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Interesting questions. I'll try to take a shot. > 1. what makes you confident that the rules of particle physics alone can lead to a perfect simulation of macroscopic phenomena? (a…

I think your conflating emergent behavior that results from complex physical states / arrangements of matter with the surprisingly simple laws of physics which can be modelled with…

> Also, math spots patterns. > ... you can only see what you can see. ... undiscoverable with a math mind. It's not that we believe that we have a math mind. It's that we believe t…

A sibling comment to my reply made the point already about deterministic not being simple, so let me address your first point that there could be a filter causing it. First, a disc…

But why? Why are the rules of the universe consistent? What orders them? These are some of the most baffling questions in philosophy. This is even more of mystery if you take non-t…

Maybe I'm wrong, but with the advances in AI, SO was in for a major reduction in usage not matter how good they were about enabling the community and encouraging collaboration. I r…

I think that's a good observation (your mileage may vary), but the time that flashcards are the must needful is when your first learning. Yet my first Chemistry university professo…

I'm glad the article acknowledges that flashcards are just one small part of learning. When I first got into spaced repetition, first with the Mnemosyne Project and later switching…

I'm curious if there's anyone who studies these types of things who knows how common it is to have such overly ambitious plans for an IPO. I don't personally have enough context to…

Why does science need to be through the government? Irrespective of the proposal, science research is just as open after this change as before so long as it's funded by private cit…

It takes me little more than a second to open a chat session with an AI. I spend way more time asking my question that pulling it up. All I have to do is type two characters in my …

That's a great point. I'm guessing the politicians knew the rich would find a work around, but they're obligated to go through the outward motions so they can claim to keep their p…

I hate this headline. It may not be a strategy you like. It may not accomplish what the strategists want to accomplish. But it's almost certainly a strategy that really smart peopl…

I like vi/vim, but it gets me all too frequently because I'm not precise enough of a typist. I'm busy typing away and I hit the wrong modifier key or hitting caps lock and I end up…

I wonder if this will be true because we're interested in software for humans and the AIs are not as good at understanding humans. The recent news that AIs select for their own res…

Interesting, I've been using Flet for my projects lately, and I've been very happy for desktop environments. Never tried it on web and phone platforms, but Flet has similar run-eve…

Ditto. My kids are still pretty young, and my old Construx are one of the favorite building toys.

Over planning and scope creep are a problem, but let's not swing the pendulum to far the other way. Some of my most successful projects were projects where I planned out and worked…

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For some reason this reminds me of people at work who walk up and say we did x bazillion things in n time, and then pause and expect us to express shock at how amazing that is and …

I think this demonstrates that while there are many factors at play, including difference in geography as many have pointed out, the main factor is priority. American's generally h…

I decided to operate on a older budget phone for a while when my phone died outside of my planned budget and timeline for replacing it. By far the greatest problem was managing sto…

The solution is sufficiently perfected with markdown. Just like new revolutionary technologies doesn't replace wheel technology.

In many ways this looks fun. I love the precise control and programming power of tools like this, but when I need something in real life, I never use them any more. The productivit…