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by dmfdmf 10y ago
Shared information at each endpoint can be used to communicate efficiently but it doesn't qualify as "data compression" as that is currently defined. For example, if you have a library of books on your end then I can send you
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by dmfdmf 10y ago
I think the key to qualifying something as a sense means that it provides info external to the mind and body, i.e. the whole organism. Proprioception doesn't qualify as a sense by this standard. It depends on where you draw the line.
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by dmfdmf 10y ago
After thinking about this I disagree. I did a search of proprioception and it essentially means self-perception, more specifically of the body's self orientation. The sense of balance is actually a sensor that provides information exte
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by dmfdmf 10y ago
I will only provide two clues, if you are genius then this should be enough to solve the debate. 1) Entropy and time are epistemological not a metaphysical concepts. 2) The "Big Bang" and the ultimate "Singularity" was n
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by dmfdmf 10y ago
If true it would be a seventh sense. Balance is the sixth sense that everyone forgets.
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by dmfdmf 10y ago
Yes, scary. And given Mayer's penchant for numbers your suspicion is almost certainly the case. It reminds me of Henry Ford saying "If I asked people what they wanted they'd say a faster horse". Mayer was suppose to lead
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by dmfdmf 10y ago
That was my take and when Mayer took over I was hopeful she'd sink some resources into the servers and fix the performance issue. Nope. Its as bad and slow as ever, all my clients that use it complain but there is nothing I could do sa
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by dmfdmf 10y ago
Society puts a lot of pressure on people to follow the social norm; go to school, get a degree, find a job, work the day, get a spouse, buy a house, have 2.4 kids (whatever the average is today), save for retirement, grow old and die. The o
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by dmfdmf 10y ago
What's the algo? Is it just a static English letter frequency library for short strings? That's what it sounds like to me based on the description.
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by dmfdmf 10y ago
> Another worry: When independent, government, or university funding sources dry up, scientists may feel compelled to turn to industry or interest groups eager to generate studies to support their agendas. And here we have the unspoken p
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by dmfdmf 10y ago
> There is no answer for an infinite sum. It is impossible to sum an infinite quantity of integers. I agree. Infinity is a process that can yield a number but is not an actual number and, Cantor et. al. notwithstanding, there is no such
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by dmfdmf 10y ago
If Zuck was speaking at the Dems convention I am sure they would make the same announcement. /s
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by dmfdmf 10y ago
But the content owners ARE "monopolists" by right, they own it just like you are a "monopolist" with respect to your labor and the fruits therefrom.
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by dmfdmf 10y ago
I agree but I think there are important philosophic[1] questions raised by quantum mechanics and, to a lesser extent, special relativity. One hundred years ago the founders of the new physics had the same questions but could not resolve the
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by dmfdmf 10y ago
This reminds me of the old adage about the drunk looking for his keys under the lamp post because "that's where the light is". If the solution in physics requires a revolution in philosophy then that is where we must look.
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by dmfdmf 10y ago
> Physics has been stuck on this problem for almost a century now. Philosophy won't help. It sure seems to be an epistemology problem which puts it squarely in the realm of philosophy, not physics.
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by dmfdmf 10y ago
Most people think there are only 5 senses but you are missing the sense of balance from the vestibular complex of the inner ear. Spacial orientation is an important sense for animals.
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by dmfdmf 10y ago
Precisely why I am generally not a supporter of class action lawsuits
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by dmfdmf 10y ago
I'm not a fan of class action law suits but if there ever was a case it should be applied this is it.
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by dmfdmf 10y ago
Not sure why this is being downvoted. It is clear that MS has Apple (and Google) envy and is ramming Win10 down user's throats to get in on the marketing game and wants to run one single OS controlled by them.
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by dmfdmf 10y ago
Would that reply to HTTP requests or still timeout?
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by dmfdmf 10y ago
> and send the most egregious advertisers to 127.0.0.1 via DNS lookup? I've done this with my local HOST file and its only moderately effective. The problem is that 127.0.0.1 never replies and the timeout period causes the page load
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by dmfdmf 10y ago
Do a search on reddit (lots of pot smokers over there) on how long pot takes to clear your system or if there is anything you can do to accelerate the process. You might already be safe. If you are still in the detectable time period accep
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by dmfdmf 10y ago
Thank you for your reply.
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by dmfdmf 10y ago
Battle of the URLs; http://www.populartechnology.net/2013/02/the-1970s-global-co... I lived through the last round of this scare-mongering and remember it first hand.
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by dmfdmf 10y ago
The politico-enviros used to call their scary scenarios "global warming" but who can argue with "climate change"? Weren't we all going to freeze to death based on their weather reports from the '70's?
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by dmfdmf 10y ago
His book "The Failure of the New Economics" is a great book as well.
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by dmfdmf 10y ago
Its not too late.
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by dmfdmf 10y ago
Its not young people that matter but the class responsible for educating them, the intellectuals. Few intellectuals even know what capitalism is and what an historical achievement it is. Much to the intellectual's dismay on both the l
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by dmfdmf 10y ago
Yes, but did they deserve it?

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