danblick

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by danblick 9y ago
This was my thought too. The findings are written as "unit tests cause X" when really what is shown is "unit tests are associated with X". Another explanation for the results could be common cause: Maybe packages with mo
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by danblick 9y ago
I think this happens in every profession. Restaurants have their own DSLs, so do hospitals; many software jobs have their own domain language, especially once you get start talking about actual systems/implementations.
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by danblick 9y ago
"Just sleep a little faster." - Arnold Schwarzenegger https://youtu.be/1g2ntIN7JuY
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by danblick 9y ago
Restricting access to medical education (certification) is only one way to restrict supply. Another way is to require certification for more kinds of activities in the first place. If Americans want access to less expensive healthcare, why
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by danblick 9y ago
Would it not be easier to launch a camera of some kind? Or are cameras in on the conspiracy somehow?
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by danblick 9y ago
Fwiw there was https://www.wired.com/2017/04/detroit-stomping-silicon-valle... But who knows what to make of that
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by danblick 9y ago
Nice references! Might be better to start with the cost paid by the customer to Uber rather than just the driver's cut of it? "In San Francisco the fare is $2.20 plus $0.26 per minute plus $1.30 per mile. In New York City the fare
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by danblick 9y ago
Lousy, snobbish article. Blames innovators for changing the world. So? What does the author suggest could have been done differently? Perhaps the author could draw on his elite liberal arts education to reflect on the history of planne
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by danblick 9y ago
There was one in an Economist article about this a few months ago: https://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/217286...
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by danblick 9y ago
I think you're being too dismissive. What makes you think that with a large library of genomic data (only recently available) and a large corresponding library of quantified facial measurements you wouldn't be able to build a usef
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by danblick 9y ago
"Then the fish came alive, with his death in him, and rose high out of the water showing all his great length and width and all his power and his beauty. He seemed to hang in the air above the old man in the skiff. Then he fell into th
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by danblick 9y ago
I'll miss the option of visiting techshop to take a welding class or use a laser cutter, but it's not like it's the last makerspace even in the bay area... https://www.reddit.com/r/Techshop/comments&
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by danblick 9y ago
> Thiel owns that attorney. Maybe, but that sounds like a pretty big logical leap.
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by danblick 9y ago
There is a book called "Vision Science" (by Stephen Palmer) that is full of interesting stuff about how the brain interprets visual information. One thing I liked (there were lots): you probably know that your eyes move around wit
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by danblick 9y ago
It's been ~8 years since I read it, but I think "The Sciences of the Artificial" by Herb Simon might make my list. It's about design, engineering, intelligence (artificial or human), and building things.
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by danblick 9y ago
If the US had been the first to launch a satellite, would the Soviet Union have objected to the principle that satellites can fly over foreign countries without permission? I read this was kind of a consideration during the Eisenhower era a
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by danblick 9y ago
Volatility in cryptocurrency-based securities? I am shocked, shocked.
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by danblick 9y ago
That's not really fair. I care about making sure people are able to vote, too. I expressed a concern about election security because I think it's an issue people should give more thought. It's not fair to suggest that means
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by danblick 9y ago
Let's take as a starting point this list of methods: http://www.heritage.org/election-integrity/heritage-explains... (I realize that's from the Heritage Foundation - I'm not particularly conservative - i
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by danblick 9y ago
Are you saying, "prove it has happened" or "prove it is a risk"? I doubt it's happened yet, but I think the risk is getting worse every year (technology enables this, like when personal identifying information on l
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by danblick 9y ago
In the US, there's a lot of concern about making it easy for voters to register and stay registered, because in the past officials used this to disenfranchise blacks in the south and minority groups. I think they are not paying enough
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by danblick 9y ago
People sometimes ask on HN about good books on implementing programming languages. One of the best textbooks I know on type theory is also a pretty good book for getting a programming language up and running: Types and Programming Languages
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Robot-surgery firm Intuitive facing lawsuits, reports of death and injury(mercurynews.com)
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The End of the Internet Dream? - Backchannel (2015)(medium.com)
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by danblick 9y ago
I'm confused; isn't the solution to this problem "gcc -M"?
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by danblick 9y ago
IMHO it's fun to think about the economics of autonomous vehicles. For example, here's a neat article on "second order effects" of electric and autonomous cars [1]. (examples: Increased use of autonomous cars could mean
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by danblick 9y ago
Okay but that might be a little simplistic, because automation can also complement manual labor and create more demand for it. The example that comes to mind is about ATMs and bank teller jobs: when ATMs were introduced it actually increas
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by danblick 9y ago
I believe your question is "it shows Obama, so what?", is that right?
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by danblick 9y ago
Sending humans to Mars seems less attractive to me than sending robots to Ceres. Is there an argument for Mars that doesn't include the phrase "multi-planet species"?
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by danblick 9y ago
"Doing what you do to seek for what you desire is like climbing a tree to seek for fish." - Mencius Coding interviews test for skills that aren't really the same skills you need to do well as a software engineer. I'm sur

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