whoByFire

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   by whoByFire 10y ago

   Woah.
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   by whoByFire 10y ago

   I was expecting a discussion of harmful technologies. Instead, he essentially says "rationalization considered harmful". Which is not too controversial. But his model of humanity is interesting. He seems to think of humans as harb
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   by whoByFire 10y ago

   That final paragraph is great Some theorists agree. Talk of disappointment is “crazy talk,” Arkani-Hamed said. “It’s actually nature! We’re learning the answer! These 6,000 people are busting their butts and you’re pouting like a little ki
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   by whoByFire 10y ago

   I'm really surprised at the comparison of motorbikes to cars. I don't own a motorbike, but my impression was that compared to cars the fuel costs are trivial. This data suggests a cost reduction of only ~25%. Was it dumb of me to
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   by whoByFire 10y ago

   You can avoid saving time stamps if you just do separate sums for preset time stamp ranges. It will add another dimension to the data but that dimension can be pretty roughly discretized. 99% of users would be perfectly happy with 15 minute