EarthLaunch

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by EarthLaunch 13y ago
What do you think his intention is, to do the right thing? He knows what he's doing and there's no reason to expect him to acknowledge the "side-effects" of an evil regulation. And the reporter is not responsible for rea
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by EarthLaunch 13y ago
There's no harm in defining and categorizing things. The harm would be in forgetting that categories should be based on reality, but don't define reality (a Platonic mistake). When new information blasts away an existing categor
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by EarthLaunch 13y ago
Sorry, I didn't see your comment earlier. Putting people 'in' and joining is functionally the same, that's what I meant. The reason it annoys me is that I usually want my searches to be objective and global, not influenc
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by EarthLaunch 13y ago
Adult payments are a solved problem. Just look at existing adult content's payment providers you'll see the solution. Bitcoin as a promotional addon.
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by EarthLaunch 13y ago
Do G+ circles really influence search? If so, that's super annoying, because then I have to be careful what G+ circles I join. Personalized search is already annoying enough.
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by EarthLaunch 13y ago
The Economist is worthless when it comes to the science of economics, so it's expected but still amusing to see a sloppily incorrect use of "free" next to a site called "economist.com". What makes it truly great is
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by EarthLaunch 13y ago
Speak for yourself. My work hours are some of the best hours of my life.
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by EarthLaunch 13y ago
If only there were some way that people could make choices for themselves. Perhaps in the future we can invent a political system where individuals have responsibility for their own fate. Then, well-informed people would be rightly be able
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by EarthLaunch 13y ago
The ignorance and fear-mongering in this thread is far more terrifying to me. The environmental movement is intellectually disgusting.
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by EarthLaunch 13y ago
Love these titles. This one is only a sample. Here's a creation of my own: "Terrorists in the murder of design: Why you're wrong and failure is beneficial." It's sure to encourage a good discussion.
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by EarthLaunch 13y ago
Since title changes are being done anyway, this one should be changed to "Aaron Greenspan". There's only one famous Greenspan, and it's not this one.
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by EarthLaunch 14y ago
These threads are full of misinformation and knee-jerk reactions to a problem so minor that it is barely worth noticing. And the title ("Coinbase User Data Leak?") is misleading - where's the zealous title editing now? The Reddit thread is
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by EarthLaunch 14y ago
Calculate the exchange rate automatically? This is not 1900.
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by EarthLaunch 14y ago
Here's how I think of it: Cutting hair is a service. Teaching others how to cut hair is a service. But designing a system that teaches people to cut hair is a business - closer to a product. Another point. We weren't given the numbers, but
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by EarthLaunch 14y ago
Service versus product.
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by EarthLaunch 14y ago
It's true that first class functions can remove the need for conditionals. Isn't this simply functional programming? He starts with an Erlang example then doesn't talk about FP. I must be missing something.
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by EarthLaunch 14y ago
AWS has lower upfront cost, doesn't require hardware management, and it's easier to provision consistent servers during growth or temporary peaks. Ideal for an unstable clustered system being run by a startup. I'm mainly talking about EC2,
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by EarthLaunch 14y ago
I'm a game developer bootstrapping an Erlang-based game server that attempts this. You don't have to send 48 bytes each frame (you can usually send only delta), and 30/sec is only necessary in a reaction-based FPS type of game. Hosting play
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by EarthLaunch 14y ago
I haven't been public about my process of building the server or its details (I just don't have time), but the game is at: http://firstearthgame.com Someday I'll make time to blog about the server.
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by EarthLaunch 14y ago
This was particularly interesting for me. I've already built a scalable MMO server architecture in Erlang, which hosts all players on one world, using server nodes that can be moved between machines. I calculate that my server architecture
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by EarthLaunch 16y ago
Asking someone to spend 10 unpaid hours on a test is a great filter - for developers to see that a company doesn't value their time.
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by EarthLaunch 16y ago
Communism is a terrible idea, not a lofty one. Capitalism is a lofty idea that is misunderstood both in theory and practice.
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by EarthLaunch 16y ago
Sarcasm is useless for real discussions; I have no idea what you're trying to say.
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by EarthLaunch 16y ago
The middle ground between right and wrong is wrong. Anyway, neither of those alternatives is right. I like hackers who point out flaws in any system, but this article does not do that.
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by EarthLaunch 16y ago
This is a pathetic article and I'm ashamed to see it on a news site I respect. This leftist ideology is HN's Achilles heel.
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by EarthLaunch 16y ago
>I consider this technology to be the most onerous ever. I stopped reading here.