makoConstruct

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by makoConstruct 8mo ago
You didn't need to make this claim about driving. Coding requires robust metacognition. Driving doesn't, it can be drilled repetitively, and it also benefits from having superhuman senses and instant reaction times. It's some
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by makoConstruct 2y ago
> I don't have anything against furries If so, you're probably looking for the "show less of this" feature rather than muting?
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by makoConstruct 2y ago
When you say "a long time" do you mean 2026, or 2029?
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by makoConstruct 2y ago
This story is about a blind evolutionary process, not about a general system optimizing a given goal. The crabs aren't even sapient.
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by makoConstruct 2y ago
How about a legal commitment to open source after a delay? I think this would be a compromise that a lot of companies could accept if it would increase sales today at all. (Ideally there'd be some way of requiring an immediate release
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by makoConstruct 3y ago
The second article states that Tang Feng (Audrey) is The Digital Minister, and the guy was trying to get to the Digital Department, seemingly in relation to a law against online fraud that they recently passed. He probably would have been h
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by makoConstruct 5y ago
General health is still a probable shared cause here, they're going to need to control for more than just socioeconomic class and parental education. What happens, for instance, if they control for stamina (I'd predict the effect
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by makoConstruct 5y ago
I've heard that there's archeological evidence that ancient sapiens engaged in long-distance trade, objects brought to places they shouldn't have been. Nothing like that was found with neanderthals. Not sure if this is due to
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by makoConstruct 6y ago
Sounds like they should raise the bond, then?
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by makoConstruct 9y ago
This is also something Yudkowsky has something interesting to say about https://arbital.com/p/logical_dt/ Summary: LDT is a decision theory that is able to recognise that the decisions of all agents who implement
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by makoConstruct 10y ago
Yo I came across a comment you made a while back asking whether there was a scripting language that does rust-like lifetime checking. That thread's archived now so I have to tell you here, it exists https://github.com/p
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by makoConstruct 12y ago
You expected something more esoteric? I think it's a matter of perspective. Sure, as a crypto challenge, it's weak. But if you think of it as our standard UI for configuring one's user icon...
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by makoConstruct 12y ago
I don't think it's going to be a problem. Before anyone can post anything to merveill.es, they have to figure out how the heck anyone posts anything to merveill.es, which will take some lateral thinking.
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by makoConstruct 12y ago
WOW my C++ solution is horrible. It's as though I'd just ignored everything I've learned about Doing Things Right in C++ Post 2010. Such is hacking, I guess.