trevyn

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   by trevyn 7y ago

   I think an argument could be made that the sense of self is a psychological disorder.
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   by trevyn 7y ago

   Many cars have a system that automatically unlocks doors in an accident for exactly this reason.
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   by trevyn 7y ago

   So the hope is that we pay to read about how Google is making us pay? The end times are truly near; the machine will ouroborosesquely eat itself soon. :-)
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   by trevyn 7y ago

   Source? Article says top design speed is 350km/h.
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   by trevyn 7y ago

   Or perhaps the server taps a button to order food and the kitchen taps a button to clear the ticket when food goes out, and when the wait time is over a certain threshold, the ticket turns red on their screens and the manager notices and t
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   by trevyn 7y ago

   Indeed; I would consider this story (by the HowStuffWorks guy) required reading if you’re in the field. We have a lot of important decisions to make soon regarding what kind of society we want in the future.
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   by trevyn 7y ago

   > A normal person would be retiring at 65 or so. Mark was 62; maybe you’re thinking of Larry, 75?
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   by trevyn 7y ago

   There are many meanings, of which you have described two.
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   by trevyn 7y ago

   Should people who know their children will suffer in numerous other ways be having children?
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    by trevyn 7y ago

    An important function of free speech is that it is a release valve and warning system for widespread discontent. If highly charged opinions start forming themselves into organized groups, it’s a hint that something needs to change, structur
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    by trevyn 7y ago

    I think I’ll decline the “more interesting” arms race, though.
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    by trevyn 7y ago

    For example: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_Singa...
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    by trevyn 7y ago

    > Things drones can't do: go fast enough to cross the sky in a blink, stop on a dime or turn sharp corners at jet speeds, travel at jet speeds at all - without an obvious and loud model jet engine, create slabs of light or opaque su
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    by trevyn 7y ago

    I find the HN “hide” option to work well for uninteresting stories.
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    by trevyn 7y ago

    N.B.: He’s talking about extrasolar planets, not Mars.
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    by trevyn 7y ago

    (2018), but still very relevant!
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    by trevyn 7y ago

    A New York author suggesting to Californians how to police is a bit... tilting at windmills?
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    by trevyn 7y ago

    There was a Ross Kemp episode about how the British counts of rough sleepers could be very wrong; many towns with official counts of zero having visible dozens, etc.
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    by trevyn 7y ago

    Something to consider: Which individuals would be capable of and personally benefit from mimetically manipulating your own desires and systems of belief, and is there any evidence that they have done so?
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    by trevyn 7y ago

    The most stunning part of this is that there exists a robust, competitive minesweeper community . Also a key bit that is a little buried: “on roland's vid the board before the dreamboard is the same as the one on matt's 10sec vid
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    by trevyn 7y ago

    As a seasoned traveler, any advice for how to navigate in the strange new world?
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    by trevyn 7y ago

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7609289
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    by trevyn 7y ago

    I’m super-curious how Mars will be governed.
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    by trevyn 7y ago

    Because then you create companies like Amazon.
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    by trevyn 7y ago

    Is this available to download in bulk?
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    by trevyn 7y ago

    You could also use an S3 or GCS “requester pays” bucket, which means you never get charged for data transfer. Would cost about $2/month for the 83GB storage, but that’s it. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/late
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    by trevyn 7y ago

    > The pursuit of "happiness" is just about the best way to ensure you remain unhappy. I strongly disagree. We may agree, however, that the route many people take in pursuit may be somewhat... misguided.
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    by trevyn 7y ago

    See also Wikipedia’s “List of fallacies”: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fallacies
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    by trevyn 7y ago

    Perhaps the title could be read as “a tool for looking up logical fallacies that can arise from relying on your intuition”.
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    by trevyn 7y ago

    incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result Orangutan is granted rights, and as a result is moved to a jurisdiction where the rights do not apply.