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by akamaka 11y ago
I blame Elon Musk for this shift in the meaning of "self-driving". It used to be a term that was only applied to driverless cars, but last year Elon announced that they plan to make the Tesla a self-driving car at the same time as
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by akamaka 11y ago
That's really interesting to know. I didn't read those blog posts back in the day, so I never realized how much history has repeated itself. There's a lesson to be learned here.
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by akamaka 11y ago
I'm already on board with the idea of not owning a car, but I'm just waiting for it to become practical. For me, the biggest obstacle is that there isn't a car sharing service near me, so I'd like an autonomous car to de
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by akamaka 11y ago
You're entirely correct about the form of my argument being weak. Too busy shipping code to make a more coherent argument. :P I definitely do worry sometimes that spending too much time getting things done takes away from time spent le
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by akamaka 11y ago
While other people are busy writing blog posts, I've been shipping successful projects with Angular. I'm getting paid to write code, and I don't get paid to write blog posts defending Angular, so I don't bother. Also,
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by akamaka 11y ago
I just shipped another of many successful projects using Angular. There are lots of blog posts out there complaining about it, such as that it's over-hyped, or that it causes messy HTML templates. I didn't start using it because
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by akamaka 11y ago
The problem is when random people from the internet start unwarranted attacks over GPL violations when the problem can be dealt with constructively. The example that pops into my head is the time when some kid start working on a mod to the
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by akamaka 11y ago
I must say that I really like the uncluttered homepage the way it is!
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by akamaka 11y ago
This is fantastic all around. The visual design is perfect, it's fast, and within a minute of using it I discovered some new libraries which might be useful for my projects. It reminds me a bit of using Google search when it first la
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by akamaka 11y ago
I didn't have time to elaborate, but I chose not to mention technology on purpose. Unless some inconceivable technological leap happens which makes energy cheaper than $15 oil or coal, technology won't be enough to save the planet
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by akamaka 11y ago
I downvoted you because your comment doesn't contribute anything useful to the discussion. Barring some kind of technological silver bullet, "saving the planet" is ultimately a problem of politics and economics. The next pro
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by akamaka 11y ago
This graph shows how much better the Osprey's tiltrotor design is compared to the Fairey Rotodyne's compound design: http://www.defense-aerospace.com/dae/articles/communiques/AW...
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by akamaka 11y ago
One possible answer is that the most talented guy on the team shouldn't take on too large a share of the work. Sure, he can do any task better and faster than anyone else, but in doing so he's robbing the less talented team member
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by akamaka 11y ago
John Carmack brought along a workstation on his honeymoon so that he could keep coding. I can't find the exact quote, but I recall him saying that he spent so many years coding every day that he was worried he might suffer from withdr
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by akamaka 11y ago
If we can go mostly electric for our transportation, as you suggest, that means we have cheap and plentiful battery storage. If we can easily store power, there's not much advantage for using nuclear power over wind and solar.
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by akamaka 11y ago
Thanks for your response, you make excellent points. I agree that his worst case scenarios are silly, and would only happen in unprecedented circumstances that are far outside the scope of a discussion about productivity. However, I think 2
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by akamaka 11y ago
The 1995-2005 period that you say had "huge productivity growth" saw the TFP growth rate temporarily rise from 1% to 2%. [1] If that's the best level of productivity growth that we can expect in upcoming technological revolut
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by akamaka 11y ago
I think the site you built is great, and I would be happy if you also make some affliate commissions from it! If you share the numbers, that's a bonus. All HN readers love more data!
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by akamaka 11y ago
If you're comparing fixing only new cars as they are sold to fixing ships immeadiately, it's obvious which will have a quicker effect. However, car emission testing programs already exist which force the driver to do repairs to th
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by akamaka 11y ago
Vehicle emissions cause 53,000 premature deaths in the USA every year: http://news.mit.edu/2013/study-air-pollution-causes-200000-e... I'd be happier to fix both problems at once, but fixing just one would go a lo
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by akamaka 11y ago
Proximity matters. Kids living close to highways are more likely to get asthma. That being said, only half of the risk is linked to nearby highways, and regional pollution matters too. But you're just making yourself sound like a doo
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by akamaka 11y ago
This book is so different from what I normally read that I would have never considered picking it up, but it seems to have only glowing reviews. Thanks for the suggestion!
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by akamaka 11y ago
Yeah, I mostly agree with you! I just wanted to point out that I have had really excellent bars from Mast Brothers, once in a while. I think it's unfair to call them outright scam artists. They just have a lot of room for improvement.
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by akamaka 11y ago
I've had very good bars from Mast Brothers, but I'm in full agreement that they're not the best. I think it's important to point out that they are still much better than most, though. It's common to see people attac
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by akamaka 11y ago
It doesn't bother me if they used remelted chocolate, because it's possible to produce fantastic chocolate bars using ingredients from some of the European suppliers. If the bars are labeled in a fairly ambiguous way, (for exampl
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by akamaka 11y ago
Your comment brings back memories of previous clients I worked with, who phoned me in a panic after running an HTML validator that turned up mutliple warnings . Not even errors.
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by akamaka 11y ago
It's being downvoted because the campaign platform of the new government specifical states that scientists can speak freely. Now that scientists have been publicly told that they can speak freely, what's to stop them? If you sugg
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by akamaka 11y ago
Thank you! I've asked this same question before, but your answer is the most actionable one I've received so far. I'm going to dive in and get a better understanding of bridges and view managers.
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by akamaka 11y ago
Starting a React Native app project has been quite easy, but what resources do you use when you need to go deeper to solve difficult problems? I find that a lot of the documentation makes everything look easy, but I don't understand w
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by akamaka 11y ago
This reminds me of the recent research where the texture of food was changed by playing sounds in headphones while the subject chews the food. (e.g. playing a crunching sound would make vegetables seem fresher) Since the film editor isn&#x2

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