niplav @niplav@schelling.pt

Problems with Bayesianism & How To Solve Them

I get either Generic Bayesian¹ or Wittgensteinian

¹: Which is totally true tbh, I talked the gf's ears off yesterday about Problems with Bayesianism & How To Solve Them

See also https://gwern.net/colder-war

I think the question of interstellar warfare is really tricky. Grand Futures has a whole appendix on this, but the impression I get is that within the distance of a few parsec this is indeed a problem (objects/lasers can be aimed ~okay easily), but over larger scales you're safe because aiming/stochastic motion of large bodies becomes a problem

"may thy H100 chip and shatter"

Embrace, extend, enlighten

Unusual unicode characters near me

Have you considered not converting physical tension into philosophical despair

Someone should tell Jim Simons about Effective Altriusm

Why didn't they add a dimension and call it tesseragda @amy

3d printers scaling laws/curves

"Does the market have random-walk nature?"

"Put"

The "I dont expect your children to die of old age" to "we are all the same age in years left" pipeline

I am always surprised about the degree to which normal people don't understand the stock market

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