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by dwiel 15y ago
Thank you. I think I have been confusing the various types of singularity here. http://yudkowsky.net/singularity/schools I have been mixing the intelligence explosion with the accessing technological progress. Ill have to give all of thi
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by dwiel 15y ago
Thanks for the comment and links. I had only ever read 'science fiction' like Ian Banks and Charles Stross Accelerando, but never any of the 'non-fiction'. The linked articles were interesting. I understand that the risk of an AI that wa
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by dwiel 15y ago
This future sounds like the present to me. The underlying worry in this article is that intelligence begets more intelligence and that the new forms of intelligence might not have the same morals/goals as the author. Beneath this worry is
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by dwiel 15y ago
Its possible that to them, the scores aren't important and its a more conducive (and realistic) learning environment if they work together to solve the problems rather than doing it alone. There are many advantages: * rather than just givi
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by dwiel 15y ago
One is designed to grab and keep your attention for as long as possible. One is designed to make it easy to keep track of contacts.
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by dwiel 15y ago
I agree with the sentiment of the op, however, I dont think you can ignore the fact that so many people are willing to spend a dollar or two on an app whereas paying for access to a web site seems relatively rare (outside of the business wo
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by dwiel 15y ago
The idea of a 'habitable' planet is a cool one, but how relevant is it? Do we really expect that climate is going to be a concern by the time we are colonizing planets 600 light years away? Now that I think about it, I guess it could be th
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by dwiel 15y ago
Isn't this the exact point of the App posted? To rally people together? You claim that "rallying large groups of people is the only way to make a difference," but a large group of people is made up of individuals, and those individuals wil
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by dwiel 15y ago
I'm not 100% sure on this, but I think that part of what makes the longer range nice is that it requires fewer hops and thus lower latency.
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by dwiel 15y ago
This is kinda how Montessori schools do it - at least the one here where my partner teaches. They aren't online, but the student gets to chose to some degree what they are working on, however they can only move onto the next level of a sub
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by dwiel 15y ago
I agree almost completely. I organise a food co-op out of my living room, have lived in multiple cooperative houses, and am going before the city council tonight to get permission to build an eco-village on land that I cooperatively purcha
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by dwiel 15y ago
This is great. I've been using essentially this same thing in spreadsheet form for years in multiple different room-mate situations. Based on our usage patterns in the spreadsheet version, I would recommend a few changes: * checking to se
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by dwiel 15y ago
I could imagine driverless cars reducing the total number of vehicles we need to own as a species by an order of magnitude, perhaps more. That might help.
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$1.1M for Indiana University students' business plans(newsinfo.iu.edu)
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by dwiel 15y ago
I'm not 100% I agree with the grandparent, but how do you know that the income inequality would have been even worse without these regulations?
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by dwiel 15y ago
I'll take the bait. It seems possible to me that there could also be value in doing some routine tasks that you don't enjoy. Even for the top scientist/inventor/entrepreneur. I've tried to come up with a list of some reasons why, but I t
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by dwiel 15y ago
yeah they use sprint without roaming. When I first signed up I considered also getting a prepaid verizon phone for the times when I am far out of town or otherwise in poor/no coverage areas, but its never been a problem so I've never gotte
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by dwiel 15y ago
I have a virign mobile plan here in the US: $25/month no contract 300 minutes unlimited texts 5GB/month of data(it gets slower but not stopped or overcharge after that) I use my phone mostly to coordinate hanging out, any long
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by dwiel 15y ago
doh, yeah, that's what I meant to say I installed with no trouble. 11.04 was no trouble, and I haven't tried 10.04.
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by dwiel 15y ago
I just got a Thinkpad T420s and almost everything worked right out of the box (Ubuntu 10.04) despite some people having trouble on the forums a few months ago. Sometimes I have problems getting the display connected to the docking station t
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by dwiel 15y ago
I would be very interested to see some thoughts on this subject. I go back and forth agreeing and disagreeing with the grandparent's last paragraph. Its easy to make yourself feel moral and just this way (and elitist and morally superior),
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by dwiel 15y ago
I've been designing a small cheap house which I plan to build spring 2012 (after I get through the year long political process). It has become undeniably clear that building codes in most of the US result in a base cost for a house at at l
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by dwiel 15y ago
If you had Google PowerMeter and want something similar, come check out http://PlotWatt.com - Not only do we show you how much energy your house is using, we also run data processing algorithms and show you how much each appliance is usin
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by dwiel 15y ago
I use it for meetings a few times a week since I telecommute and it is way better than voice.
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by dwiel 15y ago
Durham, NC - Python/Ruby/front-end/back-end PlotWatt ( http://plotwatt.com/ ) We've just completed a round of funding and are looking to expand the team and scale our product. He have lots of interesting problems with large data sets, dat
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by dwiel 15y ago
I've taken small doses of LSD (half a hit) with great success while coding or creating more traditional art. I find that the small dose makes it easier for me to imagine where bugs might be, visualize and compare algorithms, and consider b
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by dwiel 16y ago
This is the setup I have right now: i.imgur.com/GY4vR.jpg It is just some boxes, but it works reasonably well. Having the screen and keyboard at different heights is key for me. What I'd really like is a portable, ergonomic standing desk.
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by dwiel 16y ago
How would you know that it isn't being used that way? Even if the evidence isn't being used directly at trial, it could sure be used to help 'guess' when a good time to stake out someone's house might be.
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by dwiel 16y ago
Just a thought, but paper is a much more information dense medium. Perhaps transportation of the clay tablets was expensive enough to make doing them by hand each time easier than printing them.
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by dwiel 16y ago
In Bloomington, IN if your income is below a certain level, there is a whole office of volunteer doctors that will treat you. I've got a few friends that go there and love it. A friend of mine broke his foot over the summer and got a cast

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