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Comment · 1 day ago
The system was introduced around 170 years ago and it was done very suddenly after a civil-religious war won by protestant liberals.
Comment · 5 days ago
Do you have an agent scanning the front page waiting to post the pelicans?
Comment · 7 days ago
Can you ask your favorite „AI” to comment on what you’ve just said?
Comment · 9 days ago
Thanks for the ragebait. Reminding myself that the flaw here is obvious, there’s no need to respond, arbitrary „tests” aren’t binding to anyone, protecting the future is perfectly defensible as a moral stance even at cost of present convenience.
Comment · 9 days ago
Is it possible to change the language of Wikipedia? For many places, the local language Wikipedia has more articles.
Comment · 17 days ago
Using the easy to defend claim (acting without perfect information is necessary) to defend a much broader one (my judgement is rational and justified based on the information I have) is a classical motte and bailey fallacy.

People in the rationalist community don’t see it, because ironically they’re not rational enough. But they use the language and essay format to make it seem like they are.

Comment · 17 days ago
If your pick of the option is based on emotion or aesthetics, the decision isn’t rational. Presenting is as such is misleading and dishonest.
Comment · 17 days ago
This unfortunately doesn’t help if it isn’t paired with withholding judgement in the face of insufficient evidence, but rationalists don’t do that. They just pick a model they like and continue, and the burden of scrutinizing that model is on others.
Comment · 17 days ago
Censorship to prevent thought crimes on HN? Can’t be!
Comment · 17 days ago
Look up the company providing it and you’ll laugh about it.
Comment · 18 days ago
I wonder if „hard“ languages like Haskell will make a comeback with LLMs, because the short term cost of learning the language isn’t that significant anymore contrasted with the long term benefits of the type system and better structure.
Comment · 18 days ago
I should be career hopping some more.
Comment · 22 days ago
What’s amazing is that nobody would have even noticed if it weren’t for Anthropocene being all “LOOOK WHAT WE DIIIIID WE SENT AN EEEEEEEEEMMMMMAAAILL. SOOORRRY”.

Crying for attention in the attention economy has never been more pathetic, but I think it will get worse.

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