notShabu

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by notShabu 3y ago
imo "growth" basically means a company is able to profit from mining "reality". their alpha or edge is having the know-how to be at this cutting edge. in such an environment, "truth" matters a lot because it al
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by notShabu 3y ago
Does anyone have a comparison between this and turbotax? I know there are some ethical issues w/ turbotax but the price relative to peace of mind is not that big of an issue and the guide-through UI does provide a lot of time savings
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by notShabu 3y ago
this debate reminds of kitchen appliances. what makes an appliance a burden or not is how much cognitive load is takes (space taken, where is it stored, how to take apart and clean, how to use, etc..) and how much value it provides. (time s
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by notShabu 3y ago
this reminds me of how competence seems to decrease as you go up in an organizational hierarchy maybe this "bug" is actually the "feature" that will save humanity - -;;
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by notShabu 3y ago
I've also heard that growing up with cats prevents allergies. Forget the source
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by notShabu 3y ago
it actually seems like the problem of plane hijacking solved itself once the kamikaze intent became known. people wouldn't just sit passively anymore everything else is politicians making the best of a crisis
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by notShabu 3y ago
every domain of expertise has two "elo" systems, the niche one and the broader one. e.g. you can learn basic juggling in 30 minutes that you are top 10% of your friends/colleagues etc... however within the juggling community
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by notShabu 3y ago
One of the "benefits" of traditional society is that there's a stronger gravitational pull towards the orthodox. e.g. dealing with the majority case deals with 80% of all cases. VS in a more diverse group, the biggest pie sli
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A Casual Dao De Jing(a-casual-dao.theory-a.com)
2 points by notShabu 3y ago|1 comments
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by notShabu 3y ago
sometimes it's not even clearly good or bad. E.g. "sensitivity" as a trait can be useful in nurturing environments to develop it into talent, but also a way-in for trauma that would have otherwise bounced off of someone with
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by notShabu 3y ago
You're projecting a bit I think... the comment is making a case for the dehumanizing aspect of AI when it blurs the line between calculation and creativity
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by notShabu 3y ago
"better calculators will destroy humanity" seems like a ridiculous statement but that's what new AI tools that can create good art/music/writing does. They boil down and automate the middle process of calculation. w
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by notShabu 3y ago
For some reason it reminds me of Dune's sandworm and how you needed to "Walk without rhythm" Being able to generate randomness is something only nature can do so by mimicking it you blend in with it.
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by notShabu 3y ago
A important aspect that I think is overlooked is that democratized access to exponential growth (like an index fund or buying a house) mathematically creates a growing wealth gap. E.g. if 2 people equally start with $100 and grow their mon
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by notShabu 3y ago
So... what I've learned from anime and video games is that main-characters basically fall into two buckets "Light" characters are those that do no go gently into that good night. They are often passionate and naive. "Dar
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by notShabu 3y ago
All societies worship life differently, all death cults are alike. Seeking absolute consistency logically leads to worshipping Shar
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by notShabu 3y ago
I've thought about this for quite a bit and here is my relatively legible explanation of what the 'Dao' and synonymous concepts in other religions/cultures is The "Path" is the arc from a state of anti-entropy(
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by notShabu 3y ago
This post made me think of human hierarchies. Line level ICs are cheap because they are specialized and fine tuned. Leet code is a way to roughly measure degree of fine-tuning even though it doesn't accurately measure how well the fine
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Markets Mathematically Create Inequality(theorya.substack.com)
4 points by notShabu 3y ago|1 comments
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by notShabu 3y ago
as a counterpoint, this is sorta similar to how Apple creates products: there's quote about magic: > Sometimes magic is just someone spending more time on something than anyone else might reasonably expect. - Teller The 3x code is a
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by notShabu 3y ago
therapists IMO is a paid "listening as a service". but many therapists won't have the necessary life similarity overlap to truly listen. this is esp true for individuals who end up needing therapy b/c they think in ways
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by notShabu 3y ago
No state can manage identities without the consent of the individual because individuals have to actively protect and manage their identities and not sell them. E.g. we protect our social security numbers against identity theft because the
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by notShabu 3y ago
Here are the best arguments for why TA works IMO: - The patterns are real in that they can be used to roughly identify groups of buyers and sellers who have price floors and ceilings. E.g. it's a way of gauging the momentum of a trend.
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by notShabu 3y ago
I heard this theory once that one of the biggest jumps in cellular complexity was when cells started to use mitochondria for energy production. This created so much abundance that organisms could afford to diversify into all kinds of shapes
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by notShabu 3y ago
High rates are currently maintained via the reverse repo facility which allows you to park your money at the Fed with high interest. Usually only bank and other primary dealers can have an account at the Fed but the reverse repo facility al
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by notShabu 3y ago
Algorithms wove our pseudo-realities into super plazas of connectedness and mimetic conflict, AI however can create raw strands of pseudo-reality, a previously human-specific ability. The arms race shifts from "i'm more human than
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by notShabu 3y ago
IMO most of what is "connectedness" or "anti-loneliness" is an illusion. Like those movie scenes where two actors mirror each other's movements to create the illusion of a mirror. That is, connectedness requires an
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by notShabu 3y ago
This is like the mirror opposite of how VCs burn money to create new behaviors. Eventually the protest (wasteful burning) creates new behaviors that shape the world into one's desired image.
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by notShabu 3y ago
My one philosophical takeaway from GTD is the idea of offloading the record keeping and logistics of tasks to some slower external system. This allows the "RAM" or faster context of your thinking to be focused entirely on what you
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by notShabu 3y ago
I think each generation tries to be more "real" than the previous generation. At first social media allowed us to express "who we really are" by providing us tools to present "who we think we are". This was mor

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