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Dating: A Research Journal, Part 1 (2016)(putanumonit.com)
108 points by monort 7y ago|64 comments
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Does Gravity Travel at the Speed of Light? (1998)(math.ucr.edu)
1 points by monort 7y ago|0 comments
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What Is the Probability of a Nuclear War?(marginalrevolution.com)
1 points by monort 7y ago|0 comments
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Could a Quantum Computer Have Subjective Experience? (2014)(scottaaronson.com)
2 points by monort 7y ago|0 comments
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by monort 7y ago
They obviously can't feel pain. Imagine you simulate that robot with a turing-complete cellular automaton on paper. At what moment in time will it feel pain as in qualia? When you scribe the next tick on a paper?
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YouTube videos that have almost zero previous views(astronaut.io)
1362 points by monort 7y ago|232 comments
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The Importance of Insect Suffering(reducing-suffering.org)
46 points by monort 7y ago|34 comments
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by monort 7y ago
Somewhat related essay from a negative utilitarian about consequences of insects feeling pain: https://reducing-suffering.org/the-importance-of-insect-suff...
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by monort 7y ago
We are talking about pain, not a pain signal. Decrementing register can be a pain signal, but it can't produce feeling of pain (qualia). If humans can be simulated on a Turing machine, we can't feel that definition of pain too.
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Cornucopian(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by monort 7y ago|0 comments
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The Engineer and the Problem of Aërial Navigation (1901)(jstor.org)
1 points by monort 7y ago|0 comments
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Wigner's Friend(en.wikipedia.org)
35 points by monort 7y ago|13 comments
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by monort 7y ago
It exists - https://youtu.be/zipZ5kwhFfs?t=37 Nowadays it's easier to just mount an electric motor on your bike.
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Hunger Promotes Fear Extinction by Activation of an Amygdala Microcircuit(nature.com)
2 points by monort 7y ago|0 comments
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Artificial waiting in user interfaces (2016)(fastcompany.com)
16 points by monort 7y ago|9 comments
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When programs grovel into undocumented structures (2003)(devblogs.microsoft.com)
3 points by monort 7y ago|0 comments
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Atlantropa(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by monort 7y ago|0 comments
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by monort 7y ago
Can't find it - it was a long time ago. I was getting strong headaches while traveling, it was a caffeine withdrawal, but I didn't know it until someone here mentioned the possibility. I started drinking caffeinated beverages whil
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by monort 7y ago
As a counter-argument - my quality of life was greatly increased by an unsolicited advice here.
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Swedish Financial Transaction Tax(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by monort 7y ago|0 comments
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AT&T “You Will” Ads from 1993(youtube.com)
2 points by monort 7y ago|1 comments
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How to Live in a Simulation [pdf](jetpress.org)
2 points by monort 7y ago|0 comments
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Microsoft Bob(en.wikipedia.org)
3 points by monort 7y ago|0 comments
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Able Archer 83(en.wikipedia.org)
3 points by monort 7y ago|1 comments
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A curated list of browser globals that commonly cause confusion(github.com)
2 points by monort 7y ago|0 comments
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by monort 7y ago
The test, that really estimates the size, not just the percent: http://testyourvocab.com/
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The DSM-IV Believed Women Didn’t Have Paraphilias(thingofthings.wordpress.com)
2 points by monort 7y ago|0 comments
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The Growing D-Pillar Epidemic (2013)(thetruthaboutcars.com)
3 points by monort 7y ago|0 comments
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by monort 7y ago
Just a note - without XEP-0198 you will be losing offline messages if your connection is unreliable. I think most desktop jabber clients still do not support it.
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Vernor Vinge on the Singularity (1993)(mindstalk.net)
2 points by monort 7y ago|0 comments

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