Uhuhreally

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by Uhuhreally 6y ago
but Neanderthals were short and stupid. I think the Nephilim, given the way they were described as tall "sons of God" who were "heros" and "warriors of renown" were an African people
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by Uhuhreally 6y ago
to what extent is this Smalltalk all the way down ? Can I replace the drivers with Smalltalk code ?
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by Uhuhreally 6y ago
- The projections were wrong + some of the projections were correct - The fatality rate is lower than feared + higher in some countries - Other diseases kill people too + like smallpox and ebola - This isn't as bad as the Spanish Flu +
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by Uhuhreally 6y ago
and often people answer not to help the questioner (and future readers) but to show off the little knowledge they have
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by Uhuhreally 6y ago
there have been immediate shortages for basic sundry goods
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by Uhuhreally 6y ago
He devoted a whole lecture to explaining his belief in free will, going in depth into the philosphical history of the concept and his personal reasons which come across as entirely genuine. He also speculates as to how he thinks the limited
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by Uhuhreally 6y ago
by "sleight of hand" of are implying Conway isn't being honest ? I think he was entirely sincere.
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by Uhuhreally 6y ago
aren't you mixing models of reality here ? You're describing a universe in which there's free will and determinism, somehow combined with many-worlds. It's hard to follow such hypercounterfactual logic
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by Uhuhreally 6y ago
and I reply that I just record the "fresh" random roll ahead of time and you look that up. Doesn't make any difference. I think you're confusing random with pseudorandom.
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by Uhuhreally 6y ago
> What is the distinction you're drawing, concretely? There simply isn't one unless you're using some very non-standard definition of randomness. AFAIUI by noting that the dice could have been thrown ahead of time and then
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by Uhuhreally 6y ago
maybe in that case you can help me see why Conway et al are wrong in this ? Because I'm only quoting here, and the paper is beyond me.
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by Uhuhreally 6y ago
> That's a distinction without a difference - how would you tell whether the particle is magically looking up its results in the universe's big book of random numbers or deciding for itself? It's true that quantum-mechanic
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by Uhuhreally 6y ago
Conway distinguishes Free Will from randomness by showing that randomness is just a special case of determinism. The random numbers could have been written down before the big bang and looked up when needed, which is still predetermined. Wh
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by Uhuhreally 6y ago
easy. Imagine twin brothers each with identical wealth and then one of them steals the other one's money. Now one has twice the wealth of the other.
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by Uhuhreally 6y ago
Along with health workers and delivery drivers they're the people society actually depends on
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by Uhuhreally 7y ago
I've completely given up on giving advice and persuading people because it doesn't work and often people do the opposite. People are going to do what they want anyway. Doesn't stop me having my opinions though.
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by Uhuhreally 7y ago
are you posing your counter-advice as a question in an attempt to fly it under the radar ?
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by Uhuhreally 7y ago
All of us are in hundreds of people's photos & videos every time we travel through a city and then FB/Apple/Google will recognize us anyway
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by Uhuhreally 7y ago
https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/07/in-open-offices-work...
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by Uhuhreally 7y ago
completely agree. Silence is the only way to code
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by Uhuhreally 7y ago
there will definitely be bacteria living there
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by Uhuhreally 7y ago
err, that's not on the same level to compare
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by Uhuhreally 7y ago
and there you have hit the nail on the head
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by Uhuhreally 7y ago
no that would not be cool. Not at all
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by Uhuhreally 7y ago
yep
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by Uhuhreally 7y ago
from Earth there's only one way: telescopes
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by Uhuhreally 7y ago
he said it was understandable why it was the way it was but implied that it "would be better" if it went directly - his tone was scoffing
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by Uhuhreally 7y ago
the view of the night sky is about to be destroyed by companies
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by Uhuhreally 7y ago
and they will be replaced after that
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by Uhuhreally 7y ago
there are other ways to deliver internet

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