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Software developer and artist.

  • If this is how everyone would act in their daily life, you would see crime, theft and abuse on an unimaginable level. No, people don't always do what benefits them "at every individual point". We are social creatures, acting as a community where the individuals benefit from working together. Although this has been successfully undermined by capitalism and other hierarchies.

    This whole concept is also called, the Prisoners' Dilemma, one of my favorite thought experiments because it shows how being rational can result in everyone being worse off.

  • Yes. The "tragedy of the commons" is a myth.

    Without any limits, individual cattle owners have an incentive to overgraze the land, destroying its value to everybody.

    This is factually false, because the land will be destroyed and individuals don't benefit, not even in the short term. Commons work great (see open source software), but capitalism and power structures abuse and destroy them for short-term profit.

  • Interesting viewpoint, but I think the applications aren't at fault: The operating system should ensure that the user has control of the computer at all times. I think you need to do three things to achieve that:

    1. Limit process RAM usage, so the system never has to swap
    2. Limit process CPU usage, so the system never stalls
    3. When drivers / the operating itself crash, revert into a usable state (this one is probably the most complex one)
  • I guess really cold water isn't really "wet" per-se. What did I just write...

  • What do you think the authors of the video don't understand? You must have some insights if you say you understand AI better then everyone criticizing it.

  • Possible unfree licenses for artwork

    I'd still consider the game open source, even if the art is copyrighted.

    Dwarf Fortress

    Is there an open source version? It's a great game (also try the steam edition if you check it out), but I thought it was closed-source.

  • I'm bored (but not in a bad way). I wish I could hang out with people, but I have nobody around right now. I feel happier than ever, just can't share it with anyone. I guess I'm just going to call someone and satisfy this extroverted phase that way.

  • If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

    If you know it will break, try to see how to reduce the damages.

  • Even if these are an alternate evolution path I think it's pretty exciting. The results presented by the teams investigating this sound pretty convincing, so I don't think it's just "misidentified human children".

  • I think you can (and are encouraged to) actually visit them. I don't know how this skepticism can be helpful, especially in a UFO-specific community.

  • Danke dass du dich und andere schützt.

  • I wish you the best, and that you find a safe place where you can relax and collect your strength <3

  • Thank you! Trying my best to not die of boredom :P

  • A little bit of Go when I'm not too frustrated from loosing the last game (don't know why this happens only with Go, but I can't help it) and Netrunner.

  • It's obviously not as energy-efficient as burning fossil fuels, so it's a hard sell. Honestly, I just want it to come back for the looks (and obviously the environmental health benefits).

  • Can't type much because I need to recover from RSI (again), so I'm just enjoying the end of the summer with my brother. Mostly playing card games and going outside. I've started watching a playthrough of Anonymous;Code to improve my Japanese, but without being able to use the keyboard I can't really look things up. Oh, and the osu!mania world cup ends next week, so that'll be fun to watch.

  • Props for actually answering the question, and with a reasonable language too. Although Forth hasn't clicked for me personally, and I doubt it's a better choice for OP, it's still a unique language design and worth studying.

  • I guess people forget that ships originally where powered 100% by wind and manpower. Would love to see that coming back in some form, but seems like it's just not profitable enough (yet).

  • In this context I guess non-natural chemicals? Maybe the artificial sweeteners.