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fluffernutter

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About fluffernutter

Did you know that HN runs on a Lisp based language written by Paul Graham? The algorithm is not published, but is likely karma = upvotes/2 - downvotes where initial karma is below some threshold.

The house always wins except when a black swan comes along and burns it to the ground.

Building Strong AI.

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    > The Future is Decentralized tHE fUTURE IS qUANTIZED

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    Comment #24534970

    The most exciting discovery in our lifetime. Zero conversations about it on some lame social news platform owned and operated by a bunch of dogmatic capitalists. Clueless to innova…

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    Comment #24530879

    I had an FBI agent tell me they were at capacity for investigating new fraud and that, unless someone was going to die, they couldn't take on new cases. This was 2 years ago.

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    Comment #24528328

    It's not an unanswered question. It's a meme that the government figured they could use to make people imagine the trash they leave being mailed to them by the government, which th…

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    Comment #24528298

    Isn't it they retell and embellish them to the point they sound believable, like GPT-3?

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    Comment #24528205

    There is no such thing as cancel culture, just like there is no such thing as the Q behind Qanon. The reason why is because these concepts are memes held in the collective consciou…

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    Comment #24518070

    Tell that to an AI.

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    Comment #24517973

    No. Sunlight contains ranges of UV, INCLUDING 222nm, but it is filtered before it gets to us. "Sunlight" is all light emitted by the sun, not just what gets to the ground. The reas…

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    Comment #24517912

    Maybe you like things simple.

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    Comment #24517837

    That question is a setup. A leading question. A question with intent. This is why you ask it, so you can reply the way you do when you answer it for us. Who cares if any of those c…

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    Comment #24517770

    Fuck the executive.

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    Comment #24505056

    Patents are really the stupidest things ever. The idea that something or an idea can be limited to a particular chain of causality is irrational. The only reason someone likes the …

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    Comment #24472559

    I think, given the damage Facebook has done to our civilization, that nothing that guy does is worth discussing, other than how to undo what he has done. I really don't care what b…

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    Comment #24472527

    > But no other instance is obligated to listen to you. So deleting DNS solves this for the Internet?

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    Comment #24472477

    My first thought is that Chamath lacks empathy and his nose looks like a mouse pointer.

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    Comment #24472400

    Confirmed not working on Firefox. It's 2020, just for the record.

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    Comment #24443915

    > A) What percentage of the company are you getting? Usually you are getting something minuscule initially, well below any founder or board member's share. The logic is that, if th…

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    Comment #24394232

    Ah, so it's just a story you are telling yourself and us. That makes a lot more sense!

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    Comment #24394215

    I suppose if people keep repeating this, then it might be a thing with a given group of people who keep repeating it to each other. In that case, good luck hiring people like me or…

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    Comment #24393225

    The issue is not whether you should accept a situation which appears to be mutually beneficial to you and the entity soliciting the review. Corporations are typically going to make…

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    Comment #24393165

    REST is an architectural style and while the decision to use the style may lead to "lock in", it in and of itself does not given it's a choice to use it or not.

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    Comment #23893769

    I remember that book and it had immersive feedback gloves that controlled the dragonfly.

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    Comment #23886952

    > but the parts that are unique to our specific solution Search terms tweaked for your unique interests, and not a commercial entity's, for example.