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throw93232··on How I regained concentration and focus
I just checked front side of CNN, first 6 titles are about some unofficial trip. They do not know if it will happen, what will happen, where it may happen, what that means...

There is no value for me there. Even if I invest time into filtering, there is no value to gain from that. Maybe it is important, but I am not policy maker or investor, it is not important right now for me!

I can find out about that visit week later, after it actually happened. Without all the speculations and opinions. And since it will be podcast I can listen while running or exercising, and with much lower investment from my side.

throw93232··on How I regained concentration and focus
》CNN, WSJ, and BBC

That is a news equivalent of junk food. Clickbait partisan outrage generator.

I would suggest some independent podcast with daily or weekly summaries. Much higher information density.

throw93232··on Wikipedia has blocked editing ‘recession’ as people change definition
Well, that really is just technicality, is it? We could call it recession now, and later correct it, if data show something else.

I am worried we will get another wave of censorship about "recession conspiracy".

throw93232··on Wikipedia has blocked editing ‘recession’ as people change definition
Why we have to wait until 2023 to call it "recession"? Because of elections in November? Why not wait until 2025 after presidential election?
throw93232··on We don't have a hundred biases, we have the wrong model
People are rational, model works.

But you can not approximate complex system like human brain with couple of variables. There are not hundreds, but millions of biases.

Advanced epicycle models had dozens moving parts. JPL planetary ephemerides (modern equivalent in polynomials) have several millions of parameters and terabytes of equations.

throw93232··on We don't have a hundred biases, we have the wrong model
English is not my native language obviously.
throw93232··on We don't have a hundred biases, we have the wrong model
》epicycles were still not enough to describe what could be observed.

Epicycles based models were far superior in practice, such as predicting planetary conjunctions. Heliocentric models did not really catched up, until Newton invented gravity and calculus.

And centre of mass of solar system (barycenter in Newtonian physics), is outside of Sun, so heliocentric models technically never gave solid predictions! Stellar parallax (main prediction from Copernicus theory) was not confirmed until 19th century! Heliocentrism is mainly philosophical concept!

I will stick with my primitive old thinking and biases, thank you! If I get mugged a few times in a neighbourhood, I will assume it is not safe. There is no need to overthink it!

throw93232··on Manhattan rents cross $5k threshold for first time
I visited Manhattan once, what I noticed was how run down metro (underground) was. I would compare it with Kiev metro around 2016, and that country was already at war. I have no idea how city hall can get away with doing so little!
throw93232··on Retbleed: New speculative execution attack sends Intel and AMD scrambling
Get refund for your CPU. Clearly broken design, most likely not fixable by microcode update.
throw93232··on Retbleed: New speculative execution attack sends Intel and AMD scrambling
It seems disabling JIT on JS VM and only using slow interpreted mode is a good choice.
throw93232··on Heathrow tells airlines to stop selling additional flights until September
Why bait? Heathrow has terrible service and 400 pounds may be worth it to get normal service. It is something like bakshis in Egypt... It pays off after couple of hours.
throw93232··on Heathrow tells airlines to stop selling additional flights until September
Some friends I know returned to Poland and other countries. It does not make a sense to stay in ultra expensive Dublin, if there is no work during covid.

When you were younger, it was worth it to work. Today basic wage often does not even cover rent and other living expenses. You loose money by working.

To get some perspective go to www.daft.ie and try to find studion near airport...

throw93232··on BMW heated seats subscription costs $18 per month in South Korea
Feudalism was more like slavery. Serfs could not marry, move or own land without permission. Serfs could be sold (not individuals but entire villages). Comparing it to BMW ownership is disgusting!
throw93232··on Japanese researchers propose a concept for making artificial gravity on the moon
Better way is to make a scientific committee, that would declare all side effects (muscle loss, bone density loss...) as totally random and uncorrelated to moon environment. Worked before...
throw93232··on Ask HN: What are the benefits to having children nowadays?
Raising kids with remote work is easy and relatively affordable. If raised correctly, kids do not give much troubles.

Kids are handicap, but people tend to fill void with other handicaps (alcohol, chasing skirt...).

But it is big decision and very long run. You should not make any compromises on partner (even before you start). Marrying woman over 24, with debt or mental issues should be deal breaker.

throw93232··on How to fuck up an airport
There are like 20k javelin missiles on black market now. Spoofing radio is innocent child game.
throw93232··on In defence of garlic in a jar
In europe garlic in jar is "snobbish" option. It is 5x more expensive, produces a lot of waste and has brand and "proper bio" markers. Normal garlic you buy at streetmarket or grow yourself, is noname option for poor people.
throw93232··on A new carbon capture plant will pull 36k tons of CO2 from the air each year
》The containers are blocks of fans and filters that suck in air and extract its CO2, which Carbfix mixes with water and injects underground, where a chemical reaction converts it to rock.

It uses A LOT of water! Bitcoin mining is propably more ecological than this.

throw93232··on A new carbon capture plant will pull 36k tons of CO2 from the air each year
Geothermal energy is not infinitely scalable. And I have serious doubts about CO2 emmisions of this thing!
throw93232··on ‘Just stop buying lattes’: The origins of a millennial housing myth
Housing market is one big pyramid scheme, and "financial advisors" need new generation to join. Everyone MUST buy a house to start family. Well we found out that family and house are optional, and you can buy a latte instead!
throw93232··on The need for world government
》The EU created one of the most prosperous (for the common person), free and tolerant societies on earth.

House arrest several months a year, forced experimental vaccination, forbidden to heat house at winter, soon forbidden to use car, forced indoctrination of children, oposition parties banned or under surveillance, censorship, surveillance of private communications, overt racism and sexism...

My family has been through many regimes. Current one is not "free" or "tolerant". And it is not even prosperous, if young family can not afford house and children!

throw93232··on Wearing flashy/status clothes makes people less likely to cooperate with you
No "Gucci" etc.. Copyright is not enforced at many places.
throw93232··on Wearing flashy/status clothes makes people less likely to cooperate with you
Where I live Gucci, Louis Vuitton or Burberry are not high status brands, but cheap knockoffs.
throw93232··on One-night stands will be illegal at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar
Ask prophet. I just want to deter some activists from getting into troubles.
throw93232··on One-night stands will be illegal at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar
One night stands are not illegal in Arabic law, there are even prostitutes. In theory you get married just before and divorce just after the act. In practise anything sexual is forbidden in public. And some hotels may deny accommodation to unmarried couples.

But going out in typical "pride" outfit is insensitive and propably bad idea. Like wearing SS uniform in Germany.

throw93232··on The Copenhagen Interpretation of Ethics (2015)
Calculate wage in dollars per hour, problem solved! Actually women already make more than men :)
throw93232··on The Copenhagen Interpretation of Ethics (2015)
If I remember correctly it was facebook access, not internet. I can imagine it is security risk for local goverments. Facebook could control elections etc...
throw93232··on Amazon calls cops, fires workers in attempts to stop unionization nationwide
How exactly does it hurt him?

This influence is used less obviously, when it matters, at elections!

throw93232··on Mammals can breathe through their intestines (2021)
If gov mandates everyone wears panties, he propably will ;)
throw93232··on Mammals can breathe through their intestines (2021)
Are there any implications for next winter? If regulations says we should cover breathing holes...
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