chrisin2d

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by chrisin2d 6y ago
> Population is growing. There are limited resources. One day someone's going to dam up someone else's water and wars will be fought. I remember taking a university lecture on "water history" and it was... surprisingl
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by chrisin2d 6y ago
> They can still have an effect on society for sure, but I believe the concern is out of proportion with the effect. I believe the contrary: that high-quality, convincing audio (and video) deepfakes will be cataclysmic for society. Voice
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by chrisin2d 6y ago
I’m an avid Factorio player. It is rare to see such commitment to craftsmanship that the Factorio developers demonstrate. Every aspect of the game is continually refined and improved. The game is very performant even when there tens of thou
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by chrisin2d 6y ago
I just took a look. I find them rather abstract, verbose, and repetitive, like cookie notices. I too think it's a decent start. Personally I would use the labels to look into a certain few sensitive apps, anything health or dating-rela
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by chrisin2d 6y ago
I don't think that he was necessarily 'stoic' in the ascetic sense. He was down-to-earth and preferred creating and transforming things over simple conspicuous consumption. He did big stuff like founding companies and revital
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by chrisin2d 6y ago
Interesting. It is somewhat analogous to how thirst satiation is inhibited (partly) by gulping liquid as well as gut fluid osmolality.
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by chrisin2d 6y ago
There's more to life than money. The USA offers higher quality of life and has a cosmopolitan, multicultural society. I live in the Netherlands, where I enjoy an extremely high quality of life, get access to diverse cultural programs,
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by chrisin2d 6y ago
I used to work for a major e-commerce company and will back this up. The importance of performance, of course, depends on the use case. In e-commerce, the biggest factors (that come to mind) to compete on are—SEO and brand aside—price, offe
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by chrisin2d 6y ago
I am in agreement. The web was envisioned as a utopian place where information could flow freely, watering humanity to grow enlightened. But it turned out that on the web, misinformation is cheaper to produce than true information, individu
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by chrisin2d 6y ago
I have thought about how it would be societally healthy for parents to bring their babies and infants to work. In modern times we treat child-rearing as a private matter to be hidden from public adult life, but it’s long been a communal mat
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by chrisin2d 6y ago
As a UX designer, I agree on the point that cities need a UX designer (or several...) to make civic information visible, legible, and navigable. I lived in the Chicago area, same as the author. In Chicago, parking signs read as if/else
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by chrisin2d 6y ago
I live in Amsterdam. Your point is valid that the flat topography makes cycling easy. But electric bicycles solve the issue of climbing slopes and are extremely cheap. For the price of an entry-level car you can buy 6 good e-bikes or 2–3 to
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by chrisin2d 6y ago
Great UX makes a world of difference. UX is about more than just features or appearance: it's about everything coheres together as an experience for users. UX should be relatively easy to copy, but it seems (at least to me) that many p
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by chrisin2d 6y ago
Indeed, an open-ended interface like a VUI invite unimplemented interactions. I worked on a conversational agent and now realise that there are fundamental usability barriers that are very difficult to overcome: - Limited information bandwi
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by chrisin2d 6y ago
I think that the FBI and our government should use every tool at their disposal to find the killer(s) and their sponsor and bring them to justice. If the perpetrators are sheltered by an uncooperative country, then we should apply diplomati
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by chrisin2d 6y ago
"Lossy compression" is a succinct description. Humans, constrained by finite time and cognitive resources, cannot understand reality at its full resolution. Narratives are compact maps of the territory. We're living in a seco
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by chrisin2d 6y ago
I think (as an American in Amsterdam) — Low-end: LIDL, VOMAR Lower-middle: Dirk van der Broek Middle: Albert Heijn, Jumbo Middle—high: EkoPlaza, Landmarkt High-end: Marqt I buy my bread from Vlaamsch Broodhuys—an upscale bakery chain—as the
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by chrisin2d 6y ago
> However, a higher velocity of capital without commensurate economic value being created ~= massive inflation. This is a good point. Money maps to stuff and services. But there is ample surplus production (and unused capacity) in our ec
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by chrisin2d 6y ago
My alma mater, the University of Illinois, made a uniquely astute and prophetic move in 2017: it purchased a 3-year $60m policy to insure against a drop in Chinese student enrolment in case of a political or health event. They foresaw troub
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by chrisin2d 6y ago
In Our Time with Melvin Bragg from BBC Radio 4. It’s a colossal podcast series split into six podcasts discussing Literature, Culture, History, Philosophy, Religion, and Science. Each episode Melvin Bragg brings together a panel of professo
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by chrisin2d 6y ago
I think that HN readers trend rationalist and see the problem as one of presenting evidence. I respectfully disagree and present a different perspective, one which premises that objectivity is futile and that information is social/trib
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by chrisin2d 7y ago
It's known as phatic communication. It's not nonsense or noise: it conveys a wealth of information. It (re-)establishes the relationship between two parties (and to observing parties). You can tell if two people are strangers, fri
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by chrisin2d 7y ago
What about social, cultural, and civic life and public services? These depend on density, scale, and networks. > "a densely packed apartment complex in the middle of a noisy city" I dispute the notion that dense urbanism is not