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by tekproxy 5y ago
Imagine gene therapy to fix the problems. After a few generations, many diseases will be extinct. There's a guy on YouTube doing diy gene therapy to treat his lactose intolerance so it's not exactly science fiction.
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by tekproxy 5y ago
Just move. California doesn't deserve you. People there think you can only use carrots and sticks are immoral.
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by tekproxy 5y ago
What new powers should we give the government and how do we make sure that it's not abused later when the person you don't like is in charge?
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by tekproxy 5y ago
Engineers tend to be good at enumerating failure conditions.
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by tekproxy 5y ago
Ruthless brilliant maniacal tyrant. For more context, there's this famous story: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2006/06/16/my-first-billg-rev...
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by tekproxy 5y ago
Also military, environment, mail, immigration, trade, and my personal favorite: currency.
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by tekproxy 5y ago
Both. The internet was full of early adopter, tech enthusiast types. You'd certainly pickup on this. Maybe a bit of the magic was your youth, but the tech was new and magical to everyone. Every article I read back then was written by a
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by tekproxy 5y ago
While this is a better analogy and worth reading, "fish" is funnier.
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by tekproxy 5y ago
Pos hasn't been proven to work yet. Byzantine generals problem was unsolved for years until Bitcoin.
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by tekproxy 6y ago
What is a bitcoin account?
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by tekproxy 6y ago
Communists hate historical evidence that their theories are ruinous.
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by tekproxy 6y ago
Great thing about Bitcoin is you don't need to argue. Don't even tell people you're into it. Just buy a little every week if you agree with the philosophy behind it.
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by tekproxy 6y ago
I completely agree. When Twitter acts like this, it leaves money on the table for competition. You don't need to give the government more power. The rich will just hook into that power. Imo, the real story is Parler getting banned just
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by tekproxy 6y ago
"Customer service" lol You're not the customer.
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by tekproxy 6y ago
Innovation leads to profits, imho. "Short term profits" is the killer in most cases.
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by tekproxy 6y ago
I agree testing is important and your historical perspective is illuminating. My question is: What happens if the FDA does a bad job? It has a monopoly. They have an incentive to deny everything. If they deny a new drug and people die, it&#
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by tekproxy 6y ago
Systems tend to break down over time. This is normal. People getting fed up and trying to fix it is normal too. "Hard times create strong people. Strong people create good times. Good times create weak people. Weak people create hard t
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by tekproxy 6y ago
Hello gpt3
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by tekproxy 6y ago
It's almost like it's not really about slavery or racism.
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by tekproxy 6y ago
I eat 5000 calories worth of sawdust a day and can't gain weight.
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by tekproxy 6y ago
I'm offended by this run on sentence.
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by tekproxy 6y ago
Can't you empathise with people who identify as black and have to see phrases like "black magic" meaning evil while "white magic" is good? Why not start here? Are we only changing open ssl because it's easy?
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by tekproxy 6y ago
It clears the mind of problematic thoughts. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspeak#Vocabulary
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by tekproxy 6y ago
We should also change all of these doubleplus ungood words: Black market Black magic Black Sabbath Black widow Black soul Black sheep Black eye Black mark Black rider Black out Black box Black book I was triggered twice just typing this up.
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by tekproxy 6y ago
This is kink shaming.
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by tekproxy 7y ago
Are machine learning algorithms receivers of intelligence?
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by tekproxy 7y ago
You didn't ask me but I have a similar outlook and would appreciate reading suggestions. Jordan Peterson talks about the diversity of opinion being important because there is no single or constant fitness function. His lectures on pers
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by tekproxy 7y ago
That's amazing. Put it under your pillow and let us know what the tooth fairy thinks of that little gem.
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by tekproxy 7y ago
Maybe Twitter is like smoking Styrofoam?

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