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by meric 9y ago
You can make a positive return in terms of hard disk space. Refrain from swapping USD for hard disk space, and you can get more hard disk space in the future. This applies to all sorts of goods, like TV's, music players, etc. The value
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by meric 9y ago
It's not a perfect test - but we can test it on ourselves - when we're a dream, and then we really realise we're in a dream, then we're more conscious than if we didn't. Yes, it's based on my understanding of t
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by meric 9y ago
That's like saying the decreasing price of hard disk space discourages people from purchasing it.
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Show HN: Meric's Test of Consciousness of an AGI
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by meric 9y ago
Best to be the one responsible for cleanliness in share house. Price the rent accordingly.
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by meric 9y ago
We cannot change the fact that our loved ones' attention are directed into attention centralisation services like YouTube, Instagram, newspapers, politics discussions, etc. But we can choose to direct our attention to the people next t
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by meric 9y ago
First, I'm happy to see you're on your journey to self awareness. Second, accept your condition, enjoying attention is a human condition. You are human! Now keep asking questions. What kind of person would you like to stay/be
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by meric 9y ago
Perhaps Samsung believes if Google manufactured its own phones, Samsung's smartphone might as well be finished in a couple of years anyway - Google could gain some market share then eventually discontinue updating Android for other man
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by meric 9y ago
If they think they can afford a change like this then I think that's a wound, not a kill.
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by meric 9y ago
It happened once. I applied for jobs to build API's, and got into this company that wants to get some API's done. First week in, the project to build the API platform was deprioritised and placed on the back burner. Then in the sp
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by meric 9y ago
The land distribution and collectivisation I think we're communistic - you're right it's very early on. I think the Khmer Rouge were communistic too - everyone became a farmer. The city people can't farm properly and die
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by meric 9y ago
It it's quick it will recover fast, it's if it's a grinding situation like Venezuela or Ukraine or Syria, where change occurs but there are still large blocs of people fighting for the government then it gets horrible.
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by meric 9y ago
I suppose if their job description has changed since their application process make sure they know what their new role is by writing, instead of hoping he'll pick it up from social cues.
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by meric 9y ago
Sometimes I look at the objects my father bought for me before he died - a toy train, a film camera - stuff I can get for $10 at a store, but they mean a lot more to me than that.
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by meric 9y ago
I try to do the same, I hope you don't mind I borrow your words.
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by meric 9y ago
Why are there bigger numbers and smaller numbers?
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by meric 9y ago
Well there's that Sichuan style fish in chilli oil.
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by meric 9y ago
Well, the trend is now removing bankruptcy on certain forms of debt as an option, replacing it with cancelling it after X years. This is student debt.
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by meric 9y ago
It's not that inaccurate to presume the net present value of the automation required to replace higher salaried jobs is higher than lower salaried jobs, all else being equal...
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by meric 9y ago
The paradox of tolerance is false - the intolerant can change their minds - it's their intolerant ideas that must be attacked, not the person whose minds hold those ideas. The persons always deserve to be treated with as if they are fe
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by meric 9y ago
They're testing for Dunning-kruger - either you're below average and you rate yourself a 7 or you're a 10 and you rate yourself an 8.
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by meric 9y ago
My iPhone 6 is still snappy but the battery barely lasts 2 hours. I'm half way to work and it's at 29%.
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by meric 9y ago
Check again https://mariadb.com/kb/en/the-mariadb-library/with/ .
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by meric 9y ago
I think for those people it's harder to be truthful - there is more to lose, especially if they've always lied for the purpose of accumulating power economically or socially - the more lies there are the more lies there have to be
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by meric 9y ago
If it helps, I spoke from my own experience. I had completely opposite experience as you - it's only after stumbling through various life experiences I decided to tell the truth as much as possible. The more I told, the more life becam
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by meric 9y ago
You can wait for the ship to sink before swimming to the next ship or you can jump and board another ship while the current one is still afloat. Both are viable options - depends how much you like swimming in possibilities/uncertaintie
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by meric 9y ago
I am not so sure it's possible - to me it's more like stumbling across a stream - except this time my mind is the riverbed through which the stream runs.
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by meric 9y ago
Your question starts with a false premise "Everybody lies". You lie, and justify the lying by projecting it on to everybody else. The answer is very simple, stop lying. You'll find everything beneath you fall away. Your relat
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by meric 9y ago
I suppose the task at hand is then to differentiate between whether it is a software company or a company using software.
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by meric 9y ago
Don't tie a person's current ideas to the person. What if he changes his mind in 5 years? Do you want to condemn him from now to all time?

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