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by arvinjoar 12y ago
This is what I believed as well, and the theory is actually included on the Wikipedia page, but only for the double-stroke dollar sign[1]. I read Atlas Shrugged as a teenager and that's where I got it from. [1] = http://en.w
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by arvinjoar 12y ago
Yes, that's true, I also thought of the ECB hindering many national governments from doing this. But if Greece decided that it was time for war, they'd probably pull out of the euro project. My point was that the economic model pr
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by arvinjoar 12y ago
While I wholeheartedly agree with the sentiment I think a lot of the economic thinking is a bit too simplistic, especially in our current age. For example, whether you invest in your government or not, your government will still be able to
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by arvinjoar 12y ago
The study[1], if anyone is interested. I couldn't gain free access through my university it seems, oh well. [1] = http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=20917...
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by arvinjoar 12y ago
So where's the target now? That they should be able to improvize? I'm sure that can be added too with some work. Kurzweil famously wrote a program to produce music based on the music of classical composers as a child, I'm sur
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by arvinjoar 12y ago
Misleading title, robots can actually be great dancers[1]. The problem with AI is that it's a moving target, as soon as there's an advance we tend to go "well that's still pretty mechanical", forgetting that we&#x27
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by arvinjoar 12y ago
"Turn on, tune in, drop out" is probably not very conducive to the mainstream conception of "success"... With that said, it's a trip, it can be both rough, frightening and utterly rewarding. I don't think anyon
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by arvinjoar 12y ago
Might be intended, since it's comedic. I mean nowadays we have Yung Lean and Tim & Eric, and all that sort of stuff, wouldn't surprise me if stuff like that inspired the style of the video.
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by arvinjoar 12y ago
A great game developed by a lone programmer I seldom see mentioned is "Haven & Hearth". It's developed by a (faux) company called "Seatribe", which actually consists of two people, but only one of them (Fredrik
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by arvinjoar 12y ago
Reminds me of pg's essay "Why Nerds Are Unpopular" http://www.paulgraham.com/nerds.html
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by arvinjoar 12y ago
Is it just me or is it Newton season? Aeon Magazine recently ran an article on magical thinking that mentioned Newton, and I swear I've seen him mentioned in other articles recently as well.
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by arvinjoar 12y ago
Haha, I'd like to know more about that Ginsberg thing, need an angry fix.
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How Jack Gleeson Spoiled Game of Thrones for Himself(theage.com.au)
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by arvinjoar 12y ago
I started reading "Louder Than Words: The New Science of Meaning" which is based on embodiment. Instead of making up these grand hypotheses like Lakoff tends to do (not necessarily a bad thing) Bergen ties embodiment and more spec
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by arvinjoar 12y ago
Maybe on a PC, let's say I read some artcile through HN on my phone and want to share it, then a sharing icon can come in handy (because copying and pasting on smartphones is a bit more tedious than just clicking an icon and choosing a
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Why we're updating the default typography for Wikipedia(en.wikipedia.org)
17 points by arvinjoar 13y ago|7 comments
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by arvinjoar 13y ago
Thanks a bunch! SICP is my current course literature at Linköping University.
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by arvinjoar 13y ago
I found out my mother was replacing thousands of duplicate rows in excel by hand, had she thought about it and googled the problem she would have been done in a few seconds, instead of a few days.
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by arvinjoar 13y ago
I was shocked to read through those comments, they didn't seem very professional, and that such blatant racism could go unchecked in such a large and powerful organization as Stratfor seeemed very odd. Anyway, turns out those comments
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Something Very Big Is Coming: Our Most Important Technology Project Yet(blog.wolfram.com)
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VC Pumping Millions Of Dollars Into Drone, Bitcoin, And 3D Printing Startups(businessinsider.com)
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by arvinjoar 13y ago
Great, it's finally happening! I wonder if there will be different versions of Soylent. E.g. if you are trying to maintain your muscle mass while doing a cut you might not want so many carbs, instead opting for more protein to meet you
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by arvinjoar 13y ago
Request: Å, Ä, Ö
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by arvinjoar 13y ago
> For one thing, the class fulfills one of Harvard's more challenging core requirements, Ethical Reasoning. According to http://www.registrar.fas.harvard.edu/courses-exams/courses-i... so does Michael Sandel&#x
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by arvinjoar 13y ago
Ok, so let's go with your assessment, that life-long slackers are indeed quite few. What happens when being a life-long slacker becomes acceptable in the culture (or as it might start out, in some subculture)? If slacking makes its way
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by arvinjoar 13y ago
It seems some of us have indeed left the old myth of the social contract behind us, just like we've abandoned the myth of the divine right of kings. Certainly easy air travel and mass communication has changed us, but I'd like to
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by arvinjoar 13y ago
Why not specify the amounts in centiliters? All the amounts end with 0 anyway.
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by arvinjoar 13y ago
As a EU member Sweden is open to most of our European neighbors... We also take in way more immigrants than most.
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Why every Hollywood movie feels the same(slate.com)
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by arvinjoar 14y ago
I don't get it. It's just a page with markdown that lets you hire a pro for some editing help. I don't think the export feature is that exciting either, even though it's 'good', for example it lacks the option to export as pdf or any other

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