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by paulorlando 8mo ago
Best quote: "When Alice doesn't need "a neighbour" but needs that neighbour, the one who watched her kids that time, the one who knows she's allergic to peanuts. The relationship is specific, and specificity is the
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by paulorlando 8mo ago
This is great news, knowing that I have until 2034 instead of just 2027.
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by paulorlando 9mo ago
The chart you listed is for the years before the CCP won the civil war in 1949. But agreed that many of the problems overcome were also problems that were created after the war.
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by paulorlando 9mo ago
On unintended consequences: https://unintendedconsequenc.es/
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by paulorlando 9mo ago
Working on a list of examples and by extension, a greater understanding of the appeal to Ludditism: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1M_UjOPxpbKMYes5CcWRW...
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by paulorlando 10mo ago
Reminds me of the story about the red (and not great tasting) honey bees were making in Brooklyn... from sipping up liquid from the local maraschino cherry factory.
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by paulorlando 10mo ago
30 years ago in college, at a physics club talk, I got my first intro to string theory. I didn't understand it but was intrigued enough to go to a small one-off seminar led by Prof. Greene. About 15 people around a table while he spoke
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by paulorlando 10mo ago
Hey, I was just planning a blog post. I write about a mix of this kind of thing and for the first time am soliciting input before writing the post.
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Luddite List(docs.google.com)
4 points by paulorlando 10mo ago|4 comments
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by paulorlando 11mo ago
One of the best opening sentences, from the book Propaganda by Edward Bernays: "The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society."
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by paulorlando 11mo ago
The 2001 telecoms crash drove benefits for companies that came later in the availability of inexpensive dark fiber after the bubble popped. WorldCom, ICG, Williams sold off to Verizon, Level 3, Teleglobe, and others. That in turn helped fut
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by paulorlando 11mo ago
If you want happiness through writing, write only for yourself. Never check site visitor analytics, comments, shares. Only care if you're enjoying the writing. To make it easier you can also write under a pseudonym. Some of my worst ha
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by paulorlando 11mo ago
A bit of context on that grading question here. It was interesting to me that grading has gone through a couple waves of inflation over the decades: https://unintendedconsequenc.es/what-i-talk-about-when-i-tal...
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by paulorlando 11mo ago
Better than asking "is college worth the cost," and getting into ROI calculations per major is asking "could we provide a similar (or better) educational and social experience at a fraction of the cost"? To that the answ
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by paulorlando 11mo ago
I did a lot of my blog and book writing before these AI tools, but now I show my readers images of handwritten notes and drafts (more out of interest than demonstrating proof of work).
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by paulorlando 11mo ago
Interesting measurements for something I've been tracking since 2018 (Google Duplex). When there is next to no cost for misuse of voice AI, it's profitable to fool people, the calls can be made from international jurisdictions, an
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by paulorlando 11mo ago
I happened to have been assigned Moby Dick in 9th grade English class. Foolishly put off reading it until the night before the book report was due. Got about 1/3 of the way through and went through life thinking it was boring. Fast for
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by paulorlando 11mo ago
I've noticed the critical mass issue also. If your kids do free range as described, who else is out there to meet?
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by paulorlando 11mo ago
My solution: drafts on scraps of paper away from phone/laptop, then type it up on machine.
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by paulorlando 11mo ago
Wonderful. The best lines: No client can cancel it. No deadline can ruin it. The only failure would be to stop.
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What I Talk About When I Talk About Grading(unintendedconsequenc.es)
1 points by paulorlando 1y ago|0 comments
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by paulorlando 1y ago
While Bannister’s 4-minute mile record is used as an example of a psychological barrier, there’s also a reinterpretation of the meaning behind his record. Before his 1954 race, the record for the mile stood at just over 4 minutes (4:01.4) f
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Is the World Getting Safer? (2020)(unintendedconsequenc.es)
2 points by paulorlando 1y ago|0 comments
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No Argument(unintendedconsequenc.es)
8 points by paulorlando 1y ago|0 comments
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by paulorlando 1y ago
This being a snapshot in time, how would the claim change if we looked at the past? Do the explanations fade if you look back in history at empires in hot parts of the world, like the Egyptian, Mauryan, Persian, Akkadian, Mesopotamian, Cart
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The Clip (What's the Right Amount of Context?)(unintendedconsequenc.es)
1 points by paulorlando 1y ago|0 comments
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by paulorlando 1y ago
You're thinking of Clubhouse? Raised around $200M. Fast up and down. The behavior our old startup had noticed 10 years earlier was that while people were happy to engage with audio only, retention was tough unless there was something m
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by paulorlando 1y ago
I've been interested in this general question for a while. Years ago I ran a startup that connected strangers for spoken conversations. After tests, we kept it to audio only - no video, no text, no profile info. That was what kept the
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Substitutions – The Temperance Movement and Ether(unintendedconsequenc.es)
3 points by paulorlando 1y ago|0 comments
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Disasters, Ugly and Cute(unintendedconsequenc.es)
2 points by paulorlando 1y ago|0 comments

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