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roastpotatothief

@ roastpotatothief @lemmy.ml

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  • Nash equilibrium

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  • Yes that's the value of game theory. It's not really about the silly games. It's a way to understand real life, using silly games as examples. It helps us think of ways to understand our problems and to change the world, that we would not have thought of otherwise.

  • Nash equilibrium

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  • Yes that's it. If we all did it together, we could change the world. But as individuals there is no effective action we can take.

    Things like effective democracy, or powerful protest groups, could someday change the rules of the game. They could provide a low effort path for each individual to improve the collective (and his own) outcome.

  • Breaking the Records

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  • It's an interesting the gradual technical changes, from bullets to gas to bombs to depravation of water. They must measure big improvements in efficiency, measured in number of deaths per dollar and per day. Imagine of a report from a recent study on this got leaked!

  • What non-native animal would you really really really like to introduce into your local habitat ?

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  • polar bears. it's the only animal that likes to eat people. daily life is just too safe and dull.

  • What's your favorite Christmas movie, and why?

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  • die hard

  • Rain Water Rule

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  • It is useful to have lots of stupid laws. It makes people feel powerless and frustrated. It means the police can always find excuses to persecute you.

    The technicalities of the individual laws are not important. It's the psychological effect of the whole body of laws on a people.

  • World News @lemmy.ml
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    Israel’s military failed the nation, but that won’t end Israeli militarism

    www.aljazeera.com /opinions/2023/11/11/israels-military-failed-the-nation-but-that-wont-end-israeli-militarism
  • Science @lemmy.ml
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    How easy it is to publish a false hypothesis: people were nearly a year-and-a-half younger after listening to “When I’m Sixty-Four”

    journals.sagepub.com /doi/10.1177/0956797611417632

  • I'm going to sit down and actually learn git this week

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  • Yes you couldn't change something so widely used. Look what happened with python 3.

    Fortunately there's already a tradition among Git users of building a UI on top of the git UI. My project is just a slightly better version of those. It lays a simple sensible interface on top of the chaotic Git interface.

  • I'm going to sit down and actually learn git this week

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  • Git is a great invention but it has a few design flaws. There are too many ways to confuse it or break it, using commands that look correct, or just forgetting something. I ended up writing simple wrapper script codebase to fix it. Since then no problems.

  • Philosophy @lemmy.ml
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    Is the Hard Problem Really So Hard?

    nautil.us /is-the-hard-problem-really-so-hard-421778/
  • nature @lemmy.ml
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    Scientists will unleash an army of crabs to help save Florida’s dying reef

    www.vox.com /down-to-earth/2023/9/27/23883039/florida-coral-reef-caribbean-king-crabs-restoration
  • Europe @lemmy.ml
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    EU officials' stance on Israel and Palestine

  • The Girl in the Kent State Photo

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  • That seems to be normal over in the USA. The authorities are totally willing to do this whenever it suits them. But fortunately they are aware that more people have cameras these days.

  • History @lemmy.ml
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    The Girl in the Kent State Photo

    getpocket.com /explore/item/the-girl-in-the-kent-state-photo

  • Bike tires made from NASA’s bizarre shape-shifting metal are now available to buy

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  • Just use schwalbe marathon. They are puncture proof and last forever. I once got home and picked a shard of glass as king as my fingernail out of one.

  • History @lemmy.ml
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    The Living, Breathing Brooches of the Yucatán

    www.atlasobscura.com /articles/mexican-gem-covered-beetle-pets

  • Zelensky dismisses compromise with Putin, pointing to Prigozhin’s death

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  • Most people haven't. We all have a filter bubble.

    Here is a first draft, my attempt to provide the missing context. Please leave comments on anything bad or missing you notice. https://lemmy.ml/post/4848742

  • Zelensky dismisses compromise with Putin, pointing to Prigozhin’s death

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  • Background? Link?

  • Zelensky dismisses compromise with Putin, pointing to Prigozhin’s death

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  • That all sounds like brigading emotional nonsense. In fact, there were strong reasons for Russia to invade. It is probably true that Russia was manipulated into invading, it had no choice because of strategic decisions made by Ukraine. It's a shame none of the people you talked to were able to argue the issues sensibly.

  • Is buying a house better than renting?

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  • Yes, buying is always better.

    Do you still believe this after reading this article? If so, where in logic of the article do you think is the flaw?

  • Is buying a house better than renting?

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  • if you can afford to buy, it’s better financially long term because your money is going into something that you can sell

    This is the only point addressed by the article. Do you still believe this after reading it? If so, where in logic of the article do you think is the flaw?

  • American Airlines, Google say they can wipe out most contrails, but more fuel required

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  • Is buying a house better than renting?

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  • Yes that's exactly it. Thanks for the link.

  • Economics @lemmy.ml
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    Is buying a house better than renting?

  • American Airlines, Google say they can wipe out most contrails, but more fuel required

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  • Some of the other comments have decent explanations.

    where

  • Housing price rises are bad for home-owners

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  • When I talk about inflation here, I am referring exclusively to inflation in house prices. The effect of inflation in other markets is not covered here.

  • Democracy: A democratically run community. @lemmy.ml
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    Every cook can govern

    www.marxists.org /archive/james-clr/works/1956/06/every-cook.htm
  • Economics @lemmy.ml
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    Housing price rises are bad for home-owners

  • History @lemmy.ml
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    Spartans Were Losers

    foreignpolicy.com /2023/07/22/sparta-popular-culture-united-states-military-bad-history/
  • Economics @lemmy.ml
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    Millionaires Are Begging Governments to Tax Them More

    www.wired.co.uk /article/millionaires-begging-governments-tax-wealth
  • Philosophy @lemmy.ml
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    Against Bravery Debates

    slatestarcodex.com /2013/05/18/against-bravery-debates/
  • Reddit @lemmy.ml
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    "Teddit is Shutting Down. Lemmy is the New Reddit"

    tedd.it /shutdown
  • France @lemmy.world
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    The Irish perspective on police violence

  • History @lemmy.ml
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    The Problematic Myth of Florence Nightingale

    lithub.com /the-problematic-myth-of-florence-nightingale/