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by novalis78 3y ago
What makes us “real”? Has evolution built in prompts like “distort your face and shed tears when in pain to evoke a social network response” into our model? Another fascinating observation is the Buddha’s main philosophical view of “an-atta
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by novalis78 3y ago
14,000 positive reviews. Worked on every kid I ever taught reading (English). Bi-lingual kids too. As early as 4 years old. In miracle time. Recommended to me by an old teacher, who said “they stopped teaching it, I have been trying to tel
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by novalis78 4y ago
…which is what many crypto companies have had to do for a very long time… bank redundancy is crucial in an environment where innovation has stalled, regulations stifle and monopolies abound.
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by novalis78 4y ago
So… capitalism yay when it benefits us and nay when we made a mistake and put all our eggs in one basket? Risk is everywhere.
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by novalis78 4y ago
Buy Bitcoin
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by novalis78 4y ago
E5 and the “Illusion of knowledge”. We are all going to live much longer.
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by novalis78 4y ago
ByteFederal | Full Stack & Mobile Developers | Sarasota, FL | Full Time, Onsite | www.bytefederal.com Fast growing FinTech pioneer developing hardware and software for Bitcoin kiosks, made in the US. We also operate a network of "b
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by novalis78 4y ago
ByteFederal | Full Stack & Mobile Developers | Sarasota, FL | Full Time, Onsite | www.bytefederal.com Fast growing FinTech pioneer developing hardware and software for Bitcoin kiosks, made in the US. We also operate a network of "b
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by novalis78 4y ago
ByteFederal | Mobile Developer | Sarasota, FL | Full Time, Onsite | www.bytefederal.com Fast growing FinTech pioneer developing hardware and software for Bitcoin kiosks, made in the US. We also operate a network of "bank in a box"
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by novalis78 4y ago
I consider my extensive library of physical books ‘nuclear powered reading devices’ - with that mindset they are actually very lightweight. The occasional move was always a great workout and the motivation to find a permanent home and build
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by novalis78 4y ago
Harold Katcher: “The Illusion of Knowledge”.
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by novalis78 4y ago
Imagine a bridge resting on a neural network… one morning it decides to scratch its own back…
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by novalis78 4y ago
I have come to a similar conclusion. The intelligence services seem to be completely oblivious to any of it and are still staring at the horizon for some enemy plane to enter their territorial space when at home their daughters and at colle
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by novalis78 4y ago
Who would have thought that WW3 is fought via social media apps.
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by novalis78 4y ago
This is where longevity research a la Harold Katcher comes in and allows for super centenarian geniuses to shape the future of humanity.
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by novalis78 4y ago
One of my precious teenage memories is visiting a friend whose parents had a good library and set of Roman bilingual writings (similar to the Loeb Classics series). I picked Pliny’s letters and read the entire thing in one gulp. I was blown
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by novalis78 4y ago
Don’t mind that at all. It’s fascinating to see how people react to one’s explanation. Very polite people will actually ask if I am okay if they drink around me which of course is no issue whatsoever.
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by novalis78 4y ago
Well, I think it helped me strengthen my will power, that’s for sure. Also watching people around you get drunk a couple of times early on was quite the turn off. It’s actually rather sad. Often I am considered to ‘have excellent memory’ co
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by novalis78 4y ago
I decided as a 14 year old to never drink. It’s been an interesting experiment in particular regarding peer pressure, group dynamics and societal norms.
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by novalis78 4y ago
Yet another Malthusian paper. Why would a planet’s boundary be the civilization’s boundary? This could be an issue on a super-earth and an inability to leave the rock with chemical rockets but even then… or, as Dr Zubrin would say ‘most dan
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by novalis78 4y ago
It boils down to the question whether AGI will happen during our lifetimes or not.
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by novalis78 4y ago
Wouldn’t this also explain deja vu? The memory consciousness tripping up and replaying or thinking it saw the same scene before?
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by novalis78 4y ago
The hurricane went straight over our head and we didn’t lose power nor internet. Cleaning up trees every 10 years is a trade off people are willing to deal with. The rest is better infrastructure which keeps improving constantly.
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by novalis78 4y ago
When I read about his obesssion with the series of math books "for the practical man" I went out and got my kids a copy. My daughter loved those books and carried them around wherever she went.
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by novalis78 4y ago
This might be giving away some secret of sorts but here we go: Sarasota is a unique place. Goodwill maintains dedicated bookstores - selling books at $2 each. Needless to say the stores are always well visited. There are always new amazing
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by novalis78 4y ago
The most fascinating experience is trying to understand Schopenhauer in German and then reading the same paragraph in an English translation. It feels pre-digested or narrowed down to one possible interpretation. A professor at college trie
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by novalis78 5y ago
https://liveforever.club/blog/harold-katcher-s-e5-elixir-you...
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by novalis78 5y ago
Harold Katcher and his team at Yuvan Research with E5 are an extremely fascinating attempt as well. His book ‘The Illusion of Knowledge’ (just released) gives more details on the underlying biology involved. Fascinating stuff! https:/
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by novalis78 5y ago
ByteFederal | Mobile Developer | Sarasota, FL | Full Time, Onsite | www.bytefederal.com Fast growing FinTech pioneer developing hardware and software for Bitcoin kiosks, made in the US. We also operate a network of "bank in a box"
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by novalis78 5y ago
The reality is that life is full of edge cases. For full autonomous driving we probably need full AGI.

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