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by ekr 6y ago
There were talks of splitting Google and other huge companies due to their size ( https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/10/house-amazon-fac... ). Wouldn't it be awesome if Apple's CPU/IC desig
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by ekr 6y ago
Stirling engines built into a wood stove is a mature technology capable of delivering lots of power (kWs for a regular wood stove found in a home). Simple to build. As for pollution, no-one can deny that, but the rocket stove bunch claim mu
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by ekr 6y ago
Isn't that true of any building though? Where I live most houses have ceramic roof tiles, and even though they are supposedly long-lasting, after 60-80 years they do need replacing (most home-owners replace them much more frequently, e
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by ekr 6y ago
Here's Torvalds' view on the matter: https://lwn.net/ml/linux-fsdevel/CAHk-=wg2JvjXfdZ8K5Tv3vm6+b... I also side with this view, namely that this is something that would be better placed in the userspace
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by ekr 6y ago
The question is almost tautological because an AGI is fully general problem solver. Every human being has needs, wants that they are working to fulfill, because otherwise they would simply stop living. An AGI can be used to solve those prob
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by ekr 6y ago
No. The biggest value that Wikipedia provides is the content. None of the donations are going to the content creators, very little of them are going to covering IT costs. And a lot of them are used for paying big Bay Area wages to people in
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by ekr 6y ago
I may sound like a grumpy old man, but I really really dislike this non-stop influx of complexity into every level of the stack. This is a clear case of an abstraction leaking. Microprocessor vulnerabilities should never lead to changes in
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by ekr 6y ago
I don't think it's either negative or insulting. And it raises a good point. In 10 years' time lots of things could change that would make this "goal" irrelevant. Apple might be struggling to make ends meet 5 years
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by ekr 6y ago
There are some wood gates at the place where my grandparents used to live, that are some 60-70 years old now and are still fine. And they've seen quite a bit of rain (though probably not quite as much as in PNW). The wood itself matter
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by ekr 6y ago
Wow. This is very surprising for me. I only knew of the ebay-kleinanzeigen.de sites in the German webspace, and those don't seem worth anywhere near that much. Technology and design seem to be out of the 2000s and it should be really e
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by ekr 6y ago
While TSMC is cleary a big part of the reason, it still doesn't explain why there's such a big performance gap between Apple's SoCs and the rest of the competitors in the ARM smartphone SoCs field. Apple is often leading the
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by ekr 6y ago
I did try signing up. The second I ran into the activity requirement quota I quickly got out of there. That's a huge red flag for me, why is there a quota imposed on me? Are you paying users or something? Why expect free work to be don
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by ekr 6y ago
Yeah, before seeing the videos I was certain they were carrying some incurable disease like the American foulbrood. I was surprised to see that the reason for euthanizing them was the aggressiveness.
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by ekr 6y ago
They don't get to say that due to antitrust laws. Hence why you can use Amazon's appstore on Android, or FDroid etc. I'm not really familiar with the Apple ecosystem.
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by ekr 6y ago
I'm fairly sure the author means that if you're still able to maintain a more or less demanding job and all the social obligations thereof, the degree of your suffering is nowhere near as serious as it could be. Take for instance
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by ekr 6y ago
I don't think you can get useful answers or of this thread simply because most humans don't have metacognitive introspective awareness; it's not something we evolved to have, in fact it is something that would bring negative
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by ekr 6y ago
Funnily enough, just the other day I was thinking of a wood gas generator. It would be interesting to see an efficiency comparison, as the wood gas generator also gives out a lot of waste heat. The internal combustion engine is itself not m
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by ekr 6y ago
I'd love to hear Torvalds' opinion on this DirectX PR. In any case, as someone who hates complexity and loves simple software (in the suckless sense), whenever I see these monstrosities get merged into the kernel, it makes me sear
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by ekr 6y ago
This question cannot be answered intellectually, analytically. If your nervous system is functioning well, the question won't even come up in your mind. Life is enjoyable, when there is no suffering.
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by ekr 6y ago
My impression is that maybe you worry a bit too much about it. Performance anxiety/stage fright/etc. This doesn't help of course, by making it more difficult to have a clear head. As long as you're getting your point acr
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by ekr 6y ago
I don't understand the question about happiness, but I'm quite sure that consciousness is emergent phenomena (illusion mainly) of the various physical brain subsystems. AI, or rather these physical brain components are almost cert
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by ekr 7y ago
Very good question, I would too like to hear thoughts on this. My first impression was that the data was simply not being updated anymore. The change was too abrupt, simply doesn't seem natural. Is it likely that the Chinese are giving
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by ekr 7y ago
It is astonishing that even on HN there are these style of insulting / ad-hominem / reddit-style answers to a honest inquiry. You conclusion about people understanding math is unfounded, maybe OP doesn't have the data, maybe
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by ekr 7y ago
> Wealthier people would have easier access to this tech. That would really mess things up I think. How is that different from today's situation where wealthier people have access to better health care, while millions die from easil
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by ekr 7y ago
Perfect Health Diet is the best I've read, but the authors seem to be overemphasizing a bit the effect of their diet plans. Diet alone won't cure all your illnesses completely. The sentiment reflected in the book is the opposite.
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by ekr 7y ago
> It creates local jobs for people with fair wages, social security and good quality of life, we should strive to have more of our stuff produced in the west. I don't really agree with that argument from a humanitarian perspective.
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by ekr 7y ago
I've studied the area of developmental psychology a lot, and all evidence points to neuroticism, anxiety being not genetic but a result of developmental trauma. Adverse childhood experiences, missatunemenmet with the primary caregiver
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by ekr 7y ago
Having experienced something similar at one point, I'll claim this is not about the information itself, but about the state your brain is operating in. It is not my intention to offer a diagnosis, but keep in mind these conditions are
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by ekr 7y ago
Also a good resource is the ERE wiki (these are people that actually do this for a living): https://wiki.earlyretirementextreme.com/w/index.php?title=In...
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by ekr 7y ago
Start with something smaller, such as lk.

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