hardlianotion

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by hardlianotion 17d ago
> Aren't we as a western society responsible for the destruction and destabiliztion of the eastern countries? How far do you want to go back?
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Red queen hypothesis – A new way forward for self-improving AI(cst.cam.ac.uk)
104 points by hardlianotion 1mo ago|28 comments
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by hardlianotion 3mo ago
I think some idea of what the project does might motivate?
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by hardlianotion 3mo ago
Oh Traveller! It has been such a long time since I thought about it. Have I still got those manuals, I wonder?
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by hardlianotion 4mo ago
This reminds me of the great pleasure I got from technical drawing at school.
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by hardlianotion 5mo ago
As far as I can tell, there isn’t a post in the Daring Fireball archive on Nov 3.
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by hardlianotion 5mo ago
That is a generous assessment of Tim Cook’s reign at Apple and especially of his character. I found it a real pleasure to read.
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by hardlianotion 5mo ago
Can't see from the UK as the poster claims the UK Online Safety Act prevents them from showing it to me (unless folk use a VPN, I guess).
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by hardlianotion 5mo ago
The issue is more the other way at the moment. Norwegian prices can get high as they are exposed to German demand over the interconnector.
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by hardlianotion 6mo ago
I think probably the interest rate is higher, but the value as a proportion of the starting value on LHS is less significant, compared with the periods you mention. If you look at the monthly interest rates at the bottom, it seems to suppo
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by hardlianotion 6mo ago
I am going to have to ask you for a source this time.
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by hardlianotion 6mo ago
Brent crude is a light, sweet oil. UK oil is extracted from same oilfields as Norways - little difference in quality - and the major extraction from both is Brent crude A handy explainer on Brent quality is here: https://kimray.
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by hardlianotion 6mo ago
He could be referencing this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Letter_of_Marque
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by hardlianotion 6mo ago
I think the quotes is to say that these people who say that they are pronatalist have revealed preferences that indicate that it is not a serious concern for them.
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by hardlianotion 6mo ago
Okay, though to be fair to me, you said just after > and ignoring the Salisbury Convention (which is that they shouldn’t block manifesto commitments) which is what attracted my question. Thanks for the link. I haven’t watched it, but I
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by hardlianotion 6mo ago
Most western democracies have exactly the same fault, maybe having unscrupulous, shameless legislators are the end state of the current models of democracy being practiced.
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by hardlianotion 6mo ago
Which manifesto commitments have been blocked in this parliament?
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by hardlianotion 6mo ago
That is the only disappointing aspect of the site. It's genius.
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by hardlianotion 7mo ago
RIP Dan
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by hardlianotion 7mo ago
And is a decidedly superior breakfast.
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by hardlianotion 7mo ago
The word "trillionaire" does not appear in the discussion. Not good form to imply quotes where there are none.
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by hardlianotion 7mo ago
UK is European. Membership of EU is unnecessary for that criterion to be met.
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by hardlianotion 7mo ago
Are all of these dark patterns seen in the wild? OR are some of these merely a dreadful warning of what may happen?
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by hardlianotion 7mo ago
I think some examples are in order - where has the UK, having recently left the EU, changed its laws so that it was completely out of step with consumer protection? Or is this one thing that made it necessary for them to leave the union, p
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by hardlianotion 7mo ago
He was arrested for sex trafficking minors and convicted procuring a child for prostitution.
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by hardlianotion 7mo ago
Here I nervously point out that it's my favourite of his books - and I have read just about all of them, certainly all the Culture novels.
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by hardlianotion 7mo ago
Why isn't there a Tracey Alloway recommendation filter - I'm pretty sure she reads plenty as well?
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by hardlianotion 7mo ago
That's fair - I just bought four or five books, a couple by authors I am aware of already and a couple experimental. These days I look out for books that look a bit different from the ruts I mine and this list has been helpful in that
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by hardlianotion 8mo ago
For sure net funding isn't everything, but I am inclined to think it is something significant.
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by hardlianotion 8mo ago
1% of GDP (assuming my calculation isn't nonsense) when growth is between 3-4% isn't insignificant.

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