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   by eyecon 16y ago

   FWIW, I agree with the more skeptical comments... it's probably a hearing aid, or ice pack, or perhaps a heated stone. But that doesn't mean it's not a time traveler -- after all, common side-effects of frequent time travel include headache
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   by eyecon 16y ago

   kk site hacked! Too bad, because it's a good question that deserves thought. Assuming KK considers both critical dimensions of this phenomenon -- capacity and cost -- then the argument for inevitability actually hinges on the much broader
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   by eyecon 16y ago

   Far from being mutually contradictory, these concerns have actually been closely linked throughout history. The phrase "bread and circuses" is often associated with the fear of powerful elites manipulating pop-culture levers to control the
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   by eyecon 16y ago

   That's a reasonable suggestion if you're willing to wait a couple of generations (or potentially forever) for any improvement in the situation. The first complication with this suggestion is that in cases of exploitation of information asy
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   NATCracker: NAT Combinations Matter(peerialism.se)

   1 points by eyecon 16y ago|0 comments
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   by eyecon 16y ago

   If you have a practical application in mind (or something other than an urge to show off mathematical prowess), I'd recommend Bruce Bueno de Mesquita's new book, The Predictioneer's Game.