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Not going to use it but:
Good job on not having a javascript hell
Some people might like a mobile view (if there isn't one already)
No RSS feeds?
Thanks!
It works well on my iPad, haven't tested it on the phones yet. I will.
There are links to author's RSS feed in the post footer and on the profile pages.
Is there a reason you don't want to use the site? I'd appreciate any feedback or ideas on how I can make it better.
rationalfiction.io - publish, discover, and discuss rational fiction
Hey, everyone! I want to share with you a project I've been working on for a while - http://rationalfiction.io.
I want it to become the perfect place to publish, discover, and discuss rational fiction.
We already have a lot of awesome stories, and I invite you to join and post more! =)
Guy who doesn't know much about startups here - "launched the first version" and "want [it] to become" sound indicative of something more "outline of a novel" - can you elaborate on how big of an accomplishment it was to get it off the ground in the first place?
In startups, it is so called "MVP" - minimal viable product, a simplest version that you can show users to get some feedback and see if it works. It is the first step to building a startup.
To me it's a pretty huge accomplishment, I'm really proud of myself =) Most of the work went not into coding the website, but into figuring out what it is. I needed a thing that would be valuable, and that I would be excited to work on for the following few years.
A competent programmer could probably create something like that in a week, but because I'm just learning web development(along with writing, producing videos, and other stuff) it took me longer. At the moment it's the best thing I've created, so I'm really happy about it.
Also it's actually the 3rd iteration of my startup idea(first one was a platform for publishing fiction, 2nd - platform for publishing webcomics.)
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Monthly Bragging Thread April 2016
I've launched the first version of my startup, lumiverse:
I want lumiverse to become the perfect place for people to publish, discover and discuss great educational videos. I want to build a friendly and intelligent community, make it easy for video creators to find an audience, and make it easy for viewers to discover awesome videos.
I also have finaly made the first few episodes of Orange Mind - my video series about rationality.
What makes buying insurance rational?
Hey, everyone! So I've been reading an article about the expected utility, apparently to figure out whether the risk is worth taking you multiply expected value of the outcome by it's probability.
And apparently insurance companies can make money because the expected utility of buying insurance is lower than it's price.
So why would buying insurance be the rational action? I mean intuitively it makes sense(you want to avoid the risk), but it doesn't seem to fit well with this idea. If insurance is almost by definition is worth slightly less than it's price, how is it worth buying?
(sorry if it's a dumb question)
Rationality 101 - how would you introduce a person to the rationalist concepts? What are the best topics to learn/explain first?
How do you think curriculum of rationality 101 should look like? I want to make a brief course(a series of short animated youtube videos), ideally on the level accessible to a normal 14-17 year old person. Can you help me to make the list of concepts I should start with?
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A few misconceptions surrounding Roko's basilisk
I applaud your thorough and even-handed wiki entry. In particular, this comment:
"One take-away is that someone in possession of a serious information hazard should exercise caution in visibly censoring or suppressing it (cf. the Streisand effect)."
Censorship, particularly of the heavy-handed variety displayed in this case, has a lower probability of success in an environment like the Internet. Many people dislike being censored or witnessing censorship, the censored poster could post someplace else, and another person might conceive the same idea in an independent venue.
And if censorship cannot succeed, then the implicit attempt to censor the line of thought will also fail. That being the case, would-be censors would be better served by either proceeding "as though no such hazard exists", as you say, or by engaging the line of inquiry and developing a defense. I'd suggest that the latter, actually solving rather than suppressing the problem, is in general likely to prove more successful in the long run.
I'm new to the subject, so I'm sorry if the following is obvious or completely wrong, but the comment left by Eliezer doesn't seem like something that would be written by a smart person who is trying to suppress information. I seriously doubt that EY didn't know about Streisand effect.
However the comment does seem like something that would be written by a smart person who is trying to create a meme or promote his blog.
In HPMOR characters give each other advice "to understand a plot, assume that what happened was the intended result, and look at who benefits." The idea of Roko's basilisk went viral and lesswrong.com got a lot of traffic from popular news sites(I'm assuming).
I also don't think that there's anything wrong with it, I'm just sayin'.
Maybe be more specific/detailed?
It's hard to be more specific. I just love comedy very much and it is the best I've ever seen(besides Community). It's on the level of Louis CK, and, in my personal opinion, RaM compared to other comedies is what Breaking Bad is compared to other drama.
There's no point in explaining it too deeply. Most of the episodes are officially available for free here. Watch the first 3, and then you'll either like it or not.
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October 2015 Media Thread
TV and Movies (Animation) Thread
Rick and Morty season 2 is absolutely brilliant and hilarious. If you guys haven't watched it - you should, it's amazing.
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Hey, everyone! Author of rationalfiction.io here.
I am actively building and improving our website, and I would be happy to offer it as a new platform for LW community, if there's interest.
I can take care of the hosting, and build all the necessary features.
I've been thinking about creating a LW-like website for a while now, but I wasn't sure that it will work. After reading this post I have decided that I'm going launch and see where it goes.
If there's any ideas or suggestions about how such platform can be improved or what features we'll need - let's discuss them.
By the way, the platform is open source(though I will probably fork it as a separate project and develop it in a new repo).