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by jpttsn 7y ago
What if you let the battery get wet/warm when replacing? Should the software trust that you replaced it correctly?
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by jpttsn 7y ago
Why would you choose to believe in a stretch? I like to think there are a few ways it could be, and try to be comfortable with not knowing which one it is e g -emergent property -solipsism -panpsychism
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by jpttsn 7y ago
Whoa, slow down :) I have no idea if anyone other than me is conscious. So no assumptions about humans v. animals. It’s like playing a video game. Some of the other characters insist the game is multiplayer, but how can i know they’re not j
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What good is my imagination as a tool for measuring consciousness? Years ago I’d have a hard time imagining RESnet. I see what you’re going for, if I really try to imagine it my brain starts ascribing consciousness to it. But that’s my poin
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> Now, I hear that with quantum stuff they somehow have proved it to be fundamentally random, but the point is that if you really can't tell in any way, the difference doesn't matter at all. Someone said that quantum should not
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I still think the difference is there even if we can’t know it. It’s the whole tree-woods-nobody thing, isn’t it? Of course the tree makes a sound. If all intelligent life in the universe was wiped, a falling rock would still make a sound.
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Well, maybe it would produce a hurricane on the other side of the globe. If I told a time traveling Newton how I’m replying to this on my phone, he might conclude the phone is conscious. I think the only thing we discover with this line of
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by jpttsn 7y ago
It’s not obvious to me. I don’t see any evidence that favors it over the alternative. Why assume that they are conscious, over the simpler hypothesis (fewer assumptions) that they aren’t?
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What if it’s fun, but they can program without you? Then they might choose to have fun with the highest bidder. I would program even if money was no issue. There are many who would.
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Maybe we will look back at today’s web, the same way we look back now at OS before protected memory was a thing.
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FL Studio pka FruityLoops pulled this off
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Switzerland is home to many successful businesses and products.
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Why did they win the war?
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by jpttsn 8y ago
Were the pyramids also taller than the Burj Khalifa? That stretches the definition of “tall” dangerously thin.
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by jpttsn 8y ago
I think you mean more of the money go to wealthy recipients, which (true or not) is different from saying there are more wealthy recipients than non-wealthy recipients (probably impossible since there are so few wealthy people).
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It's cheaper to offer a 10% gift voucher than a 10% discount. Where I live, most people approve a pre-filled statement. This boosts tax revenue, because people don't think twice about deductions that are not pre-filled. It's
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by jpttsn 8y ago
You're saying a larger number of rich people than non-rich people benefit from government spending? Can that possibly be true, if wealth distribution is unequal?
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by jpttsn 8y ago
Call me a pedant, but I'd say OP is enabling "consensus checking" I find the present day's fact checking wave is a misnomer. In a world where something is false, but sourced, most of what we call fact-checking would on
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by jpttsn 8y ago
Depends what you do, I guess. I can sometimes “pretend to enjoy” vacations, social events, games etc. Very rarely have to pretend to enjoy work.
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So that's what that is. Know the feeling.
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I run a small team, but we do a large number of projects. Each project is developed fast and then maintained at low intensity for a long time. Have found great use for a nifty complex DevOps pipeline. Before, when I built the same app for t
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That’s not what I’m arguing against. I’m not claiming to be a better truth-seeker than the academic community. I am claiming that a lot of this truth has no meaning to me, and I’m comfortable with not seeking it. If that sounds horrible,
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by jpttsn 8y ago
Is your point that most voters are hopeless infotainment addicts?
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That’s a false dilemma; as long as I’m not resigned to hopeless infotainment addiction, I don’t have to believe the “least bad” reporting about events that don’t concern me.
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by jpttsn 8y ago
Darn, foiled again. My sarcastic examples of useless ideas turn out to be useful. Any beginner tips for brainstorming lead into gold?
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> It's awesome, because someone's done it, and no one thought to previously. It's surprising that no one's done it, because in hindsight it's obvious. I’m incredulous. What about a wristwatch made of meat? Openin
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I’d call the former usersByID (if that’s what the string is)
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His podcasts had him on for about six hours weekly iirc.
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How much do people work on average? Would your CEO take a phone call from a client/lawyer/bank on the fifth day?
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Yeah, if this tech was the WMD that OpenAI says it is, the NYT would know about it.

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