explorer666

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by explorer666 10y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_problem_of_consciousness
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by explorer666 10y ago
Seems like you have an agenda here.
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by explorer666 10y ago
> And that will drive an economy into the ground A consumerism-based, Earth-killing economy. But it will give raise to more sustainable economies.
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by explorer666 10y ago
> Everyone involved in covering it up should be tried as traitors, as I don't just say that as a hyperbole. Don't expect them to speak out then.
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by explorer666 10y ago
That's not its intended purpose. Its intended purpose is representing debt. That's why fiat money bills are called IOUs.
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by explorer666 10y ago
Or maybe if so many people didn't want to sound smart with little effort...
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by explorer666 10y ago
> If most things go awry after a war, that's not because of the currency and nobody will care about the currency either Then why are you bringing this up? You said it yourself: "that's not because of the currency". It
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by explorer666 10y ago
Hacker News law of Betteridge's law of headlines in full force today: If the headline is applicable Betteridge's Law will always be mentioned.
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by explorer666 10y ago
http://bitcoinclock.com/
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by explorer666 10y ago
Wrong. If you can buy the same amount of most things with the same amount of currency over a period of time, then we say that currency is stable.
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by explorer666 10y ago
That's not hedging. They are paying to kill Bitcoin.
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by explorer666 10y ago
So many new users just to attack you Mike. And all the buttcoin trolls suddenly became small blockers. Evidence of Blockstream hiring shills continues to grow.
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by explorer666 10y ago
Look at the list of investors. Banks invested in Blockstream.
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by explorer666 11y ago
Even if we build a spaceship that can accelerate up to the speed of light and send it to the nearest star, we won't even know what happened to it in our lifetime. Doesn't seem like something the world could agree to donate all its
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by explorer666 11y ago
Where are all the "Betteridge's law of headlines" fanboys now?
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by explorer666 11y ago
(not a physicist) The universe is expanding, which makes the wavelengths longer the farther away the source is.
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by explorer666 11y ago
> It's really not very rich and up-to-date, in my opinion. In my experience, the vast majority of oss PHP projects started a decade ago, and they all keep certain back-compat, so they run with the drag of old paradigms. Actual new c
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by explorer666 11y ago
Or because it's a mature language, with a robust, very rich and up-to-date ecosystem.
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by explorer666 11y ago
Mass is also an emergent property.
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by explorer666 11y ago
Time is an emergent property. Ie: fundamental particles don't experience time, but things made of them do.
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by explorer666 11y ago
DayZ is early access and broken too. Not sure if you were saying that, but I wanted to say it.
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by explorer666 11y ago
I like this definition I've heard from Sam Harris (paraphrasing): An entity is conscious if there is something that it's like to be that entity.
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by explorer666 11y ago
But the problem is not computation, the problem is consciousness. I think we all agree that our level of general intelligence can be achieved "simply" by putting stuff together in the correct order. But consciousness? Why is it ev
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by explorer666 11y ago
Which is good, isn't it? I mean, how nutty was the idea that matter could bend space(time)? What about time dilation? Black holes? Particle/wave duality? The brilliant dots in the sky being immense balls of burning gas? Big discov
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by explorer666 11y ago
It says conscious can't be divided, but that's not true as far as I know. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split-brain "In a more serious effect, the patient may have two different consciousnesses, one on e
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by explorer666 11y ago
Street Fighter has been here for about 26 years, and it's only growing. It's going professional, with sponsors for the players and everything :p And by the way, I too thought the reactions needed were insane. But after some time,
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by explorer666 11y ago
> current election cycle In the US or where?
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by explorer666 11y ago
You can do all those things and more with other games. Eg: street fighter. I'm just agreeing with xyzzy4; finding the game fun is more important than anything else. Personally, I don't like the fact that luck is a bigger factor th
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by explorer666 11y ago
You mean it would make its price go up, just like with any illegal drug?
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by explorer666 11y ago
By your logic, people starving or being bombed could stop famine and wars because they have more motivation. What actually happens: whoever has more power wins. I have the power over my browser. I won't consume ads.

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