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by CKKim 14y ago
Because computers and software work by linking together components often without sufficient communication between the pieces to easily centralise operation.
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by CKKim 14y ago
Thanks, this was a good recommendation - I did enjoy Telepath a lot more!
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by CKKim 14y ago
I've recently been thinking about the motives for people writing these kinds of articles. A year ago I would have found this a weird question because when the actions of blogging and sharing are so culturally ingrained it's very difficult t
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by CKKim 14y ago
I don't really like the way this is written. It seems akin to calling the cellphone "dead" because we now have smartphones which do so much more than just make calls.
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by CKKim 14y ago
I googled this and, wouldn't you know, a thread on HN came up! http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4110445
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by CKKim 14y ago
> The languages of other creatures seem to be context free, or just regular expressions of the type "if your hear sound X replace that with concept or behavior Y". I find this interesting but I'm not sure I fully understand. Could you g
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by CKKim 14y ago
My feedback, for what it's worth, is that I clicked "try it out" and got 2 minutes into the white dot test before closing the tab. I really didn't feel engaged with it and even missed one of them because my eyes were wandering around the ro
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by CKKim 14y ago
Ah! Of course! Thanks!
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by CKKim 14y ago
Haha, completely agree with this sentiment. By far the most attractive thing about this for me is being able to check my phone and immediately assuage that "Oh shoot! Did I lock the front door?" feeling. It's something I've been thinking ab
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by CKKim 14y ago
I only noticed that once people here pointed it out, and I'm somewhat baffled. Can someone explain? My thought would be that something in the attack happened to trigger the "open CD tray" operation in the computer, but then why would the CD
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by CKKim 14y ago
Thanks for that, I get it better now. Writing with this isn't something that interests me personally, but I hope it is funded because I reckon watching other people do it in a "spectator" mode would be pretty entertaining!
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by CKKim 14y ago
I just watched the video. It shows a few people typing with each other online (in this case working together on a collaborative story), a picture being dropped down near the end, and then it being posted to Facebook. I understand that the p
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by CKKim 14y ago
Ah, got it. Thanks, that was a really clear explanation.
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by CKKim 14y ago
I think it's been posted to promote the startup.
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by CKKim 14y ago
I don't understand this comment, but I would like to. Could you elaborate, please?
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by CKKim 14y ago
I had read about Lovelace in Doron Swade's works on Babbage, and for a long time was "that guy" who would come into CS love-ins and attempt to correct what I believed at the time were gross exaggerations of her contributions to the field. E
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by CKKim 14y ago
I agree and encourage anyone who has ummed and ahhed about viewing lectures online to check these out to see just how accessibly and watchably it's being done. e.g. Clear video with good audio and auto-page-turned lecture notes on the right
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by CKKim 14y ago
> What purpose does account suspension serve? I'm usually tempted by this kind of thing but value my account too much to chance it. I think there are many wishy washys like me who could use another account/console to do piracy properly
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by CKKim 14y ago
Having read those, I'm pretty much on your side about the karma, but in each of the downvoted ones I can pick out a thing that definitely rubs people up the wrong way and can lead to downvotes if they already disagree with the content of th
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by CKKim 14y ago
A service which makes detailed and complete digital records of everything you have, then disposes of the physical originals. Dystopian version: It's done by a lot of hazmat-suited folks, possibly robots, and you and your family are included
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by CKKim 14y ago
Thanks very much for posting this. From the second paragraph of the Discover article I was thinking "this reminds me so much of something I read years ago...what the devil was it?". Turns out it was not years ago, but just last February (I
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by CKKim 14y ago
"But we got 10 canned answers that told us nothing we already knew." What do you mean?
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by CKKim 14y ago
I cannot see how this is a reply to edw519's comment. Perhaps you could clarify.
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by CKKim 14y ago
That's interesting. This might be the first time I've seen someone specifically choose not to link something because they find it objectionable but point out their decision in this way. I'm not sure how to react. I want to ask you to post i
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by CKKim 14y ago
Anyone care to link to some of these "PLT-related Twitter novelty accounts"? This is the first I've heard of them and it sounds entertaining. Also, what's all this about Yan Yan sauce? I've given both a quick google and it appears I'm bette
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by CKKim 14y ago
I've been downvoted, so could someone set me straight on the etiquette for pointing out errors here please? The original article gives only a Twitter account for contact info, the submitter of this HN post is the same as the author of the o
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by CKKim 14y ago
Interesting! This link has some rather entertaining pictures too: http://www.thegatesnotes.com/Topics/Development/Reinvent-the...
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by CKKim 14y ago
Hi Josh, interesting read. I noticed the following typos: "Great software masks it’s complexity" "Package it such that it shows off it’s craftsmanship" "I don’t expect it to even last beyond it’s last drop" "Its like an infant child in that
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by CKKim 14y ago
I thought this when I first read the article a few hours ago and decided to wait to see if anyone else posted (they haven't, so I may be wildly off with this) but "You must be entrepreneurial" sticks out to me as a mostly redundant combinat
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by CKKim 14y ago
I often find myself thinking similarly when such articles are posted, but I remind myself that "Hacker News" used to be "Startup News" and the change in name doesn't represent a change in subject.

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