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by nkrisc 13d ago
The alternative is we drive ourselves ever closer to the brink. It is entirely possible that our current way of living, including the idea of “private land” as it exists today, may not be conducive to our long-term survival. The forces of n
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by nkrisc 14d ago
Perhaps the rate of occurrence changes, but everybody does this at every age. When even our experience is an interpretation of the real world, our memories are even less accurate.
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by nkrisc 14d ago
> Neither does a radiologist but yet we trust them to read a CT scan. I also don’t really have any other options in that regard, so there’s no real choice to make, other than getting a second opinion. I may not have a chance for a second
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by nkrisc 14d ago
Of course, but there’s a wide gulf between slamming into a wall at 80mph and gently rolling to a stop. The latter requires foresight and action, however.
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by nkrisc 14d ago
It’s going to need to be strong “encouragement”, either monetary or regulatory. Because it is advantageous to be the only one who doesn’t invest in it while reaping the benefits from those who do. So very few do.
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by nkrisc 14d ago
> If the only reason you give advice is predicated on the transactional value of that action, I think you've given up on acting ethically. I said nothing of the sort. Let me give a different example: I would not ride on a plane bein
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by nkrisc 14d ago
Around the same time the LLM also faces an existential risk when its advice is wrong. Not trusting my life to an “intelligence” that has nothing to lose.
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by nkrisc 15d ago
The difference is you’re a human with the right to self.
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by nkrisc 15d ago
You can adjust the pedals while standing, it’s just awkward. Take your weight off the seat, grab the back of the seat behind you and lift enough so the rear wheel loses traction and then you can push the pedals forward a bit. Not ideal, but
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by nkrisc 15d ago
After accounting for miles driven, fatal crash rates start increasing around age 70, peaking at 85+ near a level equal to the rate of 16-19 year old drivers, based on a preliminary skimming of the data I could find. Based on anecdotal evide
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by nkrisc 15d ago
What about them? It’s good there will be less traffic so they can get to their jobs on time.
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by nkrisc 15d ago
As opposed to sitting in their car for an hour and a half?
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by nkrisc 16d ago
That makes sense. We definitely weren’t going to eat random plants, but we could have easily accidentally grabbed some for firewood or kindling.
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by nkrisc 16d ago
Surely airlifting supplies to a carrier in a war zone is not totally comparable to airlifting supplies to a base in a US territory?
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by nkrisc 16d ago
They mention the toxin comes from the rhododendron flower. I remember camping in North Carolina once and one of the people I was with warned against burning anything from the rhododendron in the area, as supposedly the smoke would give you
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by nkrisc 16d ago
There are plenty of easier ways to make money than becoming a doctor.
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by nkrisc 16d ago
I remember being at a tech-oriented summer camp for teenagers at a university and one of our classes was about networking and included practice making Ethernet cables so we made a bunch of different length crossover cables so we could conne
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by nkrisc 16d ago
And those meanings are generally true in English as well, and yet, people use them interchangeably all the time nonetheless.
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by nkrisc 17d ago
IKEA is great for stuff where I'm willing to sacrifice some quality for a proportionally large price discount. But for furniture where quality is more of a concern, and I'm willing to go up a rung on the price ladder, I've be
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by nkrisc 17d ago
I don't mean that the two party system we have is due to first-past-the-post, it almost doesn't even really matter why we have it. But first-past-the-post is the mechanism which currently entrenches it and is the most likely to ch
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by nkrisc 17d ago
Ah, you must live in Paradise! Really though, I'm sure there are some drawbacks in your living arrangement that you have adapted to. Nothing is perfect.
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by nkrisc 17d ago
English is not some objective, natural thing which exists outside of its usage by people. English is only how it's used by people. I would wager that for the majority English speakers, the words "theft", "robbery",
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by nkrisc 17d ago
In my UX jobs where we did actual UX research with participants in the office the UX research team would go around before each session and find any available developers to come with and sit behind the one way mirror to watch. You could alwa
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by nkrisc 17d ago
And the other key theme of the book is that our current trajectory is seemingly heading us straight toward ecological disaster, regardless of how comfortable our current way of life might be. Besides, his point is not that we need to return
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by nkrisc 18d ago
This makes me think back to Ishmael by Daniel Quinn. Whether or not you agree with all his points I do think he has one very good point that’s worth reflecting on: the way we currently live is not the only way to live. I think another impor
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by nkrisc 18d ago
Have you spent lots of time out in the wilderness before? Those you describe aren’t pleasant, but you learn to accept and deal with. I’m sure the are all kinds of unpleasantness in a “civilized” lifestyle that you no longer even notice beca
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by nkrisc 18d ago
First past the post doesn’t explain historically why we have only two parties, but it explains why we will continue to have only two going forward unless something changes.
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by nkrisc 18d ago
> Did we not watch every single supposedly powerful US tech CEO immediately drop in supplication and kiss Trump's ring as soon as he became president? Because they know it will work. You don’t have to watch Trump speak for very long
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by nkrisc 20d ago
Easier to focus, perhaps, but for me it doesn’t really make any difference. Perhaps I’m the odd one then. It’s certainly a difficult topic to discuss with other people.
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by nkrisc 20d ago
No, not necessarily so. But arguing for the existence of objective morality that stretches across the entire universe seems to be a huge stretch. For what it’s worth, my subjective sense of morality is opposed to torture.

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