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by JDGM 14y ago
That page seems very keen on the twice-featured paragraph attempting to define "Technical intelligence": Technical intelligence involves the accurate appraisal and expression of the ability to interact with machines in a way that enhances
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by JDGM 14y ago
What is the purpose of this post? I read these styles of submission on Hacker News often, with the jargon, and the charts, and the definitions. I usually leave them feeling that the author has tried to persuade themself something, not me.
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by JDGM 14y ago
I can't really refute any of that, it's a good takedown of the analogy. I'm trying to draw parallels which help me understand what's happening and behave appropriately but yes, there are very relevant differences. I suppose I would say two
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by JDGM 14y ago
Indeed. Any ideas how to solve this one? The closest I've come is acknowledging there may be a sweet spot somewhere between introspection, expression, and just following good activity habits without thinking or talking too hard about them.
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by JDGM 14y ago
Regarding what this looks like in a few decades, I talked elsewhere in the thread about slideshow evenings and it was correctly pointed out these are exclusively thought of as a joke. I believe that's where we're going: we'll mock the narci
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by JDGM 14y ago
Spot on. I may have expressed myself unclearly - I am indeed referencing that trope of boring slide evenings, and likening them to the photos which flood our social newsfeeds, showing e.g. Asian Fusion cuisine, rock climbing, and pouting in
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by JDGM 14y ago
This, this, a million times this. I recall a professor very fond the phrase "you may wish to examine your motives". I have found that fantastic advice and hear it most of the time before I click "post", "reply", "submit", etc. Even here, no
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by JDGM 14y ago
My parents' generation would share holiday snaps or even host slide show evenings for neighbours after traveling somewhere. I think that photo sharing on Facebook etc. is just the modern version of that and as back then, we have people who
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by JDGM 14y ago
The one my teacher used was the billiard ball, and told us "if the Earth were the same size as this, it would be smoother ". A quick google suggests that is indeed true, but it would not be rounder . ( http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/ba
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by JDGM 14y ago
What is bothering me most now is that if Earth is 100 pixels wide then 1 pixel is 127.42km and Mars should be something like 54600000/127.42 = ~428500 pixels away, not the claimed 857000. The radius of planets has been used where it should
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by JDGM 14y ago
Indeed, and it appears that 63.71km per pixel has then been used to calculate the pixel distances to the Moon and to Mars so in fact they are twice as many pixels long as they should be.
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by JDGM 14y ago
You're right! How frustrating. The most frustrating is that I was just about to share this with some friends and know that I now risk either: 1.) Them smugly pointing that inaccuracy out and failing to enjoy how cool this is otherwise, or 2
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by JDGM 14y ago
I'm very familiar with this game, but I've never played it! I randomly found a channel on TwitchTV where someone was playing it and had a really active commenting community. I watched him a few times in the background while I was doing some
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by JDGM 14y ago
Right, I see. My instincts about the US are non-existent, but your explanation combined with some googling of the populations and land sizes of those areas has made it much clearer. Thanks!
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by JDGM 14y ago
Great explanation! I have a much clearer understanding of it now. Cheers :)
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by JDGM 14y ago
Aha, I did not realise that. How interesting. Thanks! The values on that map are a little frustrating, have we got anything which offers more precision for those enormous 1-91 and 108-205 ranges? I look at that and think "Across the country
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by JDGM 14y ago
If I understand you and your parent correctly then what you're each implying about differences in numbers of single men seeking women and single women seeking men within a given area appears to violate at least one of a few basic and seemin
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by JDGM 14y ago
I hear you, but with respect think you have misconstrued the quotation. Montaigne is saying that the law is so wide and so complex that without knowing it we are constantly committing crimes, for which no fair judge would try us and for whi
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by JDGM 14y ago
Upvoted, I think that's a very fair point. From Calvin and Hobbes to Montaigne: "There is no man so good that if he placed all his actions and thoughts under the scrutiny of the laws, he would not deserve hanging ten times in his life".
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by JDGM 14y ago
"If you hide it you risk being discharged a month, a year, or five years from now when your employer finds out, and then they aren't referenceable." This, this, a million times this. It's not even losing the job that would be the worst for
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by JDGM 14y ago
"Alternatively, gray out the button more based on how a comment ranks (higher = harder to see)" I suspect you were joking, but I don't think this will work because everyone knows where the upvote button is. This did however lead me to the i
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by JDGM 14y ago
Procrastination seems exaggerated and over-analysed to me. I essentially believe our actions reflect our true desires and if a person spends 3 hours on HN when they "should" be working on their projects, then there's a disconnect between wh
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Ask HN: How are comments ordered?
3 points by JDGM 14y ago|2 comments
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by JDGM 14y ago
I like this. I live in a country where exaggerated politeness is deeply ingrained, and redundant over-explanation common. I've been here long enough that it's rubbed off on me to where the original spoof message didn't really ring any alarm
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by JDGM 14y ago
I've always enjoyed that one, especially this part: "One can cure oneself of the not un- formation by memorizing this sentence: A not unblack dog was chasing a not unsmall rabbit across a not ungreen field." It's hilarious, even though I ha
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by JDGM 14y ago
There's been a UK version of this around for a while now: http://www.mysinglefriend.com . I know this because it has been advertised quite a lot in the popbitch newsletter but today is the only time I have visited the site (via a google, b
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by JDGM 14y ago
"For being a good writer, you certainly need to start reading a lot: here is a selection of texts to make the most out the writer in you.". Really? Not "To be a good writer"? I laughed, assuming it's ironically clunky wording. The "you cert
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by JDGM 14y ago
Indeed. I felt a bit cheated by the end that the only appearance of this "sex-crazed" side was: "He sexually harassed waitresses using a long pair of tongs to increase his range. After drinks in the parking lot, he drove them around on his
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by JDGM 14y ago
"The video just added a camera trick to photograph the ribbon in the same place during each oscillation appearing to freeze it in place." This is such a concise summary and I'm totally with you. I think . If I understand right, it would no
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by JDGM 14y ago
I was so sure the final paragraph would be a "gotcha", revealing that everything he had said about wood burning was fabricated specifically to make people experience the sense of resistance he wanted them to.

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