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by ap22213 12y ago
I used to love ask.metafilter.com! I went there almost every day, up until a couple of years ago. Around then, I sort of lost interest, as most of the popular questions became 1) Can you recommend me a recipe X for Y?, 2) I hate my life,
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by ap22213 12y ago
What I mean is: who can predict the future? The 'book' had certainly impacted the structure of Human thinking, and McLuhan suggested that this resulted in things that weren't necessarily 'good' (maybe some good? som
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by ap22213 12y ago
Recently, I stopped over a friends house. And, I was surprised to see a group of 7 or so 9-11 year olds all watching their computers or devices. At first I thought they were having a lan party, playing a game. So, I asked them what they
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by ap22213 12y ago
I work in R&D for a large science services company. And, I'm often responsible to turn nifty research projects into marketable products. Because of this, I often take over a lot of code from scientists and academics. And, it&#x2
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by ap22213 12y ago
Could someone explain why Priest, in discussing the 'four corners', presents the Hasse diagram with {F} at the bottom? Why would it not be {}? I'm not too familiar with posets, but it seems the order matters, right?
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by ap22213 12y ago
I haven't read most of the books in the list, but I do have very fond memories of Rudin's "Principles of Mathematical Analysis".
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by ap22213 13y ago
Why all the down votes? HN is becoming a hostile wasteland.
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by ap22213 13y ago
I grew up in the 90s and can affirm that violence was substantially higher than now. It was common to get into 'street fights' just for something to do. But, I'm also curious whether there were higher death rates for the po
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by ap22213 13y ago
Higher population density seems obvious. Increasing density increases the opportunities for violence. But, since violence is more often directed at people that are known, rather than strangers, I find the other two suspect.
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by ap22213 13y ago
"Many students struggle with the idea of recursion..." I still remember one of the worst bugs I'd ever introduced (in terms of pain to me). I was maybe 2-3 years out of my bachelors, and I thought recursion was so nifty that
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by ap22213 13y ago
When I retire at 45, I plan to work as a bagger at a whole foods, just for something interesting to do. I got the idea from a bagger I met at my local whole foods. He was previously a developer and made a ton of money and retired early. S
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by ap22213 13y ago
What is a case in which you'd want pass by value in a queue? I mean sometimes you're forced to pass by value, but if you have the option of pass by reference, why would you choose by value? Maybe I've been doing this stuff t
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by ap22213 13y ago
I always try to remember that the most expressive (e.g. loudest) person isn't necessarily the smartest, even though my brain is built to associate the two.
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by ap22213 13y ago
Developing is pretty hard. And, although you can get great information, Googling doesn't get you very far.
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by ap22213 13y ago
I got the point. But, you clearly tried to stress that someone can be cured of mental illness. When, this goes against the evidence. Maybe there are a few people who can be 'cured'. But, many mental illnesses have factors that
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by ap22213 13y ago
It's great that you believe that you have succeeded in your approach. However, it's dangerous to hold your anecdote up as a recipe for success, more broadly. The 'tough it out' strategy is common, and it's forced
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by ap22213 13y ago
Well, I was going for a stress on words, rather than a logical statement. But, I upvoted you because I like tautologies!
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by ap22213 13y ago
I would work on research projects for free, if the projects were interesting and/or I got some reputation out of it.
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by ap22213 13y ago
It's like Zuckerburg read "Ready Player One"
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by ap22213 13y ago
"First, Mylar allows the server to perform keyword search over encrypted documents, even if the documents are encrypted with different keys." I thought some big tech corporation owned the patent on that.
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by ap22213 13y ago
Owner-owned corporations are the kind of Feudalism that a capitalist can really get behind.
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by ap22213 13y ago
Maybe. But, doesn't it make sense for a vendor to spend 100 BTC in fees to build a reputation so that they may scam 1,000 people in 1 BTC transactions?
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by ap22213 13y ago
I agree with you, in ways, but I think that software pay and legal pay aren't quite the same. Traditionally, in the US, the law professions have restricted the entry of new lawyers into the market. This has artificially inflated price
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by ap22213 13y ago
It doesn't help me to know that an anonymous person had tipped an anonymous vendor. That doesn't add much value. However, it would be sufficient if I could somehow determine that someone that I knew had tipped the vendor. Of cour
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by ap22213 13y ago
I think he means libertarians, maybe?
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by ap22213 13y ago
Exactly. A lot of us wear multiple hats, but many of us are only effectively at wearing one at a time. I sometimes have to act the role of 'business guy', and in those cases, to be most effective, I wear 'business clothes&#x
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by ap22213 13y ago
Internet: 1, Newsweek: -1 The internet has won again, no surprise there. Newsweek is a magazine that you find in the grocery checkout aisle, along with other notables such as Time, People, Cosmo, and National Enquirer. I don't think i
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by ap22213 13y ago
All I really need are client-side templates and awesome DOM binding. What's the current best options?
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by ap22213 13y ago
I think it's a good point, even if it's an unfortunate situation. I empathize with ericabiz - I'd love to see more balance between genders in software development. (and, sadly, I think it's only gotten worse since I sta
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by ap22213 13y ago
This kind of makes sense, to me at least. In terms of evolution, brains build out from the center 'older' parts, outward. Newer parts of the brain can override behaviors of older parts. Reptilian brain (Trust nothing) -> Mamma

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