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by sdwr 2y ago
We can't measure everything. Self-reporting + averaging misses subtle results, or even regular-sized results looked at the wrong way. There's also the secondary layer - people are social creatures, and adjust our behavior to match
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by sdwr 2y ago
Beating an old, weathered drum - How can people be so disconnected that they believe some paper on the internet over their own bodies? Try drinking a big glass of fruit juice and observing that: - there's a near-immediate "up&quot
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by sdwr 2y ago
Obviously, the features that combat fraud are public attention and immutable history. The most important feature is the history of transactions, which won't be able to be modified by state employees, even once mistakes are amended. I&#
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by sdwr 2y ago
I trust someone who's life is getting that 2/10 of a second to know when the 2/10 of a second is impeded. The how can be argued
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by sdwr 2y ago
Interesting to hear "baited to waste my time", if the parent post is a bot. I "cheat out" writing my comments. They're mostly for the audience, and only a little bit for the person I'm replying to. Do you write
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by sdwr 2y ago
Thanks for getting into the subjective roles / class differences inherent in conversation. I go crazy trying to explain it, nobody ever wants to understand.
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by sdwr 2y ago
Reminds me of Achron https://store.steampowered.com/app/109700/Achron/ It wasn't a very good game, but it used a similar time-scrubbing mechanic to support time travel. You could send your units back in
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by sdwr 2y ago
Minecraft is the best building game ever made. It's perfect like Bach - built so simply you can see how it was done, and fits into the constraints of the medium perfectly.
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by sdwr 2y ago
Even if you take it at face value, answers to the questions shift over time - is food a chore?
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by sdwr 2y ago
The angsty (to put it charitably) bit is the "us vs them" "alpha" mentality: - Sometimes another Open Source project will drop some turd in our wilderness - Wolves that don’t hunt are domesticated pets. - We will claim
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by sdwr 2y ago
Just ordered, thanks I haven't read a book in at least 3 years
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by sdwr 2y ago
Going to eat my own foot here, but, as I see it, there are two different meanings of quantum in the brain. 1. Cells in the brain function quantum-ly. Honestly, most people shouldn't care about this, in the same way most people shouldn&
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by sdwr 2y ago
(Without seeing the link) Lack of polish indicates core belief in the message/product. On one hand: Marketing copy should be word-perfect, with no grammar errors. On the other: Video of baby's first steps should be raw + unedited.
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by sdwr 2y ago
This is the best critique of UBI I've ever seen (which is a little sad). I don't remember ever reading anything about the second-order effects before.
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by sdwr 2y ago
There are electrical junction boxes all over my neighborhood, that direct power to the stoplights and residential buildings (?). They have a simple padlock, and could be opened in 30 seconds with a lockpick or bolt cutters. Nobody tries! No
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by sdwr 2y ago
This has been bothering me for a while. Security people act like it's their duty to expose every vulnerability, and that companies are negligent if they don't harden themselves against all attack vectors, while they are responsibl
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by sdwr 2y ago
Or people aren't upvoting it because it: - has clunky writing - speaks from an unearned place of authority There's a specific tone that people here love, that combines sharing knowledge with humility (beginner's mind). See th
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by sdwr 2y ago
:(
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by sdwr 2y ago
It's a very sensible question. The real Q being asked is: Is greatness about skill, or about getting lucky (right place at the right time)? and that question is really: Do I matter? Do my feelings (which feel so real to me) affect the
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by sdwr 2y ago
Very good points
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by sdwr 2y ago
Mythology, also procedure. If I am a member of a tribe that uses ceremonial ayhuasca at regular intervals, I will build my relationships around that cycle, so the feeling of awe and understanding corresponds with an actual personal breakthr
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by sdwr 2y ago
My (non-expert) understanding is that inflammation is the body turning into a war zone, in response to damage or stress. Preventing inflammation at the source is like unilateral disarmament. Great in the lab, with 0 stress and perfect food,
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by sdwr 2y ago
Fantastic speculation here, explains a lot, and has testable hypotheses. For example, there should be a relationship between rate of learning and the physical subcolumns - we should be able to identify when a single column starts up /
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by sdwr 2y ago
The article is about: - feeling like an outsider - feeling like an insider - how small towns fill their time with gossip and molehills - identity - the human condition You can't fix the human condition by getting approval for your fenc
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by sdwr 2y ago
How does that work? Where's the negation?
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by sdwr 2y ago
Middle ground? Unheard of! I think you're supposed to be telling me which side eats babies.
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by sdwr 2y ago
That's Hertzog in a nutshell! Impish, obliquely egotistical, kind and gifted. He's the most palatable example of a Nietzsche-an superman
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by sdwr 2y ago
Sickening like working a construction job. When you're killing yourself in slow motion (the impact, the noise, the chemicals!), and there's no way out. Most injuries involve an element of luck or skill, and the ego serves as a nat
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by sdwr 2y ago
That's so disillusioning it must be true. The special forces tale is heroism - being brave and tough in dangerous situations. That the danger comes from your own equipment, used as intended, is just sickening.
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by sdwr 2y ago
You really can't trust those dirty breathers. Always moving air through their nose and/or mouth

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