Tag: Constants and Variables
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Thinking about tinking
As far back as I can remember, I was always “making” stuff. Roads and dams in the dirt, complex Tinkertoy projects, electronic stuff. Today I asked whether my friends and acquaintances were also tinkerers. Some were and some weren’t. The line was drawn exactly by father’s occupation. Sons of professors never got their hands dirty.…
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Speedrunning = speedreading
From 1905 to 1945, most Americans had an accurate idea of how to get wealthy. We understood the Machiavellian truth. Power and wealth are earned by evil and crime. Busting this truth was a MAJOR part of Deepstate’s project after 1946. Massive media and school-based propaganda attempted to restore the lies of “equality” and “meritocracy”.…
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Lot of silliness
Reading some comments on AI. Some were hopelessly behind the times. “What if AI passes the Turing test?” “What will happen when we give AI the nuclear codes?” Already passed the Turing Test, already has the nuclear codes. The famous story of Blessed Hero Stanislav Petrov proves it. In the early ’80s both sides were…
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Receiving end is more interesting
Sammy has now been charged with bribing Chinese regulators along with US regulators. The giving end of this bribe is unsurprising. Sammy is a professional criminal. Everything he does is slimy. The receiving end is a bit more interesting in terms of UNNECESSARY ENTITIES. Our writers on “both” “sides” constantly emphasize that China is Communist.…
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Using the trustifying rule
Taibbi received a personal visit from an IRS agent, which is unusual. Normally the IRS sends paper letters to bill you or request corrections. Here’s a good application of my rule for trustifying. Follow personal experience. When I’ve been observing or dealing with an entity for a while, how often has the entity disagreed with…
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USA = Rodarbal
I’ve been bothered for many years by one vicious inconsistency. 1. US loves and obeys countries that have actually attacked us in one way or another. England, Germany, Japan, Israel, Saudi, China. 2. US hates countries that have never attacked us. Above all Russia, which has always tried to be our friend. We’ve been steadily…
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Interesting question
From Denyse at UD: If two snowflakes are identical, does that increase information? Play the game right, don’t look at the other answers. My definition of information is the same as a neuron’s definition. Info is a new sensory input, not fitting into current background patterns, and potentially salient. Putting it another way, info is…
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Audits and edits
FDIC is like an insurance company, but one crucial aspect of real insurance is missing. Real insurers can raise rates or halt coverage for a driver who has accidents, or a business that allows too many thefts, or a homeowner who allows methies to squat in his garage. Real insurers, especially at the business level,…
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How do you trust?
I stopped reading Berenson a long time ago because he seemed to be working both sides of the fence. Peeked at his substack today, and he has moved on to other subjects, which is probably wise. He’s discussing AI and consciousness, but he seems unwilling to trust the real experts. My question to you –…
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Shannon about Buffett
Most published comments about Buffett or by Buffett are tautologous and non-Shannon. No information. OF COURSE you do better when you find the right stuff and stick with it. If you don’t understand this point you’re too dumb to breathe. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it is the hallmark of CIVILIZATION. Innovative Disruption is…
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Why India wins
I’ve been hammering these points: We’re fucked because we’ve been lying about caste for 200 years. We substitute all sorts of other shit like IQ and hard work and ideology. Those variables aren’t entirely irrelevant but the base constant of human activity is CASTE. Caste is innate and permanent. The distribution of castes occasionally shifts…
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What’s the diff?
Perusing some of those old computer mags again after thinking of Weizenbaum and Eliza, I noticed holograms as a new and promising development. I remember my first look at a real laser-viewed hologram in 1966. It was on display** in K-State’s physics building. In the ’80s holograms were part of Big Entertainment, seen in rock…
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Not silly
Following on previous item about bird-human parallels. I thought I was forming a silly ‘reductio’ in this 2016 piece about rackets and scams: = = = = = START REPRINT: As I noted before, 1950’s radio and TV shows constantly used drama and comedy to help us spot frauds and scams. Media now do the…
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Another bird gene?
I believe that humans are a mix of mammal and bird, possibly from horizontal gene transfer. Like birds, we’re bipedal, we build complex nests, we enjoy and produce music, and we enjoy and produce speech. The rest of our talents and tendencies are shared with other mammals. Male humans have a conflict between the bird…
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