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by craigyk 13y ago
> 1) Every process in Erlang manages its own memory and has its own GC. This means that GC'ing one process will not stop the world. Most processes are so short lived, and with message passing, that the GC often might not have to do
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by craigyk 13y ago
the title alone reeks of future foot in mouth
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by craigyk 13y ago
I think what made Jobs understandably furious was that the CEO of Google was on Apple's board. Not that he wouldn't have been litigious otherwise, but I think that moved it into vendetta territory.
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by craigyk 13y ago
wow. easy money certainly didn't help, but wow. banks that are too big too fail are a natural outcome of the free-market. It takes government regulation to prevent their formation, or that failing, to at least limit their risk-takin
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by craigyk 13y ago
Bitcoin is a fad and will have a similar fate to beanie-babies? It is over valued at the moment? Does the author really want to stake his reputation on the fact that cryptocurrencies are nothing more than 'an intellectual sinkhole?&#x2
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by craigyk 13y ago
best case scenario: the future of bitcoin is a technological oddity (curious detail) wherein 99% of people only hold it for the briefest of moments when they transfer their fiat currency from point A to point B. And the people that do hold
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by craigyk 13y ago
yes, and the skepticism is almost certainly deserved. it drives me insane how naive most libertarians are about how things would actually play out if they got their way. it's sad but true that there probably isn't a clean, self-
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by craigyk 13y ago
He is pretty exemplary as an author. He marries really interesting ideas and their consequences with a healthy amount of humor.
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by craigyk 13y ago
Science is a process and not a state. It doesn't need to be perfect, as long as you take slightly more steps forward than backwards the extent of knowledge progresses. I think virtually no one likes experimenting on animals and scient
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by craigyk 13y ago
depends. a lot of these mice are specific breeds designed to make it at least feasible to perform experimentation. It's common to use mouse lines that have extremely deficient immune systems. Otherwise there would be almost zero cha
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by craigyk 13y ago
There's some truth to this... but even if true, things could be a lot worse than having the uber wealthy become patrons of smart people. I suppose the danger comes from the smart people realizing that it's a lot easier to gather
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by craigyk 13y ago
He is saying it's a rate problem. Not that there aren't new exciting discoveries or projects.
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by craigyk 13y ago
And i think it's actually an obligation to look after the shareholder's interest, presumably under the threat of the top dogs being replaced. To my mind that's an important but subtle difference from the "legal obligati
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by craigyk 13y ago
You took the wrong lesson home. Disruption isn't "low-cost" same product category. Disruption is totally new product category that obviates old category. Between iPods -> iPhones, Macs -> iPads, I'm not worried
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by craigyk 13y ago
Learning me some Elixir now and I like it. I wish anonymous functions didn't have different call syntax though.
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by craigyk 13y ago
"The claim is that it's just the right thing to do, that most people will be better off (economically) than under other systems" There it is, that is the idealistic part.
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by craigyk 13y ago
Yes, for the ultra-wealthy basic income is essentially a fixed taxed deduction. I think almost everyone would agree that basic income would provide a marvelous opportunity to simplify things. Inflation seems like the biggest risk to basic
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by craigyk 13y ago
I'm confused as to how you think libertarianism is the path to get to that society, the only path, or even the best path. If we are dreaming futures, the goals you mention could just as easily be met by a system in which super-sentien
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by craigyk 13y ago
It is an idealistic ethos. In my mind it's as naive as centrally planned socialism, but just at the other end of the spectrum.
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by craigyk 13y ago
I think you are wrong... but really, you should be advocating that it be tried anyways, because what neither one of us have is a lot of evidence.
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by craigyk 13y ago
Classic case of the short-sightedness that is endemic in our economy. Management argues for larger pension benefits at the expense of salary increases. Who cares if they aren't realistic long-term? The bottom-line is that they look
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by craigyk 13y ago
I don't like Go's large number of inconsistencies. This includes the builtin function/keywords: len,cap,new,make,range and the built-in types: map,lists,arrays. For example, as long as you were going to have built-in function
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by craigyk 13y ago
what is the preferred python speed-up route these days? I've tried: numpy C API cython weave numba parakeet
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by craigyk 13y ago
On top of that, from what I read, he regularly demands meetings with Cook, Ive, etc. Seems like the actions of someone on a power trip.
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by craigyk 13y ago
It takes both. luck is a constant that can range between 0 -> inf, and work is the multiplier 0 -> 1.
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by craigyk 13y ago
This point is probably too subtle for a lot of BT fans.
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by craigyk 13y ago
In this analogy does that make bitcoin the future AOL?
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by craigyk 13y ago
well, unmentioned in the article is that this was partially offset by falling prices which allowed quality of life to continue improving. the ability for this offsetting to compensate may no longer be enough though.
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by craigyk 13y ago
how naive. were it not for government, in the end monopolies would just resort to threats of violence to achieve the same result. as distasteful (and perhaps inevitable) regulatory capture is, at least it provides a non-violent outlet to
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by craigyk 13y ago
I think there are few areas where the barriers you mention do not exist. I also mention the scenario where technological change renders monopolies irrelevant and address it by stating that smart winners spend a lot of time dealing with th

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