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by gepi79 8y ago
Ok. I thought you might have something particular or obvious in mind by mentioning self driving cars. https://machineperson.org/existence.html#self-awareness I have spent some time to answer my own questions. But I have nei
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by gepi79 8y ago
Answering what is philosphy is philosophy. And thus, IMO, I am right. > Philosophy is what academics who work in philosophy departments do. IMO this is too restrictive. You reduce philosophy to a job title or diploma title. I guess, many
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by gepi79 8y ago
IMO the interesting point was the approach: - First thinking what could lead to progress. - Then progress in the form of 2 lists that answer the question if women should be allowed for the highest political office.
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by gepi79 8y ago
Sorry, I have not spent time with the philosophy of other people. Could you explain what you mean, especially with regard to my previous comment ? This is my opinion: https://machineperson.org/ai.html https://mac
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by gepi79 8y ago
IMO, progress in philosophy leads to science. First you think and imagine (philosophy) then you try and know and have made progress (science). From the article: Yes (with qualification) and yes. Already in Republic (Plato again!) we have an
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by gepi79 8y ago
First: I had missed the part of your previous reply where you wrote that you too had downvoted my comment because of "my hubris". Unfortunately I read and replied too quickly because I had to leave. Now it is too late to correct m
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by gepi79 8y ago
Thanks for the clarification. I guess you did not downvote me. As always, reasonable interesting people do not downvote so easily. > We are in grave danger of dying out; I do not think so and there is no reason at all to think so. Again:
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by gepi79 8y ago
Indeed, people are dangerously ignorant regarding Earth and Mars. If we can not rescue Earth, a biological paradise, we have no hope to make it on Mars, a biological hell.
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by gepi79 8y ago
> "50% of species" rather than "50% of population", which is a very big difference Loss of 50% of species is really bad. Population growth and climate change will only accelerate the loss. While I would welcome a decr
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by gepi79 8y ago
Good point, java-devel sounds like C++ headers and libraries and not like Java. I do not contribute to the OpenJDK project or to the JVM either. There are standard packages in the Java world: JRE (users) and JDK (java programmers). The JDK
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by gepi79 8y ago
Yes you are right. But as a Java developer I know and I care about the terms JRE and JDK that are used officially and on Windows and many Linux systems and MacOS. I was not aware of the Fedora package conventions. And as I already wrote, I
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by gepi79 8y ago
In Ubuntu it is called openjdk-11-jre and openjdk-11-jdk. With headless variants. I am no system admin and the -dev or -devel convention suits the Unix and C world but maybe not the JVM or .net or nodejs worlds with their own standards and
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by gepi79 8y ago
Thanks. AFAIR I installed everything related to Java; maybe I made a mistake somewhere. I also tried to fix the problem with "alternatives --config java".
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by gepi79 8y ago
Thanks for the solution. Although I have no Fedora anymore to check.
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by gepi79 8y ago
It is a problem if the default JDK is useless and the solution requires research on the internet. I had even enough patience to search for more than 15 minutes AFAIR. I have been using Windows and other Linux distributions including Arch Li
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by gepi79 8y ago
I switched from Fedora 28 to Ubuntu because I could not make my IDE (IntelliJ, Netbeans, maybe Eclipse too) recognize the installed Fedora JDK (no valid JDK found). It seems that this has been a common problem for years.
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by gepi79 8y ago
Yes, there is evidence that psychedelics can be useful. I agree that they can be useful to give a different perspective to quit a rut, as you wrote. Still, according to experts and many anecdotes on reddit, psychedelics are very risky (unwa
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by gepi79 8y ago
That is the problem with GMO. It is a useless word. It is important to know what is done and where the GMO is used: In some container or open air or open water.
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by gepi79 8y ago
I am no friend of drugs in general and psychedelics in particular. It might work to get out of a rut but, IMO, the risks (what dosage?) are not worth it. Certainly not without professional assistance (not a shaman). The new rut might be muc
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by gepi79 8y ago
> If psychedelics could really revolutionize human consciousness and open new frontiers, Psychedelics are not magic. They typically trigger serotonin receptors. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic_drug This mi
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by gepi79 8y ago
Yes, but genius should be not synonym with exceptionally talented. Although anything useful including natural perseverance or optimism and motivation should be called a talent. An idea can be called genius. Often it requires knowledge and
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by gepi79 8y ago
I agree with you that an important and useful part of the GDPR is deletion of your data. Good examples: No advertising and spam. Prevention of later hacking and theft of your data like e.g. credit card numbers or private messages. You have
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by gepi79 8y ago
And yet the poster is right for the reason mentioned by the first poster. Most people click on the option that gives quick access to the content. If it creates more than 2 seconds of distraction, I might even close the page. There is no rea
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by gepi79 8y ago
The only reason why both of our statements are true is because "fast enough" or "not fast enough" is a personal opinion. I believe in the benefits of technology. The reason for current misery is not only lack of knowledg
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by gepi79 8y ago
> we're not making progress anywhere near fast enough in any of these areas. Unfortunately it is true and I fully agree with this judgement. We have already so much technology and yet there is still much poverty and misery in every
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by gepi79 8y ago
The problem in the USA is lack of morality. The lack of morality to vote for decent politicians. Why do US citizens claim to want medicare for all but vote for Democrats or Republicans who do not want medicare for all ? https://
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by gepi79 8y ago
It is unfortunate indeed because I would like to read the comments in the blog as well. Despite the recovery of the "lost" or invested 1.8 billion, the story gives no good impression of Larry Summers.
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by gepi79 8y ago
It still shows what to think about the economic experts in banks, politics and schools like Harvard. http://bilbo.economicoutlook.net/blog/?p=40313 http://bilbo.economicoutlook.net/blog/?p=39889
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by gepi79 8y ago
Yes, the Larry Summers that lost 1.8 billion dollars. http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2009/11/29/how-larry-s...
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by gepi79 8y ago
It is not just social status but also real financial constraints for survival that lead to wage slavery. IMO poverty and austerity and military and wars imposed or tolerated because of greed and lack of empathy and foolish voters are the ma

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