Zarkonnen

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by Zarkonnen 12y ago
Is funding and exits how we measure success now?
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by Zarkonnen 12y ago
Huh, that's rather unfortunate. Thank you for pointing that out, I'll see that I can fix things!
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Dwarf Fortress, the Great Ancestor(zarkonnen.com)
77 points by Zarkonnen 12y ago|23 comments
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by Zarkonnen 12y ago
Huh. I actually took a stab at solving this problem using language generation with my final year [project]( https://github.com/Zarkonnen/A-Natural-Language-Generator-fo... ) at university.
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More robust game AI with randomness(zarkonnen.com)
4 points by Zarkonnen 12y ago|0 comments
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by Zarkonnen 12y ago
So this is "what to eat after an apocalypse that is not the one we're actually facing". I would be far more interested in knowing how we deal with a "soft apocalypse" of fossil fuel depletion, drinking water scarcit
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by Zarkonnen 12y ago
I have to say I'm actually pretty impressed at how much understanding of computer games these rulings show.
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by Zarkonnen 12y ago
Interesting article, but perpetuates the misunderstanding of that Sinclair's "The Jungle" was intended to be all about food hygiene, rather than an indictment of the awful labor conditions in the meat industry.
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by Zarkonnen 12y ago
And minicabs are somewhat infamous for being unsafe. The minicab rapist is something of a stock character in London.
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by Zarkonnen 12y ago
This is a very depressing attitude. A functioning market relies on information flow, and if this information flow is killed because people are scared, the market stops functioning.
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by Zarkonnen 12y ago
This was mostly an exercise in ready grey on grey unindented code. It's a nice idea, but you need to make sure you're measuring the right thing.
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by Zarkonnen 12y ago
It's OK, we can just un-execute the guy if we're not sure anymore. Right? Right? Flippancy aside, this is why the death penalty is such an awful idea.
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by Zarkonnen 12y ago
Exactly. Can we have a discussion about Chris Beard and Mozilla rather than a repeat of an argument about Brendan Eich?
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by Zarkonnen 12y ago
I disagree that they're similarly distasteful. It's "dying from a lack of medical attention" vs "being forced to participate in a system that asks for nothing more than some of your money". And it ignores that
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by Zarkonnen 12y ago
Expanding on this: emphasis on support from the community is a mechanism to maintain the status quo. If you are part of a wealthy/powerful community, you can take risks and get the payoff. If you're not, your best bet is to try an
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by Zarkonnen 12y ago
That just makes me cringe more, sorry. Even if you don't agree with these politics, you are very much describing them in their particular language and framing: a commitment to human dignity described as a use of force.
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by Zarkonnen 12y ago
I have to agree. This keeps on happening: fundraisers for people in the US whose insurance is failing to cover their medical bills. Such fundraisers only work if there's a community (such as HN) to appeal to. If your path in life did n
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by Zarkonnen 12y ago
Reminds me of the Twitter Joke Trial incident: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter_Joke_Trial Also, self-linkingly, the problem is that people don't tend to broadcast their violent intentions very reliably: http
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by Zarkonnen 12y ago
This is what scrolling does. But this option is fancier and IMHO pointlessly visually distracting.
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by Zarkonnen 12y ago
Seeing this thread made me remember to vote - with half an hour to spare. Thanks HN!
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by Zarkonnen 12y ago
Fair point. I was going to get my GF, who actually did spectroscopy and mass spectroscopy as a job at one point, to pitch in. Will do so now.
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by Zarkonnen 12y ago
Hm, this is at best utterly misleading and at worst a scam.
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by Zarkonnen 12y ago
Oh right! I tried to figure this out, and thought protozoa were not animals. I withdraw my pedantry. :D
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by Zarkonnen 12y ago
Maxing out my pedantry score, the actual answer is "humans" followed by "snakes". Mosquitos themselves are not dangerous, and malaria parasites are not animals.
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by Zarkonnen 13y ago
checks Maslow's hierarchy Then you'd be focusing on self-actualisation. Lucky you.
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by Zarkonnen 13y ago
This is lovely, but how do I adjust the default WPM? I want to use more than 400, and having to adjust it each time is very annoying.
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by Zarkonnen 13y ago
Technically, a port of X-COM. A port of XCOM (the 2012 remake) in JS would be scary impressive. </pedantry>
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Facebook and Microsoft help fund rightwing lobby network(theguardian.com)
5 points by Zarkonnen 13y ago|0 comments
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Poking Fun At Game Pricing By Charging $50 For Patent Blaster For A Week(indiestatik.com)
1 points by Zarkonnen 13y ago|0 comments
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by Zarkonnen 13y ago
"Please don't call it capitalism." What if they're the same thing?

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