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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_Dues I think this is a fun historical example. Ships passing through Denmark needed to pay a tax of 1-2% of the value of their cargo. They self-…

Surprised this is on top. Human beings have been using tools to augment memory since writing. Lots of these tools are faulty but then so too is memory. If you want to remember ever…

Ultimately it seems the question ought to be “is the code they wrote with AI buggier than the code they would have written without”, not “is the code they wrote with AI 100% bug fr…

That’s one of the many ways to do Advent of Code.

I think the diagram on a linear scale makes the stark point that to Elon Musk, there is not really a difference between someone worth $499 and someone worth $499M, even though to m…

Tried to make this meme [1] a reality and the source image was tough for it. Heads up, little bit of language in the audio. https://6ammc3n5zzf5ljnz.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/…

I think the hard part of trying it isn't using it, it's implementing it.

Whenever I have to make a big decision I think about what’s important to me. I give 3-8 things like money, learning, commute time, etc. a score from 1-5. Then I score different alt…

This is why it’s important to measure things and to forecast. I would be surprised if your memory was perfect, but numbers don’t lie.

I disagree, it’s too soon to tell whether the prediction is accurate. Maybe it’s obvious to you, but I’d at least like to see that prediction justified. I don’t see how accepting a…

They can empathize with others.

Do you eat?

Am I missing something here? I can suppose a universe where the premise is false (This is a conceivable universe, I’d argue). Doesn’t that mean that this premise really is false?

Thanks so much!! Really looking forward to the conference.

Decrease, not eliminate. Even for computers. Do light bulbs really need computers? If not, why increase my network’s attack surface area? https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019…

No one person will decide. The “market” will decide. The strong will be relieved and the weak will suffer. To get relief the weak should become strong. Unfortunately, suffering wil…

What else is there to say? Humanity has proven that we cannot respond to this. Many many people and plants and animals will die because of this.

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> Why would someone want to detach their self worth from what they do? If you derive self worth from results, then you could be disappointed by circumstances outside of your contro…

If the business can't afford to raise salaries to match the prices of goods, then that is a pay cut in terms of the goods I can afford. It doesn't matter why. If I earned $5/hour l…

They did.

Sounds like something the type system should have caught!

Personally fine with that. Plenty of land on this big blue ball, you want to live like that, go for it! That said, I do like to live in a city, and right now my city is designed fo…