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by hgsgm 4y ago
It's because the paradox relies on an unintuitive "mistake in your homework" premise that defines things in an unhelpful way. ( Game A+B+Rule C has different outcomes from Game A and Game B is obvious. You have to mistakenly
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by hgsgm 4y ago
> I don’t really understand how this is a paradox, You do: > but it’s definitely surprising and non intuitive. That's a common definition of a paradox: "a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that
933.
by hgsgm 4y ago
It's a reference encyclopedia, not a text book, for better or for worse.
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by hgsgm 4y ago
Market timing in the stock market (if you have a little insider info), and card counting in lotteries, are historical examples.
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by hgsgm 4y ago
> In some cultures, settling all debts with a friend is akin to declaring the friendship over. This is also how you terminate employment.
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by hgsgm 4y ago
I once had an amazing meal at someone's house, so I donated to food bank in their honor.
937.
by hgsgm 4y ago
This is the Byzantine General problem of relationships. No way to know how many times to go around before stopping.
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by hgsgm 4y ago
You spend so much money that 3-5% back pays for luxuries?!
939.
by hgsgm 4y ago
It's a waste of money that could be helping people.
940.
by hgsgm 4y ago
This arbitrary web site disagrees: 25ms vs 1ms latency. https://history-computer.com/starlink-vs-5g-which-is-better
941.
by hgsgm 4y ago
This contrary to the GPL ethos.
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by hgsgm 4y ago
Plot armor is as strong as a bulletproof suit.
943.
by hgsgm 4y ago
That statement applies exactly to both censorship and decensorship.
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by hgsgm 4y ago
Yes, not everything is worth preserving. Space and resources are limited.
945.
by hgsgm 4y ago
yesh, treat it more like a "reverse engineer a broken system" challenge than a "real world problem solving" challenge.
946.
by hgsgm 4y ago
Is because the the puzzle has several facts that are relevant in the real world, but irrelevant in the puzzle, and the solution to the puzzle is a fact that is false in the real world. It's a terrible tutorial example.
947.
by hgsgm 4y ago
This is because software developers are too good at automation themselves out of a job.
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by hgsgm 4y ago
> Value providers who you don't trust to operate by themselves. "Interns", for short.
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by hgsgm 4y ago
A calculator also has no concept of true or false.
950.
by hgsgm 4y ago
MAGA and Bernie fans both agree that Biden is the devil.
951.
by hgsgm 4y ago
Law is highly automated at the low end where Rocket and Nolo displaced the "neighborhood lawyer". Same for accounting and TurboTax.
952.
by hgsgm 4y ago
Real estate agency is also easy to get into, and can pay a lot. that doesn't make the median agent high-income
953.
by hgsgm 4y ago
> Harvard and Princeton charge tuition at all! Wealth redistribution / market segmentation.
954.
by hgsgm 4y ago
Looks like impossibly excellent qualifications, except maybe one of them if you are "anti-woke". CUNY is a haven for low-wealth non-white people who appreciate being included in opportunities for advancement.
955.
by hgsgm 4y ago
Abusive and scummy. Anyone who uses Osvianskina is advertising that they are manipulative and untrustworthy. I would never give money to someone like that.
956.
by hgsgm 4y ago
Nice shout out to your teacher!
957.
by hgsgm 4y ago
The website is Technology Review. If course it's an ad.
958.
by hgsgm 4y ago
Thorough introduction to computing with Grobner basis, using Python. Bonus: goofy ASCII art for surds. https://mattpap.github.io/masters-thesis/html/src/groebner.h... It's part of Mateusz Paprocki's
959.
by hgsgm 4y ago
You might the first person to understand and comment on the paper Adam has been shopping around HN for months!
960.
by hgsgm 4y ago
Non-technical, non-accurate. "Truthy", buzzfeed/huffpo quality.

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