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961.
by wyager 4y ago
GA is more general than (and superior to) quaternions (the even subalgebra of G3). However, it requires a powerful type system and compiler to compile general GA expressions to something as efficient as quaternions. C++ won't cut it. Y
962.
by wyager 4y ago
There are plenty of jobs where the modal customer is malicious, stupid, and lazy, such as low-end retail.
963.
by wyager 4y ago
> Is waking up prior to 9am really considered torturous It certainly was given the default sleep schedule I had as a teen. > Go to sleep by midnight This wasn't something I could intentionally choose to do as a teenager without t
964.
by wyager 4y ago
I guarantee you that byte order swapping is not the limiting factor on the efficiency of any system involving UUIDs on the wire.
965.
by wyager 4y ago
> Fast gigabit internet is cheap and everywhere (5G or mesh wifi) I don't need to read farther than this; I am 98% certain that the rest of the article is hopium nonsense. "Mesh wifi" has never been and never will be the s
966.
by wyager 4y ago
Spotify's algorithmic song selection seems pretty mediocre to me. I think it might get confused by multi-genre listening.
967.
by wyager 4y ago
> Do you have any evidence for the claim that minmaxing causes a steep drop off in overall expected utility? My evidence is just experience with optimization/utility theory. If you're looking for a paper describing this one tak
968.
by wyager 4y ago
The two likely possibilities are that you have enough background in utility/optimization/portfolio/whatever theory to reverse-engineer my thought process, or you need a lot of additional background that I can't feasibly
969.
by wyager 4y ago
Rawls would definitely pick the second option, but utilitarianism may or may not favor the first option (depends e.g. on dollar-utility mapping).
970.
by wyager 4y ago
The source is common sense, experience, and original thought. I don't copy every thought I have from an NYT article or whatever you're looking for. Minimax is emphatically not even remotely close to EV maximization, especially for
971.
by wyager 4y ago
Rawls' proposed social optimization strategy is basically, implicitly, minimaxing (although I doubt he would describe it in similar terms), which is terrible for social outcomes. The return/variance pareto frontier for societal op
972.
by wyager 4y ago
One of the most harmful and anti-utilitarian legal theories to ever become popular. It's baby's first attempt at first-order anthropic utilitarianism, with disastrous entailments.
973.
by wyager 4y ago
> I can only watch SD content if I’m on Linux Sounds like you have a good reason to get content from third-party sources that don't saddle you with annoying BS.
974.
by wyager 4y ago
People should pursue risk mitigation strategies which are efficient at the margins, if at all. I would capture marginal utility by making life more risky and less fearful, so I'm certainly not going to accept the piss-poor risk reducti
975.
by wyager 4y ago
I suspect whatever you have in mind for "ammunition limits" is not even slightly reasonable under careful consideration.
976.
by wyager 4y ago
If your primary concern is reducing horror (which I think is not reasonable from a utilitarian basis), take it up with the media.
977.
by wyager 4y ago
> the country really is too big and diverse to be governed as a single nation I think many gun owners would agree.
978.
by wyager 4y ago
> Guns add little value to people's lives This is a facially absurd claim to make based on the extremely motivated behavior of tens of millions of Americans. > are likely to amplify poor decisions into death and serious injury Fo
979.
by wyager 4y ago
> It's time we start legislating based on empirical evidence instead of lofty ideals. I would take anti-gun people more seriously if they actually paid attention to what this entails. For one, anti-gun enthusiast would stop going on
980.
by wyager 4y ago
> what if gun users were regulated like car users You mean "having no legal restrictions whatsoever on private property"? > requiring training and a license Most states do require this on public property, same as a car.
981.
by wyager 4y ago
Yep, what a silly design. I almost want to hack it out of spite.
982.
by wyager 4y ago
I was pissed to learn that arris DOCSIS modems do not allow you, the owner, to install firmware updates or adjust most settings. Only the ISP gets to do that.
983.
by wyager 4y ago
Part of the issue is that the US government keeps fucking with their bank accounts, making it difficult to have 100% of their reserves in plain old cash deposits.
984.
by wyager 4y ago
This seems like a poor option for this price range.
985.
by wyager 4y ago
There's a Facebook group called starlink ESIM or something where people are doing more advanced lie-flat installations.
986.
by wyager 4y ago
I believe that is the case. They have been limiting regional sales to what they believe they can support within that cell.
987.
by wyager 4y ago
It's normal service, normal hardware. It just won't boot you from the network if you travel too far away from your home cell.
988.
by wyager 4y ago
People have been DIY'ing this for a while. This service has been out for weeks - not sure why it's only getting publicity today.
989.
by wyager 4y ago
Same hardware.
990.
by wyager 4y ago
5G in rural areas is basically non-existent. Even 4G coverage is spotty outside of urban/suburban areas. My house in Montana has 1 bar of cell service - maybe 100kbps down max. Starlink gives me 1000x that.

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