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by flogic 10y ago
The fact it's about a book rather than a scientific article makes me suspicious. Finding people who are untreated and struggling is common. So what's the point of it being a book? Other than cashing in on the "it's all i
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by flogic 10y ago
I'm generally not fond of this sort of article and this one is no exception. They present a case that drug companies like selling drugs but we knew that. What they don't do is present a good case that ADHD is actually overdiagnose
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by flogic 10y ago
Photosynthesis is a complex process. That article only covers one step of many.
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by flogic 10y ago
I think if you're marking up text, you really want to be using markdown one of the other wiki like formats. For writing you're much more likely to run into non-technical people who will be severely impacted by syntax errors.
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by flogic 10y ago
Forth's simplicity is very beautiful. But that simplicity is also why it's a dead end. Simplicity is not a worthwhile goal in and of itself. People use computers to get things done. Ultimately the goal is to empower people. All th
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by flogic 10y ago
I would just like them to leave it out to be honest. Then I could mix in my own questionable amounts of whatever sweetener I choose.
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by flogic 10y ago
I would really like a version of Soylent that doesn't use sucralose. That stuff leaves a nasty aftertaste.
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by flogic 10y ago
Speed ties to "not awkward". Awkwardness is probably very important. Anytime something is awkward there is a decent chance it will trigger a mental interrupt. Personally, I've been cutting back on anything that adds mental lo
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by flogic 10y ago
Yeah personally, I like my split keyboard. Until, I got a split keyboard I couldn't really touch type. I think the problem is the arrangement of keys for the left index finger on traditional keyboards. So now that I have a split keyboa
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by flogic 10y ago
I would love to have my AC unit controllable by my computer. Then I could automatically scale the temperature settings between comfortable and good enough for the cat. The real payoff would be the bedroom since our sleeping hours aren'
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by flogic 10y ago
Those all have significant hurdles to be overcome. Wind and solar both require significant infrastructure along. Nuclear has political issues and even without them the build out would/should be slow. Hydrogen is horribly inefficient. H
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by flogic 10y ago
It is literally a problem of not having good enough alternatives. Fossil fuels have an energy density of 30-40MJ/kg. Also they provide power on demand. Ignoring climate effects, they are pretty close to ideal. Lithium ion batteries hav
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by flogic 10y ago
Because the data went from something you have to dig around and scrounge to find to a downloadable database. And that is a very big distinction when it comes to who will seek it out and why.
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by flogic 11y ago
My primary issue with Vi and Emacs isn't really about lack. They are quite powerful tools. The primary problem is that they impose a certain amount of mental overhead. Emacs was a bit worse in that regard since many of its key bindings
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by flogic 11y ago
Apparently, I'm feeling ranty today... <rant>I've used Vi and Emacs as my primary editor. Now I've moved on to Sublime Text 3. Despite being powerful tools Vi and Emacs have probably harmed the state of Unix text editin
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by flogic 11y ago
I've learned the hard way that the only legitimate use for XML is to maintain compatibility with things that already use XML. It doesn't have a direct translation to any sensible data structure other than DOM. It sucks as a markup
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by flogic 11y ago
Phones are doomed by their UI restrictions to be primarily consumption devices. The primary restriction in computers has always been in how well they communicate with the user. Smartphone screens are limited to what will fit in our pocket s
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by flogic 11y ago
I tried using OpenSCAD to design a mug to be 3D printed as a family Christmas present recently. It seemed to me like there were missing tools. Up until now I've done my hobby "CAD" work using the Diagrams library in Haskell.
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by flogic 11y ago
In general people want trigger warnings for the more obvious things. So, content that delves deeply into abuse, assault and the like.
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by flogic 11y ago
I've tried a couple of times to play with Ocaml. In seem like something that should be great but it just falls short. Some of that is tooling that isn't fully baked. Another issue is the syntax. The weird split between the interfa
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by flogic 11y ago
I work for a large mega corp and we do this all the time. It's because we have a contractor who we want to convert into a real employee. You can't just say "This person has been working with us for a couple of years. Can we m
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by flogic 11y ago
I suspect it helps to remove shitty window managers like Unity or Gnome3 and go to something more basic like xfce. I just set up an example Ubuntu VM today. Unity is annoyingly laggy. My primary VM with xfce is fine.
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by flogic 11y ago
This. I don't regret the time I spend just thinking. I do however regret the time lost to boredom. They're not the same thing. Boredom to me is a state of wanting to do something but either not being able to or not knowing what th
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by flogic 11y ago
If Microsoft is going to get solid hold on Mobile, it will be through tablets. The Surface line is relatively well liked. The number one detractor for Windows in mobile is the lack of apps. If Microsoft can use their desktop dominance to pu
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by flogic 11y ago
Most of the innovation in consumer clocks is aesthetic. Anyone can pick up a clock from Walmart that does everything they need and will last for years for cheap. Displaying the numbers by manipulating magnetic fluid is an interesting and pl
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by flogic 11y ago
Fighting the network effects of compatibility is very punishing in computing. I'd feel bad for Intel but that's helped them quite a bit with x86.
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by flogic 11y ago
In the "what's next" section it indicates the next step is more lab experiments. So, I'd guess that they have quite a bit of work ahead of them.
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by flogic 11y ago
It's also important to note that these rules are made for critical control systems that tend to be low level. The cost benefit trade offs aren't going to be the same as in typical business software.
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by flogic 11y ago
Regardless of where the line is, there needs to be some standard of ethical behaviour for both researchers and industry in general. Medicine already has these rules. Moreover without a viable code of ethics, Congress is just going to do wha
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by flogic 11y ago
Judging by the last "going to Mars"thing I saw, I got the impression there isn't a Mars project so much as a set of projects that could help us go to Mars but also provide other benefits.

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