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by faboo 16y ago
Isn't this what record and bookclubs were? (are? I haven't seen hide nor hair of one of those in a long time)
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by faboo 16y ago
It isn't actually _necessary_ for a P=NP proof to be constructive. A constructive proof would probably be easier to reason through, but it is prossible to prove the existence of an algorithm without providing one.
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by faboo 16y ago
That's exactly what I thought. In the context of Adams' mind experiment there's a problem with this approach: the aliens need to now both there is a goal to dancing or conversing well, and what that goal is. (Which is confounded a bit by th
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by faboo 16y ago
I guess I'm alone in this, but I find page and window layouts built around a strict grid really strange looking. They look blocky and mechanical; full of rivers of space not unlike like poorly typeset text. I find that space can help move t
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by faboo 16y ago
Isn't every computer scientist supposed to work on P=NP in their sleep? Or maybe it's their lack of sleep. I forget who it was that said it first, but one of my profs relayed it as serious advice: that every computer scientist should dable
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by faboo 16y ago
"Cigarette smokers also seem to have a lower chance of developing Parkinson’s" I realize it's not really a science article (it's even possible all the information on Parkinson's came directly from Brin himself), but they didn't say cigarett
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by faboo 16y ago
I would loath to work for a place where I were just "work for hire". Case in point: I was laid off at the last place I worked. My direct manager explained the situation personally, apologized profusely. And then acted as a reference for my
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by faboo 16y ago
> [T]he iPad does actually offer something fundamentally different that consumers really want. Prestige? "Your laptop's so small! How do you type on that keyboard?" "Woah, dude! The screen on your iPod's enormous! That must've cost a mi
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by faboo 16y ago
This attitude is perplexing to me. a) If you have internet access, why would you need to buy a book? b) Unless you're a strict Prolog or ML enthusiast, Objective C is similar enough to what you already know that you could probably be produc
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by faboo 16y ago
I'm not a video expert, but I did write some software for muxing and demuxing for a company I worked for some time ago. The major problem I had was that video and audio are stored at different "frame rates" (almost in a literal sense). A fr
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by faboo 16y ago
Reminds me of the old adage "The Lisp programmer understands the value of everything, and the cost of nothing." For a great many applications, most programmers don't need to think too much about the underlying hardware (which is awesome). U
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by faboo 16y ago
Clif Bars (in particular) might not be a good pick. Clif Bars (and likely other energy bars) should be eaten along with a lot of water - generally 1-2 liters. Potable liquids as I understand is much harder to come by than food. OTOH, I've o
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by faboo 16y ago
The thing of it, to me, is that policemen carry an array of weapons. Mace, a taser, a tonfa (a nightstick), and a gun. A person that heavily armed is a force to be reckoned with. Intimidating, deserving of fear. If you're the man with the g
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by faboo 16y ago
Well, ostensibly, yes, but: http://xkcd.com/224/
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by faboo 16y ago
They accused him of libel, actually. In the UK you can both be telling the truth and be guilty of libel. (Hence the hubbub there about libel reform)