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by onikolas7 6y ago
"morality is itself a naturally emergent phenomenon of evolution". Sure, but now that we have this evolutionary mechanism we also have more responsibility than cyanobacteria (which is what my original comment was about).
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by onikolas7 6y ago
The equilibrium with lower biodiversity is more fragile and less beneficial for us[0]. Having said that, we are _not_ nature . We make conscious decisions and so we should hold ourselves in a higher standard (both from a practical and moral
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by onikolas7 6y ago
Let me counter with my own anecdote. Every researcher I've met in the last 10 years needs some version of Linux to get their job done effectively. Largely because tools like Python/Numpy have replaced stagnated (due to years of mo
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by onikolas7 6y ago
There are many instances of redesign due to safety concerns. The clean and press was removed from weightlifting because it was very bad for the back. Some judo throws (such as ones that twisted the knee) where also removed for safety reason
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by onikolas7 6y ago
My least favorite tech term is "infant mortality"[1] from reliability engineering. Just very bad naming taste. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathtub_curve
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by onikolas7 7y ago
Lets hope Linus needs voice and chat one day...
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by onikolas7 7y ago
Fun fact for non CS people, which this article seems to address. Nothing fits: disk to RAM, RAM to L3, L3 to L2, L2 to L1, L1 to registers. We are just lucky that many programs have spatial and temporal locality.