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by thret 6y ago
Mao Tse Tung said change must come Change must come thru the barrel of a gun?
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by thret 6y ago
I do agree with this thesis in the sense that leaving an inheritance has no benefit to you. I've tried to explain to people that life insurance is a waste of money for this very reason but it is hard to put into words. I think they are
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by thret 6y ago
That is a sombre thought.
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by thret 6y ago
My mother used to say this happened with milk. They'd deliver it daily and collect the used bottles to be washed and reused.
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by thret 6y ago
You wouldn't need to simulate the entire universe in perfect detail - just the parts users are interacting with, and just to sufficient detail that they didn't notice anything amiss. This is exactly how we render games.
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by thret 6y ago
Scroll to the bottom and pay for the privilege.
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by thret 6y ago
That would be completely logical. Predictions can be self-fulfilling, and he would have nothing to gain by placing his predictions for biological immortality out of his own reach.
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by thret 6y ago
Do you even remember what it was like trying to find your way around a foreign city before google maps? They mapped the world and provided it as a service for free.
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Who is CodeMiko? The virtual streamer that will blow your mind(ginx.tv)
1 points by thret 6y ago|0 comments
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by thret 6y ago
Is Google Auth down because of the SolarWinds Orion exploit? https://cyber.dhs.gov/ed/21-01/
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by thret 6y ago
Is it due to the SolarWinds Orion exploit? https://cyber.dhs.gov/ed/21-01/
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by thret 6y ago
This reminded me of: QuantumBogoSort a quantum sorting algorithm which can sort any list in O(1), using the "many worlds" interpretation of quantum mechanics. It works as follows: 1. Quantumly randomise the list, such that there i
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by thret 6y ago
Why wouldn't you just reheat the food if it was cold?
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by thret 6y ago
I've never understood why microwaves have an alarm that can't be disabled. They actually make me angry every time I fail to stop it manually at <10s.
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by thret 6y ago
The payoff is real: “So the whole universe runs on this system of sapphires connected by paths?” “MOST OF IT RUNS ON SAPPHIRES ON PATHS, BUT I USE RUBY ON RAILS FOR THE DATABASES.” I quite enjoyed this story, thank you for sharing it.
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by thret 6y ago
Imagine trying to justify sending a probe to Venus now and not looking for signs of life.
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by thret 6y ago
I was thinking someone should write a story on the premise that we are living in a simulation, where 'glitches in the matrix' like déjà vu, coincidences, freak accidents, etc., are due to accidental arrangements of people corrupti
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by thret 6y ago
The key to chess being entertaining is time pressure. Watching Hikaru and Magnus play blitz is far more enjoyable than a 'normal' game. I've been watching a lot of Hikaru's streams since PogChamps put him on my radar and
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by thret 6y ago
I feel like this should be more common. People kill themselves to escape their lives, but they should vanish and start again instead.
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by thret 6y ago
Imagine being sentenced to house arrest in 2020 of all years.
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by thret 6y ago
Then why do we train for it constantly in coalition exercises?
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by thret 6y ago
I thought that mama/papa/nana/dada or some close equivalent existed in all languages, as it is the first basic sound that babies can say.
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by thret 6y ago
Not at all, just increase tax per child per household. 0-2 children at a normal rate, and increasing per extra child.
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by thret 6y ago
That's why basic, necessary goods are not taxed, only luxury items. We have a GST in Australia and poor people effectively do not pay any tax on purchases.
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by thret 7y ago
Why is there a focus on people working at all? I thought one of the reasons UBI was so interesting is that people who are stupid, lazy, incompetent or just too obnoxious to work in customer service can stay at home and out of my way.
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by thret 7y ago
Fear of something that is not real like a scary clown could be seen as a good parenting opportunity. There are crocodiles.
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by thret 7y ago
Loved it and own a copy. I often remind myself of Aunt Hillary when thinking about large organisations such as the military. There are quite a lot of topics in GEB that are simply fun to think about.
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by thret 7y ago
Well, 'the Sun so small' is a phrase I have never seen before.
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by thret 8y ago
Aren't species already going extinct every day?
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Magnetic Loop Antenna Current and Voltage Distribution – Jeri Ellsworth(youtube.com)
2 points by thret 8y ago|0 comments

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