a3voices

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by a3voices 13y ago
>We want hundreds of cubes, scattered randomly across the floor, to be able to identify each other, coalesce, and autonomously transform into a chair, or a ladder, or a desk, on demand Sounds interesting. But when will I get a robot to c
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by a3voices 13y ago
How do you measure how good you are at coding? As a follow up question, if you can't measure it, how can you meaningfully improve?
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by a3voices 13y ago
If a man did this, would it generate the same publicity? I am genuinely wondering, I'm not trying to troll.
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by a3voices 13y ago
Horses used to have jobs, but technology destroyed them.
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by a3voices 13y ago
Washington D.C. has height caps on buildings. It's no wonder they have so much sprawl. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heights_of_Buildings_Act_of_191...
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by a3voices 13y ago
Maybe she should start with losing weight?
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by a3voices 13y ago
Slowmo reminds me of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKtad9DGxrw
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by a3voices 13y ago
Intelligence is a mixture of upbringing and genetics. If you're raised by a pack of wolves in the woods, you'll probably be rock dumb by all measures, regardless of your DNA.
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by a3voices 13y ago
I think it's also the same with pet dogs, at least with the intelligent breeds. If you have a border collie, talking to it a lot makes it smarter. At least it seems that way.
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by a3voices 13y ago
> We’ve let go of half a dozen employees and kept only as many This sounds like the worst employer I've ever heard of. A 50% chance of being fired? There's no way I'd take an offer if I knew that statistic.
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by a3voices 13y ago
That's pretty short-sighted. If a 1960s era government with limited computer technology can put people on the moon, I think a modern business with adequate funding can send people to Mars.
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by a3voices 13y ago
If this electron can travel faster than the speed of light, maybe other things can too.
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by a3voices 13y ago
I agree. The conscious focus of most 10X people is probably on specific programming problems, rather than higher up things such as making money.
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by a3voices 13y ago
Being 10X for a short duration is much easier than maintaining 10X over years. And also, are these people successful in terms of personal fitness and health? Is their home clean? Do they have good relationships with their family and friends
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by a3voices 13y ago
One way to measure productivity is how fast you can create what the marketing people want. I can't think of any way better than that, and it's really ambiguous.
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by a3voices 13y ago
What's the point of being a 10X engineer somewhere, if you don't own the IP? It sounds like a way to make someone else rich off your hard work.
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by a3voices 13y ago
I wonder how much money Google has spent per user. $10? $50?
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by a3voices 13y ago
>Reminder: The iPhone 5S isn’t right for everyone. We’re not saying that. We’re saying it’s a great phone, which is true. How could one of the greatest marvels of consumer technology of all time not be right for someone? You'd need
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by a3voices 13y ago
It's probably 'easy' if you've already made a bunch of successful startups, and have the confidence to know exactly what to do. Getting that skill set in the first place is quite difficult though.
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by a3voices 13y ago
>Addiction is the continued repetition of a behavior despite adverse consequences,[1] or a neurological impairment leading to such behaviors.[2] - Wikipedia Adverse consequences are necessary for it to be called addiction. If the sugar i
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by a3voices 13y ago
"Addicted" means that sugar has to be harming other aspects of your life, which I doubt for most people. I think this term is being overused.
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by a3voices 13y ago
Alternatively, people might give up on space travel if simulated worlds become too enticing.
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by a3voices 13y ago
>I am disappointed to see the amount of teenagers who are wasting their lives by spending too much time of their “device.” I see this a lot. What makes one person's life better than another's? From the perspective of a super in
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by a3voices 13y ago
Stickam was a place where you could just kind of hang out. TinyChat annoys me for some reason, maybe it's just me though, although I haven't tried it in a while. ChatRoulette and Omegle require you to actively participate.
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by a3voices 13y ago
1) A replacement for http://stickam.com/ 2) A really good text to speech app for news so I can listen to it in my car I can't think of a third right now.
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by a3voices 13y ago
Reminds me of Diaspora's t-shirt expense. http://www.scribd.com/mobile/doc/104728404
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by a3voices 13y ago
I'm 26 now, and one difference I find is that things in life aren't quite as exciting as they used to be. It's hard to explain, and maybe it's just me.
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Empathy for military robots could affect outcomes on the battlefield(pbs.org)
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by a3voices 13y ago
I think the 10x productivity thing might be true in unrestricted settings, where everyone is their own boss, but I doubt it holds up in heavy corporate environments. The reason is because you often have to justify your actions to other engi
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by a3voices 13y ago
So their conclusion is they need a new logo?

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