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by esjeon 5y ago
A related article (by SCMP): https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/tech-design/article/312... Very cheap.
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by esjeon 5y ago
I think cryptocurrency is actually failing, not because of technical nor political reasons, but all because of the sheer stupidity of populus. You see, cryptocurrencies are absolutely vulnerable to social engineering likes this, and I belie
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by esjeon 5y ago
Anything that makes money (for me) is good. Capitalism at its finest. Cheers.
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by esjeon 5y ago
As a one who survived through 70% dip around 2013(?), I totally agree.
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by esjeon 5y ago
This. The more ad platform becomes accurate, the more ads will exploit vulnerabilities in human mind. Some might believe they don't have such vulnerabilities, but there can be some in subconscious level. Ad tech is basically PSYOP and
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by esjeon 6y ago
Wow, so LXD added VM support! But it seems like still experimental. [1] [1]: https://lxd.readthedocs.io/en/latest/virtual-machines/
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by esjeon 6y ago
I think maybe you're being too harsh in your comment, by calling an partial observation "FUD". It's true that there are many dead toy implementations, and many servers don't display content on the main pages, so it&
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by esjeon 6y ago
Thanks for the reply. I've written graphics code only on more-or-less lab environments, and have read many papers mentioning screen-space algorithms which trades off accuracy for other characteristics. Maybe I'm triggered by that.
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by esjeon 6y ago
I'm a bit puzzled here, after seeing the word "screen-space". I'm no game dev, but I know that there's tessellation shader for this very purpose. We can let the shader churn out more points on-demand in a separate s
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by esjeon 6y ago
I don't think this is difficult to engineer. It's a good example of ML/AI being used for optimization, which I believe is the most legit usecase that everyone should be aiming for. Still, the problem is how do we get to the s
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by esjeon 6y ago
Automerge is one thing, it's the implementation that relied on some pure text hack. Matching text is a hard problem, and regex is not a solution, but a mere tool that translates one problem to another. Actually, it only creates more pr
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by esjeon 6y ago
The point is not using MongoDB here, and that means the database logic has to be reimplemented, likely in a different way because of different requirements. Using python does hurt embedding and performance, but at least one can easily get
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by esjeon 6y ago
Yeah, but, at least, with python, devs can prototype and verify, early and fast. Imagine implementing this in C/C++ or even Rust. You get extra layers of problems to handle in your brain.
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by esjeon 6y ago
I'm slightly afraid of all the negativity here, but still kinda agree with the sentiment. However, I still want to note that there are many cases where smart people simply don't have enough time to handle all the stupidity in thei
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by esjeon 6y ago
> Can all be gamed. Yeah, it’s uncomfortable that often the fame comes before the actual quality, because they gamed it. But then there got to be a start. Self-PR is one major critical weapon in the country that pushes freedom to the max
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by esjeon 6y ago
I fully agree with this. While he was definitely a smart person, he was also lucky to be a polymath during the time of big transition for math and science. Knowing multiple fields, polymaths have a big advantage in systemizing a new school
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by esjeon 6y ago
I thought about this topic many times too, but I believe neither is better than the other. Below is just my personal idea, nothing really well founded. “Descriptive” software accelerates exploration, and “prescriptive” software is a lower-c
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by esjeon 6y ago
One thing I realized is that, surprisingly, systemd is not so relevant for servers, mainly because abusing docker is better in many cases. Systemd shines with desktops, that needs to dynamically start/stop a lot of services.
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by esjeon 6y ago
I think the modern cancel culture outmatches any cancelling happened before. Through the internet, almost any people can get “cancelled” by a large number of people. The current SNS system also amplifies negative emotions like anger, so i
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by esjeon 6y ago
> Like mathematicians, theorists in Computer Science take the greatest pride in knowing and using the most sophisticated mathematics to solve problems. This reminds me of some papers that got their proofs wrong by applying some fancy the
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by esjeon 6y ago
I’m glad that I’m not the only one frustrated with this post. This is just straight impure political hit piece against RMS. So, does he really saying we should ditch the FLOSS movement to get better freedom? Well, that’s really a bold idea.
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by esjeon 6y ago
Yeah, it literally took years before we can reach this conclusion, even if the conclusion is absolutely reliable. (We still need to observe like 50 more years, haha.) That's the current limitation of our technology. If we could measure
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by esjeon 6y ago
Still, security issues are secondary. The primary issue is always to make things work. You have no security to worry about if you don't have a working software.
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by esjeon 6y ago
From my own experiences, most "gifted" students are actually from middle or upper class families, and their parents are usually well-educated and very interested in the education of their own children. This will positively affect
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by esjeon 7y ago
Yeah, I think webdevs and univ students are overly vocal on the internet. They can usually enjoy the new tech, because that's how the industry makes $$$. But there are other parts of the world that don't move that fast. All those
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by esjeon 7y ago
Python isn't elegant. It's just more pragmatic and to the point with little waste. Lisp is definitely more elegant, but no one knew (and still don't know) how to tame the beast. We know it's a powerful language, but don&
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by esjeon 7y ago
Just random thoughts: > 1. The arrogance/confidence that people had towards AlphaGo assuming that it was not going to be competitive. This is pure stupidity. Those people didn't realize the nature of the game. Go is a (large) c
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by esjeon 7y ago
The thing is that, not all COVID-19 patients will suffer viral pneumonia, and lung damages are only visible in later stages of infection, when you would not need a doctor to realize you're infected. What's the point of this? EDIT:
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by esjeon 7y ago
TBH, cancellers, who pull this kind of "cancel" drama, are no better than their cancellees. They are actually worse, because they are turning a personal drama into an organizational drama, rather abruptly. Not to mention that thi
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by esjeon 7y ago
Thanks for the reply, and sorry if I reminded you of bad memories. But now I can wholeheartedly say I support Matrix. I’m also glad to hear that there’s the diversity sprouting, since I believe it is the best way to put the specification on

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