tphyahoo2

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by tphyahoo2 6d ago
"To come back to the point of why agents can’t (really) deal with the slop themselves, we need to look at the evaluation of SlopCodeBench. In contrast to other coding benchmarks, which give the agent a complete list of instructions at
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by tphyahoo2 10mo ago
google: god is silence saramago quote seems to work ok
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by tphyahoo2 1y ago
Just drop the axiom of infinity and quit whining. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultrafinitism
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by tphyahoo2 1y ago
LMMV: llm, so your mileage may vary.
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by tphyahoo2 1y ago
Thanks for articulating this. https://math.andrej.com/2010/03/29/proof-of-negation-and-pro... also "It’s fine to use a proof by contradiction to show something doesn’t exist. When the assumption that it
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by tphyahoo2 1y ago
I'm not disagreeing (I'm on the fence. Also a bit of a nube.). I thought this was a good read and on topic. https://www.quora.com/In-math-are-there-any-proofs-that-can-...
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by tphyahoo2 1y ago
"In constructive mathematics, proof by contradiction, while not universally rejected, is treated with caution and often replaced with direct or constructive proofs." (gemini llm answer to google query: constructive math contra
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by tphyahoo2 1y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dekulakization "Is it a good idea?" No, not "obviously one crush" and nor are there no consequences if one were to try. https://archive.md/qlbDM#selecti
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by tphyahoo2 1y ago
Furious words and threats won't stop bitcoin. Neither will bans and prohibitions, unless you are willing to go full north korea with cameras everywhere and computers locked down. And you'll probably fail with that. You're bea
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by tphyahoo2 3y ago
I'm sure the kidnapper could help you with that. Curent ransomware helpfully tells you where to buy bitcoin. Btw as a bitcoin maxi, this doesn't make me happy.
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by tphyahoo2 3y ago
"Without bitcoin, you collect the ransom in gold with a dead drop." maybe you missed the bit about gold.
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by tphyahoo2 3y ago
Without bitcoin, you collect the ransom in gold with a dead drop. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_drop "But the police can watch the dead drop." True. "No police or the victim dies." Also true. B
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by tphyahoo2 4y ago
I agree, and this is a reason I am glad bitcoin exists. My point is that there is nothing stopping bitcoin from being used in a paper cash like way, any more than any other value carrying token. Bitcoin without government support? Possible,
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by tphyahoo2 4y ago
see my reply to redox99 below. probably would have been better as reply to you.
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by tphyahoo2 4y ago
Anyone can issue (paper) cash. Cash is just a paper IOU for some other thing. With 100 dollar bill, that thing is 100 USD. You could also issue paper for gold backed IOU, or gold itself, or bitcoin. https://en.wikipedia.org/
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by tphyahoo2 4y ago
These stories are a way of keeping alive the memory of the victims. In this case the (alleged) murderer was even tracked down and brought back for a second trial, years later. Songs can keep rage alive for a community. They're great st
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by tphyahoo2 4y ago
a16z companies next? https://standardcrypto.wordpress.com/2020/04/30/a16z-struggl...
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by tphyahoo2 4y ago
You can mint new fiat currencies. You can mint new cryptocurrencies. You can issue gold coins diluted with base metals. But only one cryptocurrency can have the greatest proof of work. Unlike with counterfeit gold, this is easy and cheap to
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by tphyahoo2 4y ago
I don't think most bitcoin maxis would claim bitcoin can fix capitalism. Any more than gold could fix capitalism. Hard money is the least bad option. The universe is still cruel, and life is unfair. The irony is that communist states l
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by tphyahoo2 4y ago
"If you read the full answer, you would see that his position is that doing that is better than not doing it. If you are correct that it is even more difficult to do so, then his position is that bitcoin is even worse than gold in this
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by tphyahoo2 4y ago
Even if this untraceability / unstoppability was possible, it might not be as revolutionary as you'd think. It's sort of the same problem as email with pgp. You not only have to secure your email, you also have to secure your
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by tphyahoo2 4y ago
I think a bitcoin economy in stablestate would have about the same amount of lending as a gold economy under the gold standard. There is enough history during gold standard periods to have some idea how this would be. https://en.
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by tphyahoo2 4y ago
We may well see this scenario play out in our lives. Countries with free speech and no capital controls, ie the west, bitcoinize. Countries with controlled internet and capital controls, ie china, act like fiatland. Who wins the war. It&#x2
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by tphyahoo2 4y ago
Thanks for having an open mind :)
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by tphyahoo2 4y ago
"In practice, most people dealing with Bitcoin are dealing with it through ~banks~ exchanges which gave them a Bitcoin denominated IOU; and which may or may not be engaging in fractional reserve banking." You're not wrong. Mo
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by tphyahoo2 4y ago
Yanis was talking about the government central bank, under a time of stress. Without force, will the government have enough credit? This is what allows the big re-armaments before / during a war, btw. See for instance Hjalmar Schacht&#
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by tphyahoo2 4y ago
Governments certainly will attempt to issue IOUs backed by bitcoin. And some people will accept them. If you are willing to trust your bitcoin to an exchange, as many people are, you should certainly be willing to trust your government. But
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by tphyahoo2 4y ago
Yanis: "The Gold Standard is, indeed, a great source of insight into how dangerously primitive Bitcoin maximalist thinking is. Suppose Bitcoin were to take over from fiat currencies. What would banks do? They would lend in Bitcoin, of
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by tphyahoo2 4y ago
the beatings will continue until the geniuses running ethereum say uncle. https://biblehub.com/proverbs/26-3.htm
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by tphyahoo2 5y ago
There are definitely some people who would rather steal. You need to get out of your bubble man.

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