msmenardi

> The fact that you did buy tells the market that what you bought is of net-positive value for you.

This doesn't mean the market is efficient. It means the market misunderstands itself.

I think the point was that both of those are consequences most people are not willing to risk. Corporations like to optimize after all...

Choosing different paths on the tree of the "Quantum Suicide" thought experiment

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_suicide_and_immortalit...

I imagine the meeting would take place at a level of communication determined by the lowest common denominator. If the client can't do video, then everyone else does audio-only. If they can't do VR, then you all are stuck with a Zoom call.

Isn't the point of standing on the shoulders of giants that we should reach farther and greater heights than they ever could? To seek to provide for your children is human - and to provide for others in general is human as well. So what happens when the provisions of the past exceed the demands of the present? Do we grow our demand, as we've done so many times? Or do we seek to alleviate our struggles and strive for growth for it's own sake, rather than for the sake of our own survival? I prefer the 2nd option

I appreciated all the data in this post. I guess one of the upsides of being ubiquitous in the workplace is the ability to collect information like that.

I love it when people post things like that on this site. It's half the reason I come here, because I sure as heck don't know how to find old stuff.

That's why Reddit Enhancement Suite exists. You can remove all "Suggested" and "Promoted" content and only leave the stuff you care about.

https://redditenhancementsuite.com/

balance, in all things

keep your mind on your self and it's surroundings, and let your self be one with both pleasure and struggle.

let not the words of others compel you to eat too many frogs [1]

[1]: https://experimentalhistory.substack.com/p/excuse-me-but-why...

TikTok?

Make "the cloud" a decentralized mesh network of people in your area and you're getting somewhere. I love the idea of a unified OS between all your devices, I guess Apple users have that experience already!

My heart goes out to the people affected by this crippling condition. I hope we find a solution soon so that no more lifetimes may be lost in despair.

If you don't want to login to Twitter, here's the link in the post:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-background_steel

My understanding of dot matrix printers is that the size is limited mostly by the mechanical machinery required for the printing functionality. But maybe we can make it smaller these days.

Not quite what you're asking for since it's designed to be hackable, but the Vim alternative text editor Kakoune:

https://zork.net/~st/jottings/kakoune-a-punk-rock-text-edito...

You can always use "unsafe" code in Rust. At that point you're basically writing a block of code in C++ with the guarantee that it'll interface correctly with all your other "safe" code.

Isn't that what Nebula is for?

These pictures evoked simultaneous feelings of nostalgia and intense pride of how far we've come. Thanks to the labor of people like us, we're in a world replete with technological marvels. My thanks to those who came before, and I pray that we continue to face tomorrow with the same kind of optimism that brought us what we have today.

Maybe we should make a bigger effort to keep them clean. But that's a separate issue that seems completely separate from whether or not they're covered in solar panels.

We couldn't have done it any other way. If we had slowly developed new technology we'd have run out of coal during the industrial revolution. We needed a slow build up on the shoulders of pre-industrial giants, and then a massive ignition of all our resources to reach as high as we could, hopefully finding a ledge of some kind where we can create a sustainable perch. Then, maybe we'll start again and slowly build up to a massive boom. But that's just speculation.

Just because we currently burn fossil fuels in power plants (which are much more efficient than internal combustion engines btw) doesn't mean we always have to. Besides, development of electric vehicles increases development of battery technology, which is necessary for long-term sustainable energy generation.

I think they mean "missing" not as "unclear" but rather "un-utilized" (which could imply being unclear, but isn't in this case)

Right, but as we enter the era of climate change it's beginning to feel like going vest-less in a warzone.

The idea is that the "ruling class" in a patriarchy is men.

Check out children's museums. They often have great water features, and plus they're like... The coolest places in the world for autistic kids.

You can use --vo=tct if you're on console. Also I heard MPV has Sixel support now, but I couldn't get it working when I tried.

I think the man page for MPV is a little too detailed. Sometimes all you need is a list of flags and a brief description of what they do - but some documentation (looking at you rsync and mpv) is designed to teach you mastery over the tool - which is a little overkill most of the time.

Homeschooled kids aren't taught by just their parent(s). They also learn from the subject matter experts who teach specific skills - I personally was enrolled in piano, martial arts, and swimming lessons, but there's plenty of classes that teach important skills that shore up the weaknesses in the parent's teaching toolkits.

Aside from that, homeschooled kids learn from the world around them. They learn from their own experiences, and they develop their own discipline. They learn how to self-motivate, and how to explore the world around them. It was an eye-opening experience when I went to high school for a few years. I learned so little and wasted so much time, though I tried my hardest by asking questions, contributing to the class, and respecting my teachers. There's just so little that can be done when a single teacher is forced to administer 40+ children.

Meanwhile, before high school I'd sit down and read a textbook for 4 hours (without being told to, just because I was interested). I'd go on long walks and sketch plants that I saw. Some days I'd do quite a lot, and other days I'd be done by noon. Even now I find myself approaching problems in a fundamentally different manner than my peers and I can't help but believe that it's because I grew unimpeded by the early academic process.

Can you explain a little more about the differences between Web3 and Web5?

Open standards means alternatives to clunky technology. I'm optimistic