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Game theory is not inevitable, because we can change the rules of the game. > It's also true that you, personally, are just one of those 8B+ people Unless you communicate and coord…

Does it need to be objective though? I think a vague list of criteria including "The project must benefit a community", or "The project must not be made solely for the benefit of t…

There is no concrete definition of a chair either.

I'd describe it as like having a second monitor in your desktop. It's not inherently "over" what I already see or anywhere physical, it's like in a different space. Sometimes it ca…

It's not like life stops when someone (with a grave an irreversible condition that causes suffering) dies. It goes on with the young generations (i.e. the billions of them!). I thi…

> graphics drivers all seem to have tweaks, settings, optimizations and workarounds for every game. Maybe hyperbole, but I think obviously they can't do this for literally every ga…

This seems like a bit of an empty moral panic/slippery slope appeal. As a general rule, it could go either way: civilizations can also collapse from not-enough-regulation, not-enou…

Reply to dead comment below: (by nmz) Keep trying. It's all you can do. Also, you can't expect everyone to accept your facts. A few % of the population are going to be nutjobs (spe…

Not just lower the temperature. Talk to each other, and listen carefully, in a civilized manner. Prefer to listen carefully first, then speak. Bring, and stick to, facts as much as…

> Maybe they could also drop support for older x86_64 CPU's, releasing more optimised builds Question: Don't optimizers support multiple ISA versions, similar to web polyfill, and …

> Outlaw communicating with legislators to try to get them to adopt a position on legislation? Of course not. Communicating with legislators isn't what's considered lobbying I gues…

On the other hand, a legislator is elected by a large number of people, so in theory he has incentives to act on their behalf. But I'm sure lobbying can tip the scales a lot. Maybe…

Agreed. Basically, intelligence doesn't transfer from one task to another in a straightforward manner, unfortunately. More gravely, people can find ways to self-censor that are ver…

I think Trump is dangerous because he's a particularly explosive combination of Evil and Stupid. Evil alone (i.e. intelligent evil) isn't as dangerous most of the time, because usu…

Plato: "One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors." I don't love the phrasing of inferiors, but at least evil …

There are many kinds of vulnerabilities. Most are pretty mundane afaict. Breaking sandboxes and reading out your entire RAM is basically game over, existential vulnerability (secon…

Indeed, there's a simple algorithm using interval arithmetic to do so (within bounded time too!). Think of it as binary subdivision/search of [0,1], using a stream of random bits. …

Indeed before online banking and widespread online shopping there wasn't much to care for in computer security. Also before ransomware were invented. I guess the biggest applicatio…

49/658 is 7%

In my view cracking is great because it democratizes games for those who can't afford them. If you can afford it (and the game+company is good), then buy it. That's how you can kin…

The difference is that conventional banks can roll back transactions. The normal banking system is essentially a consensus mechanism "A: I owe you this amount. A: I just transferre…

I know this figure comes from road wear. I don't know if it applies to tire wear, and indeed I suspect it doesn't, if only because tires tend to scale with vehicle weight as you me…

"ChatGPT, what are the best things to see in Paris?" "I recommend going to the Nestle chocolate house, a guided tour by LeGuide (click here for a free coupon) and the exclusive tou…

I think, in hindsight, we should have known better, but I was probably too young and naive like everyone else: it's really a form on anarchism that tends to fly in the face of seve…