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How to Disagree(paulgraham.com)
109 points by rms 16y ago|58 comments
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by rms 16y ago
There's lots of random fluctuation with this kind of thing; I wouldn't attribute anything overly specific to it.
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by rms 16y ago
My opinion: the crucial distinction between the revolution in Tunisia and the non-revolution in Egypt is that the Tunisian revolution was kicked off by a self-immolation. Burning yourself alive is perhaps the most powerful human form of exp
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by rms 16y ago
What do you think about Give Well's analysis of charities? http://www.givewell.org/charities/top-charities
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by rms 16y ago
How about a relative ethical standard instead? Raise the price to a ridiculous level, then if they pay, save the lives of 30 infants. Sounds like a worthy moral tradeoff to me. http://www.givewell.org/international/top-charities/villager..
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by rms 16y ago
I think it's a red herring, but enough people take it seriously for this to be brilliant PR on the part of Gabriel.
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by rms 16y ago
Talks with people, answers email
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by rms 16y ago
http://lesswrong.com/lw/10g/lets_reimplement_eurisko/
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by rms 16y ago
Or is it pseudo-irony?
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by rms 16y ago
The same place as the magical $15B valuation Microsoft set way back when.
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by rms 16y ago
What's wrong with red meat?
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by rms 16y ago
:) Great. http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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by rms 16y ago
Generally the unspoken rule here is that if you are taking up most of /newest you are posting too much. Sorry that's unintuitive; it's quite weird that Hacker News has lots of secret rules.
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by rms 16y ago
The Google leadership has repeatedly said that search is an AGI hard problem. The social graph is also an AGI hard problem, for what it's worth.
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The Nazi and the Psychiatrist(scientificamerican.com)
4 points by rms 16y ago|1 comments
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by rms 16y ago
Don't forget to apply for the Thiel Fellowship! Email me for help with your essays (that offer applies to anyone).
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by rms 16y ago
Yes, in this case "great" implies historical significance.
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by rms 16y ago
Great hack, or greatest hack of all time? I am inclined to think the latter.
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by rms 16y ago
Well it's called 20 under 20. Slippery slope, etc.
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by rms 16y ago
I talked to a 20 year old and told him what you said about rules not really applying. He's exceptionally well qualified for the fellowship and two degrees of connection away from Thiel/Jim O'Neil and told me that he asked, and was told deci
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by rms 16y ago
The Peter Thiel grant program won't accept 20 year olds, only <20.
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by rms 16y ago
After hanging around the startup community for a while, it's become clear to me that the best thing for personal development and expected value is getting in as an early employee/founder at a company that will both give you a big equity sta
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by rms 16y ago
Warms my cold leftist heart.
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by rms 16y ago
Other link: http://www.kurzweilai.net/predictions/download.php
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by rms 16y ago
I'm concerned that an audit of the Fed could hasten the collapse of the USA.
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by rms 16y ago
Not anytime soon, sounds like too much hard work for my current lifestyle. It's a free idea for others.
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Tell HN: You should start a startup to compete with Shopify
6 points by rms 16y ago|4 comments
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by rms 16y ago
I get similar emails throughout the day and while it might be healthy for me to get the continuous stream of positive reward, sometimes it is demotivating to me. I start the day by waking up in the afternoon and checking my email, and I've
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by rms 16y ago
>I know Zuckerburg started facebook as a way to find girls No, that's the story from the movie. Zuckerburg started facebook because he wanted to make a startup.
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by rms 16y ago
I didn't mean to besmirch the honor of the prison guards... "angry" only meant that they would be angry because of the detainee not following the rules, not because they are inherently angry people. I was reasonably confident that said mino

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