alexjeffrey

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by alexjeffrey 13y ago
my entry is in there. I would encourage anyone with a bit of spare time over the next few days to write up an entry! It's great fun and you're guaranteed to learn something if you try to build a creative exploit.
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by alexjeffrey 13y ago
Ok here we go. Feminism as taken from an encyclopedia is basically equated with the equal rights movement for women. I am in 100% support of this side of feminism and the idea that all people regardless of gender, race, sexual orientation a
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by alexjeffrey 13y ago
well no, I was emphasising that these aren't just "some jerks" in the feminist community; these are quotes from central figures who have affected feminist doctrine in a direct way.
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by alexjeffrey 13y ago
I could totally get on board with what you're saying if it weren't for the fact that some of the most prominent figures of modern feminism were massive sexists. I've attached some quotes below from some prominent radical femi
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by alexjeffrey 13y ago
you may be confusing feminism with the equal rights for women movement. While there's a large crossover and the former certainly tries to pretend to be the latter, there's also an element of male-targeted sexism within the feminis
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by alexjeffrey 13y ago
I'm not necessarily saying we _should_ create a simulation of the human brain - just asking whether it would be possible. There are other much more concrete concerns with creating strong AI too - avoiding accidentally creating a paperc
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by alexjeffrey 13y ago
I'd love for a neuroscientist to weigh in on this - what is the possibility that something like this could be used to generate an artificial neural network which imitates, even crudely, the functions of the human brain?
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by alexjeffrey 13y ago
being a public company, Google can't really justify altruistic endeavours to its shareholders unless they will also benefit from the project.
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by alexjeffrey 13y ago
that sounds like a formula for a true intellectually elitist society. The people's opinions should be heard equally if at all.
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by alexjeffrey 13y ago
what kind of a mad world do we live in where an app for sending pictures to your friends with a slight twist is worth $1B? That applies to both snapchat and instagram...
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by alexjeffrey 13y ago
interestingly in my experience in the north of England this culture is much more applicable to designers - web development doesn't pay very many standard deviations above the average wage, where designers can command high freelancing rates
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by alexjeffrey 13y ago
on a somewhat related topic, the author of this has some issues he/she needs to work out. NSFW http://fucksheep.org/~sd/mspaint/
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by alexjeffrey 13y ago
watching this really shows you what some of the lurkers on HN are like. I'm glad they tend to keep quiet on HN itself.
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by alexjeffrey 13y ago
> A major win for TI (FWIW), considering that it has nonchalantly quit the mobile-SoC market citing a low RoI. I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
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by alexjeffrey 13y ago
here's some specific quotes I'm taking aim at here: She was so relieved simply to know that she didn’t have a problem; or more specifically, she was relieved to know that her problem was real. For she had gone all these years thinking that
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by alexjeffrey 13y ago
I think the point here is that everything today is considered a "medical condition". While that makes sense from a medical perspective, all it does is give people excuses for not dealing with their problems. "I can't get to work on time, I
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by alexjeffrey 14y ago
I love this idea but the idea of tying it to your locality seems a little exclusionary for no reason. Granted, I am biased as I am based in the UK, but I can't think of any major problems with organising this through teleconferences?
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by alexjeffrey 14y ago
I think you might be barking up the wrong tree here - OP's plan is to create an investment fund that focusses on long-term investment in talented people, rather than the VC approach of investing in "whatever facebook/twitter/google might bu
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by alexjeffrey 14y ago
Technology is morally neutral. To use your own examples, a hammer could be used to build a house or commit a murder, and a drone could be used for aerial strikes or to monitor endangered animals for poaching activity ( http://www.aljazeer
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by alexjeffrey 14y ago
that's not a very compelling argument given traditional-currency savings accounts will at least grant you very small interest rates.
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by alexjeffrey 14y ago
I'm a little disappointed that the interview didn't mention COLA/STEPS as I think this is by far the most interesting thing Kay has worked on of recent. Obviously he's been an innovator throughout the history of computing and it makes sense
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by alexjeffrey 14y ago
Fair point; I assumed it was given it redirects to github.com.
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by alexjeffrey 14y ago
this is quite cool, and it's good to see that github parks its own typos - I've seen far too many "What you need when you need it" landing pages from getting a letter wrong while typing a domain.
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by alexjeffrey 14y ago
wow, that's a pretty shitty attitude you've got there. You don't need to be sarcastic and condescending to disagree with me. the point that I was trying to make which you seem to have completely misunderstood is that it doesn't seems necess
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by alexjeffrey 14y ago
13 actually - funnily enough it started with video games; we met on Runescape!
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by alexjeffrey 14y ago
as someone who got married at 21, I can honestly say it's the decision I'm most happy about in my life so far. However, we had been together for over 7 years by that point and I'd be very wary of advocating getting married young to everyone
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by alexjeffrey 14y ago
read the second paragraph, I edited it in shortly after posting
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by alexjeffrey 14y ago
would it not be possible to leave an email address without registering for an account? It's more the password side that's a pain really. Also in response to your edit, I do trust that you guys are honest but I'm aware of a lot of sites whic
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by alexjeffrey 14y ago
I was enthralled until you asked me to create an account - I have so many accounts online that I really don't want to have to remember yet another password (or compromise my security by reusing one). Is forcing account creation key to the c
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by alexjeffrey 14y ago
this is insane - the investors' plans are very unlikely to align with his personal wants and needs (unlike a business where the goal of making money is shared between the business and its shareholders). some of the examples in the article m

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