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841.
by rms 17y ago
http://lesswrong.com/lw/pk/feynman_paths/
842.
by rms 17y ago
I agree. META: Lest someone else respond to me, I don't mean to imply that there aren't many more viable strategies for fixing the world! If you think you can save the world, I would prefer to discuss it with you via email rather than in th
843.
by rms 17y ago
To clarify, I think I first need to define globalization. I mean the current world order where the wishes of all of the countries has someone become much greater than any of the individual countries. On defining globalization, I will quote
844.
by rms 17y ago
This is crazy enough that a supervisor will probably fix it instantly once business hours start, but on the (~15%?) chance that they don't fix it, you might want to record the call and announce that you are recording it.
845.
by rms 17y ago
I of course agree with you that the startup visa is a great idea, but I think Brian's other point is that US immigration as a whole is so fundamentally flawed that there are lots of areas that need large amounts of additional funding. This
846.
by rms 17y ago
Brian, if you want to start your own lobbying group to fix any of the flaws in US immigration policy, I sincerely wish you the best of luck.
847.
by rms 17y ago
Seems like a good idea for a few cafes to do, especially for PR purposes. I doubt this is going to be a trend though; people shouldn't take it too seriously.
848.
by rms 17y ago
PG, did you do any lobbying or anything beyond writing an essay on the startup visa? How do you think Kerry heard about it? Edit: I answered my own question, startupvisa.com is the group that did the lobbying. http://startupvisa.com/about/
849.
by rms 17y ago
It's also a good example of globalization working. No one country's law is enough to stop the web.
850.
by rms 17y ago
Alternative link: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/events/2010/yuris_night/ind... Don't forget to bring your costumes and art installations.
851.
by rms 17y ago
This is planned by NASA itself, so they probably take a much less cynical look at space travel. Out of things to be celebrating, Yuri Gargarin's trip to space is a pretty good one. It also makes as good an excuse as anything for having a mu
852.
by rms 17y ago
The video Schneier links to is down; here's a mirror. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JghQ0ZcRfQs
853.
by rms 17y ago
Anyone gone to this in the past? What was it like? It looks like I am going to be in the Bay Area for much of April so maybe I'll see you there. I'm a big fan of the Glitch Mob. http://theglitchmob.com/mp3/The_Glitch_Mob-Nalepa_Monday_Rem.
854.
Yuri's Night: Bay Area 2010(ynba.org)
14 points by rms 17y ago|9 comments
855.
by rms 17y ago
Hot dogs? Why not just skip a step and sell beer and tequila shots outside of the conference?
856.
by rms 17y ago
$125 a year for a PA LLC (and a PA LLC is a strong LLC, in some states an LLC is missing some protections that corporations have).
857.
History in the Remaking(newsweek.com)
3 points by rms 17y ago|0 comments
858.
by rms 17y ago
I did this the last time I had a full time job. 3-4 hours at night before work, 3-5 hours when I got home from work. It worked just fine except about once every week or two I would take my post work lap and accidentally sleep for 12 hours t
859.
by rms 17y ago
What would the consequences be if you dramatically amped up the censorship here? Certainly it would improve discourse at the expense of inspiring lots of hatred...
860.
by rms 17y ago
You are probably right. My intuition is that technology should be eliminating more jobs. The demand of the world can be met with less and less workers. I'm having a tough time picturing the new jobs that are going to emerge, but I suppose
861.
by rms 17y ago
This is not really tangible or necessarily GDP positive, but it does really pay $15/hour while you work from home. I know that 99.99% of work from home jobs are a scam, but this is indeed real, my brother has been doing it for three months
862.
by rms 17y ago
Africa is not going to have drone soldiers though. The only way I see the African dictators falling is armies of killer robots.
863.
by rms 17y ago
I only see this getting worse in the future. There just isn't enough work to go around anymore. How many white collar/service jobs don't involve any actual work? I just hope our economic system can adjust so we don't have a perpetual, growi
864.
by rms 17y ago
Didn't do anything for me. My roommate said it improved his ability to do mental math, but the improvement wasn't worth continuing to take it.
865.
by rms 17y ago
...really? It seems stunningly obvious to me that exercise and a good diet is good for overall health and mental health. I think the burden of proof is on you here. Or are you just positing that exercise+diet has no impact on productivity,
866.
by rms 17y ago
FYI, if you think you may have ADHD, you probably meet diagnostic criteria. If you would look to get medication, fill out an online adult ADHD checklist and bring it to your doctor.
867.
by rms 17y ago
Science may not know the underlying cause, but I would be willing to take a bet at unfavorable odds that methylphenidate or amphetamine would improve the OP's ability to get things done. Good therapy for the OP's likely condition, ADHD, is
868.
by rms 17y ago
From my reading over the last few months, I think the unanswered question of subjective experience/qualia comes down to the Born Probabilities. http://lesswrong.com/lw/py/the_born_probabilities/
869.
by rms 17y ago
Biz dev! Congrats Harj.
870.
by rms 17y ago
Is that not a solution to the threat of atomic war? Seems to be working ok so far.

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