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Closed source (and vibe-coded) software, especially for a language runtime, is a non-starter for many people including myself. But proprietary license is actually common in the APL and K family of lan…

Before you get downvoted to oblivion, please enlighten us on what you mean by "agent of regime". Which regime do you mean, and is there evidence he (c)overtly worked with them?

> statistically most likely Isn't that pattern matching essentially?

I recently learned about that too, how Lean provides ways to create new language syntax and DSLs, which is (on the surface) similar to Lisps like Racket. It's like operator overloading but way mo…

It reminds me of people who built businesses on top of APIs provided by Facebook, Reddit, etc. One day the company decides to rug pull the public interface, either to replace it with their own competi…

You're swallowing the bait, hook and sinker.

> Without dramatically upending our understanding of quantum field theory, there is no room for any new influences that could bear on the problem of consciousness. This kind of intellectual arrogan…

Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum. Sail the high seas, and all the world's knowledge is yours.

Hm, I checked the site and it does have one of these: <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> Which is the standard. I wonder if somethi…

The failure scenarios are fun to imagine, like uncontrollable brain growth or waking nightmares as weird side effect of centuries-old brain.

Perceiving plant gods and spirits is closer to experimental science, attempts to describe and make sense of your actual lived experience. Dismissing them without any evidence or experience, just becau…

Even an AGI can't accomplish the impossible.

Ah but it would be infintely more impressive if you can create life with it.

Of course plants have feelings and conscious experience, it's obvious to anyone who has spent time living with them. Plants literally think and solve problems, too. But you won't succeed in …

There's so much to love about this comment, especially this part: > Cosmology is one of the most beautiful sciences in my experience, precisely because we have such good ways to model the obse…