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by Jun8 8y ago
> more valuable is to focus more on active behavior than relatively passive reading This , I believe, is the true answer to the OPs question. I suffer from an illusion, very common I think, that in order to get better at something, be i
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Movies visualized as character networks(moviegalaxies.com)
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by Jun8 8y ago
"Since acquiring Skype from private equity investors, Microsoft has refocused the online calling service on the corporate market, a change that has made Skype less intuitive and harder to use ..." This is absolutely not the bulk
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by Jun8 8y ago
The interesting thing is that Google Assistant has teh same problem, it's right there in the subtitle. It's interesting that it was omitted from the main title. Rather than journalistic oversight I think this verifies what people
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by Jun8 9y ago
I have very fond memories of fiddling with the Z80 and the Spectrum, when I was 12-13. I remember typing in code from a book called “What you can do with 1k of memory” that’s how much you had with the Z80. Sinclair keys were prone to poppin
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by Jun8 9y ago
"Search engines appear to be especially valuable: consumers surveyed said that they would have to be paid $17,500 to forgo their use for a year." So the title is using "Google" as a generic name for a search engine cf. K
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by Jun8 9y ago
Thanks for the link, I jumped at this, but, alas, they require one to create an Adobe ID and use Adobe Digital Editions.
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by Jun8 9y ago
"I have always imagined Paradise as a kind of library." But also consider being on a deserted island with a library of all the books ever written (including manuscripts, etc.) and the lifespan to read it all: it's both an exh
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by Jun8 9y ago
Rather than trying to building practical pattern recognition systems using computers we can use animal brains, i.e. not models for brains, like the bee brain model http://greenbrain.group.shef.ac.uk/ , but actual brains ho
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by Jun8 9y ago
Direct link to the opinion: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/16-499_1a7d.pdf .
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Supreme Court Bars Human Rights Suits Against Foreign Corporations(nytimes.com)
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by Jun8 9y ago
At 14:40: "All the knowledge I've acquired over these 26 years is all locked in a little box called the computer. And, I think, probably most jobs will end up the same way."
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by Jun8 9y ago
A million times this! As they say: "Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time". This quote is usually attributed to Bertrand Russell, but he didn't say it ( https://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/06/11&#x
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by Jun8 9y ago
The cross-country ride referred here where Dyson got his inspiration is I think the return from his road-trip with Feynman, where the "peeing in the sink" incident happens :-) Dyson reminisces about that trip thus: https:/&#
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Google Updates DIY Vision and Voice Kits(theverge.com)
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by Jun8 9y ago
Obligatory mention of New Yorker cartoon in Seinfeld 's last season, dissected by Mankoff: https://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/bob-mankoff/i-liked-the-k... . Great quote he uses from E. B. White: “Humor can
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by Jun8 9y ago
This Chicago Tribune article from 5 years ago ( http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-02-13/news/ct-met-ye... ) gives more details and actually made me quite pessimistic about the future of the building. It says t
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by Jun8 9y ago
Can you provide links to discussion on plans to keep it operating, e.g. under different ownership? Is there anything the Chicago HN community can help with?
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by Jun8 9y ago
As others have said this is incredibly sad, I guess the best case scenario at this point is for it to be a condo, at least the great building can be saved. But what really puzzles me is that how this great resource cannot be put to better u
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by Jun8 9y ago
My interpretation is that pg is using these terms as two things that the public thinks are very different (a la The Two Cultures, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Two_Cultures ) but deep down are quite similar, two fac
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by Jun8 9y ago
I really miss pg. I have given away many copies of Hackers and Painters and have forwarded many more pdf copies of it (pirated, sorry, but for a good cause) due to exactly the same reason that Gideons place their book in hotel rooms or YW
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by Jun8 9y ago
Not on this particle but relevant if you're interested in cosmic particles: For my son's 5th grade Science Fair project we are building a cloud chamber to detect cosmic particles! As crazy as that sounds we've decided on this
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by Jun8 9y ago
Honest question: How do you estimate family financials of people interviewing you? Judging by the school they graduated or from the comments they make during the interview?
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by Jun8 9y ago
Excellent point! This is exactly why I think that more interdisciplinary groups should be formed, which would benefit problems that a given scientists is stuck at, e.g. how can a CS, EE, linguist, etc. who have no prior experience can help
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by Jun8 9y ago
No discussion of Outside Art would be complete without mentioning Henry Darger ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Darger ) and his uber-epic In the Realms of the Unreal , a "15,145-page, single-spaced fantasy ma
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by Jun8 9y ago
Fascinating article! I wish a similar change had come over Ancient Greek studies, too. My experience was that intro classes was an impatient way to half-read Platon. I once asked our instructor, a TA who was wrapping up his PhD in Classics,
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by Jun8 9y ago
Tiptree’s selected letters to various intellectuals of her time, including Le Guin, were published in 2015, it’s great. It’s a pity that she’s not known more widely, especially in these times. Her story http://www.lightspeedmagaz
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Can you tell a lullaby from a love song?(nytimes.com)
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"“She called the department wanting to get a tutor in philosophy. They said, ‘What field?’ She said, ‘Philosophy.’ They said, ‘Yeah, but what field?’ ” That’s a funny story to a philosophy wonk." It's a bit of a pity that thi
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