Clippy comments on The $125,000 Summer Singularity Challenge - Less Wrong

20 Post author: Kaj_Sotala 29 July 2011 09:02PM

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Comment author: bentarm 29 July 2011 04:29:23PM 8 points [-]

I'm not entirely sure that I believe the premise of this game. Essentially, the claim is that 20 of SingInst's regular donors have extra money lying around that they are willing to donate to SingInst iff someone else donates the same amount. What do the regular donors intend to do with the money otherwise? Have they signed a binding agreement to all get together and blow the money on a giant party? Otherwise, why would they not just decide to donate it to SingInst at the end of the matching period anyway?

Comment author: Clippy 01 August 2011 10:15:02PM 2 points [-]

I sent an internet email to User:Kevin describing the terms of my matching donor pledge, and then signed the internet email with my GPG key.

Comment author: Pavitra 01 August 2011 10:50:39PM 1 point [-]

It's better to sign the message before you send it, so that the recipient can view the signature.

Comment author: Clippy 01 August 2011 11:39:52PM 0 points [-]

I did.