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Do you honestly think you could never fly a fully loaded 777 if it was the most important thing to you? This project isn't about whims, it's about dreams.
Your argument doesn't work quite as well on his other "aspiration" :-)
Of course, the thing about actual human values is that we satisfice instead of optimizing. That's a good thing.
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Do you honestly think you could never fly a fully loaded 777 if it was the most important thing to you? This project isn't about whims, it's about dreams.
Your argument doesn't work quite as well on his other "aspiration" :-)
Also the second isn't impossible either. Just somewhat silly and if that was someone's serious life goal, coming from a somewhat strange place I didn't want to get into. It very much seemed like a whim instead of a serious goal. That a whim is not always achievable is not really relevant.
Interesting to come across this shortly after watching a video of Steve Jobs's commencement speech to Stanford students. "For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something."
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Here's the problem I have with cryonics: in what future do they need to defrost people from the past for another other than freak show/historical novelty? There are so many problems the defrosted will have: * no skills for their new environment * no money * billions of warm-bodied, warm-blooded other humans already there * suffering from lonliness knowing everyone you've ever known is dead Unless the defrosting proce…
You could spend all days coming up with possible reasons for not defrosting cryonics patients in the future. However you need to remember that no matter how low a probability you assign to your successful defrosting, this will be strictly greater than the probability of successfully being alive in the future if you go with the default, non-cryonics option of irrevocable destruction.
How long 'til someone creates a cool site with this idea? I bet less than a week..
Challenge accepted: http://www.challengelistcreator.com Actually it was started like 3 weeks ago. It's (very) rough around the edges, but usable.
Other than that, looks promising. Some aesthetic changes would do good, but looks nice. Consider OpenID or OAuth, to gain traction from social networks.
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Pillaging. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/_/dict.aspx?word=pillaging
If it makes you feel better, that's what I thought it said too. Also: Shame on you HN. This person not only answered the question (in a way that they thought was truthful, oops, they were wrong), but linked to a definition of the word. Now they're at -9 karma overall (their user). Anybody who downvoted this or the comment below it: you probably shouldn't ever complain about HN turning into reddit.
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Your argument doesn't work quite as well on his other "aspiration" :-)
I didn't see any requirement there for consent or remaining uninjured and un-jailed. Of course, the thing about actual human values is that we satisfice instead of optimizing. That's a good thing.
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Challenge accepted: http://www.challengelistcreator.com Actually it was started like 3 weeks ago. It's (very) rough around the edges, but usable.
Tired of giving the same advice over and over again. Don't make me open my e-mail just to give you feedback about your site. You have a webpage! Create a form and receive feedback right from it! Other than that, looks promising. Some aesthetic changes would do good, but looks nice. Consider OpenID or OAuth, to gain traction from social networks.
It's on the top of my todo list.
Just after some real life stuff.
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Challenge accepted: http://www.challengelistcreator.com Actually it was started like 3 weeks ago. It's (very) rough around the edges, but usable.
Wow. I really like it. What did you write this in?
* django
* python
* jquery + jquery ui
* nginx
* mysql
* http://www.gandi.net as hosting and dns. They are good.