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by dwaltrip 5y ago
Thank you! I will try those videos out.
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by dwaltrip 5y ago
Do you have any good resources / links for a beginner who wants to understand the fundamental theory behind chords, scales, etc? Especially in a way that lets me easily re-derive stuff and not memorize as much. E.g. I just learned from
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by dwaltrip 5y ago
You can’t become a billionaire living on a desert island by yourself. You need a high-functioning civilization for innovation and wealth creation. Those who contribute to wealth creation owe something to the civilization that enabled them t
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by dwaltrip 5y ago
The comment said “employees”, not “employers” :)
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by dwaltrip 5y ago
There isn’t a functional nation on this planet that doesn’t have a tax system. The “taxes are theft” argument is dead. And very boring at this point.
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by dwaltrip 5y ago
It’s a science and engineering problem.
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by dwaltrip 5y ago
Omicron does seems to be less severe. But don't forget deaths are a lagging indicator. They usually trail case counts by a few weeks.
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by dwaltrip 5y ago
To err is human. Don’t feel bad about it. You fixed it :) (I say this as someone who has a track record of being too hard on myself!)
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by dwaltrip 5y ago
From own your link: > [The] vaccines likely (and evidence shows they) still have great protection against severe disease; … This exactly what we were talking about above.
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by dwaltrip 5y ago
Thanks for sharing. I hope they feel better soon.
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by dwaltrip 5y ago
How old are they?
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by dwaltrip 5y ago
For crying out loud… Go look up the frickin statistics. The vaccines are very effective.
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by dwaltrip 5y ago
By saying “I don’t want to experience this every year” without any caveats, there is an implication we should do something to prevent it. Especially given the broader context of the pandemic thus far. Surely you can see how many readers mig
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by dwaltrip 5y ago
Pre-agricultural tribes could have had forms of wealth — an ornate spear or knife, a prized shawl, a special ceremonial bowl, etc — that they passed down. It seems quite likely to me that as soon as we started crafting and carrying things a
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by dwaltrip 5y ago
What? The article is about the word “debt”, not “debit”.
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by dwaltrip 5y ago
What point was she trying to make by highlighting any distinction?
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by dwaltrip 5y ago
We don't have the tools to measure the complex dynamics and factors that result in innovation.
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by dwaltrip 5y ago
> For starters, let's read as written: I didn't say beautuful. Fair, I didn’t mean to put words in your mouth. But I would argue that “less monotonous or plain” is not that different from “more beautiful”. I doubt you want rand
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by dwaltrip 5y ago
Ads making a city more beautiful…? How about some landscaping and art instead?
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by dwaltrip 5y ago
According to a survey from Pew, the number identifying as Christian is 63%. In 2007, the number was 78%. For some reason it though it was closer to 50. Although, 63% is slightly closer to 50% than 80%, which was the number in the comment ab
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by dwaltrip 5y ago
I think it’s down to around 50%, according to the latest surveys.
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by dwaltrip 5y ago
In your opinion, what would a world where we were 25% or 50% of the way towards AGI look like?
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by dwaltrip 5y ago
That is a nice way of putting it!
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by dwaltrip 5y ago
Huh, interesting. I haven’t heard that theory before. I’ll think about that / try to read about it.
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by dwaltrip 5y ago
I’m surprised at the amount of comments greatly downplaying the likelihood of AGI in the coming decades or saying that is impossible. The rate of progress is AI technologies seems absolutely incredible to me. Sure, there is tons of hype and
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by dwaltrip 5y ago
If civilization ever expands off-surface in a major way, then there may be strong economic incentives to use material from the asteroid belt. Humans are exploratory and expansionary creatures at our core, so barring catastrophe it is only a
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by dwaltrip 5y ago
It's possible to have ethics and also not be a doormat or corporate slave.
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by dwaltrip 5y ago
The prisoner's dilemma is a very insufficient model for the complexity of human life... The iterated prisoner's dilemma is a little better. It's still just a toy model, of course. However, you might be interested to find that
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by dwaltrip 5y ago
> grokking the fundamental advice This is much harder than it sounds! The roots of true fundamental understanding go very deep.
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by dwaltrip 5y ago
Good luck convincing your principal engineers to take the same job title as the entry level engineers.

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