jasoncrawford

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• jasoncrawford 15 May 2025 18:50 UTC

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  on: Ex­plain­ing Bri­tish Naval Dom­i­nance Dur­ing the Age of Sail

  In the Hornblower series of novels, at one point Captain Hornblower surrenders to the enemy during a naval battle. He is captured by the French, but later escapes. When he gets home, he’s put on trial for surrendering. They finally acquit him when it is revealed that he had lost something like half (maybe two-thirds?) of his crew—basically massive casualties. But surrendering was considered guilty until proven innocent.

Where is the YIMBY move­ment for health­care?

• jasoncrawford 19 Apr 2025 23:13 UTC

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  on: Power Lies Trem­bling: a three-book review

  This pairs well with Scott Alexander’s Kolmogorov Complicity And The Parable Of Lightning

An­nounc­ing Progress Con­fer­ence 2025

How much does it cost to back up so­lar with bat­ter­ies?

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• jasoncrawford 2 Jan 2025 20:45 UTC

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  in reply to: Purplehermann’s comment on: Biolog­i­cal risk from the mir­ror world

  Yes, they would not be made from mirror components!

• jasoncrawford 2 Jan 2025 20:28 UTC

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  in reply to: Purplehermann’s comment on: Biolog­i­cal risk from the mir­ror world

  Synthetic cells aren’t inherently dangerous if they’re not mirror cells (and aren’t dangerous pathogens of course).

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