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by lovecg 5y ago
The argument at the time was that with a limited resource like airwave that the government regulates and licenses out the first amendment doesn’t apply. Harder to use this line of reasoning for modern communications.
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by lovecg 5y ago
Have you met one of “the masses”? That’s simply what they want - not educational math videos.
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by lovecg 5y ago
The scale and the fuzzy boundaries between products and services that software allows seem to create those problems in unexpected places. In the pre-software days, if you sell cash registers to people and one of your customers happens to be
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by lovecg 5y ago
You’re onto something here. Organized religions are some of the very few institutions that survived for thousands of years with little change.
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by lovecg 5y ago
Better for whom? Burning fossil fuels literally lifted billions out of poverty, what you’re proposing if not done carefully will quickly reverse that.
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by lovecg 5y ago
Let’s not be hyperbolic. Without even getting into the futility of predicting something as complex as future mortality rates, the worst case projections go into tens of millions additional deaths due to climate change over the century (if t
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by lovecg 5y ago
Most airports, at the time there were built were located in a relatively remote area. The city typically moves closer to the airport, not the other way around. It would require an unreasonable amount of foresight to buy out all this (at the
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by lovecg 5y ago
From the comments on the article, more recent research suggests these are remnants of the giant collision that created the moon: https://youtu.be/X-EZjEJc8Bo https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2021&#
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by lovecg 5y ago
I’ve read that most fatalities were people jumping out, and those who stayed inside until the burning airship touched down mostly walked away. Edit: that’s not quite correct, Wikipedia has a better summary https://en.wikipedia.or
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by lovecg 5y ago
Absolutely, no argument there. It seems the answer will be weird whatever it is.
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by lovecg 5y ago
In the original Chinese Room thought experiment it’s a human inside performing all the calculations by hand. To be consistent you would also believe that this room with a human in it has its own consciousness as a whole, correct? This just
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by lovecg 5y ago
On the topic of simulating neurons, we might be able to simulate the _static_ structure but neurons also move around and make new connections. This video opened my eyes on how far we really are from a realistic simulation: https:/&#x2
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by lovecg 5y ago
From an evolutionary perspective, the thing that grows and is used is the thing that wins. If you take away the growth incentive you can’t compete by definition unless you change the rules of the game (worldwide government regulation?).
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by lovecg 5y ago
Who signed off on the decision to give the tech away? Anyone can advocate for anything, at the end of the day someone is in charge and the questionable business move is on them.
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by lovecg 5y ago
You’re too polite :) I should read the article before commenting, bad habit. Thanks for the correction.
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by lovecg 5y ago
The SEC actually recognizes the issue and is studying possible revisions though no changes have been made yet: https://www.sec.gov/files/review-definition-of-accredited-in... There are some reasonable sounding ideas th
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by lovecg 5y ago
My understanding is that in most sports there’s an “open” division where everyone can compete - though that means in practice men dominate. The “women” division is then created as a way towards better representation. It’s a progressive poli
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by lovecg 5y ago
For me, the point (for the humanity overall) is getting ever closer to perfection, broadly defined. Every time another Bach or Newton is born we take a small step there. In my own life I hope I get to contribute in some small way, either th
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by lovecg 5y ago
When there are motivated leakers from both sides of the political spectrum it’s impossible to “not do shitty things”; someone will always be disappointed: https://www.foxnews.com/media/facebook-whistleblower-reveals...
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by lovecg 5y ago
That’s pretty common in the industry already. Don’t assume you have any privacy when using company’s devices.
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by lovecg 5y ago
By taxing the income he has to generate to pay off the loan. And yes, we should close the intergenerational loopholes. Also, this is not as huge an issue as it was made out to be. Check out the actual income and taxes paid by some of the bi
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by lovecg 5y ago
Do you know of any companies doing new things with WFH? That sounds very interesting!
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by lovecg 5y ago
Yes on spectrums, I’m also sensitive to flicker and it’s hard to find LEDs that consistently don’t (I understand that it can be done with some circuitry - but then again I could just not use LEDs).
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by lovecg 5y ago
Speak for yourself. My conversations are specific, detailed, factual.
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by lovecg 5y ago
Which band do you think should not be on the list?
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by lovecg 5y ago
Fair enough, I haven’t considered that. I would still prefer a tax or something over an all out ban but that’s a different conversation.
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by lovecg 5y ago
If they use heating at all (and not just AC) and have a thermostat as everyone else it would automatically account for the extra heat and not run the furnace as much. This is also why a blanket ban on incandescent lightbulbs is silly.
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by lovecg 5y ago
Implicit in this argument is that Americans ever did trust their government. Has that actually ever been the case? I mean the whole country is founded on distrust of government as one of the principles.
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by lovecg 5y ago
This characterization is so alien to me. If you didn’t mention Jesus I would have no idea which is which. Wondering why you think that way?
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by lovecg 5y ago
Roko’s Basilisk seems like something lifted straight from Christianity: if you know about the scripture you don’t have an excuse of ignorance to sin freely; the day of judgment is coming, etc. I see a lot of parallels.

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