Posts by octesian@refactorcamp.org
(DIR) Post #A7oxwCUNOuajphraZE by octesian@refactorcamp.org
2021-05-31T21:34:36Z
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@urusan not if there’s enough surviving dinosaurs to reelect them. This is the Republican Party that Republicans seem to want. Maybe disenfranchisement of the out group is the point.
(DIR) Post #A7r7d2F77pVMPXLDIe by octesian@refactorcamp.org
2021-06-01T22:32:37Z
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@urusan I’m still undecided on the topic of free will, but I’ve done Sam Harris’ exercises and I’ve seen how little free will I have. (Though he hasn’t convinced me that there’s none.) At best we’re picking off a menu that we have no control over (from our subconscious) and there’s angel and a devil on our shoulders (or emotions) telling us what to pick. We can’t chose the next thought that we are to think. They just appear in our consciousness from elsewhere.
(DIR) Post #A7zko5DXrALSIbXtlw by octesian@refactorcamp.org
2021-06-05T21:31:40Z
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@unicornfarts @urusan Last I heard, regular consumption of processed meats like bacon only cost you 2.5 weeks of your life.
(DIR) Post #A8BVisc084LeL9Z4yG by octesian@refactorcamp.org
2021-06-11T18:36:42Z
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@urusan As I get older it’s hard to tell what’s aging and what’s wear and tear.
(DIR) Post #A8G6vSAsCyo92wZg3M by octesian@refactorcamp.org
2021-06-13T23:52:30Z
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@urusan probably not worth the cost of finding out. I got lucky and had a psych student give me the WAIS for free. If you think you might have a really high score it might be worth taking to how different you are from normal people. It can change your world view if you take the time to think through the implications. In my experience online tests aren’t accurate. (Or one dimensional)
(DIR) Post #A8Ken3u0k0veWdhHbk by octesian@refactorcamp.org
2021-06-16T04:30:03Z
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@urusan In the literal sense, most of the things I own are luxury. But that’s because I try to buy higher quality versions of everything. In the common use of the word (usually status related), nothing I own is luxury.
(DIR) Post #A8QH88GOURtgBGRMn2 by octesian@refactorcamp.org
2021-06-18T21:33:46Z
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@urusan building your own is out of the question right now if you need a GPU. The only way to get one at a reasonable price is part of a package deal from a big name company.
(DIR) Post #A8WXk4yJwN79BvrY0m by octesian@refactorcamp.org
2021-06-21T22:08:22Z
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@urusan Haribo Gold Bears or GTFO!
(DIR) Post #A8lR1BHZjzmLOBXpQ0 by octesian@refactorcamp.org
2021-06-29T02:33:41Z
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@urusan my WiFi and router have backup power. That pretty much covers the necessities.
(DIR) Post #A9MkKb0ADkBAR4Rr8q by octesian@refactorcamp.org
2021-07-17T02:34:26Z
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@urusan i like it the way Amazon does it where you have all your receipts digitally back to the beginning of time. Except I’d want this to work with small shops. The obvious tech option would be to manage it through the credit card company, but there’s no way I’d ever allow them access to detailed receipts.
(DIR) Post #A9Os161eLuxIoRHAzg by octesian@refactorcamp.org
2021-07-18T03:09:57Z
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@urusan I never got takeout Italian before the pandemic, but now it’s my go to. Most of my favorite restaurants just weren’t as good after a car ride.
(DIR) Post #A9Osk9iRTljlHxmHxY by octesian@refactorcamp.org
2021-07-18T03:18:06Z
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@urusan (double)$0.10 rounded to the nearest cent != (reality).1.1 is not exactly representable in double precision.
(DIR) Post #A9OuRCRdJDCa9t0KUS by octesian@refactorcamp.org
2021-07-18T03:21:09Z
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@urusan or if you want something in pure floating point: . 0.1 * 10.0 != 1.0Don’t be fooled by the fact that when you print out .1 * 10 it prints “1.0”. The print function rounds your numbers.
(DIR) Post #A9PftmkqbBE8j37lSa by octesian@refactorcamp.org
2021-07-18T12:28:50Z
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@urusan my friend, a statistician, was bit in the butt by this in Excel. He put .1 in a cell and smart dragged it down which kept accumulating the not quite .1 value. Then when his coding team converted the spreadsheet into software, they cut and pasted the table with the rounded numbers (as displayed) into the code. They then spent a week trying to figure out why they weren’t getting the same results.
(DIR) Post #A9tsrP67xOcJNM3CZk by octesian@refactorcamp.org
2021-08-02T02:15:29Z
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@urusan the matter beam in a particle accelerator?
(DIR) Post #AA54VCpTpzKWxs8fVQ by octesian@refactorcamp.org
2021-08-07T11:47:44Z
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@urusan I’d put it in a Roth IRA.
(DIR) Post #AA8J128d6VTbuE2vy4 by octesian@refactorcamp.org
2021-08-09T01:14:29Z
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@urusan I remember hearing an argument that we don’t need to worry about AI because we can build it without all the primal parts of the brain. Whether or not this is true the super intelligent human definitely comes with all the primal parts of the brain.
(DIR) Post #AAGh1fbYJwIoTQ5g48 by octesian@refactorcamp.org
2021-08-13T02:21:13Z
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@urusan @IslandUsurper Any estimates on the moral worth of a plant?
(DIR) Post #AAMw4eBohdAJDLgqfY by octesian@refactorcamp.org
2021-08-16T02:38:06Z
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@urusan this was the hardest poll yet. Those are my top 4. The “there can be only one” line made it tricky. Blueberries and watermelon, with their milder taste, make for a better “only one” fruit. They’re not my favorite, but I could eat them forever.
(DIR) Post #AASuFeIJK6wTyL9SiW by octesian@refactorcamp.org
2021-08-18T23:45:56Z
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@urusan that’s an established theory. https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-or-the-office-according-to-the-office/