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Comment · 1 month ago
I could see this being super useful for founders and remote workers.
Comment · 2 years ago
one of the saddest too
Comment · 3 years ago
I would agree the axioms are chosen, but what’s the connection between choosing something and inventing it?

Choosing to study molecular biology doesn’t mean cells are a human invention.

Comment · 3 years ago
I went to an in-person Q&A featuring a Fields medalist. The audience was a collection of undergraduate and high school math students, with a few professors in attendance.

One of the young students asked exactly this question to which everyone in the audience collectively groaned. The Fields medalist gave a short answer, something along the lines of "I don't know a single mathematician that thinks it's invented."

He was being polite, but you could tell he didn't think there was anything else interesting to say.

Comment · 3 years ago
Thanks for mentioning this. He states explicitly he hates America for giving individuals personal freedom and not abiding by Sharia Law.
Comment · 3 years ago
This is a really bad article. There is a nugget of truth, but it's never properly articulated because the author himself doesn't actually understand the distinction.

If you've already decided you want to build a unicorn and are willing to make take that <1% chance of success, YC will help you. If you want a lifestyle business, you could probably skip YC (though you probably wouldn't get accepted even if you applied with that idea anyways).

Comment · 3 years ago
For clarity it should be:

MOTIVATION = EXPECTANCY x VALUE / (IMPULSIVENESS x DELAY)

Comment · 3 years ago
i see it at #15
Comment · 3 years ago
this type of discourse is very common in physics, where the theoretical physicists propose a testable hypothesis and then the experimentalists verify or disprove it.
Comment · 3 years ago
This might be a dumb question, but would you use the deployed version of the admin interface for writing your blog? And what if you weren't online but wanted to work on a new essay or make edits to an existing post?
Comment · 3 years ago
for people disagreeing with this comment, mind elaborating?
Comment · 3 years ago
thanks, didn't notice the year until your comment. wonder what his thoughts are on it now.
Comment · 3 years ago
Should we as a species be more concerned about a mass extinction event like this? The longer we survive, the more likely it'll happen. Isn't it just a matter of time?

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