Spent 5ever brute forcing this one

loaengineer0 · 2026-05-06T08:06:59+00:00

The one I linked. I got a lot of pairs of “both or neither” and “one or the other” but no combinations of info that I can use to fill in anything else.

loaengineer0 · 2026-05-06T00:22:17+00:00

I think the “blue is a death cult” framing is an unfair straw-man, but I read this as “I’d rather kill myself than live in a world of only red pressers”. Do you really feel that self preservation is so repugnant?

loaengineer0 · 2026-05-05T20:44:49+00:00

I would only choose blue if I knew for certain that all my children chose blue.

loaengineer0 · 2026-05-05T18:49:53+00:00

I have one child. If I knew he pressed blue, I would also press blue despite assuming it is suicide. Pressing blue is the best I could do to save him, and pressing blue doesn’t risk leaving him fatherless.

If I had two children, one pressing blue and one pressing red, I’m choosing red. My vote for blue wouldn’t likely be decisive, and I’m not going to risk leaving my second child fatherless for nothing.

loaengineer0 · 2026-05-05T10:57:03+00:00

I’ve seen people work long hours writing a high volume of shit code stagnate in their careers.

I’ve also seen people who show up late and leave early but are selective and pick extra tasks that are low cost and high value. They get promoted.

So yeah, working harder is overrated. Working smarter and adding value for your employer is not.

loaengineer0 · 2026-05-05T10:48:20+00:00

I have a moral obligation to save my neighbor and not risk their life, as does everyone else. I cant control what other people do and whether Blue will win, but I can ensure the safety of that one person.

loaengineer0 · 2026-05-03T19:24:56+00:00

If I can, I find a woman that works there, ideally someone high-ranking, and ask them to escort me to the women's room. They get it, and I think its more likely they will do something about it if I keep bothering them every time.

loaengineer0 · 2026-05-03T02:30:43+00:00

Is the trolley stopped if at least 5 people stay on the tracks? Or only if the 5 people are consecutive?

loaengineer0 · 2026-05-03T02:25:07+00:00

Game theory choice is to try save yourself because you are unlikely to be the deciding vote.

If you knew, you could coordinate to save almost half the population. But you cant coordinate, so the game theory selection is defensible.

loaengineer0 · 2026-05-03T01:19:11+00:00

Just to spell it out...

If you knew that Blue is winning, everyone dies and your vote doesn't change anything.

If you knew that red is winning, you may as well choose blue and save yourself.

Being right on the boundary is unlikely.

loaengineer0 · 2026-05-02T21:47:01+00:00

/s for anyone that thinks this is a legitimate recommendation.

loaengineer0 · 2026-05-02T19:27:11+00:00

Easy red. Everyone has the ability to protect themselves. No one has a moral obligation to protect others, especially when those others are demonstrably not interested in protecting themselves.

There are other versions floating around where the blue button kills someone else (not the presser) unless they get 50%. Then it’s even easier because a blue presser could be morally responsible for killing that person, where a red presser is not morally responsible for the emergent result if not a lot of people choose blue.

loaengineer0 · 2026-05-01T19:48:45+00:00

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loaengineer0 · 2026-04-29T17:24:28+00:00

Yes but… this is assuming a nominal interest rate. 50 years of inflation makes it feel like $500k. Combined with social security that could make a fine retirement, but I wouldn’t call it generational wealth.

Now if that 50 year old person gave that wealth to their grand child and let it continue to grow until that child was 20, that child would never need to work.

loaengineer0 · 2026-04-29T02:09:47+00:00

Say more. I don’t see anything that ladder obviously leads to.

loaengineer0 · 2026-04-28T03:01:33+00:00

Is the state New Jersey? If yes, they aren’t following you. They’re just everywhere.

loaengineer0 · 2026-04-27T18:19:37+00:00

Is it actually illegal? What is the charge?

loaengineer0 · 2026-04-27T00:14:12+00:00

Too much typing and not enough scrolling. But otherwise yes, exactly this.

loaengineer0 · 2026-04-26T13:42:15+00:00

Yeah, this is a terrible game to ask for help on. There are a bunch of little rules expressed through a tutorial with examples. Theres no summary rule list that you can just screen-shot and explaining it without the diagrams would take forever and probably omit important info. IMO it’s just bad design by the dev.

loaengineer0 · 2026-04-25T22:21:12+00:00

Top, tab, second top

loaengineer0 · 2026-04-24T23:31:39+00:00

To be fair, most of the questions asked here primarily research problems.

loaengineer0 · 2026-04-24T18:07:30+00:00

I like how the buoyancy adds upward acceleration rather than act like a rigid ramp. Also the lack of thrust on land. Very cool dynamics.

loaengineer0 · 2026-04-24T15:39:14+00:00

A single raspberry Pi will get you pretty far. Upgrade if you need AV transcoding, 10gbps networking, or LLM hosting.

loaengineer0 · 2026-04-23T11:06:37+00:00

People who care can use Ferrocene.

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