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  1. Comment on Looking for advice: How do I find out what stocks to invest into? in ~finance

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    I think the loss in stock value should decrease your future taxes on gains, so framing the gain as being eaten by the tax isn't quite right

    I think the loss in stock value should decrease your future taxes on gains, so framing the gain as being eaten by the tax isn't quite right

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  2. Comment on Blue-collar effective altruism in ~society

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    if you want thoughts on donating to open-source, I'd recommend reading https://entropicthoughts.com/open-source-donation , they had basically the same problem as you and give a rationalisation for...

    if you want thoughts on donating to open-source, I'd recommend reading https://entropicthoughts.com/open-source-donation , they had basically the same problem as you and give a rationalisation for why to donate to open source and how to prioritise donations between projects

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  3. Comment on Ineos has opened a carbon dioxide storage site off the Danish coast, as momentum builds in Europe for the fledgling but expensive technology in ~enviro

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    https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/91915321-e297-4c10-8f80-c780e4c7adba (Link can be viewed 3 times)

    The chemicals group said its Greensand site, roughly 250km from the Danish shore and almost 2km beneath the seabed, would be able to store up to 400,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year in its first phase. Its launch followed the opening last week of a separate project in Norway.

    The project had potential to store up to 8mn tonnes each year as it scaled up, Ineos said. But this would require further drilling and more interest among customers for the technology, said Eadbhard Pernot, executive director of industry group Carbon Management Europe.

    Ineos reported 113mn tonnes of emissions last year across its operations and value chain, known in carbon accounting terms as scope 1, 2 and 3.

    Carbon permits that polluting industries have to buy in the EU currently cost about €87 per tonne. That has increased this year, partly because the Iran war has pushed up demand for coal-fired power. Companies do not have to purchase permits for carbon that they store, making it a potentially attractive option.

    https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/91915321-e297-4c10-8f80-c780e4c7adba

    (Link can be viewed 3 times)

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  4. Comment on New passenger train linking Finland and Sweden has begun running – creates the first rail connection between northern Finland and southern Europe in nearly forty years in ~transport

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    ah, thanks! very useful

    ah, thanks! very useful

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  5. Comment on New passenger train linking Finland and Sweden has begun running – creates the first rail connection between northern Finland and southern Europe in nearly forty years in ~transport

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    what would you use to plan long distance european rail trips? Are there any good automatic tools or do you have to do it by piecing together different operators websites manually?

    what would you use to plan long distance european rail trips? Are there any good automatic tools or do you have to do it by piecing together different operators websites manually?

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  6. Comment on CJ the X & Prof. C. Thi Nguyen | Loosely-structured discussion on philosophy of Games, Metrics, Values in ~humanities

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    also how constraints (including what is scored) in games shape how you play, power of constraints to increase creativity, relationship of game designer with player, the way that game rules can...

    also how constraints (including what is scored) in games shape how you play, power of constraints to increase creativity, relationship of game designer with player, the way that game rules can synergise and create emergent effects in ways which aren't easy to explain and can only be seen through playing, etc.

  7. Comment on CJ the X & Prof. C. Thi Nguyen | Loosely-structured discussion on philosophy of Games, Metrics, Values in ~humanities

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    I really enjoyed this, you can tell this is stuff they've both thought deeply about before, but also there's lots of spontaneity. The topic of values and metrics feels like something that (while...

    I really enjoyed this, you can tell this is stuff they've both thought deeply about before, but also there's lots of spontaneity. The topic of values and metrics feels like something that (while obviously relevant for decades now) is particularly all-eneveloping nowadays, and I think the discussion of how measurements add constraints

    the mentioning of "metrics-all-the-way-down" (measuring how effective a given metric is requires another, normally less legible, metric) is pretty insightful, also how measurements are often a tradeoff against trust, i.e. modern world depends on having clinical trials and science etc. which are designed to require less trust in individuals, but also trading trust for metrics gets you the modern education system where it's nigh-impossible to argue for less tangible advantages like how ethical the studnets you teach are, especially if they clash against other metrics like post-graduation salary.

    there's so much in this that I might rewatch and take notes lol

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  9. Comment on A random sci-fi question for you in ~talk

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    after 7 years on mars it's likely (though not certain, we have very little data on this) that muscle wastage means that going back to earth will leave me severely disabled, barring maybe large...

    after 7 years on mars it's likely (though not certain, we have very little data on this) that muscle wastage means that going back to earth will leave me severely disabled, barring maybe large amounts of physiotherapy or idk a power-assist exoskeleton, so probably would go for new mongolia

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  11. Comment on Why I find woke criticism of veganism and effective altruism so outrageous in ~society

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    idk I just don't find that particularly convincing. Thinking of ways to falsify this, were rich people less exploitative before EA was popularised? I don't think I've ever heard people claim...

    idk I just don't find that particularly convincing. Thinking of ways to falsify this, were rich people less exploitative before EA was popularised? I don't think I've ever heard people claim something like this, but to me it seems like that would be the implication of taking the argument to be true

    5 votes

  12. Comment on Why I find woke criticism of veganism and effective altruism so outrageous in ~society

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    given that the second world does not currently exist and doesn't seem likely to exist any time soon, is it not better to encourage people who otherwise would not do so to donate to charities which...

