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by autarch 9y ago
That humans are just machines and there's no such thing as free will. I already knew that to some degree before reading the book, but it frames it in a particularly bleak way.
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Hey Synaptics, Can You Please Stop Polling(randomascii.wordpress.com)
232 points by autarch 9y ago|104 comments
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by autarch 9y ago
I will warn you that reading Neuropath left me feeling depressed for a couple weeks. It's a great book, but the conclusions it might lead you to may not make you happy.
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by autarch 9y ago
In no particular order ... I Am a Strange Loop by Douglas Hofstadter - strongly influenced my beliefs about how consciousness works Godel, Escher, Bach by Douglas Hofstadter - made me think more deeply about so many topics Animal Liberation
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by autarch 9y ago
IMDB uses something like this. It's called a "weighted" rating system. In the IMDB version what happens is that you calculate the average of all ratings of all items, and then push an item's rating towards the average. T
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by autarch 9y ago
Obligatory plug for everyone to read The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner. It was published in 1975 and nails the technology of the 90s so accurately that it's quite freaky to read.
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by autarch 9y ago
Yeah, I have no idea what's available in Europe. If what you've tried is not based on cultured nuts, I'd assume it's not very good. Miyoko's Creamery also makes a fantastic cultured butter that's based on cashe
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by autarch 9y ago
As opposed to playing football or hockey, which is super good for your long term health! Admittedly, those two are at an extreme in terms of destroying your body, but they're not alone. Gymnastics leaves people in rough shape in their
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by autarch 9y ago
See my previous comment at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15113405 about this. There are excellent butter, yogurt, and cheese products made without dairy. The cheese is made from nuts, not plant-based milks.
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by autarch 9y ago
In my experience, the best non-dairy cheeses are made from culturing nuts. Miyoko's Creamery and Punk Rawk Labs in the US both use cashews (and sometimes include other nuts) as the base, then culture them. They both taste fantastic to
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by autarch 9y ago
Interstellar is solidly science fantasy. Arrival is arguably science fantasy since it's central conceit isn't very sciencey (amazing movie though). The Expanse is borderline since there's basically a magic substance (the prot
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by autarch 9y ago
I liked Crucial Conversations ( https://www.amazon.com/Crucial-Conversations-Talking-Stakes-... ) a lot.
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A Technical Hiring Process(blog.urth.org)
2 points by autarch 9y ago|0 comments
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by autarch 9y ago
That's what Delta calls Economy Comfort, which is economy with a little more leg room and earlier boarding. At 6'7" it's well worth the extra cost for me.
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by autarch 9y ago
Yep, read about this and thought of House of Leaves. It's not quite as elaborate (no additional objects) but the intent is similar, I think.
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by autarch 9y ago
This is very cool. One thing that I wish the docs made clearer was that this is a wrapper around `reveal.js`, so if you're familiar with reveal, then learning this tool is just a little more effort.
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by autarch 10y ago
Fargo is made by FX and Better Call Saul is AMC.
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by autarch 10y ago
I also have to mention UHF. If you haven't seen this film, run and go watch it now. It's hilarious.
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by autarch 10y ago
Weird Al is really brilliant. One of the things I think he does so well is capture the _spirit_ of the artist when he writes an original "in the style of" song. If I didn't know better I'd swear that Dare To Be Stupid wa
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by autarch 10y ago
I downvoted you because this really has nothing to do with the article. Nothing in the article blamed white men for anything.
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by autarch 10y ago
Which is why I don't understand why Uber & Lyft bother with stars. Why not just thumbs up/down instead?
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by autarch 10y ago
Location: Minneapolis, MN Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Perl, Go, JS/HTML/CSS/etc, C, Pg, lots more Resume: http://www.houseabsolute.com/resume/ Email: dave@urth.org See http:/&
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by autarch 10y ago
There are a few good places in the Twin Cities area. The ones my wife (from Taiwan) and I really like are Little Szechuan, The Tea House Restaurant, Evergreen (but don't order the American Chinese food, obviously), Grand Szechuan (grea
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by autarch 10y ago
Actually, the Tea House nearby. I _think_ it's lamian. At least it has that super chewy texture. I have no idea if they're fresh made or not, though. Still, about as good as you're going to get in the area, I think.
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by autarch 10y ago
I love lamian. It's hard to find in the US (especially here in Minnesota) but there's one Szechuan place near that does a really nice dish with that type of noodles in chili vinegar sauce with crushed peanuts.
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by autarch 10y ago
> (Completely ignoring that local, state, and federal laws all already exist to handle all of it.) Except that they don't. If I walk around a conference saying that all the women at this event are filthy whores who should go back to
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by autarch 10y ago
I don't see these two goals as being mutually exclusive. Even if they are, it'd be good to aim for a balance, rather than just choosing one entirely over the other. They're both good goals for a conference.
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by autarch 10y ago
AFAIK there are no such books. As for whether certain keys evoke certain emotions, that's highly debated other than "major happy, minor sad (other modes weird)". The way I learned about how composition worked was mostly two t
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by autarch 10y ago
> How can you make something sound good is the interesting part of music theory for me and I still haven't found a good intro to it! As someone who majored in music composition, I have a very simple answer. I'd have some sort o
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by autarch 10y ago
Well, two _or_ one. The melodic (two) and harmonic (one) minor scales.

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