Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 10 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 09 March 2012 11:51:49AM 4 points [-]

Moving on March 10th. Board meeting March 11th. Said I'd try to get to it by 11th.

The SAT really matters to a lot of people's lives, though. But maybe some people would get a nice hedonic boost? Ugh.

Comment author: Benquo 09 March 2012 07:05:02PM 18 points [-]

I'm a reader who would not be directly affected by the timing relative to the SAT, and I say, please don't stick to the earlier date on my account. I would feel bad suspecting that other readers, who are taking the SAT, were harmed for my pleasure.

Don't know if I am a representative reader, though.

Comment author: Rhwawn 10 March 2012 04:47:10AM 2 points [-]

I agree.

Comment author: Anubhav 09 March 2012 03:16:03PM 3 points [-]

Moving on March 10th. Board meeting March 11th. Said I'd try to get to it by 11th.

How long does it take to post a chapter? o.O

I'd have thought you could do it in 2 minutes of off-time.

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 09 March 2012 08:38:07PM 6 points [-]

My current plan is to try to do it during the Board meeting on Sunday. 7pm on Saturday I'll probably be driving, or if not driving, supervising a move with no Internet access set up yet.

Comment author: asr 09 March 2012 11:30:12PM *  3 points [-]

Awesome. Thanks so much for making time for your enthusiastic and eager followers during what must be a hectic period.

Comment author: Locke 09 March 2012 10:55:49PM 2 points [-]

You have my gratitude. Do you think you can post a status update so people who don't browse Less Wrong can know?

I'll get back to studying now.

Comment author: ArisKatsaris 09 March 2012 06:54:57PM 5 points [-]

I'd have thought you could do it in 2 minutes of off-time.

Eh, if on March 11th the guy will have just moved, it'd probably take him significantly more than 2 minutes to just unpack his computer, set up his internet connection (if it has been set up all), etc, etc.

Still, I'd tell him to leave it for the 11th, or even the 12th if that's not possible, rather than distract SAT students on the 9th or 10th. (Not that this relates to me personally, btw, I'm neither an American nor a student). He can leave a small note saying he leaves it for the 12th, if need be.

Comment author: Anubhav 10 March 2012 02:13:34AM 1 point [-]

it'd probably take him significantly more than 2 minutes to just unpack his computer, set up his internet connection (if it has been set up all), etc, etc.

That possibility had just not occurred to me. Everyone I know has a laptop or a phone with internet access for when they're on the move. And I live in India. I'd have expected America to have better always-on internet connectivity.

Comment author: ArisKatsaris 10 March 2012 02:20:11AM 2 points [-]

Everyone I know has a laptop or a phone with internet access for when they're on the move. And I live in India.

I myself live in Greece and do have an IPhone with internet access, but I'd still not try to upload a whole chapter onto fanfiction.net with it.

Comment author: gwern 09 March 2012 04:34:26PM 0 points [-]

Presumably the writing is the major factor. I doubt he's sitting around going 'where could I possibly fit in 2 minutes of Internet access?'

Comment author: Locke 09 March 2012 05:16:37PM 2 points [-]

He's already written all but the last chapter, I believe.

Comment author: gwern 09 March 2012 05:32:07PM 1 point [-]

There you go, then.

Comment author: Anubhav 10 March 2012 02:08:42AM *  2 points [-]

There you go, then.

What? Doesn't that mean it should be easy for him to post?

Anyhow, we'd forgotten about the 7 pm rule.Reading between the lines here, he doesn't have any way of automating it. So not only must he find two minutes of free time, he must find two minutes of free time at 7 pm.

And he doesn't have an internet connection while he's moving.