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811.
by drcode 7y ago
I'm not qualified to answer your question, but I'm guessing it'll boil down to "Bohmian mechanical interpretation is more mathematically complicated than the others. Therefore, even though it is the least counter-intuiti
812.
by drcode 7y ago
What is the meaning of the phrase "which branch you will end up in" given that MWI implies that all branches exist?
813.
by drcode 7y ago
My dad was an small-time advertising exec in Germany during the "Mad Men" era... being able to make unannounced visits to senior offices (with a ton of charm to pull it off) was a central part of his strategy for acquiring new cus
814.
by drcode 7y ago
I think this is true in most countries now, in that ATMs are more and more designed to just spit out a single denomination, which raises the statistical likelihood that any larger denomination note could be counterfeit.
815.
by drcode 7y ago
I would agree that ML is just statistics, but I also kind of think that a median approach to statistics in medicine are currently at an even poorer level of quality than the low bar set by typical ML, so there could be an improvement noneth
816.
by drcode 7y ago
I kind of agree- A rigorous solution to this problem would probably involve running large numbers of (human?) cell cultures with deep analysis fed through ML systems. i.e. we first need to have a full understanding of cell chemistry/ph
817.
by drcode 7y ago
Well, the hope I have (and OP probably as well) is that machine learning techniques properly applied to the raw data could uncover a lot of statistical errors in the historical literature, which could be both profitable and disruptive. ...
818.
by drcode 7y ago
You enjoy his incoherent free association of tech terms every time he speaks? Or is it just that the rest of us can't appreciate his genious-level ideas?
819.
by drcode 7y ago
Moderns trains are almost universally electric, for the simple reason that there's no need for a heavy battery: The rail mechanism itself can easily contain a power line, using technology that has existed since the 19th century.
820.
by drcode 7y ago
All languages are becoming Lisp, except for the added challenge of avoiding parentheses.
821.
by drcode 7y ago
It's simple: Zuck wants to do basic stuff on FB like have an easy link that lets people split a bar bill or have an easy link for buying into a bridal registry, and his lawyers keep telling him stuff like "don't do that or FB
822.
by drcode 7y ago
Please show us the Swiss law.
823.
by drcode 7y ago
Yes, but in the paragraph I quoted, it clearly implies that the network is already live and that some unnamed entity acting "on behalf of the association" is recruiting the founding members, so there is some time period being refe
824.
by drcode 7y ago
I'm not saying you're wrong, but can you provide a citation? Where does it concretely say that FB will not be in charge of the network when it first launches? The closest I can find is the lawyerly language written here [1] that s
825.
by drcode 7y ago
FB has written marketing materials saying that they would like to have less control over Libra, but it's very vague around timelines. Clearly, their incentives are to maintain as much control as possible while making generous statement
826.
by drcode 7y ago
> Facebook built this, yes, but they do not have full control Well, the Libra documents are vague about timelines and how/if they plan to move to a "permissionless" system- Instead of saying "they do not have full con
827.
by drcode 7y ago
Yeah, that's really what this is all about- Zuck probably keeps asking stuff "can't we just have a payment button right here in an FB baby shower announcement?" and his legal departments says "you can't do that
828.
by drcode 7y ago
OK, that's fair- It's still an awfully soft commitment to the project... they're not even part of the association yet.
829.
by drcode 7y ago
No worries, they're just gonna take a pic of your government ID and fingerprints for KYC requirements which are securely isolated in a vault in Switzerland where they will remain 100% safe, except in that rare instance where you need t
830.
by drcode 7y ago
I think the real PR disaster will come when FB tries to "square the circle" and explains exactly how they are gonna keep people's Libra transactions fully isolated through the Colibra foundation while simultaneously allowing
831.
by drcode 7y ago
> those companies are paying $10M to run a Libra node Please show me a citation of where is says concretely that Visa/Uber/etc have handed $10M to this project. The Libra project so far is just wishful thinking about things tha
832.
by drcode 7y ago
I'm sure Zuck & Visa signed an agreement that says "We agree to talk about some tech ideas and do some exploration under the name 'Libra' with no commitment from either party long term for anything." The talk ab
833.
by drcode 7y ago
Where is the Visa press release? Where is the Uber CEO interview on Libra? The Libra membership list is kind of meaningless, given that none of the partners seem to have any interest of promoting the project... mainly Zuck just asked these
834.
by drcode 7y ago
(disclosure: I also am long on cryptocurrency and ethereum) All the cryptocurrencies are greatly overvalued due to speculation. The main reasons the ethereum market cap is still lower is (1) everyone's still struggling to find good &qu
835.
by drcode 7y ago
If the state can't whitelist transactions, FB will likely not be permitted to launch this currency- The state has every incentive to block any banks from doing business with FB in that case, because they'll invoke terrorist financ
836.
by drcode 7y ago
A very insightful comment- These big companies have nothing to lose by signing up as a "partner" for the big press release, but have nothing to gain by helping facebook beyond the initial PR blitz and are either going to bow out o
837.
by drcode 7y ago
In the first release for 2020, it sounds like #corporatecoin will just be centrally run by one entity funded by FB- They "promise" in future versions to open it up to the full consortium.
838.
by drcode 7y ago
To deploy a smart contract in production, will I need to apply to be on the appropriate whitelist? If not, how do you prevent people from creating smart contracts that permit non-KYC wallets?
839.
by drcode 7y ago
The important question isn't what you or I will do, but what the 90% of people will do who don't care about privacy/oligopolies.
840.
by drcode 7y ago
Yeah, I'm going to guess #corporatecoin will die from a thousand regulatory papercuts, because they won't be able to prevent criminal activity without exerting draconian control over the payment network, and then it will be too in

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