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by gooseus 10y ago
I agree, though the fact still remains that most funding will go to novel (and yes, important) scientific research rather than civilization-saving (and way more important) asteroid defense. On the importance... if human civilization discove
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I don't think the technology described had much to do with "love"... more like "lust". Also, love probably wouldn't work as well as one might think. People who love each other end up in violent conflict all th
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I think that would depend on the content and the reputation of the author. I think that this model would be optional per article... so if you don't have a following willing to compensate then you need to work on your craft till you do.
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by gooseus 10y ago
Agreed, but why do that when the paywall is designed only to make a set amount of money in total and then make it public for everyone? My assumption is that people release paywalled content free as as a form of protest, I would think that w
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by gooseus 10y ago
Sure, just like signing up for a 30 day trial of Netflix and then ripping all the content to bit torrent. While I'm sure it's a concern I don't think Netflix looking to change their model over it. Good actors still outnumber
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by gooseus 10y ago
I wrote a response to this medium post, figured I'd copy it here since I'm unsure of the overlap in forum participants: I had an idea for a model last week that I think would be worth consideration. It’s sort of a Humble Bundle x
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by gooseus 10y ago
My cynical side is agreeing and also putting a different context around the charitable LLC he announced a year ago in his daughters name. I think it's a pretty scary scenario to have a person with such a high percentage of the world&#x
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The debates on gravity didn't involve non-scientists most likely because the results of the debate wouldn't have public policy implications and so there was no incentive to choose a side besides personal ego. I would assume that a
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I think this definitely an interesting idea, I have at least 1 new idea a month but usually just talk to close friends about them and move on with life. I agree that expecting to create 12 great projects next year is a stretch and odds are
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How soon before this analysis is being used to cross-reference with terrorist and sexual predator watch-lists causing all sorts of problems for people who happen to closely resemble anyone on those lists? I'm thinking it's time to
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by gooseus 10y ago
Yeah, this is something I've been thinking about more and more... At what point will AI get "good enough" where the work to accommodate edge cases in human behavior is considered too expensive to implement? Will it simply be
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by gooseus 10y ago
It's not easy until it is, but it didn't really come naturally to me. Acceptance and empathy are important as my sibling mentioned already, but those are hard things to just "do". I've been continuously trending to
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I find that simply making people feel comfortable being themselves around you is the easiest way to make friends. I am not attractive, influential, connected or rich, but I also don't expect anything from people... as in I'm not t
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by gooseus 10y ago
Surprised I haven't seen CGP Grey's Humans Need Not Apply[1] video posted up in any of these automation discussions. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU Anyone who thinks that automation isn't a b
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by gooseus 10y ago
I see a lot of speculation about how this is going to play out when the robots take our jobs so hey, why not join in right? Holiday week and all. We know what people have done in the past when this sort of thing has happened - https:&#x2F
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by gooseus 10y ago
> ... when the Mark Zuckerberg-run company claimed that it wouldn't be able to knit together user IDs, thereby combining the data of the two services. > ... in which it is alleged that the free content ad network failed to disclo
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by gooseus 10y ago
I concur, even before there was widespread corporate advertising my impression of "social networking" was that it was more about advertising your personal activities and beliefs to your network than actually socializing within it.
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by gooseus 10y ago
Doubtful... if this new supply pushes down the price of oil then all regimes dependent on oil exports would lose a lot of revenue. I'd guess that this would lead to instability and possibly war... though it could mean less US involveme
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by gooseus 10y ago
While I can't disagree too much with my sibling comments, I do believe that the shift in mental model is worth the criticisms. It's a shame his style, wordiness and pretension sometimes gets in the way of communicating a really si
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by gooseus 10y ago
This is the sort of thread that hits me right in the wallet. Here are some books I've given as gifts recently: * The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Civilization in the Aftermath of a Cataclysm, Lewis Dartnell[1] * The Black Swan, Nassim Tal
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by gooseus 10y ago
I also recommend 750words.com and signing up for their monthly challenge (750 words a day for an entire month). I've been a member for 5 years (grandfathered in from when it was free, currently $5/mo I think) and just finally com
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by gooseus 10y ago
Effectiveness in treating what? And what do you mean when you say chiropractics? You want a study on effectiveness in treating asthma or deafness, then it's probably not available. Effectiveness in treating something like scoliiosis?
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by gooseus 10y ago
True, but your bias is showing. There is also a difference between anaesthetizing someone to slice them open for an elective hip procedure vs having someone analyze your biomechanics and work to correct that through subtle lowerback/hi
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by gooseus 10y ago
Chiropractors don't fall just into "straights" and "mixers", there are entire schools which focus on evidence-based biomechanic adjustments and others that get way more woo-woo about it with energy healing and whatn
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by gooseus 10y ago
Yeah, I don't know why people get surgery considering perioperative mortality[1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perioperative_mortality /s Obviously people die all the time and the cause of death can be at
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by gooseus 10y ago
I thoroughly enjoyed this article... as someone who does believe in an eventual collapse I really appreciated the balanced approach while still making some fun of the fringe elements. For the record, my belief is in a non-specific collapse
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by gooseus 10y ago
True, but like you said, most of the ethical arguments against Facebook are preaching to the choir. Sad as it is, money (even the chance of it) typically motivates more effectively than ethics. I think if there are enough people willing to
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by gooseus 10y ago
Yeah, it's definitely not an easy sell and would require the right presentation, but I think there is a strong undercurrent of fatigue and discontent with Facebook that can be tapped into with the right message. I think that message co
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by gooseus 10y ago
I had an idea the other day of creating a three-fold informational website. 1. How to backup your Facebook content and delete your account. 2. How to use non-Facebook services to share photos, organize events and talk to friends. 3. How
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by gooseus 10y ago
Musk wants to change the world directly by providing products designed to be world-changing. Zuckerberg hopes he can change the world through the side-effects of a product designed for advertisers to sell stuff.

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