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by sdwr 2y ago
You're missing the trade-off between time and money (and how it differs based on wealth). "Free for all" parking spaces allow you to trade your time (hunting a spot) for parking, the same way coupon-clipping trades time for a
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by sdwr 2y ago
I liked the line > My parents were machines. My parents were gods. It was nothing special. I hated them. and how the story mixes adolescence and feeling special with philosophical ramifications (hinting that focusing on the philosophica
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by sdwr 2y ago
It's the product of an isolated mind, detached from any kind of social structure He's playing "That's interesting, it reminds me of..." by himself, not grounded enough to follow through on any of the points
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by sdwr 2y ago
It really loves the sound of its own voice!
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by sdwr 2y ago
Only person who understands this is a style choice and not a deep limitation of the robot condition. If a politician has non-answers for difficult questions, does that mean they aren't conscious? If a student writes crap for a test que
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by sdwr 2y ago
It's pretty clear that the battle over rust is a power struggle. You can't take any of it at face value
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by sdwr 2y ago
Probably the normal amount, by: - forgetting wrong predictions - tweaking your predictions after the fact to be more correct - only making predictions you are relatively sure of The real difference is whether you can do it on command, or on
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by sdwr 2y ago
1 day blinding stew
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by sdwr 2y ago
"Social dynamics from first principles" posts always grind my gears. It's a timid, egotistical landgrab, planting a flag on well-trodden ground. The OG sociologists navigated with more humility. They accepted the role of obse
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by sdwr 2y ago
Strategy is the big-picture plan, tactics are "in the moment" actions. Scamming seniors over the phone is a strategy, pretending to be their grandson is a tactic.
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by sdwr 2y ago
How does "overfitting is ok" violate information theory? How are hallucinations suggestive of overfitting? Overfitting is a tactical term, not a strategic one, and is heavily coupled to the specific implementation.
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by sdwr 2y ago
It enters the body physically, then spreads around the body physically, unaffected by chemical processes. The small pieces are small enough to enter the bloodstream, and from there the brain.
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by sdwr 2y ago
"0.618 percentage" reads as 0.618%, should either be 61.8% or "what fraction? 0.618"
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by sdwr 2y ago
You set up a false equivalence to judge others more harshly than yourself. All your examples about "controlling emotions in the workplace" are things to avoid doing. The article is talking about actions that must be performed.
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by sdwr 2y ago
> "What? Where's the trick? He just bounced on his board" That's the natural state of innocence - their reference frame is how the experience feels (I'm going fast and almost falling over!). When the scene takes
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by sdwr 2y ago
I think you would see a quality difference between 'a monkey mascot' at $40 and $200. The $200 designer is shining a light on his personal brand. The mascot is friendly, vaguely memorable, well-proportioned, soft, and not attentio
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by sdwr 2y ago
You don't think that the longest running institution in human history (or so) has any wisdom to impart? They were slow on the uptake, so now they are all mustachioed villains?
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by sdwr 2y ago
It was reaching for a great point about how intelligence requires comparison and scaffolding, and how we are nurturing the future, but then it fell into the Chinese Room trap.
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by sdwr 2y ago
3. Align incentives of the judges and the judged, reducing the pressure on metrics (ex. shared fate, belief in the cause, personal growth and fulfillment)
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by sdwr 2y ago
It's pretty similar: - a grid of hidden tiles containing monsters - that you fight by clicking on - where you balance exploration and combat - using your HP and level-ups as resources I'd say this game was directly inspired by Des
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by sdwr 2y ago
What I think is incredible about this example is how adept it is at mixing precise calculations with rough heuristics. That's exactly what I was taught, to validate the numbers by asking "Does this answer seem reasonable?" Ch
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by sdwr 2y ago
> this is a useful result theoretically, but it's not very practical in game Yeah, it's an unfortunate combination - the game itself is too complicated for the analysis to be useful (counters, full builds, game state), and the
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by sdwr 2y ago
The problem is when the old guard becomes an exclusive clique. Sometimes it's by accident ("I'm happy with the friends I already have"), but usually there's a portion of the inner circle that validate themselves by
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by sdwr 2y ago
Isn't this a terrible question to measure intelligence? It looks like it's testing niche domain knowledge along the lines of: > What color is the ball hidden behind the flowerpot in my neighbor's backyard? Maybe you can re
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by sdwr 2y ago
If the reporter is trying to get paid for not reporting, that's blackmail. If the blackmail is organized, it's a racket. Plus, if the attack surface is huge and/or fractal, you will never run out of exploits. The more you pay
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by sdwr 2y ago
> Some guy is poking around our system looking for exploitable weaknesses. Should we tell him to go away? > Nah, let's pay him instead! is a solution, but obviously can't be the solution. From a distance, white hat &quot
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by sdwr 2y ago
Boo! Don't blame the audience! > Then Ulbricht walked into the public library and sat down at the table directly in front of me, and suddenly as I was reading I could look up and see exactly the chair he had been in, where the plain
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by sdwr 2y ago
Insects don't want to work anymore! Lazy bastards keep complaining about pollution and climate change and pesticides
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by sdwr 2y ago
"to either side" or "on either side" commonly means "on both sides" "Either" has two meanings: - verb-wise, it separates different options (you can have either X or Y) - noun-wise, it refers to two si
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by sdwr 2y ago
"Important" people get trained into helplessness very quickly. They are the symbol that validates power, but any real action they take is a risk to the movers and shakers surrounding them.

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