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by ggreer 6y ago
> If (you feel that) your job is incompatible with a personal association to a popular 'rationalist' blog, and you write a rationalist blog under your own partial name, and it then becomes popular - well you will have to take t
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by ggreer 6y ago
For a while the i7-10810U was an option on the late 7th gen X1 Carbon, though you could only order it with the 1080p display. It was also an option on the 8th gen X1 Carbon[1], but it looks like they've since pulled it. The fastest CPU
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If that were true, then quadriplegics would have cognitive issues, as would those who have their vagus nerve severed. Those people don't suffer from impaired cognition or drastic personality changes, so we can be sure that the nerves i
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by ggreer 6y ago
It's usually less than 300 bytes. A comically huge QR code could handle that.
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> Software is a tool. Tools that are used often require maintenance, which in itself is not a novel concept. Yes software is a tool, but unlike physical tools, it does not wear out. Running the same code many times won't cause it to
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> Either give the drivers what the California politicians are saying all Californians should have as a minimum benefit, and then go to court to argue why Lyft drivers should get something else, or let Lyft drivers set their own prices as
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by ggreer 6y ago
> Last year I was tagged in a photo from a camping trip by a person I met on that trip. That person's brother's girlfriend used to work with a guy I know from a totally different circle of people. He asked me about my camping t
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by ggreer 6y ago
I simply argued that in a system where certain failure modes are ameliorated, a company that creates more value than it captures is a net benefit to society. If I argued that strawberry cake was a net benefit to society, would you dismiss m
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by ggreer 6y ago
Since it only had two front-facing cameras, the Mirage Solo would have required extra hardware to track any controllers. Also I don't think there was ever an app for it that let you walk two steps away from the origin. The only truly r
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Without Facebook's capital and Zuckerberg's commitment to VR, I doubt the Quest would exist. That project was announced in 2016 and was likely in development for a couple of years before that. Still it took until mid-2019 to be re
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by ggreer 6y ago
A property tax is different from a wealth tax for several reasons. Wealth is constantly created and destroyed. Land, not so much. Wealth can be easily moved around the world. Land can't. Wealth can be hidden to evade taxes. Land is har
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by ggreer 6y ago
> Remember, companies don't exist primarily to pay back investors, their first objective is to contribute to society. If a company does pay back investors, that almost always means that it has contributed to society on net. Let me e
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by ggreer 6y ago
Right. My point was that if you use 2016 election predictions as evidence that Adams is delusional, then you should also use major media organizations' 2016 predictions as evidence of greater delusion. Adams called the election a year
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by ggreer 6y ago
If you read the article I linked, you'll see that 22% of workers have dated their bosses and that 41% of people in workplace romances had to keep it secret (usually due to policies forbidding such relationships). This behavior is extre
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by ggreer 6y ago
Weren't everyone's predictions wrong in 2016? I remember news organizations like the New York Times saying that Clinton had a 91% chance of winning the election.[1] 538's Nate Silver said that Clinton had a 99% chance of winn
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by ggreer 6y ago
> Oh well, more evidence on the side of keeping sex out of your work life in general. Although online dating is growing, around 1/3rd of workplace relationships result in marriage.[1] It seems like forbidding such relationships woul
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by ggreer 6y ago
That existed for years in the form of Windows RT. It's also an option in Windows 10 called S mode.[1] I wouldn't buy such a device for myself, but I'd certainly consider it for my grandmother. It seems like a useful way to pr
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by ggreer 6y ago
Like iOS devices, all major consoles are locked down and limited to what's in a single app store. Any argument in favor of forcing Apple to allow multiple app stores would also apply to consoles.
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I'm in one of those categories and I have managed to sniff out a few other people, but it's all very hush-hush. I'm the only one who is "out of the closet" in any way, and that's just because I didn't real
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by ggreer 6y ago
> But would you really want to continue working for a company/culture so incapable of enduring free thought? In this economy? Hell yes .
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by ggreer 6y ago
Paul Graham moved back to the UK years ago. He hasn't run Y Combinator since 2014. Of course he still has many social and professional connections to the bay area, but he doesn't have to worry about what some activists in SF will
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by ggreer 6y ago
I enjoyed this essay, but I think PG missed one aspect of the recent cultural changes: Even though startups are founded by the aggressively independent-minded, they have insane amounts of ideological conformity. Many people with beliefs t
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by ggreer 6y ago
Are you sure? TSLA is the most shorted stock in the US. I think it would be easy to blend in with the crowd.
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by ggreer 6y ago
Even when a subject's legal name is known, the NYT regularly uses a pen name or pseudonym to protect their identity. Here are some examples: - Virgil Texas, co-host of the Chapo Trap House podcast: https://www.nytimes.com&#x
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by ggreer 6y ago
Wow, I didn't know this. I just tried with iOS 14 beta and was surprised to see video/audio recording stop as soon as I hit the button to lock the screen. By the way: You might want to try recording something while walking around
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by ggreer 6y ago
Correct. This is an optimistic scenario for herd immunity. It assumes low mortality (probably true), no permanent damage to those who survive (unclear, but probably untrue), and immunity lasting a couple years (long enough to remain immune
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by ggreer 6y ago
Herd immunity would require that over half of the population get the disease.[1] (Probably closer to 70% based on the virus's R0.) With an IFR of 0.5%, that would mean around 0.25-0.35% of the population has to die before we get herd i
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Isn't there a famous racing car that has the design? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Lee_(car)
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Before it was invaded by China, Tibet had serfdom and what most would consider to be slavery. Also Tibetan punishment for crimes often involved removal of eyes or amputation of limbs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serfd
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by ggreer 6y ago
> Simply don't follow people who make it miserable. The main issue is that other people follow you or people who retweet you. If they take offense to something you say, they'll try to ruin your career.

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