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reedwolf··on Uber’s self-driving car could not detect pedestrians outside of a crosswalk
To make an omelette, you have to break a few eggs.
reedwolf··on Ken Thompson's Unix Password
>he was fired for the sexual harassment of a coworker

OP is vague on what this guy actually did. Note that they only went to the girl after cracking the password, and she said he was "creepy" towards her.

"Creepy" in this context might just mean FWU (flirting while ugly).

reedwolf··on The rise of the financial machines
>A better machine is just a tool

For now.

reedwolf··on Books Won't Die
Well considering that vastly more tablets have survived from the ancient world...
reedwolf··on The Closest Habitable Exoplanets [video]
*That we've found so far.
reedwolf··on Douglas Adams was right–knowledge without understanding is meaningless
Could you elaborate on which problems you believe are forever out of reach of AI?
reedwolf··on Why the U.S. Army Owns So Many Fossils
Calvin and Hobbes saw this coming:

https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/117/910/fly...

reedwolf··on A "cure" for baldness could be around the corner
>I suppose having a nose (rather than just a pair of nostrils) is socially constructed

Worked for Voldermort.

reedwolf··on What If Consciousness Comes First?
>you still have to bridge the fact-value gap

Why?

reedwolf··on What If Consciousness Comes First?
Randomness in the map does not equal randomness in the territory, i.e. randomness may be a feature of our world-model, not the world itself.
reedwolf··on A Thriving Civilization in Malta Collapsed 4k Years Ago
Article says that the islanders ate almost no fish.

Isn't that strange for an island-based people in the Med?

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