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by csours 3y ago
"Our competitor is getting away with it"
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by csours 3y ago
Because the Middle East has oil money, and they know that the age of oil is coming to a close (or that there is some risk that it is coming to a close, same same, see also option pricing) and they want to mitigate the loss of income by inve
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by csours 3y ago
As the farmer said, "We'll see" https://impossiblehq.com/well-see/ (or google "we'll see story")
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by csours 3y ago
Evidence is something observable in the real world. Proof is something in your head.
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by csours 3y ago
Sure, and dumping mercury from your gold mine is cheap.
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by csours 3y ago
There's something related to this that I want to explore: Limits of rationality and human experience. Rationalists break things down with logical tools to a point where they can get an answer - they zoom in to specific problems. This i
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by csours 3y ago
Hah, probably not the traction, but they can change the wheel slip algo
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by csours 3y ago
So what are GPTs missing? I've got: - Falsifiability - am I saying something false? Some products have an output checker, but it's a bolt on at this time for unacceptable output, which is not the same thing as falsifying. - Agency
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by csours 3y ago
I invite you to play the metagame for agricultural exemptions
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by csours 3y ago
Makes me wonder how much it would take to do this for a city at something like 100 meter resolution.
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by csours 3y ago
This is diffuse reflection (rough), not specular like a mirror.
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by csours 3y ago
Not even 100 years later, and we're already arguing about what he was trying to say. You can read about the time and circumstances that Einstein grew up in, but you didn't experience it, so you will always be missing some essentia
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by csours 3y ago
> "At the California plant, workers heat limestone to 1,650 degrees Fahrenheit in a kiln powered by renewable electricity. Carbon dioxide is released from the limestone and pumped into a storage tank." Yes.
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by csours 3y ago
They could do better than bricks. They are making a component of mortar or concrete. This is already a construction material. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium_oxide
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by csours 3y ago
> Ranji’s exit was “not a result of any disagreement with the company’s independent auditors or any member of management on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or internal controls,” "I a
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by csours 3y ago
> Large organizations are made of "money saving entities". Working for a cost center vs. a profit center will make a huge difference in your professional life.
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by csours 3y ago
There is something about this that I'd like to be able to communicate better [0]: Organizations are made of teams. That sounds super obvious, but it means that any change request is going to go to a team (or teams). From the outside, i
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by csours 3y ago
This is a great answer to the question: Why don't they just .... The next stage of technology requires advancement in several areas - like gearing AND the shape and proportions of the blower. While you are experimenting, your solution
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by csours 3y ago
That has happened already in some cases. The cops just have to know the right number to call.
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by csours 3y ago
Magic - or - something that sounds science-y but probably is not possible. I call this one science fantasy because there are some big science gaps that are not filled in, so that the story can happen. It makes a better story, but it is not
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by csours 3y ago
If alternative forms of cognition are your jam, consider giving the Children of Time series a read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_Time_(novel) Note: I would consider this series science fantasy, not science
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by csours 3y ago
I have a doco change to make. I just need to paste it into the browser editor and do a PR. Can't do push or pr right now.
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by csours 3y ago
Oh this function is totally obvious to everyone on the team, no need to comment it. 30 years later: /* X systems I modul body I 14.09.1990 */ void xxvcda(int *addr, int sizeof)
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by csours 3y ago
Probably people he scambusted, or his associates have scambusted.
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by csours 3y ago
I was disappointed that the 7 untreated boards were not glued together.
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by csours 3y ago
Some of those dings are mandatory
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by csours 3y ago
Trucks are always getting bigger, so every so often they have to introduce the new 'smallest' one. Also obligatory mention of the chicken tax and the Hilux.
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by csours 3y ago
1. Negotiate lower purchase price. 2. Rent the depreciating asset to cover the cost of depreciation. 3. Insurance/financialization
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by csours 3y ago
Some might know this, but: Rental car companies make their money on re-sales. That is their margin. If the new equivalent drops in price, the margin is gone.
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by csours 3y ago
> Do you prefer medical interventions that never work? Are there medical interventions that never work - aside from bad faith hypotheticals? Even placebo works pretty often. The article under discussion is all about teasing apart confu

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