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by mempko 5y ago
> it's possible that the coronavirus pandemic is another (the virus may have accidentally leaked from "gain of function" experiments designed to give us insight into how to respond should such a virus evolve naturally). Su
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by mempko 5y ago
Money and airplanes only really work when there is a highly organized stable society. I think it's a mistake to assume that will be always the case at the extremes.
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by mempko 5y ago
> As a whole I think people need to ask what money is again and have some serious conversations about what money and the monetary system should be. Yes! This is an incredibly important conversation and this conversation is already happen
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by mempko 5y ago
Bingo. Those in power by definition can change the system, but they don't. Which probably means it's working pretty well for that cohort. But one thing you are missing is that those in power are just like us. Deeply flawed people
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by mempko 5y ago
I am often shocked how a community like HN could have so many global warming skeptics. It doesn't make sense to me because people who deal with software should understand complex systems. Should understand how hard understanding comple
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Ray Dalio's book Changing World Order is available(amazon.com)
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by mempko 5y ago
Japan has a long tradition in coopetition. SV has adopted many Japanese traditions. Unfortunately some people seem to take competition too seriously, ruining the culture. It seems some are suggesting Patrick and John take competition too se
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by mempko 5y ago
This may confuse many HN folks but everyone being their own boss is what socialism is really about. Getting away from wage labor was always a goal. But if you follow the media, they will tell you it's about big government. I suggest pe
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by mempko 5y ago
Pyramids were also built with a lot of effort. But in the end it was a pile of stones. Architecture was created when labor and material saving technology like the arch was invented. We are in the pyramid phase with the web.
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by mempko 5y ago
Degrowth will happen. Nature will force it's hand.
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by mempko 5y ago
Not a single mention about the climate crisis and sixth mass extinction. Simply pure utopian thought.
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IBM Creates Largest Superconducting Quantum Computer(newscientist.com)
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by mempko 5y ago
Valid and are random variables. Because models change their prediction over time too. Ensemble is better than one model, which is why the IPCC publishes ensemble results from different models.
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by mempko 5y ago
It only does harm when people paid to spread global warming denial propaganda use predictions to show that there is nothing to worry about. Turns out, many people make all kinds of predictions all the time. Turns out predictions are random
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by mempko 5y ago
This! I'm not positive on nuclear fission reactors because I don't think they are robust against the climate challenges we face. Too much bad waste that requires functioning societies to maintain. However, fusion doesn't seem
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by mempko 5y ago
You commented prompted me to donate too. Vim is my most used piece of software. Hope others join!
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by mempko 5y ago
That's because you are comparing Facebook to startups when you should be comparing Facebook to AT&T. AT&T spent billions on Bell Labs and gave us the transistor among other things like modern day switching networks. AT&T w
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by mempko 5y ago
Meta and the metaverse looks like a huge attack on Apple. In a metaverse world, iPhones don't make any sense. Those that own the platform will make all the money. Apple owned a very lucrative App platform that would go away if FB is su
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by mempko 5y ago
Google is the AT&T of the internet. Meta is the AT&T of the metaverse. In modern times, there is no CERN. Just AT&T.
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by mempko 5y ago
Exactly!
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by mempko 5y ago
Not necessarily. Maybe the scanners have a key that only it's creators can derive from some master key. The hash could come signed and all the public verification has to do is match against a public key. You don't need a database
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by mempko 5y ago
I'm not here to support worldcoin because I think it's a bad idea. However, proof-of-work is also a bad idea. What bitcoin is is a decentralized clock rewarding random machines every tick. It produces bad dynamics. Parento distrib
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by mempko 5y ago
It's not even fair in opportunity since not everyone starts from the same place. For example, It's based on your already existing resources (computing power).
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by mempko 5y ago
Yes, the only thing the USSR created was Tetris. /s
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by mempko 5y ago
Cool!
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by mempko 5y ago
What are you talking about? Chappell expressed an idea that was mainstream only a couple years ago. Nothing he is saying is new , or 'truth'. He is just an old man expressing old ideas
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by mempko 5y ago
The problem with people in general is we don't know how to deal with sociopaths. Unfortunately we seem to glorify them here on HN. As a computer person who loves them, Steve made them worse not better. We live in a world where most com
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by mempko 5y ago
This would be a good argument if google had diversified products. But it relies so heavily on one product it makes you wonder if engineering quality even matters to google's success. Google's Ad business can hide the worst systemi
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by mempko 5y ago
I used to use xmonad but now use pop-shell. Only because of the great gnome integration. It's not as advanced as xmonad but gets me 80% of the way there.
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by mempko 5y ago
I can list the reasons. 1. Oil companies support carbon taxes because they know they are politically dead in the water. 2. Yellow vest movement shows that if you punish the vast population for problems elite created, you will get mass prote

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