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by gills 19y ago
Beware of scattered thoughts... I'm not sure I agree energy is the only resource that matters, but I think it matters the most. The future prosperity (or poverty) of our world hinges on the availability of energy. Even for startups: so
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by gills 19y ago
This looks a few years old? ...but the first time I've read it. I get a nerdy warm fuzzy feeling when physicists and theoretical computer scientists acknowledge the same barriers (in this case incompleteness).
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by gills 19y ago
I read most books on paper. Simply put, the kindle won't change that, and will probably reinforce it. This could be useful if it were given freely to students and loaded with required reading by the school, but the cost would have to come
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by gills 19y ago
This branch of the thread seems like a good example of the existential questioning in the article. Some folks are comfortable with the idea of certain traits being hard-wired by evolution and/or God (depending on the person). Others seem
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by gills 19y ago
I respect your preference, so I will try to respond with some colloquial form of reasoning. Please forgive the slight abuse of information theory...in general, styled text will have lower entropy than the same un-styled text. Low-entropy t
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by gills 19y ago
I find it ironic that people who create technology to automate tasks in the lives of others refuse to automate tasks in their own. I recall a group of folks who once refused to use looms because it wasn't as "pure"... I find syntax highlig
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by gills 19y ago
I also use DrScheme regularly.
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by gills 19y ago
I think the imperative could be reformulated to state "act only according to that maxim for which the conjunction of universal viewpoints does not result in a logical contradiction", where the Nazis obviously mistook disjunction for conjunc
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by gills 19y ago
A heads-down flight display I built in the off-moments of a business trip. Surprisingly enough the most satisfying code handled text display (remember the text is constantly moving). Also, a python script to automate our build and unit te
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by gills 19y ago
I don't think he's claiming the variation in content has decreased, but warns that dependence on collective rating systems could decrease the variance of an individual's effective sample size. I also don't think the author claims the web ha
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by gills 19y ago
Wow, I am just amazed by this. I cannot speak from the perspective of an entrepreneur, but in my current situation, I always stand when presenting to customers and suppliers. It's more professional and more respectful. Sitting down is b
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by gills 19y ago
Inheritance is a useful tool. The article mentions the strategy pattern which, ironically, often requires inheritance to implement. So I feel like the author may have been burned and/or confused by inheritance, and following true nerd for
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by gills 19y ago
Well that's 10 seconds of my life I'm never getting back.
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by gills 19y ago
History of Imperialism Ethics Remember that cheesy line from Spiderman about great power bringing great responsibility? In the event that great intellect allows a person to attain wealth and/or power, I would sleep better at night knowing