suoduandao3

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by suoduandao3 2y ago
I like the formulation of 'the amount of information we don't know about a system that we could in theory learn'. I'm surprised there's no mention of the Copenhagen interpretation's interaction with this defini
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by suoduandao3 2y ago
There are amistics - the voluntary non-use of technology once it's available - which all cultures engage in to greater or lesser degrees. All technology has a price and sometimes it's not worth it - see leaded gasoline for an extr
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by suoduandao3 2y ago
I'm sure benefitting energy companies is the real reason... but if everyone had a battery backup and they all started charging at the same time, I suppose it could make it harder to reboot the system after an outage.
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by suoduandao3 2y ago
The one book I recall that 'bit and stung' as I think Kafka meant to say was 1984. How would you categorize that work? Torture porn?
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by suoduandao3 2y ago
I do believe that commodified attention is the most logical currency of a postascarce society, so best case... quite a lot. Note my 'best case' scenario for the near future is pretty upsetting.
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by suoduandao3 2y ago
I appreciate the sentiment, but territorial boundaries are enforced by violence among almost every species on the planet and we're not that much better than any of them. Law is something we use to put hard limits on violence and someti
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by suoduandao3 2y ago
It's relevant because you challenged me to put my money where my mouth is, as I'm challenging you. And I have. You say you haven't because of onerous regulations and it's true, I associate France with a heavier regulator
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by suoduandao3 2y ago
If regulation is the problem, why is nuclear most successful in France? And I've had solar companies in my portfolio for the last decade. They're a great investment.
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by suoduandao3 2y ago
Then why are you here? If nuclear doesn't need subsidies, why aren't you just investing in the next great nuclear project and proving me wrong that way?
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by suoduandao3 2y ago
That discrepancy is not surprising, given iteration times and cost of failure. Nuclear has great potential in space exploration, but it's never going to be economical when there are other options. It's no wonder pronuclear activis
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by suoduandao3 2y ago
If Fission is so great, go build it. I'm not stopping you. But use your own money or get off the podium.
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by suoduandao3 2y ago
Batteries might work for storage, they have their own version of moore's law and will continue to get better and cheaper for a while. Now if only there were a way to bundle that energy storage with a means of transportation...
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by suoduandao3 2y ago
direct liquid democracy still has vote delegation, it's just possible to reassign your vote in real time. Representatives vote on issues based on how many people assign them their vote, but people can reassign their vote any time. I ac
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by suoduandao3 2y ago
I think - with 5G warfare being what it is - that we need to go more granular. Democracy is a given when information is a weapon [1]. What kind of democracy serves our interests best? I like the theory behind liquid direct myself, but it
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by suoduandao3 2y ago
I've found anything that puts the spine in tension (hanging by hands or hips) helps with spinal pain. 'leaf pose' from acro yoga's especially great for my partner and I (YMMV)
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by suoduandao3 2y ago
same overall probability of adverse events in both groups, but the nature of adverse events reported differed between the two.
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by suoduandao3 2y ago
They're certainly fallible - but they can err on the side of civilian life rather than the drone's. That's a big improvement even if the errors are more common.
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by suoduandao3 2y ago
If Q* can really combine mathematical logic with simple NLP, why not? Text Search has already automated a lot of what lawyers spent time doing, why wouldn't accountants be next?
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by suoduandao3 2y ago
I've thought about this a lot. Short version, any sufficiently complex profession will have problems and associated solutions analogous to problems and solutions outside its domain. Therefore, the more deeply one understands a complex
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by suoduandao3 2y ago
I love the comment on that video: "Imagine you wake up and you're just doomguy"
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by suoduandao3 2y ago
I don't think it's the number of bots as much as who they belonged to that's being reported on. Russian activity on facebook prior to the 2016 presidential election was similarly modest.
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by suoduandao3 2y ago
then they're desktop class.
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by suoduandao3 2y ago
but it's not necessarily needed in dense urban centers. Plenty of laptop class people could secure housing in rural areas for a fraction of the cost of what they're paying now.
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by suoduandao3 2y ago
I mean, do you know the DNA came from your mom's side of the family?
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by suoduandao3 2y ago
I dunno, high-functioning depression worked for the Japanese pretty well. Fear of death makes for a much less effective warrior in most circumstances.
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by suoduandao3 2y ago
That seems like a problem with society (maybe an academia) more than 15 year olds no? Besides, a lot of people interested in a wild theory greatly ups the chances someone gets funding to test the hypothesis, no?
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by suoduandao3 2y ago
My own thought is - every artist in history has taken inspiration from previous artists. The British voice actor in the above example surely studied greats in his field like Sir Patrick. We don't typically mind that. Where I think the
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by suoduandao3 2y ago
That makes height an easy topic to talk about, but it's still challenging to think through the implications. If you can increase your child's height by 20% and thereby increase their likely income by 25% - is it morally right not
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by suoduandao3 2y ago
I think we're past that. Setting aside politically hot topics like IQ, Height is genetically determined and makes a huge difference in life outcomes. Now it's all about what we do with that information.
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by suoduandao3 2y ago
I think we already know that, it's just there's usually a tradeoff for these things. Subgroups with higher average IQs also have higher rates of psychiatric disorders etc... If society's healthy there'll be lots of oppor

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