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by ptr_void 9y ago
"everyone is right, and everyone is wrong" -- I know you didn't mean it literally as contradiction but probably expressing moral relativism - which could be a very difficult claim to support. There certainly are objective &#x
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by ptr_void 9y ago
A guess, but I think it's due to full confrontation of the realization that: What's meaningful is almost never economical.
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by ptr_void 9y ago
Yet most employers would prefer to see the college degree
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by ptr_void 9y ago
> Where do you think our memories are stored? You are applying computer metaphor and then asking where the 'memory' is 'stored' or 'encoded'. Metaphors/abstractions are useful tool, but when talking abo
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by ptr_void 9y ago
I should have said, A simulated heart in computer does not pump real blood. The thinking involved for a person in issuing shipment is not same as what computer does. These are not simulations. Just similar looking interface. Like a animated
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by ptr_void 9y ago
I've also heard: there shouldn't be any grantee for market as a whole to go up.
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by ptr_void 9y ago
Whether it would be faster seems unwarranted to me. But that's beyond the point. Why does faster mean more intelligent? Bubble sort in a fast computer vs quick sort ? Moving bath water with tea spoon very very fast vs using water bucke
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by ptr_void 9y ago
A simulated heart does not pump real blood. Also in the process, why should one start or stop at cell level, seems arbitrary, go further down to atoms and electrons etc. or go higher level to mental state or what not. There are completed pr
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by ptr_void 9y ago
More processing, more intelligence doesn't sound right. If I put a bunch of random reactive chemicals in a large beaker - I don't know what your "information" or "processing" would be there, but there should be
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by ptr_void 9y ago
The article is good first step, the second step would be to pick up an introduction to philosophy of mind book and realize the enormous number of issues one has to resolve, and methods needs discovering before getting close to answering suc
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by ptr_void 9y ago
I'd advice against that, I don't think stock market is for beginners unless you are into gambling. Here's a good set of lessons, something that will give you enough info to know why you shouldn't put money into stock mar
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by ptr_void 9y ago
On the same boat, recently switched to VSCode. I wish I could have had some sort of true-integrated-vim-key-bindings, none of the vim-bindings plugins feel as productive, but editor as a whole has a lot more features for a lot less work.
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by ptr_void 9y ago
I don't understand why non-youtubers care about these nuisance. These 'independent media' provides little to no value or productivity, these people are mostly equivalent to those who dance on the train or street to get money.
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by ptr_void 9y ago
Having uMatrix and NoScript addons on firefox may reduce some risks, also in general web browsing
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by ptr_void 9y ago
Tried it a few times, submitted some general interest links from my bookmarks, only to be redirected to scam sites :( Interesting idea, but it's unrealistic to expect good behavior from internet as a whole. It could be useful to have a
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Sheepskin effect(en.wikipedia.org)
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by ptr_void 9y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_mesh_network https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYLU755T6_I
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by ptr_void 10y ago
Dr. Tyler Cowen has a related video series about these issues (Complacent class, New era of segregation, Americanized stasis, Missing men, ..): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-uRhZ_p-BM4Pei6Xlr_A...