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by arketyp 17y ago
In fairness, AFAIK, Apple invented the i * phenomenon. Other companies taking advantage of that catchy naming format feels so cheap to me that I could hardly care less about their actual rights on paper.
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by arketyp 17y ago
Regardless his singing abilities, that's a beautiful song IMO. He seems to have taste at least. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadi_Moma
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by arketyp 17y ago
I don't necessarily agree to saying that the mind works by mental tricks, but that's mostly semantics. I do think it's generally better to operate by intention, and I also think that those intentions should be based on sound values and rigi
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by arketyp 17y ago
The point is that what should motivate you is your ultimate goal or dream, not a mental trick.
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by arketyp 17y ago
But the scientific reality is aesthetics too. Seeing how the snowflake is a textbook example of beauty found in nature, I would personally find myself obliged to represent the snowflake according to it, even for the purpose of your applicat
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by arketyp 17y ago
This 3D creation is impressive, but the original Mandelbrot set has far deeper impact on me [not parent poster]. Since I was a kid I've been fascinated by these forms; by the infinite intricacy, the simultaneous multilevel self-similarity -
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by arketyp 17y ago
I've always been frustrated by this. I realize that as a landscape architect there are aesthetic choices and perhaps for park lovers those shortcut trails can ruin a scene; personally I think there's a certain, non-dismissible, beauty in th
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by arketyp 17y ago
If the future sounds like that I'm going to weep.
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by arketyp 17y ago
Yet, do you know it?
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by arketyp 17y ago
Why? There are no discussions there.
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by arketyp 17y ago
I dunno. I drink coffee because it good.
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by arketyp 17y ago
I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft supplied that material themselves. Macs are good-looking computers (and with its minimal design, in a sense, appropriately generic) and Windows 7 runs on computers. Potential Windows 7 buyers probably do
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by arketyp 17y ago
I'm trying to imagine the optical effect of looking at such a device. Maybe I'm misunderstanding the physics, but if it's anything like that picture it must be quite a fascinating distortion of the visual scene. Not only completely black at
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by arketyp 17y ago
This helped me cope with the real thing. Oh God, what have I witnessed...
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by arketyp 17y ago
Holy shit what are they even talking about This is so embarrassing. I just want to go hide under a blanket.
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by arketyp 17y ago
This kind of scares the shit out of me. To me, the human condition seems like a very fragile thing; more so than many seem to appreciate. With predictions like Mr Kurzweil's, I wonder and worry that our possibilities will grow too large too
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by arketyp 17y ago
I've heard (can't find a source) that Shigeru Miyamoto (creator of most Nintendo's hit titles) personally has a lighthearted stance to the whole emulator/ROM scene and basically thinks it is nice that people still play the games.
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by arketyp 17y ago
One day of free time. They do occur.
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by arketyp 17y ago
That James Bond analogy sure got me convinced... Of course if sales are bad you have to reinvent yourself and take crazy risks. But wackiness as an incubator? I don't understand that conclusion.
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by arketyp 17y ago
The hypothesis fails to explain why this adaption is unique to humans. Lice probably was just as big of a problem for other animals in similar habitats as it was for humans. The question is what element in human evolution made the benefit o
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by arketyp 17y ago
Why would you want to back up Gmail? I bet Google already backs it up, at different geographical locations even I dare say. Just in case... well, in case of what exactly? A fire? Earthquake? In case they decide to delete your mail account?
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by arketyp 17y ago
I did. But this is a prepared speech, by PG the essayist, of prose. I guess the novelty factor for me in the interview was more of a social quality, through communication. The part of a person that does not show in prose.
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by arketyp 17y ago
I've read Paul Graham's essays and followed his projects ever since I stumbled upon his essay on Java (as an ambitious teenager dreaming of hacking), but I've never actually heard him talk. I was surprised, gathering from the manners of exp
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by arketyp 17y ago
I happened to catch this video on Reddit yesterday and there was a thread with some illuminating insights: http://www.reddit.com/r/cogsci/comments/962oj/bobby_mcferrin...
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by arketyp 17y ago
Pardon my presumed ignorance, but how is that?
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by arketyp 17y ago
In C/C++ I have longed for a parametrized break statement with value indicating number of nested loops to break at once. I'm sure this goes against some kind of lambda calculus CS ethos though.
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by arketyp 17y ago
Please read the article. "Apparently the ideas for the ads appeared on the net some years ago and the advertising agency just grabbed it, but anyway - this is pure fun!"
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by arketyp 17y ago
If that's the non-linkjacked article, how come it has lower res pictures? Good find though. As for the stronger heat intensity on the shifting eyes (on either source), I guess one could explain it as the subject going back and forth investi
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by arketyp 17y ago
From my personal point of view, while certainly creativity has nothing to do with intelligence, it does however -- as with anything -- come down to an essential fondness of the act itself; something which I believe is very much innate. Anyo
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by arketyp 17y ago
I don't like the way this article presents the viewpoint of evolutionary psychology. A conception such as morality vs evolution is nothing short of dangerous. I think this is a probable scenario: "Oh, look, a wallet. I wonder what's inside.

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