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by progrus 3y ago
I freakin knew foundation was amazing. Argh.
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by progrus 3y ago
Logic is inconsistent and/or incomplete. Truth is both consistent and complete.
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by progrus 3y ago
Toxic as in will make cities getting vaporized more likely, if it catches on.
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by progrus 3y ago
Agreed. We have been given a primary job as caretakers of our neighbors, and our environment.
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by progrus 3y ago
Are you worried aliens will get mad at us, or something like that? Then why don’t they say so?
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by progrus 3y ago
Some people believe they have inherited the stars, that God is behind all things, and that we’re not going to just grow too fast like a cancer and then kill the planet. I’m one of those people, so this argument doesn’t work for me. There in
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by progrus 3y ago
This argument is toxic.
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by progrus 3y ago
Skimmed, and I can tell I’m going to like this one a lot.
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by progrus 3y ago
There will be inexpressible ideas in any such language, per Gödel. In fact, this means that there is no such thing as “free speech” in any totally-consistent language!
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by progrus 3y ago
> Breakdown of governance -> authoritarianism is a common sequence regardless of political lean of the new regime; The second amendment is an uncommon law. I do hope we never find out who is right on this one…
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by progrus 3y ago
They can try, but it won’t go well in the US. The future looks like decentralized identity protocols.
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by progrus 3y ago
And for women, the subway is not just a 24/7 whimsical, wild, and grimy place, like it is for me…
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by progrus 3y ago
This is traditionally called “the pub” in the UK or “the bar” in the US. Maybe it’s time for society to work on that drinking habit, eh?
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by progrus 3y ago
Wow!! Thank you!! I play by ear but have a bunch of friends who will love this.
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by progrus 3y ago
Ever read Popper on the scientific method? It’s a classic: https://staff.washington.edu/lynnhank/Popper-1.pdf
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by progrus 3y ago
So there’s no speed of light limit, there’s no speed of clock limit, or else all useful algorithms are parallelizable? Sounds like bullshit.
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by progrus 3y ago
Scientific thinking, or a generalized and incomplete algebra of reason, is exactly what you get from a GPT. Nothing more. Basically, I would argue that this article sees a real issue, but seems to get it backwards. All formal logical system
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by progrus 3y ago
Honestly, this sounds like a great idea. Project Gutenberg for tabs in the public domain.
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by progrus 3y ago
This is weirdly good news for current owners, in the same way that 9/11 was weirdly good news for surviving a flight.
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by progrus 3y ago
Adding this to help understanding, even though we appear to be enemies: There is an information war going on. Many headlines and things that you might try to call “news” I see as malicious and violent. How can a news organization write that
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by progrus 3y ago
Seek a spiritual advisor who is smart enough to call out your BS. Best advice I’ve got, hope it helps.
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by progrus 3y ago
We’re never giving you 5 trillion.
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by progrus 3y ago
One problem with making the package larger is the relativistic effects of longer wires. Anyway, the idea of writing code to manipulate 2000 watts of power billions of times a second, on a desk, is kinda scary! Wow!
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by progrus 3y ago
In my lifetime I’ve seen the general breakdown of civil discourse. I’m not totally sure it can be proven which side “started it”, but there has been a general trend where now that fringe scientist is not invited to parties anymore, and thos
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by progrus 3y ago
Will we ever get apologies from the AI-Foom crew for losing their marbles and riling people up about the word calculator?
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by progrus 3y ago
Arrogant pseudo-intellectual nonsense. Ditch that insane agenda and seek a spiritual advisor.
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by progrus 3y ago
Just dunking on the establishment whiners, I don’t care if all of this confuses you. Try watching the video while taking notes, maybe?
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by progrus 3y ago
Lol, yep that’s the etymology. But pretty sure y’all really don’t get it: https://youtu.be/DnHOxZgvdWM
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by progrus 3y ago
IYKYK…
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by progrus 3y ago
Every time I see the lizards write another article whining about bitcoin or NFTs, my heart glows a little.

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