Sean Aubin

Go­ing Meta with Rationality

Iden­tity and Rationalism

Less Miser­able: On­line So­cial Spaces

• Sean AubinSep 18, 2022, 7:37 PM

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  in reply to: Sean Aubin’s comment on: ACX Mee­tups Every­where 2022

  Due to surprise concert, we’ve moved to the roller rink which is quieter https://​​what3words.com/​​resold.burn.hitters

• Sean AubinSep 18, 2022, 6:30 PM

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  on: ACX Mee­tups Every­where 2022

  Even though it is raining, The Bentway is sheltered so the meetup location is unchanged.

• Sean AubinSep 17, 2022, 9:11 PM

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  in reply to: Sheikh Abdur Raheem Ali’s comment on: ACX Mee­tups Every­where 2022

  There’s going to be snacks in the form of muffins and some samosas.

ACX Mee­tups Every­where 2022

Feed­back Schel­ling-Point

ACX+LW Meetup Toronto

Schel­ling Meetup Toronto

• Sean AubinFeb 13, 2022, 9:34 PM

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  in reply to: dbasch’s comment on: Good books about over­com­ing co­or­di­na­tion prob­lems?

  Started reading this book and made it to chapter 3 before giving up. Mostly ends up being a tour of various pitfalls when pursuing something ambitious. For example:

  • Your data can come from a fraudulent source.

  • Confirmation bias can blind you to potential sources of failure.

  These points felt obvious/​familiar and I was hoping for a more systematic treatment.

• Sean AubinFeb 13, 2022, 9:29 PM

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  in reply to: Hazard’s comment on: Good books about over­com­ing co­or­di­na­tion prob­lems?

  I do appreciate her disambiguation and would also like answers to the questions in her conclusion!

• Sean AubinFeb 3, 2022, 1:47 AM

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  on: Good books about over­com­ing co­or­di­na­tion prob­lems?

  My friends have recommended:

  1. Reading Elinor Ostrom to get a theoretical grounding.

  2. “Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty” by Acemoglu & Robinson

[Question] Good books about over­com­ing co­or­di­na­tion prob­lems?

ACX/​SSC/​LW Meetup

Toronto, ON—ACX/​SSC/​LW Meetup + Book Exchange

• Sean AubinSep 12, 2021, 12:59 AM

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  on: Toronto, ON – ACX Mee­tups Every­where 2021

  Note the location has changed to the Bentway, which is underneath the Gardiner Expressway, due to forecasted rain. Despite being underneath a highway, it is still quite easy to have conversations in this setting and it is well ventilated.

  I apologize for the last minute change and will send people to Norway Park to collect anyone confused.

Toronto, ON – ACX Mee­tups Every­where 2021

• Sean AubinJul 29, 2021, 12:43 PM

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  on: An Ap­pren­tice Ex­per­i­ment in Python Pro­gram­ming, Part 2

  Feedback

  In the “Preprint” example, you use @wraps without explaining it. I think it’s worth noting it is imported from functools and it’s general purpose?

  The section “Branching without if” is a bit confusing, because it is unclear if those examples work or need more code.

  Discussion

  This might be out of scope of the mentorship, but I’d like gilch’s opinion/​heuristics on:

  1. Good decorator use vs. abuse

  2. The argument “Python would not need decorators if it supported multi-line anonymous functions”

Friendly SSC and LW meetup