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Down for me in Berkeley, California.

If Google fixed dots-don't-matter, couldn't someone still sign up for Netflix with jameshfisher+netflix@gmail.com? If Netflix checks for + address duplicates, then that's not an is…

Feelings get in the way of changing minds. Ignoring your own or your opponents' feelings doesn't make them go away. Take a look at the article. How is someone who is concerned abou…

> In the US, you die or your kids starve if you don’t have enough money. We do have https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supplemental_Nutrition_Assista...

Collection of Eliezer essays: https://www.lesserwrong.com/rationality

He really likes that skinned knee example.

They'd probably answer, "With Haskell."

Are you really asked to be a spokesman for seasteading? Or are you just pointing out that fellows will find themselves associated with it

> When AlphaGo does lose, it seems to happen when outright bugs cause it to make moves that are readily recognizable as mistakes I'm not sure this is true. It made the wrong move a…

You're right that it doesn't tell the whole story, but one of the major findings in the last century of psychology is that the one-number summary actually contains a surprising amo…

While I'm sure a case could be made that IP protection is necessary in biotech, isn't the example you gave actually evidence of the the opposite -- that patents stifle innovation a…