gamerdonkey

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by gamerdonkey 12y ago
While I feel that US driver education and testing has many faults, I don't want everyone to have the impression that the test is as simple as 'What does a STOP sign mean?'. Hyperbole is good for humor but can be misguiding in
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by gamerdonkey 12y ago
I agree that Carmack probably didn't not sign one. But they are very common among companies in the tech sector and they can be just as horrible as you imagine.
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by gamerdonkey 12y ago
> Unless recreating non-patented work from memory is actually forbidden? That would be horrible. Here lies the black magic of the Non-Compete Agreement.
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by gamerdonkey 12y ago
In the US, these are certainly real. Apparently, some did use strobe lights to signal the traffic lights. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_signal_preemption I vaguely have memories of the state legislator having to
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by gamerdonkey 12y ago
I certainly understand the concern, but I think the timeframe of this contest will serve to mitigate the problem. Three months is, in my opinion, long enough for a motivated participant to come up with an entry that could easily compete wit
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by gamerdonkey 13y ago
Hopefully, by making this kind of exploitation common knowledge for the more tech-oriented crowd, we will be able to bring about change in the companies that manufacture the devices. You're right that the vast majority of people do not
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by gamerdonkey 13y ago
Having heard some talks from 3D Robotics people and followed them online, I get the sense that they (officially, as an organization) accept the clones as competition and simply try to continue innovating to stay ahead of the game. That sent
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by gamerdonkey 13y ago
They actually do get a mention in the article. The venture capitalists who’ve sunk tens of millions into Cheiky’s startups have a lot to lose if his suspect science is discovered — exposing Cheiky might stop him from raising money
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by gamerdonkey 13y ago
Canonical does seem to have more trouble finding reliable revenue streams. This is probably due to their focus on more end-user-oriented support and features. Among the Linux distro 'major players', though, they're kind of th
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by gamerdonkey 13y ago
I actually don't think our opinions differ that much. I just have trouble expressing my ideas. You seem to have hit it on the nose with your last statement. I am more optimistic that these scripts will be used to generate breaking news
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by gamerdonkey 13y ago
I would argue that there are several logical problems with a jump from 'earthquake report' to 'news leak' or 'declaration of war'. Using only fifty words for an earthquake report implies that there was no expla
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by gamerdonkey 13y ago
I agree. I get an amazing thrill from learning even some small new fact about our solar system. However, I'd argue that you don't have to wait until you have kids to get current on science. Maintaining general knowledge about the
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by gamerdonkey 13y ago
Oddly, you've also just summed up the reasons behind many of our copyright and patent issues.
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by gamerdonkey 13y ago
Are you suggesting that these psychologists are conspiring with climate scientists to influence the debate?
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by gamerdonkey 13y ago
I agree, the paper itself was not about climate science. It was published by psychologists, so I wouldn't expect it to be. However, the intent did not seem to be about marginalizing people. It was a scientific study of the psychologica
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by gamerdonkey 13y ago
Possibly because you work so much.
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by gamerdonkey 13y ago
The problem with this article is how the author frames the entire debate around this one measure of climate change, as though this is the only possible observation of climate change. The issue of human contribution to climate change is much
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by gamerdonkey 13y ago
> I know. That's the trouble with talking about growing up or being highly intelligent, you end up sounding like a narcissistic prick. You've framed this incorrectly. The reason you ended up sounding like a narcissistic prick
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by gamerdonkey 13y ago
Oh good, the UPDATE brought some helpful advice to the original article. > So if you're expecting me to tell you what to do, here you go: develop a strategy that is in line with your beliefs and goals, and share it with others. If
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by gamerdonkey 13y ago
Depending on the size of the dataset, you may have been providing a valuable service to those on dialup (however unwittingly). I remember how even a download of 50-100MB would take dedication to keep everyone off the phone for hours and pra
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by gamerdonkey 13y ago
I'm honestly sorry I gave that a pageview. It's an article chock full of caveats ( Best practices vary wildly across the board, except for the ones any decent programmer obviously knows. ), straw-men ( Someone spending a week to i
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by gamerdonkey 13y ago
I disagree with this sentiment, but you could not have stated it more perfectly.
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by gamerdonkey 13y ago
I agree that it is a fairly large difference in number, but I still think that trumpeting on about it distracts from the primary discussion. At best, this is all speculation. 7-8 years is the time before Chelsea Manning becomes eligible f
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by gamerdonkey 13y ago
I hate that this nitpicking has become the standard response whenever someone is facing a prison sentence. It utterly belittles the hardship that people like Pfc. Manning actually face, even if it is for 7-8 years in the end. Additionally,
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by gamerdonkey 13y ago
I think you're right to be critical. This doesn't seem like a perfect idea. Still, some counters to your points: 1. CD's would probably be more inexpensive to produce, but they are much more vulnerable to damage and destructi
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by gamerdonkey 13y ago
I think the author's biggest problem is laid out right in the article, though he attributes it to his "layman" adversary. >They are instead rejecting anything that might stir a gnawing insecurity that their own opinion mi
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by gamerdonkey 13y ago
"... a datum ain't worth much to anyone other than the PI my wife hired to find out if I'm sleeping around or an attractive lab technician in CSI: Miami." This is completely off-topic, but am I the only one who wondere
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by gamerdonkey 13y ago
Something like https://www.eff.org//deeplinks/2013/11/encrypt-web-report-wh... ?
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by gamerdonkey 13y ago
I agree that the things you can do with these large datasets are pretty cool. However, people ignore the exceedingly high error rates when they try to apply these techniques to "important" problems (e.g. identifying potential terr
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by gamerdonkey 13y ago
Please explain this view. I fail to see how a robotics competition means federal recruiting.

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