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by exit 13y ago
why post this to hn if not to have hyper-analytical computer nerds go over it? reddit gave it their predictable treatment yesterday.
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by exit 14y ago
i can't decide whether this code is clever or borderline obfuscated. if i were a more confident programmer i'd go with the latter.
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BBC Radio episode "Global Business - Race Against the Machine"(bbc.co.uk)
3 points by exit 14y ago|1 comments
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by exit 14y ago
> The giveaway is > Women frequently engage in behaviour that, when mirrored in men, would be called out for sexist. One point I was discussing with the girl I currently am dating is that there needs to now be a "mens' [sic] rights
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by exit 14y ago
clarity of purpose is a vanishingly rare stroke of luck and even then we just don't hear much about the countless midwestern girls who sacrifice it all to the talent circuit but never amount to anything
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by exit 14y ago
stop and ask yourself exactly why you think i'm equating anything here. it's just the first straw-man misinterpretation you could invent to respond in any way, isn't it? in any case, you've conceded that the reasonableness of the plea deal
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by exit 14y ago
if the deal were "plead guilty and only have one hand amputated, or spend a million defending yourself with the risk of execution." would you still waste our time bring up personal responsibility? because no one's arguing that he wasn't per
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by exit 14y ago
i don't see what's impossible about parsing the arguments with target coming last, so i don't see how this works as a mnemonic
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by exit 14y ago
> Why would you want to position away from a URL name that has a universal, positive meaning and replace it with something that means nothing to almost everyone. for the record, "buy" does not universally have a positive meaning. i am
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by exit 14y ago
> Many people here seem to be commenting on the quality of the code in question - they are clearly missing the point. i only see one comment responding to the code
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by exit 14y ago
7 billion are alive today, while 100 billion have ever lived. haven't i already beat the odds of being born amoung the 93 billion who lived before today?
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by exit 14y ago
it simplifies playing a zero sum game. you don't see the utility of that?
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by exit 14y ago
every cynic who argues targeting a specific prosecutor won't fix the system is going to eat humble pie when this movement brings about sweaping reform of the justice system
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by exit 14y ago
and this one: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/fire-assistant-us-...
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by exit 14y ago
the single most constructive thing JSTOR could do in reaction to this tragedy is loudly denounce the District Attorney for drawing them into the persecution of Aaron Swartz, for perpetuating the case after they - the victim of any wrong doi
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by exit 14y ago
pbateman linked to an nytimes article that names 'Carmen M. Ortiz'. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/19/reddit-co-founder-c... > Mr. Swartz was indicted last Thursday by the United States Attorney for the District of Massachuset
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by exit 14y ago
'prosecutor' is too abstract. specific names should be named.
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by exit 14y ago
> First, know what you're coming out about. Identify your truths. Write a personal values manifesto. You can't know if your values are being violated if you're ambiguous about what they are. most people would come out about the fact t
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by exit 14y ago
burdening the world with 6 (six!) descendants sounds pretty entitled to me.
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by exit 14y ago
so all you are saying is that some people pay for (N gigabytes per month) and actually use N, while others pay for the same plan but only use a fraction of N?
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by exit 14y ago
> You cannot leave the simulation. At any level of simulation we know that when we take time, it takes time in the reality that hosts us too. It's nice to know we'll always have that in common.
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by exit 14y ago
i'm far more productive with compile time type checking (especially optional typing), so i use typescript for a lot of my larger javascript projects.
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by exit 14y ago
Brendan Eich?
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by exit 14y ago
understanding what processes the brain carries out goes beyond being aware of its structure and localised functionalities. i don't see why this high level understand would be a prerequisite to running a simulation of the brain. by the way,
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by exit 14y ago
why would understanding intelligence be a prerequisite to running low level simulations of the brain? we can simulate computers without understanding the software that runs on them.
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by exit 14y ago
pvdm is probably (off topic, and ..) suggesting there is an illusion of choice when it comes to the american political duopoly
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by exit 14y ago
waking up to the reality that 80% of economic activity is unproductive sounds pretty doom and gloom to me. you think the other 20% will just absorb that labour?
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by exit 14y ago
at the end of your first paragraph, shouldn't you say 'person a' leaves the market, not b?
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by exit 14y ago
what does 920 refer to?
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by exit 14y ago
did anyone else think this was a bufferbox parody?

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