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US stops F-35 fighter jet parts delivery to Turkey(apnews.com)
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by fmihaila 8y ago
> Maybe counter intuitively the harder someone looks the easier it is to direct their attention. The Monkey Business Illusion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGQmdoK_ZfY
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by fmihaila 8y ago
> https://twitter.com/VicBergerIV/status/1110301264657551360 That Twitter thread is interesting, because it contains a link to a 'This American Life' program that gives a platform to Alex Jones to exp
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by fmihaila 8y ago
Such a pity your post is in the basement. Sometimes it is costly to be genuinely moderate. I'll keep you company here.
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Andrei Alexandrescu: D Language Must Fundamentally Change to Survive(forum.dlang.org)
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Britain is going to ban porn for kids under 18. Here’s why it won’t work(theglobeandmail.com)
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by fmihaila 8y ago
Wow, I didn't expect this reply. I had the exact same thought after I read this HN thread [1] from 3 weeks ago about coordination-free distributed consistency [2]. Is this what you had in mind? [1] https://news.ycombinator.c
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by fmihaila 8y ago
Yes, I agree that it's hard. It's hard to displace dictators in general. It still must be done. And we should learn from this as a society and tweak the rules to make it harder for anyone to become a dictator in the future.
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by fmihaila 8y ago
> Q: Is this atypical behaviour for someone in his position? Does it matter? It must not be rewarded, regardless of how common it is. Allowing share structures that divorce ownership from decision power may not be such a good idea after
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by fmihaila 8y ago
> I quite like the image of an idea floating somewhere near me so that I can 'think at' it! For languages like Italian (as well as my own native language), the image of 'thinking at' makes sense as an analogue to &#x2
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Stephen King's 20 Rules for Writers (2018)(openculture.com)
48 points by fmihaila 8y ago|6 comments
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The Difference Between Amateurs and Professionals(fs.blog)
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by fmihaila 8y ago
> I have yet to see a feature only moat. Features that induce a significant network effect can potentially lead to a moat. No contracts necessary. (Maybe this is what you meant when you mentioned "size" as a moat-building mecha
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by fmihaila 8y ago
> If it's the best way to find truth, ego is not relevant in that pursuit. I think this is completely true. Also, it fully validates the point you were responding to. We can be in a situation where we simultaneously realize two thin
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by fmihaila 8y ago
The difference lies in the means you have at your disposal to settle the membership question. Even within "Set Theory" (as an umbrella term), there are several axiomatizations of sets that define in different ways what a set is, h
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by fmihaila 8y ago
> In a similar vein, John Baez was considering (ultimately declining) an opportunity [...] But did he ultimately decline? The link you posted has this content at the very end: > Something tipped the scales and I said yes. We applied
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by fmihaila 8y ago
I also asked this question on MathOverflow, in case anyone is interested to follow. https://mathoverflow.net/questions/324506/is-this-lifting-of... .
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by fmihaila 8y ago
I think the blue-eyed islanders problem [1] suggests a solution for replacing sets with categories as the foundations of mathematics. My reasoning is as follows: 1. Non-existance is not a well-defined concept if in isolation. It can only ha
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by fmihaila 8y ago
My "understanding" of category theory is extremely shallow, but that's exactly why I think my proposal makes sense. It is the kind of thing that everybody ignores for decades precisely because it's transparently obvious,
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Ask HN: Relationship between set theory and category theory
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Russian-Style Kleptocracy Is Infiltrating America(theatlantic.com)
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NYPD Asks Google to Cease and Desist Helping Drivers Avoid Speed Cameras(nyc.streetsblog.org)
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by fmihaila 8y ago
https://outline.com/BPgzBm
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Japan gears up for mega hack of its own citizens(ft.com)
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by fmihaila 8y ago
https://outline.com/pc443m
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Anand Giridharadas on the fallacy of billionaire philanthropy(ft.com)
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey: The Rolling Stone Interview(rollingstone.com)
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by fmihaila 8y ago
> Even plants use the mathematical properties of fractals to make effective structures. I think a better way to put it would be that plant growth processes exhibit patterns that can be modelled by the mathematics of fractals. "Using
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Myth of Capitalism: Monopolies and the Death of Competition(brontecapital.blogspot.com)
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Heroin Addiction Explained: How Opioids Hijack the Brain(nytimes.com)
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