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by crusso 12y ago
The thing about capitalism, and our dismal history with capitalism-at-large, the "assume the other party is a shitbag" idea is so fundamentally ingrained in our cultural What's that got to do with Capitalism? Correct me if
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by crusso 12y ago
There are no pills to auto-magically make those traits a reality it will take EFFORT In some ways, that's like telling a person suffering from a growth problem to just make the effort to be taller rather than taking growth hormones
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by crusso 12y ago
Definitely, but then again any AI worth a damn isn't going to have a "sad flag" either. My point was that understanding the nature of an emotion in a trivial way should be orthogonal to how we think about what rights that bei
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by crusso 12y ago
I'm with you. I might have said it a little differently in that I believe that rights are societal conventions and written agreements that we give each other and protect for one another. Without conscious agreement to the system in w
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by crusso 12y ago
Exactly. And back then, getting "Steve back full time" wasn't what they were betting the farm on. More than anything, Apple was desperate for a next generation OS. Their choice was between NeXT's OpenStep and the BeOS
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by crusso 12y ago
Yeah, and they're mostly in the financial world.
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by crusso 12y ago
is it morally wrong for me to create a program consisting only of a singular red button, that when pushed, sets the sad flag? We could discover tomorrow that there's a "sad ganglia" in the human brain that can be set on or
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by crusso 12y ago
I had the option of putting an LA times link and several others that said the same thing, but the John Oliver link has the same information, draws conclusions without my having to repeat them, and is funnier. Fact is that Comcast is lobbyi
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by crusso 12y ago
A couple of days late, but thanks for the explanation.
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by crusso 12y ago
I have no idea what you're talking about. Comcast is already pushing for the ability to create a multi-tiered Internet. That fact is even splashing over into popular culture, so I'm not sure which set of facts you're dealing
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by crusso 12y ago
they have never taken even one step down this particular road Because they've been stopped from doing so? Isn't that what this whole fight over Net Neutrality is about? because they do things you don't like It's not
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by crusso 12y ago
This is exactly the model that Comcast would like to see in effect. It's exactly how they manage their cable television service and they've been extremely resistant to even allowing customers to choose channels a la carte. Let&#
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by crusso 12y ago
If we were talking about everyday ways to improve cognitive performance, then I'd agree with you and add "observe and control your diet to see how it affects your mind". That said, I feel that your comment is off-topic and di
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by crusso 12y ago
Mindfulness is meta-concentration. Concentration is the ability to focus on a task. Mindfulness is the ability to be aware of your concentration. Concentration is akin to a programming thread or groups of threads working on tasks. Mindful
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by crusso 12y ago
The only bright spot in that article is that the math doesn't contradict general relativity. Everything else points to its being a curiosity that would disappear if GR were more integral with Quantum Mechanics.
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by crusso 12y ago
nothing is banned from exploration Nothing is banned, per se... but there's just too much search space to sift through to not be smart about where you look.
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by crusso 12y ago
So if memories are being replayed, where are the memories coming from and to where are they being persisted? Is it like a backup is being formed from more short-term memory to more long-term memory? Are long-term memories being replayed to
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by crusso 12y ago
Yeah, I considered throwing a bunch of CYA verbiage but then opted for succinctness.
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by crusso 12y ago
The tarnishing of American business has nothing to do with Snowden. Snowden will never be a customer of Andreessen's companies' products. The US Government very likely will be. He doesn't care about the ethics of the situa
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by crusso 12y ago
Some of Snowden's claims (and some of Greenwald's) strain credibility Maybe, but he's so far been a much more reliable information source than his opponents. Lacking real efforts of transparency from the NSA, I think that
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by crusso 12y ago
And that's what the supreme court basically said. It's one thing for the police to look in an open window - but quite another for them to scan your home with a thermal imager. http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?i
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by crusso 12y ago
My problem with all this is that the ACLU had to fight to uncover what the police were doing. Then, in order to protect law enforcement secret technology, the Federal government also jumped in. As usual, technologies and laws that were b
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by crusso 12y ago
but you may be passed over for promotion Why single out "Small town America"? It wasn't that long ago that here on HN, many were calling for the resignation of the Mozilla CEO because of his political position on gay marr
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by crusso 12y ago
When discussing racial or cultural traits, there's a tremendous politically correct force to avoid judgement. Think of how this article would have looked if we were comparing performance of applications or operating systems. Gone woul
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by crusso 12y ago
A few pages that I've found to have helpful themes for this basic problem: http://www.fastcompany.com/3022958/the-art-of-letting-go-how... http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1000142405
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by crusso 12y ago
You know what happened to most of the people throughout the history of Northern Europe who weren't good at planning ahead by building great shelters and collecting food for long, cold winters? They didn't contribute very much to t
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by crusso 12y ago
The news consolidation on HN is great, for the most part. Participating in the threads is like gambling in Vegas. It can be a fun way to spend some time, but you aren't really winning anything in the long run. The little wins you get
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by crusso 12y ago
I disagree. Continuity by itself will be a tremendous addition and well-worth the upgrade. It implies not only some App/OSX integration, but also some nifty telecommunications integration.
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by crusso 12y ago
Regardless of how horrific their crimes were we can never really be certain enough of their guilt to kill them That's a strange thing to say categorically. So if we have a lot of witnesses, video, a manifesto of motive, physical evi
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by crusso 12y ago
Yeah, a list like this tugs at your humanity. Then again, these people wantonly killed others (as judged by juries and appeals judges and governors). Where are the last words of their victims? [edited for clarity]

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