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by gooseus 8y ago
Here is the HN discussion from 2 years ago on Solid: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12280764
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by gooseus 8y ago
So I've been thinking about this simulation thing a bunch lately and while I'm curious about Scott's answer here, I'll preemptively post my followup question in case anyone else has any ideas or he wants to weigh in here
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by gooseus 8y ago
Why would this only apply to using a quantum random number to make a decision? Also, what do you find terrifying about the existence of multiple universes where every possible outcome of a decision you make plays out?
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by gooseus 8y ago
I'm pretty annoyed, I was planning on using a bunch of MITOCW video series to level up some on some computer science and information theory this summer and I hadn't even gotten through the first lecture of the first series on my l
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YouTube’s Piracy Filter Blocks MIT Courses, Blender Videos, and More(torrentfreak.com)
1129 points by gooseus 8y ago|250 comments
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by gooseus 8y ago
If X is the number of times that a Github repo star button has been clicked, minus the times that it has been un-clicked, then as of today X_vuejs > X_reactjs. I'd be curious of what other metrics Github stars correlates with (# of
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by gooseus 8y ago
I haven't read much else he's written, but I did enjoy The Road to Character... should I now be suspicious of the claims he makes about the people he described?
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by gooseus 8y ago
Legitimate frauds? Or "Fake it till you make it" type frauds who think their idea is legit and just inflate some numbers and their capabilities to get the money they need to prove it? What matters more, it seems to me, is that bo
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by gooseus 8y ago
Well, let's not forget that a significant percentage of the "decentralized" bitcoin mining network, operates out of China[0]. Currently BTC.COM[1] and AntPool[2] combined make up 42.5% of the network and both are both owned b
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by gooseus 9y ago
I agree this is a very probable cause, but since a lot of people seem to be reporting this affect I wonder if it can be quantified... are there any tools that can do ad-tracker-tracking to collect information on the ads you're being sh
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by gooseus 9y ago
I used to experience this as well, and I always considered myself cyclothymic[0] (not diagnosed). I feel much more even nowadays and I attribute it to a cumulative effect from plant medicine ceremonies over the last 3 years (five combinatio
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by gooseus 9y ago
That's weird, because I just got to the part in Pinker's Enlightenment Now where he says the large majority of experts in both artificial and human intelligence are not concerned. Who is misrepresenting the expert consensus? Or
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by gooseus 9y ago
Thank you, I think the best policy for approaching these rampage suicide murderers is to minimize their exposure in popular culture and forbid the use of their name in the media. This has the added benefit of not stigmatizing their family,
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by gooseus 9y ago
It's not really a competition for complexity within life, complexity arises naturally within life as a product of competition. Sometimes more complexity is more fit, and other times the added fragility makes the organism less fit... d
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by gooseus 9y ago
That's sort of the work I've been trying to do... if you read through the whole post I give it my current best shot and use graphs and videos that do a good job of setting it up using laymans terms, especially the MinutePhysics se
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by gooseus 9y ago
My mission is to gain knowledge in order to understand the world in a new way, and communicate this such that I can do my part to help help Life succeed in the very long term. I wrote about what I believe the "Purpose of Life" is
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by gooseus 9y ago
The Gates Foundation has helped to eradicate polio and has worked on other projects to help alleviate the suffering of those in extreme poverty. Same with the Carter Foundation and guinea worms. > I like science and technology as much a
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by gooseus 9y ago
Yeah, technology is basically a lever that increasingly grants larger power multipliers to those with access. When high leverage technology is more accessible then it becomes a leveler for the playing field. When it's available only t
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by gooseus 9y ago
Amazingly, I haven't yet read any of Diamond's work, though I think I have this on my bookcase. I know that Tainter has criticized him some for cherry picking in order to support his presuppositions, specifically regarding his Eas
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by gooseus 9y ago
True, but AI/robots are also complex systems which depend on additional complex systems and have many internal fragilities and external attack surfaces that can be exploited. The class that controls the robots/AI become the de fac
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by gooseus 9y ago
> People with power and wealth could still be toppled when you exposed them to the truth. How in the fuck does that even come close to happening today? I have doubts that this happened regularly in the past, usually wealthy/powerful
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by gooseus 9y ago
Considering how easy it is to for people experiencing a lack of equality and prosperity to direct their animosity toward foreigners, is anyone really surprised by this? If technology like this is going to increase unabated while the economy
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by gooseus 9y ago
I'm not a photographer, when I take pictures it's for functional purposes like saving a food menu, hours of operation, or some other text that is too much of a pain to copy as text. Any other photos have been of adequate quality
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by gooseus 9y ago
I still use a passcode... I think true authentication should come from my conscious awareness, rather than the mere presence of some biological characteristics. Haven't actually found any AR use cases that has been compelling, didn&#x2
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by gooseus 9y ago
Well, I'm sure they're only a few OS updates away from "convincing" people that their old smartphone is really the problem. The only reason I ever upgraded from the 4S is because iOS updates made opening my text message
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by gooseus 9y ago
Very interesting, I guess that's another book on my reading list... Do you know if this relates, in any way, to the energy economics and diminishing marginal returns from increasing complexity that Joseph Tainter[0] covers in The Coll
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by gooseus 9y ago
I imagine it's similar to the struggle that the researchers that created those successes you speak of were going through before they had their success. Of course, the article goes to great length to describe how this struggle is differ
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by gooseus 9y ago
Is it wrong to suggest this as an opportunity for a business? Some acoustic expert and hospitality expert should team up to create a hotel and/or spa that can dampen or eliminate the hum in some significant way in order to provide an o
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4 points by gooseus 9y ago|0 comments
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by gooseus 9y ago
> If population keeps rising with technological ability, ceteris paribus, the average person will be better off tomorrow than today. Even if ever-more terrible things happen from time to time. I think that's a pretty big assumption.

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