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by klank 2y ago
Sadly and unfortunately, in addition to the MFH ills that I have done, I also was involved with optimization for gaming hospitality as well as systems and tools around slots optimization. I regret my involvement here as well and am sorry I
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by klank 2y ago
I (along with others) created pricing optimization software for the multi-family housing industry.
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by klank 2y ago
To add to the conversation: If it is accurate to consider the philosophical concept of a valence as a fundamental building block of emotions, then I think I'm fairly comfortable going a step further from just the evolutionary explanati
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by klank 2y ago
I had what I thought to be an immensely successful 25+ career and personal life based upon my intellect. And, as you mention, I grew older, wiser, and realized it was not at all what I thought it was. In my professional life alone I have ca
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by klank 2y ago
Unlike your math example, if serious harm or death is at stake, I don't mind if it leads to conflict and bad times. Avoidance because "it might be a bad time", to me, feels like a lack of appreciation for what is at stake in
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by klank 2y ago
> The crucial question is what is "politics"? Are personalities politics? No. Are parties? No. Are inflammatory issues about race, sex or gender or political correctness or immigration? No! I don't personally agree with ho
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by klank 2y ago
Yes. Part of why you use a consultant like McKinsey is because they are talking to everybody else. So when they tell you "best practices" they are telling you what everybody else is doing. In a way that cover's everyone'
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by klank 3y ago
Every two body orbit involves a barycenter that is not exactly in the center of either body (i.e. every planet/sun combo "orbit around one another"). The unique aspect of Jupiter is that the Jupiter/Sun barycenter is out
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by klank 5y ago
P+K does not include S, but can output any arbitrary S. That is the whole reason for introducing P, you need a way of getting K(S) into your program without "hard coding" it directly and thus including the complexity of S. So, if
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by klank 5y ago
In a similar vein, I recommend Stephen Baxter's "Flux". It takes place in a civilization that evolved inside of a neutron star. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flux_(novel)
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by klank 6y ago
Generally, I've not encountered the term "lurker" to mean account-less. Only that these people don't actively contribute to content or discussion.
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by klank 6y ago
I missed an /s I guess.
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by klank 6y ago
Not to mention the fact that our modern definition of murder is based on hundreds of years of trial and error. Is dueling murder? Is killing your slave murder? Is it murder if you get drunk and kill somebody with your car? etc. etc.
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by klank 6y ago
The definition of murder is not simply death. In fact, what counts as murder and what type of murder is quite complex and varies by jurisdiction. It was not as simple as saying "no murder". We arrived at this definition of murder
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by klank 6y ago
Personally, as the author, I didn't find myself particularly lacking in self awareness. I did qualify it with "I think" meaning it's a personal interpretation I was sharing. Rather than attacking my character, perhaps yo
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by klank 6y ago
That's hyperbole. If taken too far, sure. But, if we took our attempt to eliminate murder too far, it'd be equally dystopian. Your statement is not unique to speech.
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by klank 6y ago
I'm squarely in group b, however, I don't think it's an actual dichotomy in the way you present it. I think American's fetishize "free speech" which leads to a "hyper group a" that argues since censor
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by klank 6y ago
The problem I see with that line of argument is that it basically means you're arguing we can't do anything about it and just have to accept whatever actions people take regardless of the impacts of those actions. It reads to me l
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by klank 6y ago
> in those cases it is obviously obvious. Would it be possible for you to describe what it feels like to encounter an obvious cheater in chess? Is it simply who quickly they move, the strength of their moves, both, and/or something
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by klank 6y ago
What if you look at "calling a race" as "reporting on the underlying mathematical trajectories based off of empirical vote evidence"? Given I believe that's an accurate description of what's involved in a news
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by klank 6y ago
Is part of this due to an academic vs. professional dichotomy? i.e. most CS undergrads are CS undergrads to become professional developers, while most CS undergrad courses are taught with an eye towards further graduate/academic work?
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by klank 6y ago
No, I don't believe it would apply. Tortious interference is when you interfere with the contractual relationship itself. In this case the continued obligations is what would drive the economic harm, thus tortious interference wouldn&#
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by klank 6y ago
How does that apply? In hypothetical this thread has been discussing nobody is damaging the contractual relationship itself nor is anybody preventing either company from fulfilling their contractual obligations. In fact, it's the stren
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by klank 6y ago
Also very beautiful, the cargo ship Kwai: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0nz6pEhn80
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by klank 6y ago
You last point is not necessarily a description of gravity, but a description of the models we use to reason about it.
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by klank 6y ago
Curvature of spacetime is an effect of energy. Check out the Einstein field equations, specifically the stress-energy tensor.
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by klank 6y ago
Highly recommend playing the game, even if not a fan of video games. It's wonderfully written and doesn't require a large time commitment. It's also devoid mechanical checks.
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by klank 6y ago
I think it absolutely gets confused. Infinity, the number, is routinely confused with creating an onto function mapping digits of pi to a set with a cardinality of the natural numbers. But sadly most people don't have the mathematical
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by klank 7y ago
What you describe is considered election fraud and is illegal in the US. see 18 U.S. Code § 597: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/597
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by klank 7y ago
From the link you provided: > As there is a recursive formula to define it, it is much smaller than typical busy beaver numbers. While I can't argue the specific details, I'm not surprised. BB numbers are not computable. Graham

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