Bleys

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by Bleys 14y ago
Their website is down, but here's the KickStarter that got them going earlier this year: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/smartdeco/smartdeco-furn... I like this, though I'm often disappointed with the size of desks. A wider, deeper o
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by Bleys 14y ago
I think their issue was not having control over when they leave the vehicle. If the locks are computer controlled, there's risk of a false alarm preventing your exit, potentially in an emergency. I agree that this is better left to a warni
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by Bleys 14y ago
Since it's been available, I've preferred Netvibes for RSS: there are already lots of great options outside Google Reader.
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by Bleys 14y ago
I hope that you incorporate some of the ideas Bret Victor has been advocating. He might even be interested in helping directly. If you're not familiar with him or his work, here's a good start: http://vimeo.com/36579366 http://worrydrea
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by Bleys 15y ago
The previous paragraph covers the issue of conflict between boomers and young generations, touching on the controlling forces of boomers conflicting with newer ideologies. So I think they meant to say that the x and y generations will rema
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by Bleys 15y ago
Your analogy fails because the relationship is different. In your example, you're turning off your phone because it's a case of turning off something which makes noise and light at an event where you're not supposed to do distracting things
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by Bleys 15y ago
The project lead gave a presentation at ICFP 2010 (because the project uses Haskell for some of the key algorithmic portions). The associated PDF is here: http://k1024.org/~iusty/papers/icfp10-haskell-reagent.pdf
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by Bleys 17y ago
Correct. In the last entry I referenced, he opened saying, "We're getting close to the end of my blog. After today's entry, I only have three left to write. After that, I'll only blog anonymously or (more likely) not at all."
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by Bleys 17y ago
Obviously! How didn't I guess earlier? Maybe they're in talks with Patri Friedman (aspiring rationalist around the SIAI crowd, notable for role in Seasteading Institute). Silly, but maybe I should ask Patri... good one.
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Ask HN: Where is Steve Yegge?
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by Bleys 17y ago
Sounds like you should be going to the Singularity Summit to talk to other people who devote their lives to this issue. Nick Bostrom's Simulation Argument details the most obvious probabilistic implications of substrate independence in cons
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by Bleys 17y ago
You would just need to break out the gensyms to resolve the differentiation issue.
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by Bleys 17y ago
For those truly interested in improving their rationality, http://www.lesswrong.com is in a similar format to Hacker News and is dedicated to the subject. More directly addressing this article, K.E. Stanovich has conducted some excellent
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by Bleys 17y ago
Your statement makes some unsafe assumptions. Mental state has a strong effect on ability to reproduce and raise offspring. Cancer rarely has an onset early enough to be a factor in this and the traits aren't something that can be "sensed
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by Bleys 18y ago
On dispute, dereference your word->concept pointers: http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/02/taboo-words.html