jaggajasoos33

A lot of our systems work because everyone at least half heartedly sort of goes by the rules. Yes, everyone sort of pretends to obey the rule and hence it works. In reality these systems are extremely fragile and a small committed minority can totally break years of precedent and systems. I think we are at that phase right now from the right side and soonish we will see the same from right left as well.

I think death of his stepson might have impacted him deeply at personal level turning him into a bit of a racist. In Trump he saw a hero who would take up the cause.

Climate change is mostly irrelevant to the fires here. These fires were preventable had the city and state administration competent.

In the context of brain zero is much older than 7th century. Buddhist philosophy revolves around "Shunyaataa" (Zeroness - Shunya means zero in Sanskrit). Shunya itself comes from the root Svi - empty/hollow.

In the context of brain, Buddhism and various branches of Hinduism spent a lot of time pondering. Several meditative techniques involve meditating over this hollowness or the ultimate absence.

I do know that Zero the numerical placeholder is different from Buddhist idea of "Zeroness" but in the context of brain it should be similar I feel. Absence of something means cardinality of zero but Buddhists literally asked this question about reality itself.

Even if we accept that the white people "own" NZ, the foreigners are buying it from the willing seller citizens. So the government does not get to decide on behalf of all citizens.

When it comes to topographic maps of Kashmir the USSR maps have been cheaper (and outdated). The indian government keeps their maps secret.

Clickbait title but I get the point. They simplified something that otherwise just too complex.

Why is that an anti-biotic meant for fish is cheaper than the one meant for human if they are "nearly" replaceable ?

No. Government meddling in AI will only slow down the progress of this new technology. It makes no sense to regulate something that we ourselves fully don't understand.

The last thing you want is the monopoly of large corporations over something that you can code in your basement.

I think what works in dating works in such scenarios too.

You ask a girl out she says no, you have to just move on to the next one. You have to tell yourself she does not know you yet properly and it is her loss. Our brain is very good at forgetting failures over time. You do it sufficient number of times and you learn to take No like a champ. Spending too much time thinking about that one failure will only result in waste of time. Of course it goes without saying that you need to see how to improve things over time.

I was lucky to learn this lesson quickly. Every year I remind my boss that the salary needs to be either adjusted for inflation (and real estate inflation) or I should be put a performance improvement plan because if my performance is down you should not keep me employed.