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by Qz 16y ago
That's not really what the sentence is saying - taking it out of context and quoting it here is a bit of a disservice.
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by Qz 16y ago
From the comments: "I don’t think $9.99 is too expensive. What you’re paying for is the Campfire integration and the judicious removal of features." Sad but true. This is how they earn money at 37s.
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by Qz 16y ago
"2. Brainstorm to identify name possibilities." How is that a tip ? It's like: How to find a grocery store: 1. Think about how to find a grocery store.
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by Qz 16y ago
He's got it backwards. The world isn't the exobrain for humans, humans are the exobrains for the world.
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by Qz 16y ago
Oh god, feature-checklist-itis. I don't think that post is going to convert anyone who didn't want to convert already. Lack of comments on tumblr is a feature*. Like, how is 'ability to moderate them' also a feature? More like a hellish
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by Qz 16y ago
I don't want to get too off track on analogies, but on a piano you only play one note at a time. A piano is just a set of kazoos that match octaves, set in a row, and you press a key instead of blowing into the kazoo. But the interface fo
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by Qz 16y ago
You can do very complex things with a hammer, but learning how to use a hammer is very simple. The key is that a hammer does exactly the same things as it has always done, and the nails don't get fussy if your hammer doesn't have the lates
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by Qz 16y ago
I think the issue is that bandwidth of data presented to the user at a single time is limited in intuitive interfaces, but if you organize the interface (or allow it to self-organize) properly, you can present high bandwidth data over ti
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by Qz 16y ago
That's funny, the last time I bought anything on iTunes was several years ago, and I had the opposite problem. I had bought some episodes of Law and Order, and once I was done watching them I deleted them. Every time I started up iTunes i
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by Qz 16y ago
I call bullshit on the idea that intuitive software can't be powerful.
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by Qz 16y ago
Carnegie Mellon does the same thing.
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by Qz 16y ago
As long as the html5 has buggy dancing scrollbars of doom on firefox, I will be grateful for flash scribd links. Everyone can hate on flash all they want, but the flash version in this link was a big relief compared to the html5 version.
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by Qz 16y ago
Are people just not even bothering to format their websites now that Readability/Reader is available? I can't even look at that web page straight.
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by Qz 16y ago
That looks bulky, but I'm pretty sure it's the future of laptops/netbooks/tablets. You can fold it up to protect the screens, whereas an iPad is perpetually at risk. Also, reminds me of the Microsoft Courier concept (which was actually pre
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by Qz 16y ago
And when the 100,000 years runs out, what then? Clearly we need to prepare now by eliminating all competition.
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by Qz 16y ago
I'm the same way. Honestly I don't think the current WIMP paradigm works that well for desktops either.
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by Qz 16y ago
I know a few people here in Pittsburgh who work for Westinghouse doing exactly the stuff that poster is talking about.
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by Qz 16y ago
Greg Egan writes some seriously mindblowing stuff. Another good one to check out is Bios, which has quantum computing super DNA, that pre-emptively adapts to the environment by picking the best DNA from parallel universes.
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by Qz 16y ago
I don't think something like that (pure statistical) qualifies as a mind. Neither would the Cyc project you linked to. I wasn't trying to say anything qualitative about what I think the underlying mechanism of what an artificial-mind will
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by Qz 16y ago
"The only way to program a computer to do this type of mathematical reasoning might be to do precisely what Ferrucci doesn’t want to do -- sit down and slowly teach it about the world, one fact at a time." I'm wondering what the resistance
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by Qz 16y ago
Right, it should block the action he was doing, which is within one web page. But the browser modal dialog box blocks all interaction in every tab open in that browser window , which is beyond obnoxious. It's easy enough to pop up one
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by Qz 16y ago
2. Profligacy: recklessly wasteful; wildly extravagant, profligate behavior; Anderson’s profligacy cost him his job and its better you tighten up your belt before you go the same way. 5. Profligate: using money, resources, etc., in a way t
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by Qz 16y ago
They do that with business cards in Japan (and cellphones that can scan them). Not sure why it hasn't caught on yet here in the US. My roommate has the same problem - stacks of business cards, but no easy way to digitize the info.
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by Qz 16y ago
The reminder seems nice, except for the fact that its using one of those godawful modal dialog boxes that prevents you from doing absolutely anything else. That crap needs to die a quick death.
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by Qz 16y ago
Actually you're right, magic was the wrong word. Maybe it's less mystery and more magic .
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by Qz 16y ago
It's pretty awesome, but I can't help the feeling that the formula has lost a little magic to me now...
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by Qz 16y ago
I would disagree with that -- as just one example, modern chemotherapy is derived from the development of mustard gas circa World War I.
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by Qz 16y ago
I'm in the same boat. Near as I can tell I am the only person with my first and last names. If you put just my first name into facebook's search box I am one of only two people that show up. Googling first-and-last returns only me.
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by Qz 16y ago
That depends whether, when you're talking about 'most applications', you mean most by sheer number , or most by processing time used . Because yes, there are a zillion tiny applications that don't care about VM space. But the ones that
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by Qz 16y ago
Anyone else think naming the thing Ikaros is tempting fate much?

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