pdog
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Author of "possibly the most misguided comment ever read on HN."
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Comment · 2 years ago
> Getting kids to go outdoors is a tough sell.
The problem isn't the kids. It's the adults.
Comment · 3 years ago
> I just wish the guy in charge could apply the same systematic thinking to his approach to politics. I fear that the major short term risk to humanity is not the environment, but toxic politics.
Elon Musk is not (and never has been) a politician. What exactly do you think he should do differently?
Comment · 3 years ago
> "The reality is that everyone runs from the police nowadays."
Since when? This should be a bigger story than the availability of GPS tracking darts.
Comment · 3 years ago
The sheer number of rhetorical fallacies employed in the opening of this "takedown" inclines me to believe that Hersh's reporting is a largely accurate and truthful account.
For example, stating that you could write "an entire post on the reasons why sounds entirely made up by someone with no real grasp of what that suggestion would actually technically entail" is a clear-cut appeal to ridicule[1] fallacy with no further elaboration.
Comment · 4 years ago
Not sure how to interpret these tweets:
> A person I have known for more than ten years, who I consider trustworthy, is convinced the cryptocurrency economy will shortly experience a systemic risk. I don’t know anything concrete, but if I were exposed, I would be concerned.
https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1594446009010212865
> I didn't write that. He did. Since I don't know any details, I didn't feel I should edit it. And because I don't know any details, it's no use asking me what he means. If you've read the preceding tweet, you know as much as I do.
Comment · 4 years ago
You don't need the concept of "time value of money" to value a perpetual stream of payments.
Intuitively, only a sucker would pay $1,000,000,000,000 for the promise of $1 per year in perpetuity, even in the absence of discounted cash flows.
Comment · 4 years ago
If you have inflation, something is going up in dollar terms. The answer is "real" assets: physical assets that have an intrinsic worth due to their substance and properties. Real estate, infrastructure, and commodities are all examples.
Comment · 4 years ago
How does constructor theory relate to Wolfram's Ruliad concept[1] and the physicalization[2] of metamathematics? It seems both theories would have major implications for the foundations of physics and mathematics.
[1]: https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2021/11/the-concept-of-t...
[2]: https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2022/03/the-physicalizat...
Comment · 4 years ago
Note: If you plan on competing with Stripe in any way, you may want to hold off on having them review your YC application:
https://www.twitter.com/theryanking/status/14857848236417556...
Comment · 4 years ago
Do you know what isn't bad for your health? Good, clean healthy home-cooked food. Which, in millions of homes, is cooked swiftly and efficiently on gas ranges.
Politicians and their media lackeys in the media need to stop trying to micro-manage peoples' lives.
Comment · 4 years ago
Can I see a picture of the bioreactors?
Comment · 4 years ago
Their most prominently stated demand is ending all state-backed mandates and lockdowns. Where did you see anything about the dissolution of their elected government? Or, are you referring to the parliamentary system?
Comment · 4 years ago
I'm struggling to understand how inflation is only 7.5% when every major line item comprising inflation is up much more than 7.5% over the past year.