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by api 11y ago
I agree. The thing that makes me critical of string theory isn't that it's (so far) difficult to test, but that it's been The Thing in certain quarters for a long time and has yet to yield much (unless something's happen
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by api 11y ago
In modern terms I think you could make this critique from a perspective of learning theory and combinatorics. Methodological monism implies that the fitness landscape being explored by science is "well behaved" and can be traverse
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by api 11y ago
Okay, I read the third post, and it seems like he's saying that he is not a white nationalist but is not afraid to read them. Okay, fine. I don't see why this is so big and scary. Personally I think the reason Curtis's writin
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by api 11y ago
CPUs grok numbers. This would be inefficient.
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by api 11y ago
The inversion of 0/1 for true/false is common in good C APIs. 0 as true and 1 as false makes a lot of sense from a perspective of error handling. 0 means everything's okay, while nonzero means it isn't. Various forms of
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by api 11y ago
He's right, but he's almost too right: absolutely everything he says is a problem with bitcode applies to normal app store distribution and all other centralized cloud-powered OSes and apps. Therefore I don't see this as a go
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by api 11y ago
That's why the penalties for cocaine are historical less than for crack despite them being the same drug. It's not racial per se -- in the original message I think "dominant mainstream culture" would be better than &quot
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by api 11y ago
Try "socially unacceptable drugs" or "taboo drugs." The classification is completely arbitrary, and is usually related to whether or not the drug is used by a socially marginal or ethnic minority group like blacks or hip
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These Young Cyborgs Are Building the Future of Modern Medicine(mic.com)
2 points by api 11y ago|0 comments
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by api 11y ago
Unfortunately that would prolong the life of IPv4.
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by api 11y ago
It's the dark side of the freedom to customize. Apple's fascism keeps this stuff mostly off their platform. Windows is comparatively open with OEMs having much more leeway, hence shitware.
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by api 11y ago
When I left an employer to found a startup, I didn't say a word. Just said I was leaving for another position, gave notice, and left normally. I agree: rookie mistake. This is particularly true given that there's at least some mar
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by api 11y ago
Whether intentional or not, Russia's economy is something like 40% oil and gas so the effect was certainly severe.
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by api 11y ago
The problem is not just that they're all solving the same problems, but that they are mostly solving them in the same way: put everything in the cloud, 'feudalize' the device, make everything free and then monetize the user,
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by api 11y ago
I'm sure the music industry isn't eager for people to really know this, at least not the general public. Not sure I'd call it a "conspiracy."
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by api 11y ago
The 1gbps Ethernet is better for networking stuff as long as it's wired to the main bus and not via USB (unless USB3, which this isn't).
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by api 11y ago
In the age of noise you don't have to keep somethings secret to cover it up. You just have to avoid drawing attention to it.
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by api 11y ago
Confession: I wrote a couple of these when I was a teenager, including one that would give you a crazy color scheme and print 'Your PC is on an acid trip' as a DOS error. I put one on a high school PC once and it ended up actually
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by api 11y ago
You're right to some extent, except in cases where the data is easily verifiable by a third party. I also think you're right that anonymity is of limited use for deeper reasons: it doesn't inspire, and it shows a lack of cour
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by api 11y ago
So you're saying California needs more geniuses then?
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by api 11y ago
It's all about ease of use. https is probably the only user-friendly / good UX crypto solution in common/widespread use (unless you count transparent drive encryption), and it achieves this in part by being centrally contro
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by api 11y ago
A lot of this can be explained by: "If information is cheap, attention becomes expensive." Breakout hit songs must be nothing but hooks because people today scan for music.
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Hit Charade: Meet the unknowns who actually write the songs that top the charts(theatlantic.com)
3 points by api 11y ago|1 comments
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by api 11y ago
That's very true, but in some ways it's even more remarkable: there exists an alternative form of calculation/computation that is "magical" in certain domains when compared to all the standard CS we know, and we don
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by api 11y ago
This level of cluelessness is par for the course in corporate IT.
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by api 11y ago
I was joking a bit -- just pointing out that the core functionality is extraordinarily simple and that most of the value is in UI, UX, and network effects.
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by api 11y ago
Add note: cd ~/Documents/Notes ; vim `date` ; git add -A ; git commit -m . ; git push origin master Search: cd ~/Documents/Nodes ; grep -l 'search terms'
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by api 11y ago
Having been deeply disappointed with Zenefits for employee health care setup, I think I'll stick with Zenpayroll (which is absolutely outstanding!). :unicorn: :poop:
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by api 11y ago
Someone needs to beat Amazon with a cat5 cable until they add IPv6. Right now it's barely supported at all, and they are the cloud as far as at least half the market is concerned.
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by api 11y ago
There's a whole subdomain of genetic programming research that centers around the design of evolvable computer languages and instruction encodings. There are some immensely interesting programming languages and instruction sets out t

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