Posts by schizobovine@social.vivaldi.net
 (DIR) Post #AmtgPzTgzV2nYwHLhg by schizobovine@social.vivaldi.net
       2024-10-11T12:47:48Z
       
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       @futurebird loving this thread – the point about cooperation is a light bulb moment for me. THAT is what makes free markets work. And in part it’s because the participants are relatively equal. Any bad actors can be shunned because no one HAS to do business with them.I feel like the horrors come when participants aren’t equal–monopolies, but also stuff like racism and misogyny. Cooperation  breaks down when some people don’t have to care about other’s future welfare.
       
 (DIR) Post #AmtgwrDWj13bUyODS4 by schizobovine@social.vivaldi.net
       2024-10-11T12:53:08Z
       
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       @futurebird It’s been a decade since I read the book, but pretty sure the people-as-computers thing definitely becomes a major plot point.(Though I definitely have mixed feelings about it now having been diagnosed with ADHD in the interim. The focusing stuff feels like a thinly veiled critique of ADD and its treatment.)
       
 (DIR) Post #Amthpl8b1vi6ZQGLMO by schizobovine@social.vivaldi.net
       2024-10-11T13:03:47Z
       
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       @futurebird @Uraael I think Vinge  would have thought people like Elon and Jobs as posers. They are only good at marketing themselves and taking credit for other people’s work. Actual innovators rarely get the same level of fame. Everyone knows about Jobs and Apple, but how many know about Wozniak?Also, modern innovation requires a network of people, with knowledge and skills across many domains. The easy stuff one person could do has already been done.
       
 (DIR) Post #AmxyqUpS8IbUzBlG0e by schizobovine@social.vivaldi.net
       2024-10-13T14:33:16Z
       
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       @futurebird agreed! Closest existing thing I can think of is this Linear A keycap set: https://shop.keyboard.io/products/linear-a-keycaps
       
 (DIR) Post #AtFVHSfQKAOXI394ro by schizobovine@social.vivaldi.net
       2025-04-19T12:39:19Z
       
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       @futurebird i voted for myself personally (math never learned) since I have already had the “ah-ha!” moments from e^(pi*i)^2 and normal distributions.But I can *still* recall the exact moment in prob/stat class when the prof explained the Central Limit Theorem and it all clicked into place for me. Combinatorics, calculus and set theory all coming together to explain why that pattern is *everywhere*. It might be the better one for those with less formal training.
       
 (DIR) Post #AzJkkIL8PfGvtrwQVs by schizobovine@social.vivaldi.net
       2025-10-18T01:04:03Z
       
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       @futurebird reminds me a lot of this https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/132xoxq/long_boi_the_guy_they_told_you_not_to_worry_about/
       
 (DIR) Post #B0HTfmUd4itAniGmXY by schizobovine@social.vivaldi.net
       2025-11-15T20:35:27Z
       
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       @futurebird Fordham as in the university located in NYC?
       
 (DIR) Post #B2b4ulHfvn8DsZqSlU by schizobovine@social.vivaldi.net
       2026-01-24T03:16:34Z
       
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       @froge @futurebird red is something where you MIGHT be able to get away with something like “photons between 600 and 700nm” (thereabouts)Pink or purple, on the other hand…good luck!
       
 (DIR) Post #B2b6ReXi7GXATvaq1Y by schizobovine@social.vivaldi.net
       2026-01-24T03:33:42Z
       
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       @futurebird @froge Also, while you might get agreement on defining what red is, you’re still going to get disagreements where people disagree on if a particular color is red, even when everyone agrees on the definition. Color blindness is at play, and other more subtle genetic differences.And then there was The Dress, where we found that nearby colors profoundly affect our perception of color.