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by felixc 18y ago
I hate these kinds of summaries. I am sorry to be picking on yours specifically right now, which is no worse than any of the others that are posted to every article longer than three paragraphs, but I just have to say something. These sarca
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by felixc 18y ago
Yes, completely different. Proof by contradiction means that you start by assuming the opposite of what you wish to prove, and then logically arriving at a contradiction. The existence of a contradiction implies that your premises were fals
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by felixc 18y ago
I actually blogged about that specific argument a little while ago here: http://felixcrux.com/posts/mind-gap/ I am curious about some of the statements you made, because I am not aware of the data supporting them, and yet they could chang
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by felixc 18y ago
Python: I am sick and tired of these mother----ing snakes on this mother----ing plane! I just had to, OK?
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by felixc 18y ago
As much as I sympathize with your sentiment, I'd just like to point out that the real benefit of a larger-than-necessary paycheque is being able to actually save money for when you are too old or technically outdated to continue working. It
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by felixc 18y ago
What you describe is the intended, valid use of the metric. What I am complaining about is people who care on a personal level about what their own karma is, and who do things just to inflate that number . Facebook/Myspace "friends" whom y
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by felixc 18y ago
If people would just stop caring about meaningless numbers displayed next to your username, the world would be a better place. Specifically, the world of community-moderated sites wouldn't have to put up with crap submissions that exist sol
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by felixc 18y ago
The idea behind it is one that has an obvious demand, so good for you if you find a way to make money off it. However, there are a couple of things I don't like about the site design itself: - The "skip to navigation menu and content" link
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by felixc 18y ago
I usually don't like to engage in the "this doesn't belong on HN" game, but the fact is that most of us who enjoy XKCD already read it, thanks to the magic of RSS or knowing what day of the week it is. So basically, if you like XKCD, this i
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by felixc 18y ago
"Learning" Catcher in the Rye? What about just reading it because it is a damn fine piece of literature? Maybe this person didn't get the book because she "learned" it, rather than appreciated it for what it is. How do you learn a piece of
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by felixc 18y ago
Gosh, I wish I got that kind of service from Bell Canada. It took me two weeks of calling them at least once per day before they sent a tech.
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by felixc 18y ago
I always get a laugh out of the "Income Tax For Canadians (for Dummies)" whenever I am at the bookstore. It's just a regional version of a generic book, but the "for Dummies" part is in a pretty small font.
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by felixc 18y ago
That's a very cool system, and yes, I would use it for certain things. However, I would take a little more time to review the text on the pages. There were a number of phrases that struck me as... infelicitous. Most notably: "Each time some
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by felixc 18y ago
I'm waiting for people to sort out the little quirks of getting Ubuntu on it, at which point I will likely cough up for one. This Linpus thing that comes on it looks awful, but the device itself is rather appealing.
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by felixc 18y ago
Fantastic to hear about these kinds of things. I wish more companies would "get" the idea that happy employees work better, and therefore making them happy is an investment, not a cost. Then again, if they did that, maybe I wouldn't be so d
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by felixc 18y ago
A decent read, but I much prefer his "Personal Observations on the reliability of the Shuttle" http://www.ranum.com/security/computer_security/editorials/d... . It's of a lot of interest beyond simply the direct information about the space
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by felixc 18y ago
While the point about advertising is interesting, I think it's a bit of a red herring: Apple and Microsoft are trying to make money by having people use their OS, so naturally they have to convert people, or convince them to not switch to t
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by felixc 18y ago
I am becoming increasingly convinced that about 90% of human behavior can be understood by a reading of "The Emperor's New Clothes." That text should be mandatory reading in schools, both for young children and adolescents, and followed up