ysofunny

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   by ysofunny 2y ago

   whence did you learn this idiom of "the meet language"??? i have working definitions of line, point, etc.. in terms of dimensions. but I have some issues with the precise definition of "dimension" due to having picked
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   by ysofunny 2y ago

   BSD license is the most freedom encouraging license GPL made the mistake of "using the tools in the master's shed to fight the master" as they say; hence the FSF and the GNU project are not in a good path. Open source (IMO) i
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   by ysofunny 2y ago

   the very notion of "IP" or "this idea is mine and therefore all copies of it owe me royalties" is absolute nonsense and while not great in normal circumstances, the coming of digital media and the internet make it 100% a
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   by ysofunny 2y ago

   are they running out of outside places?????
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   by ysofunny 3y ago

   we cannot even experience the whole of our bodies AND brains so I contend it is not such a bad comparison
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   by ysofunny 3y ago

   except when an AI does it they call it "copyright violation"
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   by ysofunny 3y ago

   control (i.e. social or political power) doesn't work like that it would never recede. it must move from less control towards more control, not less. this is terrible and we should fight it, but we'll lose anyways.
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   by ysofunny 3y ago

   digital licensing causes artificial scarcity
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   by ysofunny 3y ago

   the western monotheist (hence monarchical andor presidential) systems are not civilization. sorry I must say this. why? in a modern state the powers are split in 3, I'm saying the executive power is not all the power. recall there are
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    by ysofunny 3y ago

    or maybe what I cannot get over is the living within lingering legacy of having had your "own" culture be made up so you can be exploited then realizing this, and finally (forever) being ostracized by peers for not going with the
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    by ysofunny 3y ago

    back in the day that was called the tithe. the real original tithe. the voluntary tithe. but that all went sideways when they made it mandatory and rebranded it as "taxes". sorry, I may still be hung up on a twitter response about
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    by ysofunny 3y ago

    same as writting
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    by ysofunny 3y ago

    > "most people's life won't be better that that we've found the Higgs field." on one hand, I feel you should append "...yet" into that thought. just because it hasn't been useful technologically
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    by ysofunny 3y ago

    gotta get rid of it so we can have free UFO tech
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    by ysofunny 3y ago

    If I learned anything from a conference by benoit mandelbrot back in my college days is that gaming financial markets is the only real application of anything scientific but I vaguely remember what he was actually talking about, I never qui
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    by ysofunny 3y ago

    they used the scientific method to develop techniques to cause personality dissociation disorder. they were probably trying to make "better spies" ended up creating sexual slaves (if you subscribe to some conspiracies) my point is
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    by ysofunny 3y ago

    I worry for a new generation of young rebellious people thinking: "becuase we can talk to computers, we no longer need to learn to read nor write". and I say this as I come to terms with how learning mathematics, as much as I like
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    by ysofunny 3y ago

    there's a fine line between brainwashing, propaganda, and meaningful communication which motivates and drives us (and ideals and so on)
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    by ysofunny 3y ago

    > literally everything is in your head. yes it is. in some form. specifically, in model form. most things are modeled by our heads. our culture, for the most part, teaches all of us how to do this. so i'm saying color is a lot mor
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    by ysofunny 3y ago

    it's the underlying physical phenomenon. but color is apparently more in your head (brain/mind) than in the light itself.
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    by ysofunny 3y ago

    i just saw this video yesterday: "The Magic Of 80s Fantasy Movies Before The Lord of the Rings | Top 10 Most Underrated Fantasy Movies" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLarGiXN864 the movie you speak of is the fi
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    by ysofunny 3y ago

    but how about a forest?
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    by ysofunny 3y ago

    my final answer is that any group organization should pay taxes AND no individual should have to pay taxes also, let's at least admit the resaon this is a heated argument is because religions are actually the 'legacy' and ret
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    by ysofunny 3y ago

    so should religions that make profits pay taxes, something tells me neither will happen
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    by ysofunny 3y ago

    one way, which is probably not what you're looking for and which I'm sure won't be a popular answer but I'll say it anyways in a false flag operation drones which take hours to arrive can be a threat
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    by ysofunny 3y ago

    I think it's a matter of the 'tradinionalist' mindset in doctor education most doctors will think "well, I went through a hardcore intesnse experience in medical school, therefore that's how it should be" I&#x2
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    by ysofunny 3y ago

    yes, now let's put all public government data on one of this so that we can all inspect the public institutions which we use to rule over ourselves and achieve the next level of real digital democracy: full institutional public transpa
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    by ysofunny 3y ago

    back then 8+3 was a limitation on filenames. 8 for the "name" and 3 for the extension. ah, the lagacy of bit-counting when hardware was THE limitation on software
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    by ysofunny 3y ago

    I'd expect that somebody that can do that is doing the hiring, possibly as a founder?
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    by ysofunny 3y ago

    american's 4 wheel car shape, while incredibly safe is now an impediment to movility innovation