that don't seem like employemnt to me
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by bsedlm 4y ago
so the rights and freedoms are only protecting citizens from government oppression... if a private company does it, then it's fine cuz corporations are also free people. they're free people who somehow are getting to oppress and c
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by bsedlm 4y ago
it's supposed to be equal before the law... which it's not real in practice anywhere either. Usually one's networth changes the law, at least in Europe they're upfront about it.
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by bsedlm 4y ago
if all news are breaking news, then there are no breaking news
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by bsedlm 4y ago
I'd argue that while the current generation of nobles may in fact have done nothing much to earn them, they do have ancestors that fought bitterly, and in some cases quite sleazily, to earn and keep their privilege. the idea that &quot
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by bsedlm 4y ago
I want to make a computer runtime which doesn't execute the program but instead allows for a programmer to understand what's going on. a metacomputer of sorts; maybe epicomputer would be a better name?
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by bsedlm 4y ago
I disagree, I think even in this scenario the whole thing worked as intended. It's just rare for people to be this persistent. I'm supsect that when companies deal with other companies this kind of thing (this amount of persistenc
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by bsedlm 4y ago
> I was very impressed that this company so effectively neutered all staff that had any contact with customers. I'm fascinated by the separation of them who do something (the company's employees), them who run it (i.e. who te
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by bsedlm 4y ago
> For me, it only developed as a coping mechanism because I was unable to accept the world from a nonspiritual point of view. Yeah, I found that after some point, after I realized that a strict linguistic (formal) outlook was rigid and
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by bsedlm 4y ago
but whereas once upon a time one could find very good quality oil very easily. uranium has always had to be processed a lot to reach usable form. also, making oil into usable gas also yields (or used to yield?) lot's of very useful res
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by bsedlm 4y ago
in a collective way i.e. it's 'easy' for a individual (even a smallish similar group). But in society-scale? difficult.
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by bsedlm 4y ago
my mileage varies... but when ddg's results are useless, it's possible to add !g in any part of the query and it'll redirect (which for some reason forces me to refresh everyonce in a while before google's results appear
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by bsedlm 4y ago
to be fair, the paper has a funny tone, like an elaborate joke would have... I feel like he may deliver a punch-line at any point before I finish reading the paper and then I'd have to choose whether to burst out laughing or not
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by bsedlm 4y ago
having thought about this some more, I guess that no, the more fundamental notion should be sets. may I recommend this links to read up on the precise formal definition of ‘type’ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/typ
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by bsedlm 4y ago
This seems to be what's going on: Sets -[construct-into]-> Relations -[construct-into]-> Functions The 'destructive' definitions are a bit less common > the definitions of sets from functions and from relations are
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by bsedlm 4y ago
is category theory mathematics or computer science? (why not both?)
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by bsedlm 4y ago
relations are also defined in terms of sets: As a sets of pairs, e.g. an element of a set like {x ,{x,y}} is just the pair (x,y), a set of such pairs IS a relation. moreover, in terms of sets functions are a relation with some restrictions:
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by bsedlm 4y ago
I think it's time to elevate the function into the same status as the number. A number is ultimately founded on sets. A number is a most basic way to structure sets. Every number can be made out of pure sets (and later on, from tuples
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by bsedlm 4y ago
I really dislike this form of content. In this comment, I will tell you about this somewhat new way to write content on the internet. But first, I must explain to you what is the internet. The internet is a network of many computers in whic
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by bsedlm 4y ago
I have my suspicions that prior American governments intended (with full knowledge) for the cartels to get more powerful (by means of increasing corruption and letting only those kinds of crime-willing people to service the outlawed black m

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