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> These theories are flawed in the sense that they cannot account for subjective experience and agency, amongst other things. That agency or free will exists outside of our subject…

The point is that if you have a 10% chance of frying motherboard, at 10 a week, you might expect 1 fried p/w, but it could easily be more which may be catastrophic. At 1000, the nu…

Ted Chiang vindicated again: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lifecycle_of_Software_Obje...

Hypothetically speaking, if people in the last group were right, and that is the logical conclusion to be reached from careful evaluation of the evidence, wouldn’t the other positi…

> This isn’t some hipster nostalgia trip or a flip phone for people who think the 90s were peak civilization. This is something way cooler. A phone that gives you back something we…

> As an example: I'm autistic and I learn inside-out, building larger new concepts out of smaller existing ones; those with Asperger's on the other paw, learn outside-in instead, b…

Privilege isn't just about wealth. The point is that although anyone can ignore the news, the news won't necessarily ignore them!

You may enjoy https://pugsql.org

> For some reason > _brief_ but enjoyable era

> AGI will behave as if it were sentient but will not have consciousness How could we possibly know that with any certainty?

I like all of the above but have no understanding of the BEAM or OTP. Can you recommend a good place to start learning about that?

Was it Waterland by Graham Swift (fiction, but has some eel diversions IIRC)?

Isn't the issue that historical data is consistent with the overturning model, which adds weight to our assumption that it has previously been stable. These new measurements (and o…

I quite like the idea of ruling that device sellers have to either offer software support, or allow the hardware to be unlocked

Lovely idea - thanks

Is this you have implemented in practice? Sounds like a great idea, but I have no idea how you would make it work it a structured way (or am I missing the point…?)

> I'm guessing even a busy/congested freeway has a greater throughput per lane than transit Not even remotely close: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Route_capacity

Are you suggesting that the authors’ “bounce” would only happen if the energy was not enough to put them into different states?

> The black hole universe also offers a new perspective on our place in the cosmos. In this framework, our entire observable universe lies inside the interior of a black hole forme…

I think their point is that that is a commit message. You can then review the set of changes as you would a PR.

A favourite of mine is the London Underground having warnings about using the escalators, stating that last year there were 100 incidents from people not being sufficiently careful…

I think the argument is that the real issue is political will and not structural issues in government. Personally, it seems fair to call that political dysfunction too, but it’s re…

It is centrist because it fails to propose a different way of doing things or structuring society. Just because it’s a liberal vision, doesn’t mean it’s not centrist. There is cert…

A nominal increase in value, while becoming more affordable in real terms might be feasible. However to do this would require inflation of other goods, matched by wage rises, which…