olalonde

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871.
by olalonde 2y ago
Technically, "not aborting" may always cause the mother to die since childbirth always carries some risk. But if you mean a case where the fetus is already dead, I doubt many people would oppose the abortion? What are their argume
872.
by olalonde 2y ago
> So I find it hard to understand how someone can care about women's health and support these policies. I'm flabbergasted that I know parents of daughters who support these policies. Do you really not know the reason? They beli
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by olalonde 2y ago
> I don't have a dog in this fight Neither do I, I was simply comparing them from a Bayesian point of view. There is indeed no "smoking gun". What you say about the citation is possible but I estimate that it's more l
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by olalonde 2y ago
Not only is there not much evidence backing the Peter Todd theory, but there are many issues with it: 1) Why wouldn't he have used his Satoshi identity to discredit Craig Wright and save himself and fellow core developers a lot of pain
875.
by olalonde 2y ago
You obviously haven't done much research on the topic. There are far, far more likely candidates, like Len Sassaman. Anyone that knew a bit about Bitcoin at the time could have made that BitcoinTalk post, it's not a "slip up&
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by olalonde 2y ago
Why would he do it for Dorian but not for Craig Wright, who caused immensely more harm to the community? Plus, Satoshi's email was hacked in 2014 (or earlier), and it was likely hacked multiple times[0]. [0] https://blog.bi
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Satoshi Nakamoto and the Origins of Bitcoin(arxiv.org)
2 points by olalonde 2y ago|0 comments
878.
by olalonde 2y ago
For more serious research on who Satoshi might be: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2206.10257
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by olalonde 2y ago
Clearly not him. He initially dismissed Bitcoin and jumped on the bandwagon when it started making headlines due to its fast rising price. Plus, Adam Back seeks fame, he would happily claim to be Satoshi if it was really him. He was even cr
880.
by olalonde 2y ago
You might like the movie Videodrome[0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videodrome
881.
by olalonde 2y ago
And guess who's going to renounce to US citizenship and/or start companies outside the US after that? Are entrepreneurs still going to immigrate to the US knowing that their wealth will be confiscated once they become successful?
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by olalonde 2y ago
Those that aren't fully collateralized are committing fraud.
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by olalonde 2y ago
Ah I see, so they didn't recover the actual crypto that was owed, just the estimated USD value at the moment of bankruptcy? By the way, I didn't mean to imply SBF wasn't guilty, simply that he might have been able to cover up
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by olalonde 2y ago
Imagine spending 25 years in federal prison knowing you might have avoided it if only you had not filed for bankruptcy.
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The AI startup drama that's damaging Y Combinator's reputation(indiehackers.com)
85 points by olalonde 2y ago|51 comments
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by olalonde 2y ago
I understand that's what they do, I just don't understand why . I imagine that most academics would want to favor academic excellence over providing a networking service for the rich and well-connected, but I'm evidently wro
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Waiting for Blue Robot(waiting-for-blue-robot.gitlab.io)
3 points by olalonde 2y ago|0 comments
888.
by olalonde 2y ago
I've always found it puzzling why universities seek information beyond a student's academic performance. It seems odd to me. Imagine if professional sports teams had "legacy admissions" or "affirmative action".
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by olalonde 2y ago
Installing stuff on public utility polls is probably illegal everywhere.
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Sam Altman invested $180M into a company trying to delay death(technologyreview.com)
5 points by olalonde 2y ago|0 comments
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by olalonde 2y ago
I actively avoid Facebook URLs because I don't want to see all my unread Messenger/Facebook notifications.
892.
by olalonde 2y ago
Why do you care how many lines of code the dependencies are? Compile time? Lack of disk space?
893.
by olalonde 2y ago
> Elon being Elon and reinventing the wheel again! Well he has a pretty good track record at doing that.
894.
by olalonde 2y ago
Indeed, OP's "disinterested" list matches LessWrong almost perfectly. > Disinterested: CEO said, politics, winter, alignment, eats us all, not a human, etc.
895.
by olalonde 2y ago
That is the equivalent of a multi million $ yearly income for the psychiatrist. That's insane. Why aren't there more people getting into this profession? In Turkey, you could have a private psychiatrist working for you full time f
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by olalonde 2y ago
Why is there a "list price" and an actual price? What's the point? Do pharmacies not compete with each other? Imagine if you went to a McDonald and the Big Mac was 300$ but it really was 10$ if you asked for a discount. So ma
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Construction of 220V hydroelectric power plant [video](youtube.com)
2 points by olalonde 2y ago|0 comments
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by olalonde 2y ago
The problem is that it's not a free market either thanks to medical licensing laws, monopoly control over the accreditation of U.S. medical schools, etc. The supply of doctors was even once artificially limited as a matter of policy du
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by olalonde 2y ago
It's crazy that you can't get a prescription for under 379$. Something is seriously broken with that system. I'm pretty sure I could get one for 1/10 that price where I live, without insurance.
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by olalonde 2y ago
Health insurance in the US sounds like such a scam. Is it not possible to pay for a psychiatrist directly or to renew prescriptions without seeing one?

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