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by rytill 9y ago
No, it's for redundancy.
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by rytill 9y ago
Does anyone have a link to a good replacement resource for the 2nd source? The link is broken. [2] EE376C Lecture Notes: Universal Schemes in Information Theory: http://web.stanford.edu/class/ee376c/lecturenotes&#x
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by rytill 9y ago
Could you give some examples of stating a subject and object and not being able to ask a non-trivial question?
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by rytill 9y ago
I've sort of assumed that warp-drives == time-travel and are thus the same level of improbability. Is there a consistent universe where we have warp-drives and are NOT able to time-travel?
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by rytill 9y ago
To a point... but it's so prolific that you should be testing to falsify it most of the time.
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by rytill 9y ago
> Meta thought: you radically underestimate both a) how much you know that other people do not and b) the instrumental benefits to you of publishing it. Can someone explain b) to me? Is he saying that, assuming you fit into category a, b
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by rytill 9y ago
It depends on your metric for success. VR already has research applications and artists are using it for 3D modeling. VR gaming is neat, but in my expectations, not going to be the core focus of the technology. Generally, VR is about natura
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by rytill 9y ago
This is more likely.
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by rytill 9y ago
The discussion touches on this a bit near the end. The 'human consciousness is specifically important' meme could be harmful as we proceed as an evolutionary entity. For those who anticipate an AI singularity: it may be harmful to
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by rytill 9y ago
(100 billion people) * (the amount of thoughts a person has their life) is quite large, but I think nowhere near the amount of permutations of thoughts and emotions to go with them someone can reasonably have. I bet your thoughts are more u
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by rytill 9y ago
It's not as simple as that it's here because it 'helps' people. It's inevitable that tech comes about - it is possible and if you don't use it you are behind.
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by rytill 9y ago
https://www.poltr.com Clean quick polling website
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by rytill 9y ago
I go through this chain of logic every so often: What are the chances that anything only exists right now, and that this experience I'm having is 'special' in some way (e.g. significantly more likely to be occurring)? At firs
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by rytill 9y ago
Cool demo. Reminds me of a music visualizer.
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by rytill 9y ago
Possibly by someone trying to do good. More likely by someone just following their rational incentives. Very few people are 'evil' actors but most follow incentives.
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by rytill 9y ago
I don't feel like there's any major lack of sunlight and I've lived in Pittsburgh for years. Source?
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by rytill 9y ago
Yes of course, if you want to have an older dad just be geeky.
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by rytill 9y ago
Seems like that's at least partially on you. I have a friend like this and, while we get along great most of the time, he is always interrogating people who say no to him and you can just tell he's assuming 'the true reason i