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by CodeMage 9y ago
My favorite sci-fi and fantasy books are those that come up with a world different from ours and then take that difference and explore its effects on society. I'd like to offer some examples: - "Hello Summer, Goodbye" by Mich
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by CodeMage 9y ago
I first read Asimov's stories about robots when I was in elementary school. I loved them so much -- especially the ones with Dr. Susan Calvin -- but it took me years and years to realize that the whole point of the Three Laws of Roboti
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by CodeMage 9y ago
"Altered Carbon" is a great book and a mediocre TV show, precisely because the book explores the effect of its fictional technology on society, whereas the TV show mostly focuses on shiny visuals. I wholeheartedly recommend the bo
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The whole car metaphor is a bit unfortunate. Most people who want to drive securely from A to B would be pretty freaked out by a bunch of strangers quietly upgrading their car's brakes in the middle of the night. And they would definit
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by CodeMage 9y ago
Does that mean that games that use lockstep are necessarily client authoritative? Or did I miss something?
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I can't tell you how weird this sounds to me. When I moved to the US, I paid one year of Prime and then stopped, because that was the year they raised the price from $80 a year to $100. Since then, I have been using the free shipping o
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by CodeMage 9y ago
Yep, reading the HN comments on this one is surreal. I'd like to believe people are posturing and trying to convince themselves there's nothing to worry about, but I'm afraid that they're actually not worried. Reminds me
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That was a fascinating read. I have no military knowledge or experience, so I cannot confidently judge the truthfulness of it, but it sounds logical and was written in a way that kept me engaged.
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I might be wrong, but I would think that end-to-end public crypto can be used for more than just ensuring privacy.
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If I may be allowed a tiny nitpick, it should be descendant of Isildur, as it was Isildur who cursed them to linger in the Paths of the Dead until fulfilling their oath by helping one of his heirs.
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The "Post-Cyberpunk" section was especially jarring. Right off the bat, the author classifies "Snow Crash" as post-cyberpunk.
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I stopped at 4th paragraph because I couldn't understand the author's ideas. Can anyone explain the following bit to me? > Like the inevitability of collective micro-ownership of commodities like real estate, art, storage, eve
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> Unless we decide, and rely on, various insurrections, rebellions and regime changes to change the system in some countries such that there's always a third world economy to take advantage of. > (Unless we specifically cause it
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> as a plain MP4/MKV/AVI file in the language you want (not necessarily the official language of your region) Not to mention being able to download subtitles in almost any language there is and then play the movie with those su
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by CodeMage 9y ago
> Most of those bugs and failures you listed are really inconsequential in their contexts. Yes, I expect that for most things we could find a context that could render them inconsequential. > Car won't play your phone's musi
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I'm not ashamed for waiting longer. I'm ashamed for the same reason I would expect doctors to feel ashamed about Andrew Wakefield.
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by CodeMage 9y ago
This is what I call the Mediocre Mercenary Mentality, this idea that "as long as we can make money off of it, it's good enough". This mentality is the reason why sometimes -- but not always! -- my phone won't play music
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It all depends on their general attitude and the way they ask the question. Most of the time, the question is delivered properly and it comes across as "what interests you about our company", which is a perfectly reasonable questi
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To be honest, I'm not sure. The only way to be 100% sure would be to ask them and it's not easy to ask that in a diplomatic way. Although it's my own conjecture, it's based on numerous other signals I got from them durin
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by CodeMage 9y ago
I can't stress this one enough. I've been through a whole bunch of different interviewing processes, but there was one that stood out as the worst: 1. A homework assignment where you have to write some code for given requirements,
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by CodeMage 9y ago
The problem, as I see it, is not with the GUIs, it's with the CLI. Just look at the `reset` command: it does several different things, depending on what switches you give it. How would you represent that in a GUI?
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> Now, what I've see is disappointing, I don't like this and it shouldn't be like this at least on Hacker News. We have more than enough people in the world who wants more government, more authority, more religion. I agree
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Or, for that matter, one that I can use for gaming.
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And the Android version of Shazam, if we're speculating along those lines.
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Thanks. I didn't know about the historical context of that argument and it turned out to be quite important.
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This is one of those aspects of American culture that make me shake my head. If you're not enjoying the party with your co-workers, then it's either because the party is not good or you don't have a sense of community with yo
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Care to elaborate? Genuinely curious here.
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Holy smoke! Denthor of Asphyxia, now that brings back memories. My two most valuable sources of knowledge back then were PCGPE (PC Game Programmer's Encyclopedia) and Ralph Brown's Interrupt List. Thanks for the stroll down the me
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Let's not forget about bill riders: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rider_(legislation)
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I haven't parented a teenager yet, but I remember doing all sorts of dumb shit myself. That's why I aim to teach my kid this stuff before he becomes a teenager ;) That's what I feel is the hardest thing about parenting: comin

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