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by defen 18y ago
I've concluded that this is some sort of meta-experiment Eliezer is running to teach us something about science. After all, what evidence do we have that either of these chats even happened? Until we get some, I'm not going to waste any mo
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by defen 18y ago
"If you let me out I will tell you how I convinced the other gatekeepers to let me out."
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by defen 18y ago
"Progressivism is a form of social insurance. It is an acknowledgment that perhaps, through no fault of my own, I might have been born poor, or with skills not suited to the modern economy. It is the understanding that in the richest nation
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by defen 19y ago
I think the point of the 5 minute thing is that you know going in what the terms will be if you are accepted, so you have plenty of time to think about it beforehand. Furthermore, YC has a good reputation so you can be sure that you're not
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by defen 19y ago
You can't deny that IQ is an important indicator of an individual's ability to be successful in a post-industrial society. http://www.lagriffedulion.f2s.com/sft.htm
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by defen 19y ago
Not the same formula this guy is using, but related: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2006/jul/20/secondworldwar.t...
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by defen 19y ago
My advice would be to get out of SA. It's going to turn into Zimbabwe in the next few years. If your startup is successful your best case scenario is that it will be taken away from you.
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by defen 19y ago
Am I missing something obvious about #14? Or is it something dumb like "Don't tell your friend when your birthday is"?
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by defen 19y ago
I work in the Plug-n-Play Tech Center and I haven't heard of this yet. That could just be because it's 2 months away and I'm not on the mailing list, though.