    I don't want to trust someone to get rich and spend their money to help the world (how well did that work with SBF?). I want a world where it is impossible to become a billionaire in the first place and everyone is able to live their lives healthy, safely and however they wish within reason.

    given that the second world does not currently exist and doesn't seem likely to exist any time soon, is it not better to encourage people who otherwise would not do so to donate to charities which help people as much as possible?

    EA seems to solely exist to help rich people justify being rich in a world with extreme income inequality and poverty.

    I don't think a world without EA would have less rich people. the biggest difference would be tens of thousands more people in sub-saharan africa having died of malaria (among other major causes which major EA orgs like giveWell support), which seems much more important than the feelings of rich people.

    5 votes

  13. Comment on The zero-days are numbered — Firefox team uses AI to find and fix vulnerabilities in ~tech

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    oh don't worry about it, I was just curious

    oh don't worry about it, I was just curious

    1 vote

  14. Comment on Almost half of EU’s busiest flight routes are ‘hard or impossible’ to book on trains in ~transport

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    I'm not totally sure of the details, but you should be able to pay a lot less for train travel by buying an interrail pass (if you're spending less than a month in london), which is €212 for under...

    I'm not totally sure of the details, but you should be able to pay a lot less for train travel by buying an interrail pass (if you're spending less than a month in london), which is €212 for under 28s and €283 for those older, covering 4 days travel (+ extra for seat reservations on high speed rail, about €20 per train, so maybe €300 under 28, others €360), which is obviously still much more expensive than flying but much better than price you're quoting.

  15. Comment on The zero-days are numbered — Firefox team uses AI to find and fix vulnerabilities in ~tech

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    what do you mean by this? I have seen a bunch of arguments that there is a bubble, but none that bubble-popping is currently ongoing. revenues for major ai companies like anthropic & openAI are...

    just as the bubble is popping

    what do you mean by this? I have seen a bunch of arguments that there is a bubble, but none that bubble-popping is currently ongoing. revenues for major ai companies like anthropic & openAI are still rising exponentially, there are no obvious limits they're particularly near hitting, apart from maybe regulatory?

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  16. Comment on Requesting your thoughts that may help me decide between moving to Chicago or Portland (Oregon)? in ~life

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    one risk of chicago is that the city is in a super fucked-up financial situation due to previous mayors doing stupid things for short-term gains, e.g. they sold off all their street parking and...

    one risk of chicago is that the city is in a super fucked-up financial situation due to previous mayors doing stupid things for short-term gains, e.g. they sold off all their street parking and have massive unfunded public pension liabilities. From what I can see online the general consensus is that there will be a crisis of some sort in the near-term future, which could lead to mass strikes. If they don't figure out a way to declare bankruptcy there might just be very high taxes for poor services. OTOH these problems are all solveable, see e.g. NYC in 70s and 80s

    Not sure how relevant this is over the next 5 years but might be useful to be aware of

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  17. Comment on Bernie vs. Claude in ~society

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    (there are benchmarks in model report cards if you're curious about numbers)

    (there are benchmarks in model report cards if you're curious about numbers)

  18. Comment on Bernie vs. Claude in ~society

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    gpt-4o was incredibly bad for this and it was a massive scandal (rightfully so, arguably not enough happened because of it, though i guess legal cases will take a while to percolate), but current...

    A suicidal kid will get told how to make a noose.
    A schizophrenic will get told his delusions are reality.

    gpt-4o was incredibly bad for this and it was a massive scandal (rightfully so, arguably not enough happened because of it, though i guess legal cases will take a while to percolate), but current frontier models are much much better at appropriate refusals and better but not perfect at avoiding sycophancy

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  20. Comment on Rob Jetten becomes Netherlands' youngest ever PM in ~society

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    income inequality measured by gini coefficient has been falling for the last decade, is now fairly low compared to rest of europe and economic growth seems to be on par with the rest of europe

    income inequality measured by gini coefficient has been falling for the last decade, is now fairly low compared to rest of europe and economic growth seems to be on par with the rest of europe

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