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by bcheung 12y ago
As with any technology, in the beginning, it is usually very expensive and only affordable to the rich. Eventually though technologies become cheaper and more and more people can afford it. It was the same with cell phones. I imagine thi
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by bcheung 12y ago
I don't find it amusing. I find it admirable. Aging is the number one cause of suffering and death in old age. This research has the ability to help alleviate the most important issue of our lives (literally). Vitriol is unwarrante
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by bcheung 12y ago
Can someone clarify "paid prioritization" and "fast lane"? If I buy the 50Mbps ISP plan and someone else buys the 10Mbps isn't that a faster lane / paid prioritization? What about if a company decides to put th
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by bcheung 12y ago
One possibility that I think is often overlooked is that as humans develop technology they use it to increase their leverage. It is my belief that as we develop neuroscience and AI then we will augment our own brains. In this case, humans
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by bcheung 12y ago
Co-ops seem like they are better suited for a side-hobby rather than your main source of income. Part of the reason for less income inequality is that the types of people who join them aren't primarily concerned with their monetary com
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by bcheung 12y ago
Yes, that is how it works with corporations and LLCs with board members and limited partners.
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by bcheung 12y ago
I'm down for that.
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by bcheung 12y ago
I'm not dismissing optional typing at all. I'm completely for that. I have used it in JS when performance is needed when dealing with large data sets. It's forced static typing that I am against.
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by bcheung 12y ago
I'd be curious to take a look. I have plans to do something similar but in the browser in Javascript. Basically, build up the AST based on the commands that are issued against the stack. Then use the Mozilla Parser API to generate Ja
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by bcheung 12y ago
You can always create your own language that compiles to Javascript. There are multiple examples of this with languages that have type safety. With the Mozilla Parser API this becomes really easy.
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by bcheung 12y ago
If I wanted a typed language I would use Java. Dynamic languages allow me to get the job done faster. It is extremely rare that I run into any issues regarding type. Every typed / object oriented language I have used so far forces m
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by bcheung 12y ago
I really love the power of Factor. It is probably the most powerful language I have ever come across. That being said, I think there needs to be a more interactive method where you can see things on the stack in real time as you are progra
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by bcheung 12y ago
According to national average I am paid very well but I can't even afford a house on the outskirts of Silicon Valley. Houses keep going up so much each year it seems impossible to keep up financially. It seems like those that already
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by bcheung 12y ago
tl;dr If there is a fire, you can't put it out by drenching it with gasoline.
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by bcheung 12y ago
One more bureaucracy to add to the pile. ISP: "It's not our fault, it's your demarc". Demarc: "It's not our fault, it's the city". City: "It's not our fault, it's the ISP." A bette
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by bcheung 12y ago
Typically, no. But it meets the literal definition of one. My concern is that government often does not have any incentive to innovate and often operates extremely inefficient due to bureaucracy. As far as opening up for competing ISPs I&#
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by bcheung 12y ago
"Obama calls for municipal broadband" "White House just endorsed CISPA measures, two years after veto threat" http://www.zdnet.com/article/white-house-just-endorsed-contr... Coincidence?
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by bcheung 12y ago
Aren't we trading one monopoly for another? Not sure that is any better. Especially considering the track record of the post office or public education. There would need to be some way to allow competition so there is incentive to p
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by bcheung 12y ago
The government can't even manage its own budget, I don't trust them with the Internet.
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by bcheung 12y ago
Considering performance is a basic tenant of software architecture and engineering. Obsessing about it needlessly is the "premature" part. Considering the business case is the most important thing to remember.
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by bcheung 12y ago
You mean they are not using strlen as the hash function anymore? http://news.php.net/php.internals/70691
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by bcheung 12y ago
So you are saying your above observation is not objective and doesn't resemble anything consistent? I think the entire history of engineering is a testament that we can make observations on a consistent enough basis to be practical.
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by bcheung 12y ago
People often think Objectivism is right wing conservative. In some ways it is, but in others it is pretty far to the left as well. Rand spends quite a lot of time attacking crony "capitalism". The book creates exaggerated scenar
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by bcheung 12y ago
This quote addresses what would now be called "crony capitalism". That is, those in power or with resources using government for their own ends. For example, making it a requirement for people to buy your product, or erecting ba
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by bcheung 12y ago
Are you referring to the fatigue from eating too much or not having any glucose in your blood stream? People who eat keto meals generally don't feel any food comas. You might be experiencing low blood sugar because the body is not bu
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by bcheung 12y ago
Your body can run on either glucose or ketones. When you follow a low carb, high fat diet your body uses a higher percentage of ketones as energy (derived from fat). It's a much more stable form of energy since it is a constant and e
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by bcheung 12y ago
Energy generation is much more efficient once you go through ketoadaptation. It involves fatigue like symptoms that can last up to several weeks during the transition though. But once you go through it, you feel quite amazing.
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by bcheung 12y ago
Unfortunately there is not a whole lot of research on ketogenic diets outside of treating cognitive diseases. But it can be argued that if it helps prevent them in people with declining brain functionality, it improves brain functioning in
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by bcheung 12y ago
It's a little known fact that the brain can also be fueled by ketones by those following a ketogenic diet. Energy is more constant as the body is burning fat continuously instead of depending on constant feeding and the associated ups
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by bcheung 12y ago
Anyone else think of popcorn and Real Genius when they read the title?

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