Tossrock

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by Tossrock 12y ago
"It also happens to be as hard or harder than most other types of software engineering." I would disagree with this point, as evidenced by the fact that people coming out of code schools are still getting hired. To do software eng
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by Tossrock 12y ago
The only reasonable answer I can think of is to start spending more on food. Either we start doing it now by supporting sustainable agriculture practices - local farms, foods treated without pesticides, etc, or we'll do it later when t
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by Tossrock 12y ago
Do you have a link to the actual paper? I couldn't find it, somehow.
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Similarity between martian sedimentary deposits and terrestrial microbial mats(astrobio.net)
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by Tossrock 12y ago
It should be obvious that technological change allows content optimization in a way that was never possible in old media. With a group of different headlines, you can apply A/B testing / multi-armed bandit in real time, and watch
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by Tossrock 12y ago
"The International Fixed calendar sucked the personality out of marking time, making every week and month as predictable as humanly possible. [...] It's an impossible feat that doesn't need pulling off and, thankfully, no one
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by Tossrock 12y ago
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust
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by Tossrock 12y ago
There are some questionable assertions in this article. eg, "Survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings had lower cancer rates later in life than people of similar age who had not been exposed to radiation " has the ref htt
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by Tossrock 12y ago
Except for the part where a flaming skull abruptly appeared on the screens of all the employees, forcing everyone to go home? How much more "hack" can you get?
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by Tossrock 12y ago
Google is a CA, and they sign their own certs as "Google Internet Authority G2" under SHA fingerprint BB DC E1 3E 9D 53 7A 52 29 91 5C B1 23 C7 AA B0 A8 55 E7 98.
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by Tossrock 12y ago
Here is an account of an early programmer who designed the architecture for his compiler while on LSD: http://www.maps.org/news-letters/v18n1/v18n1-MAPS_24.pdf Compilers are generally considered very complex progr
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by Tossrock 12y ago
There absolutely are not millions of people with Einstein level intelligence around the world. That would imply that the probability of having Einstein level intelligence is on the order of one in a thousand, or as likely as having Down syn
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by Tossrock 12y ago
Pretty crazy, all the things the WC3 scene produced. Like, multimillion dollar gaming sub-genres (tower defense, MOBAs, etc). Glad to see you're still making games!
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by Tossrock 12y ago
Wait, like, Power Towers Strilanc? I love your work :) In fact I think I did a competition with some friends to get a high score in the map credits for a while...
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by Tossrock 12y ago
The Verge has about 45% mobile traffic: https://www.quantcast.com/theverge.com If large numbers of people were to start using Javelin, it could certainly affect revenue.
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by Tossrock 12y ago
What's your opinion on Mnemosyne?
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by Tossrock 12y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streissand_effect in action
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by Tossrock 12y ago
In case you want to buy them before their possible bankruptcy: http://zenmagnets.com/the-zen-gift-set/
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by Tossrock 12y ago
What makes you think people accept it unquestioningly? There's plenty of evidence: http://pages.ucsd.edu/~jhaviland/Publications/ETHOSw.Diags.p...
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by Tossrock 12y ago
As an effective organ of the state and propaganda machine, I don't think Russia Today is a reliable source. There is also the matter of a rebel leader claiming to have shot down a plane at the exact time and location of MH17, only misi
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by Tossrock 12y ago
Sure you can, it's called overclocking.
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by Tossrock 12y ago
That's called google-bombing and is a well-established phenomenon.
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by Tossrock 12y ago
The entire premise of this completely unsubstantiated blog post is refuted by the well-substantiated Flynn effect: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect
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by Tossrock 12y ago
How did he go 3 years, ending with a team of 12, on just a $1MM seed round? Were employees paid entirely in equity?
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by Tossrock 12y ago
A natural monopoly doesn't mean it provides a public good, it means that a single entity can provide the service more efficiently than multiple competing entities.
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by Tossrock 12y ago
I had no idea getting a license plate for a vehicle in Shanghai was so expensive. Apparently they use an auction system: "Shanghai officials have put in place a complicated—and expensive—process to purchase the right to add a car to th
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by Tossrock 13y ago
I think this is a case where Wikipedia is not a sufficient source (wonderful though the website is). While I respect you and your mother's experiences, I prefer published evidence over anecdotal. I'll refer you to the book rather
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by Tossrock 13y ago
Yes, it began with the CMHA, but it was under Reagan's presidency that the people who really should not have been de-institutionalized (ie, not the older people with dementia/etc who were returned to their homes and families durin
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by Tossrock 13y ago
Under Reagan there was a national de-institutionalization of mentally ill people, who largely ended up as the multitude of homeless vagrants who occupy urban scenes across the country.
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by Tossrock 13y ago
From the guidelines: "If your account is less than a year old, please don't submit comments saying that HN is turning into Reddit. (It's a common semi-noob illusion.)"

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