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by gertef 11y ago
https://www.google.com/?#q=self-xss
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by gertef 11y ago
Mathematica/Wolfram is probably the closest real-world implementation to Bret Victor's "kill math" vision of experiential programming.
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by gertef 11y ago
This comment comes off as shrill, without an explanation of what "freedom" means here, and why it is important. Mathematica positions itself as a mathematical appliance, like a fridge or an oven or a car, none of which are general
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by gertef 11y ago
Adjunctions aren't highly relevant to programming. Monads in programming have much less category theory than monads in math.
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by gertef 11y ago
Stanford v. Roche seems to say that Bayh-Dole does NOT allow inventors to sign away their rights to the University or the Government.
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by gertef 11y ago
It's disheartening that Cell would even publish a non-scientific opintionated fluff article about "Heroes" under the same banner as its peer-reviewed research articles. Such an article is fine for a magazine, or an adjunct co
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by gertef 11y ago
> Colo your hardware That's still sharecropping.
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by gertef 11y ago
What part of "vocal", "animated" and "foul mouthed" is not trustworthy?
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by gertef 11y ago
Is downloading information less worthy of government regulation then trading cigarettes? Is hounding someone through the courts more of an overreach than killing in the street?
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by gertef 11y ago
Until we have a One World Order with no nations, what do you propose?
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by gertef 11y ago
Why would you have to the back of the queue after reconning the other queue? What kind of jerks do you queue with?
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by gertef 11y ago
> What a wonderful world we would be in if vendors compete on how best they can implement a spec. Assuming "best" means "as close to spec as possible" and that the spec is fairly well defined. That's only possibl
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by gertef 11y ago
> just That's a small word for major change in programming paradigm
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by gertef 11y ago
> Where I live in the U.S, moss is largely an unwanted thing akin to mold. I think that's due to the US attitude that nature is a thing to be controlled, not nurtured. Moss grows in its natural way, on top of other things, not in it
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by gertef 11y ago
why are you ignoring the opportunity cost of the down payment?
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by gertef 11y ago
Here's a quick primer on unions in the US. https://www.nlrb.gov/rights-we-protect/employerunion-rights-...
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by gertef 11y ago
Your second paragraph answers your first. In the world, the simple textbook theoretical solutions do not apply. The entire structure of government and law is about a group of people asserting their rules over others, to maintain a balance o
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by gertef 11y ago
A union is essentially a local government, aligned along employment instead of geography. It is logically very similar to how your local municipality (or HOA) can levy taxes and enforce laws against you.
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by gertef 11y ago
That's deeply unfair, considering how positively Knuth responded to the question > Future volumes will probably be even more "app-likable," because I've been collecting tons of fascinating games and puzzles that illus
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by gertef 11y ago
Need people to classify paintings by idiosyncratic style? This seems like a rather approachable problem for Google Brain and friends. Heck, since the painters are all dead, you can solve most of the problem by just saving a copy of all the
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by gertef 11y ago
> I'm not sure what the value of this article is. It's whatever they could scrape together to substantiate a cool headline idea. Vice.
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by gertef 11y ago
$1 is not free, so fret not.
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by gertef 11y ago
This article was no Doyle.
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by gertef 11y ago
That's not true. The regulatory system surrounds day care centers, which is not care.com's business. care.com's business is in 1:1 care (nanny) where there is not regulation or quality control, except a bit of tax control.
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by gertef 11y ago
Not all sunscreens are carcinogenic. Just the externally pleasant ones that leach into your skin.
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by gertef 11y ago
Headline is a blatant lie. Article is a self-advertisement for a system that promotes ongoing performance reviews instead of a single annual review. This isn't even submarine, this is sailboat PR.
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by gertef 11y ago
I wonder if these folks are buying higher octane gas than their car needs when gas is cheap, or buying lower octane gas than their car needs when gas is pricey.
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by gertef 11y ago
There's this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3014516 Nautilus seems good at rehashing Hacker News favorite stories.
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by gertef 11y ago
Those startups could rapid prototype using Cloud provide---oh.
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by gertef 11y ago
Eastern vs Western diet is far less relevant than Bodybuilder vs non-Bodybuilder diet.

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