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Guide to rationalist interior decorating
Ericf4mo20

There are a few members who prefer a serious tone and down vote all attempted humor.

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Never Drop A Ball
Ericf5mo20

Not all tasks/responsibilities count as "balls" in this metaphor. Continuing with the hike example; the teacher's task list might include

  1. Drink water
  2. Avoid trail hazards like poison ivy
  3. Stop for a snack
  4. Talk about different plants
  5. Answer student questions

None of which count as a "ball" - you do as much of the "nice to have" stuff as the (time/energy) budget allows after ensuring that no student gets lost.

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Ericf's Shortform
Ericf8mo-20

Years ago, I advocated banning crypto as a means of limiting the damage AI could do, thinking an advanced AI might be able to mine or hack exchanges (eg by guessing passwords of "lost" bitcoins) and accumulate wealth (ie power).

Apparent it could also just make a meme coin, and generate billions from nothing, given a sufficiently edgy coin (for example, AI itself)

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/19/donald-trump-crypto-billionaire

I am once again humbly suggesting that all un-regulated currency, especially distributed ledgers, be banned worldwide as a precautionary measure.

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Who Feels More Alone?
Ericf1y21

The clean lines make me think you didn't use hypergeometric calculations. If I have 2 extrovert friends, on any given day 0 (25%), 1(50%), or 2(25%) of them will want to hang out. If I want to hang out on day N, there is a 25% chance I fail to.

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Two LessWrong speed friending experiments
Ericf1y22

Virtually no-one differentiates between a 4 and a 5 on these kind of surveys. Either they are the kind of person who "always" puts 5, or they "never" do.

With Rat. Adjacent or other overthibkers, you can give more specific anchors (eg 5 = this was the best pairing). Or you can have specific unsealed questions (ie:

  1. I would go to another room to avoid this person at a party
  2. I do not want to see this person again
  3. Whatever
  4. If someone else did the work to plan it, I would show up and spend time with this person again
  5. I will schedule time to see this person again.
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I would have shit in that alley, too
Ericf1y20

Airline tickets are a bad example because they are priced dynamically. So if more people find/exploit the current pricing structure, the airline will (and does) shift the pricing slightly until it remains profitable.

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Dyslucksia
Ericf1y71

+1 for substituting brain processes. High-g neurodivergents of all flavors tend to run apps in the "wrong" parts of their brain to do things that neutotypicals do automatically. Low-g neurodivergents just fail at the tasks.

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On Not Pulling The Ladder Up Behind You
Ericf1y50

Related content: https://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=168

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Failures in Kindness
Ericf1y50

Por que no los dos? It's a minority of people who have the ability and inclination to learn how to conform to a different mileu than thier natural state.

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Failures in Kindness
Ericf1y61

CK, as used here, seems more transactional and situation specific. Emotional Labor is usually referring to a pattern over time, including things like checking for unknown unknowns, and "making sure X gets done" Both ideas are playing in similar space.

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