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751.
by solveit 7y ago
I would be happy to dwell on solving that problem for the next few centuries.
752.
by solveit 7y ago
Millenia.
753.
by solveit 7y ago
It's not about the money. Tenure makes you king of a small kingdom for life.
754.
by solveit 7y ago
Have you read Scott's recent article on what people report "enlightenment" feels like? If so, how did you relate to it?
755.
by solveit 7y ago
> That's literally what a corporation is. But it's not all a corporation is.
756.
by solveit 7y ago
Since it could potentially lead to a drop in the price of MATT, it could well be fraud if it weren't disclosed.
757.
by solveit 7y ago
It was still the right move. As every poker player knows, just because you lost doesn't mean you played the hand wrong.
758.
by solveit 7y ago
"Senator, is the safety and prosperity of the American people your highest priority?"
759.
by solveit 7y ago
It really isn't. It's quite obviously possible and not worth the effort if you happen to know anything about Rubik's cubes and neural networks. In fact, I would be much more interested in "I solved a Rubik's cube us
760.
by solveit 7y ago
> It isn't just that he is IGNORING the judgement... he is literally not getting any. I think this is more subtle than it looks. A big part of the reason he's not getting any could be because he ignores any similar judgments.
761.
by solveit 7y ago
Mushroom poisoning and Amanita poisoning are very different things.
762.
by solveit 7y ago
No, energy expenditure for bitcoin mining is larger than that of all altcoins combined. Despite the considerable technical innovations of some altcoins, bitcoin remains king in this world for now.
763.
by solveit 7y ago
Everyone was fine with chronological order.
764.
by solveit 7y ago
I felt a sudden sense of longing and felt incredibly sad, as if I had forgotten something, something that had been precious to me.
765.
by solveit 7y ago
> We've sunk untold billions into nuclear, a very small fraction of what has gone into renewables. Out of curiosity, is there a good estimate for how much money the world has spent on nuclear/renewable energy research? You&#x27
766.
by solveit 7y ago
> Scientists have greatly oversold the degree of their knowledge in most fields. My impression is that the people doing the overselling were very much not the scientists in almost all cases.
767.
by solveit 7y ago
> Actual discussions between scientists are much more lively This only works because the people are vetted. Almost everyone on HN is a rando and randos had better be able to back their assertions up. Otherwise you just end up spending
768.
by solveit 7y ago
Yes, I also think that killing literally everybody is the most reasonable solution to environmental and social problems.
769.
by solveit 7y ago
I understand the futility of reasoning against snark, but I still feel compelled to mention that no collection of minds in the history of anything has ever really succeeded in solving the problem of dysfunctional politics.
770.
by solveit 7y ago
Pretty sure they're being facetious.
771.
by solveit 7y ago
Tested on 8 people. Sounds wonderful but get back to us when it replicates.
772.
by solveit 7y ago
"Wait for technologies to mature" sounds like a great heuristic for people who need to build things that actually work.
773.
by solveit 7y ago
>So somewhere you either exploited people or natural resources to get that capital. Boy are you at the wrong forum. Another possibility is that you actually created value and captured a part of it.
774.
by solveit 7y ago
Apparently we're close enough to post-scarcity that people forget jobs are supposed to do things and not status symbols. The point of meritocracy isn't that it's more fair or ethical, the point is that we give the most impo
775.
by solveit 7y ago
I don't see anything fundamentally wrong with enforcing the speed limit in such a way. Perhaps one could question its efficiency, or the fact that many laws and regulations are enforced inconsistently based on the whims of whoever happ
776.
by solveit 7y ago
I strenuously object to the idea that the government should be able to stop the spreading of publicly available truths in the name of public safety, especially over a justification as flimsy as "encourages reckless driving". I wou
777.
by solveit 7y ago
I have things to say, but instead, I will quote Gwern on the IQ wars and be done with it. Mostly because I know more than you but less than Gwern. > If, like most people, you’ve only read a few papers or books on it, your opinion (whatev
778.
by solveit 7y ago
The point is that it takes near universal coordination to actually hurt liquidity. Otherwise, you're just funneling money to amoral investors.
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by solveit 7y ago
Stupidity does not adequately explain the Holocaust...
780.
by solveit 7y ago
Kind of. ASICs aren't exactly super available, but the manufacturers are also players, so if the attack is severe enough to be an existential threat to Bitcoin, I expect Bitmain (largest ASIC manufacturer) will fire up their unsold inv

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