In most variations of such a calculation the expected number of planets would be 0. The fact that the actual answer is >= 1 might suggest that the calculation is not an accurate representation of reality.
Manipulative, maybe. But why grossly? All you are doing is making the other person feel good. It should be encouraged and celebrated. If you have a choice between making someone feel neutral, or feel great, why wouldn't…
Added to my list of crypto projects that look interesting. xrb_15d4d4o8x3euiko14o6h1netwk3boio3fju1u6xhe93o5ipjhqy63shcxutm
I think the cool thing about this idea is that "cats" is just one possibility. It can work just as well with nearly anything that requires proof of ownership or uniqueness. Maybe property or mineral rights, or stock and…
I know I guy who has "Rape Me" tattooed on his chest. It's his favorite Nirvana Song. For the most part, tattoos are a form of art and expression. Phrases such as "death wish" or "kill me" are pretty common, and are…
It still outperforms every other asset class. http://charts.woobull.com/bitcoin-risk-adjusted-return/
I think an important thing your average non-cs grad developer can learn from her story is the importance of networking. Maybe networking isn't the quite the correct term. But she put herself out there starting at 15,…
If you are interested in these questions I think it will be worth it to spend some time and do a bit of research, no? You can look up Peter Singer and Yuval Noah Harari to start with and read what they have written…
No, the bitcoin is held in escrow, requiring 2 of the 3 parties to sign off before the funds are released. This doesn't prevent all fraud but it seems to work pretty well for dark markets.
Amazon shareholder letters seem to be becoming the new Berkshire shareholder letters [0]. They are friendly, engaging, and most importantly, written by an author who steadfastly holds by principles that haven't changed…
In proof of stake a single node decides what the next block added to chain is. This node gets the block reward and any transaction fees. They don't have to do any calculations, they simply get to decide, according to a…
> All the good bits of blockchain, we already had in git This is not true at all and shows a common misunderstanding of why the blockchain is useful. The big breakthrough with blockchains and crypto currencies has very…
Well, it's no closer to centralization than proof of work is. If one, or more than one party working together control >50% of the staked coins you are left with the same result as one party controlling 50% of the…
One Way is through Proof of Stake, which Ethereum will likely be moving towards in the future. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof-of-stake
To be fair, the "train-wreck" the blog comments on was predicted by Kahneman himself back in 2012. In fact, as shown in the article, he was personally urging researchers to question and check if the priming research…
Orbits of planets were calculated long before General Relativity. I believe we put a man on the moon using newtonian physics. Many types of medicine is successful without us knowing exactly why. Just because technology…
I was really hoping that the watch would be able to share a cellular plan with the phone. I'm not sure I'm willing to buy another cellular plan just for the the watch.
Gwern's fascinating self experiment on LSD microdosing is always worth a read when this topic is brought up. He found that there was no measurable effect. https://www.gwern.net/LSD%20microdosing
The headband was actually very cool by the way, and I do believe it worked as advertised. I'm just not convinced it's a great method method to learn meditation.
I don't like apps/hacks when it comes to mindfulness and meditation. Humans have been successfully meditating for thousands of years without them. Gamification of mindfulness totally misses the point. The Mind…
I'll share this with my GF. I'm a bit amazed how much of a dedicated fanbase the bachelor/bachelorette series has. And most of it is enabled by newer apps. For every hour my gf spends watching the bachelor she probably…
That's a great link! I've been looking for something like that. It confirms the criticisms of Damore cherry picking his sources. It appears that for almost everything he wrote there is both supporting and conflicting…
And I think it's important to point out here that this argument is probably wrong. It is one of the many examples where Damore cites research, but puts his own spin on it. One of the researchers Danmore cited is David P…
Maybe we're talking past each other here. I don't think the author has a problem with the science James referenced. The science behind the core issues is fine. No argument there. The author has a problem with James'…
> cites exactly one supporting scientific study I counted 10 supporting scientific studies, and a whole bunch of other articles that all included lots of references. > thereby gloss over the actual question at hand…
In most variations of such a calculation the expected number of planets would be 0. The fact that the actual answer is >= 1 might suggest that the calculation is not an accurate representation of reality.
