bykovich2

9 ms·

1. 61.▲
   by bykovich2 9y ago

   Does this article really argue that the original study is wrong because chicken soup is a Jewish staple, or am I misreading it? Is that just a bad and long-form joke?
2. 62.▲
   by bykovich2 9y ago

   Non-Windows systems are also susceptible to zero-days and poor security. However, Linux systems are typically managed by the technically competent, and Macs constitute such a comparatively small share of the consumer market that the economi
3. 63.▲
   by bykovich2 9y ago

   I can appreciate that. I don't think that I'd agree with your conclusions, but I can understand the desire. Here's another question: how does an immortal AI seeing Sirius thousands of years after your death help you with this
4. 64.▲
   by bykovich2 9y ago

   How do you justify that definition of progress? And how do you draw a connection between "increasing efficiency in the modes of operation" and "good" (or even "desirable") -- if you do?
5. 65.▲
   by bykovich2 9y ago

   "Progress is good" is an implicative tautology -- the seeming obviousness of the statement relies on the fact that the term "progress" strongly implies "betterness." And it is, in fact, its applicability to any
6. 66.▲
   by bykovich2 9y ago

   What do you mean by "the utility function of the universe"?
7. 67.▲
   by bykovich2 9y ago

   I personally don't care about any of that. I'm not sure what I'd need to "escape" from. There's infinitely more than enough on Earth -- even a minute slice of Earth -- for one human qua human. Even the explorat