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- Limit function length : Keep functions concise, ideally under 70 lines . Shorter functions are easier to understand, test, and debug. They promote single responsibility, where each function does one thing well, leading to a more modular and maintainable codebase.
Tiger Style
Crudely put, the Enlightenment took away the primacy of the community and replaced it with the primacy of the autonomous individual. It created neutral public systems such as democracy, law, and free speech to give individuals a spacious civil order within which they could figure their own life. Common morality, if it existed at all, was based on... See more
Why Do So Many People Think That Trump Is Good?
Replacing technology with household help is not a route to higher productivity. It seems more like a route out of the First World and into the Third.
Land's End - Claremont Review of Books
Both projects adopted a similar approach using biometrics, blockchains, crypto tokens ($WLD and $H, respectively), and Zero-knowledge proof (ZKP). They are both somewhat controversial—in my opinion for misguided reasons, rooted in a lack of understanding of ZKPs or ideological bias against biometrics and crypto. Both can be considered early-stage... See more
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Noble intentions and lofty rhetoric about justice and equality are not enough. The kinds of policies and interventions that benefit people often sound bad. Those that hurt people often sound good.
Dan Williams • On becoming less left-wing (Part 1)
I started noticing how supposedly intelligent, reasonable people would gleefully post and share the pettiest, cheapest, most self-congratulatory trash as long as it fit their opinions.
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Ludditry is just cowardice, specifically focused on the fear of change. Want to know a realistic worse case scenario for AI development? The same rich assholes that are rich today invest in developing AI tech to the point that the market value for human labor plummets to an unlivable point, and class mobility subsequently goes to zero. THAT's a... See more
Yann LeCun: AI one-percenters seizing power forever is real doomsday scenario | Hacker News
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Here is what we believe:
Intention > Attention
The destruction of our attention compromises our ability to make sustained progress on anything worthwhile.
You don’t need to go live in a cabin or swear off Netflix. You just have to live more deliberately.
We are entering the post-information age. The barrier is no