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Computers exchanging messages on a network must decide how fast or slow to transmit messages. If everyone transmits too slowly then the netw

Does anyone know of a freely available, short personality test that would be appropriate for estimating pairwise compatibility for wedding s

Suppose we had a model M that we thought described cannons and cannon balls. M consists of a set of mathematical assertions about cannons, a

I'm looking for resources on effective weight training for the purpose of physique building. It's an area with a particularly poor signal to

Derek Parfit has published his second book, "On What Matters". Here are reviews by Tyler Cowen and Peter Singer.

A very clear-minded introduction to map-vs-territory ideas in the context of risk analysis. Nothing particularly new here, though the specif

Many experts suspect that there is no polynomial-time solution to the so-called NP-complete problems, though no-one has yet been able to rig

I came across the following flow chart on a climate change blog and thought LWers would be interested to comment: http://thoughtcatalog.co

The following is a minor curiosity that occurred to me regarding real-world analogies to the AI-box concept. Fundamentally, the reason tha

I suspect that forgetfulness is the single largest hindrance to me improving my rationality. This isn't something I've seen others report on