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"Parameterizing complexity" is probably a better way to say it. There's no isolation when it comes to software.

> As Carmack pointed out the problem with AR/VR right now - it's not the hardware, it's the software. The third option is peoples' expectation for AR/VR itself: it could be a highl…

Maybe eventually. Based on this quality I don't see this happening any time in the near future.

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> No VC would want it and there’s not a wealthy user base to bootstrap it. More to the point, VCs invented these apps specifically to disenfranchise workers and vaccuum up the lost…

Well something must have changed if they're having to show up at a job fair.

Well if we aren't going to get the actual fruits of capitalism I'm for damn sure going to fight it tooth and nail at home. Shit sucks and I can't think of anyone I trust less than …

How do you refer just to the sort of alphabets that do have vowels and not abjads?

I saw a photo pop up a few months back from a hiring fair at Yale. I guess Skull and Bones isn't pulling them in like it used to.

China is not a geopolitical adversary to me. Why would I want to beef with China when China has never done anything to treat me poorly?

Tbh I think this has a lot more to do with sympathy for Palestinians and the last year of protests on college campuses. Besides, who cares if China is listening to us through the a…

While the greek letter names are derived from phoenician (e.g. aleph/alef/alep and bet), my understanding is that the term was first coined in reference to the greek script (e.g. a…

> this could just be the beginning of our society beginning to scrutinize these platforms. I think politicians have scrutinized american social media and they're 100% fine with the…

Yes, exactly. Linear A was the first alphabet, and greek gave "alphabet" its name. I almost get the sense that people are interpreting abjad as "lesser-than" an alphabet. It's just…

> This is a modern distinction. Well, the actual scripts were distinguished semantically all along, and "alphabet" is also a word newer than the scripts in question. We should prob…

They have money and want to make more money? This seems like a straightforward question to answer.

I'm not really convinced he's on "the wrong side"—we're entitled to strong opinions about the role of film in society and this is either value-oriented or subjective. But I emphati…

Does it even need to be that analytical? Conservatism can also also be general skepticism of change. And I don't know if you've ever tried to quit nicotine before but it's very goo…

Why not the Volcker shock? I think there's stronger evidence for persistent effects there. Regardless, I see systems analysis as more productive here than root cause analysis.

I want to push back on the surreal end slightly. It's true that his movies are extremely resistant to analysis, and it's true that much of his imagery is de-facto surreal. But his …