Manipulative, maybe. But why grossly? All you are doing is making the other person feel good. It should be encouraged and celebrated. If you have a choice between making someone feel neutral, or feel great, why wouldn't…
Added to my list of crypto projects that look interesting. xrb_15d4d4o8x3euiko14o6h1netwk3boio3fju1u6xhe93o5ipjhqy63shcxutm
I think the cool thing about this idea is that "cats" is just one possibility. It can work just as well with nearly anything that requires proof of ownership or uniqueness. Maybe property or mineral rights, or stock and…
I know I guy who has "Rape Me" tattooed on his chest. It's his favorite Nirvana Song. For the most part, tattoos are a form of art and expression. Phrases such as "death wish" or "kill me" are pretty common, and are…
It still outperforms every other asset class. http://charts.woobull.com/bitcoin-risk-adjusted-return/
I think an important thing your average non-cs grad developer can learn from her story is the importance of networking. Maybe networking isn't the quite the correct term. But she put herself out there starting at 15,…
If you are interested in these questions I think it will be worth it to spend some time and do a bit of research, no? You can look up Peter Singer and Yuval Noah Harari to start with and read what they have written…
No, the bitcoin is held in escrow, requiring 2 of the 3 parties to sign off before the funds are released. This doesn't prevent all fraud but it seems to work pretty well for dark markets.
Amazon shareholder letters seem to be becoming the new Berkshire shareholder letters [0]. They are friendly, engaging, and most importantly, written by an author who steadfastly holds by principles that haven't changed…
In proof of stake a single node decides what the next block added to chain is. This node gets the block reward and any transaction fees. They don't have to do any calculations, they simply get to decide, according to a…
> All the good bits of blockchain, we already had in git This is not true at all and shows a common misunderstanding of why the blockchain is useful. The big breakthrough with blockchains and crypto currencies has very…
Well, it's no closer to centralization than proof of work is. If one, or more than one party working together control >50% of the staked coins you are left with the same result as one party controlling 50% of the…
One Way is through Proof of Stake, which Ethereum will likely be moving towards in the future. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof-of-stake
To be fair, the "train-wreck" the blog comments on was predicted by Kahneman himself back in 2012. In fact, as shown in the article, he was personally urging researchers to question and check if the priming research…
Orbits of planets were calculated long before General Relativity. I believe we put a man on the moon using newtonian physics. Many types of medicine is successful without us knowing exactly why. Just because technology…
I was really hoping that the watch would be able to share a cellular plan with the phone. I'm not sure I'm willing to buy another cellular plan just for the the watch.
Gwern's fascinating self experiment on LSD microdosing is always worth a read when this topic is brought up. He found that there was no measurable effect. https://www.gwern.net/LSD%20microdosing
The headband was actually very cool by the way, and I do believe it worked as advertised. I'm just not convinced it's a great method method to learn meditation.
I don't like apps/hacks when it comes to mindfulness and meditation. Humans have been successfully meditating for thousands of years without them. Gamification of mindfulness totally misses the point. The Mind…
I'll share this with my GF. I'm a bit amazed how much of a dedicated fanbase the bachelor/bachelorette series has. And most of it is enabled by newer apps. For every hour my gf spends watching the bachelor she probably…
That's a great link! I've been looking for something like that. It confirms the criticisms of Damore cherry picking his sources. It appears that for almost everything he wrote there is both supporting and conflicting…
And I think it's important to point out here that this argument is probably wrong. It is one of the many examples where Damore cites research, but puts his own spin on it. One of the researchers Danmore cited is David P…
Maybe we're talking past each other here. I don't think the author has a problem with the science James referenced. The science behind the core issues is fine. No argument there. The author has a problem with James'…
> cites exactly one supporting scientific study I counted 10 supporting scientific studies, and a whole bunch of other articles that all included lots of references. > thereby gloss over the actual question at hand…