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These posts finally made me get Something Important:
Akrasia is a security problem, and not just against external adversaries like advertising.
Is there anything good written yet about solving this domain of problems from a security mindset perspective?
"manage your working memory carefully" <--- This sounds like a potentially important skill that I wasn't aware of. Please could you elaborate?
https://arbital.com/p/nearest_unblocked/
It was also on the BBC TV main evening news today, and BBC News 24.
Edit: more from them here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-30293863
-- Napoleon Bonaparte.
Apparently that's old. The address currently on their website is https://blockchain.info/address/1BszW45pwXx7d7g4x9Xxbs9MGJEQcJsd3v although that hasn't received any coins yet.
Maybe the old one is fine too, but unless someone can shed light on why they changed from the old address, it's probably b...(read more)
They're now accepting it again, and even spoke at the last conference.
I hope SI/MIRI has been holding on to those donated bitcoins!
Be gur svefg rcvfbqr bs Znk Urnqebbz...
As it's been queried how many physicists, mathematicians, etc. currently believe what about QM, I thought this paper (no paywall, Yay!) might interest a few of you: [A Snapshot of Foundational Attitudes Toward Quantum Mechanics](http://arxiv.org/abs/1301.1069)
For example, question 12: Copenhagen 4...(read more)