In response to 2013 Survey Results
Comment author: Bayeslisk 19 January 2014 04:06:21AM *  7 points [-]

I don't know if this is the LW hug or something but I'm having trouble downloading the xls. Also, will update with what the crap my passphrase actually means, because it's in Lojban and mildly entertaining IIRC.

EDIT: Felt like looking at some other entertaining passphrases. Included with comment.

sruta'ulor maftitnab {mine! scarf-fox magic-cakes!(probably that kind)}

Afgani-san Azerbai-chan {there... are no words}

DEFECTORS RULE

do mlatu {a fellow lojbanist!}

lalxu daplu {and another?}

telephone fonxa {and another! please get in contact with me. please.}

xagfu'a rodo {indeed! but where are all you people coming from, and why don't I know you?}

zifre dunda {OH COME ON WHERE ARE YOU PEOPLE]

eponymous hahanicetry_CHEATER {clever.}

fart butt {I am twelve...}

FROGPENIS SPOOBOMB {... and so is a lot of LW.}

goat felching {good heavens}

I don't want the prize! Pick someone else please!

I dont care about the MONETARY REWARD but you shoudl know that

Irefuse myprize

No thanks

not interested

{a lot of refusers!}

I'm gay

john lampkin (note: this is not my name)

lookatme iwonmoney {nice try guy}

mencius suckedmoziwasbetter

mimsy borogoves {repeated!}

TWO WORD {repeated, and try harder next time}

octothorpe interrobang

SOYUZ NERUSHIMIY {ONWARD, COMRADE(note: person is apparently a social democrat.)}

TERRORISTS WIN

thisissuspiciouslylike askingforourpasswordmethodologies {I should think not.}

zoodlybop zimzamzoom {OH MY GODS BILL COSBY IS A LESSWRONGER.}

AND THAT'S ALL, FOLKS.

Comment author: sanxiyn 20 January 2014 02:19:28PM 0 points [-]

You missed lalxu daplu.

Comment author: Locaha 26 August 2013 11:35:01AM 0 points [-]

As a function of how long the universe will exist?

This reminds of a website where you can check if the Earth has been destroyed.

Comment author: sanxiyn 28 August 2013 11:38:32AM 3 points [-]
Comment author: Emile 13 December 2012 01:26:13PM 11 points [-]

Rather than fixing hypothetical future problems, I would rather have work spent on fixing things that cause problems now, for example:

  • when you click on a permalink to a single comment (like those you find in your mailbox, or in the recent comments), the whole thread it's in is marked as read (and won't be in green any more)

  • There is no way to see the upovote / downvote split on posts and comments, only upvotes minus downvotes (though I'm not sure that would be such an improvement, it's just something a lot of people ask for; there recent "poll" feature may be a better way)

(unless of course you were planning on implementing, testing and submitting the fix yourself!)

Comment author: sanxiyn 13 December 2012 02:17:16PM 7 points [-]
  • This came up on #lesswrong IRC channel, it was not a hypothetical future problem at all.
  • Yes, I was planning on implementing, testing, submitting the fix myself.
Comment author: [deleted] 13 December 2012 11:56:04AM *  6 points [-]

I disagree strongly.

We don't want to encourage people to create superfluous accounts, do we?

Why? Because we will run out of bits?

Therefore I think LessWrong codebase should be patched so that karma does not go below zero even with lots of downvotes.

I disagree. There is a useful distinction to be made between someone starting out at 0 karma or just breaking even and someone running a negative score.

In response to comment by [deleted] on Negative karma is a bad design
Comment author: sanxiyn 13 December 2012 12:18:42PM 3 points [-]

There is a useful distinction to be made between someone starting out at 0 karma or just breaking even and someone running a negative score.

There is, but my point was that you can't make this useful distinction usefully.

Comment author: Nick_Tarleton 04 November 2012 12:39:48AM 29 points [-]

The "income" question doesn't state pre- or post-tax — you should say you intend one or the other.

Comment author: sanxiyn 04 November 2012 08:47:44AM 7 points [-]

I interpreted the question as pre-tax, individual income.

Comment author: maia 04 November 2012 01:55:39AM 36 points [-]

Took the survey. Does the "Do you intend to have children" question refer to the immediate future, or in your lifetime?

Comment author: sanxiyn 04 November 2012 08:36:54AM 15 points [-]

I interpreted that question as "in your lifetime".

Comment author: sanxiyn 04 November 2012 08:28:43AM 36 points [-]

I took the survey. I did Political Compass for the first time, and I found its questions and results rather baffling. Political Compass themselves admit it is culturally biased and mainly for western democracies.

Comment author: sanxiyn 19 April 2010 02:07:26PM 7 points [-]

Hi, from Korea.