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by gnosis 14y ago
I would like to strongly discourage anyone from working in the so-called "defense sector", which should be (at least in the US) more properly called the "war sector". Working to enable the more efficient murder of ever more people is highly
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by gnosis 14y ago
"The point is that those who want to study art will study art." In another post of yours, elsewhere in the thread[1], you yourself pointed out that: "when I was a kid I wanted to be a poet. Poems wouldn't keep a roof over my head and hel
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by gnosis 14y ago
Creativity is certainly distinct from technical proficiency. However, much research has been done on creativity, and the consensus is that it can be taught and learned. The compulsion or "drive" to create is something else, and perhaps tha
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by gnosis 14y ago
"Are you discounting the multitudes that study fashion design and graphic design? The ones that pile on at RISD and New School? Julliard? At this point I feel you should specify what you consider an artistic pursuit" RISD is a very small
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by gnosis 14y ago
"as far as being a professional artist, well guess what; when I was a kid I wanted to be a poet." You were certainly not representative of the typical American kid. "If ever a time comes when one could sustainably make money selling art,
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by gnosis 14y ago
"Every other kid wants to do a liberal arts major, but how many want to do math?" Liberal arts major as such is quite different from an art major. Many kids do want to maybe be an English or History major and then teach. Far, far fewer
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by gnosis 14y ago
"I voluntarily teach math at a school here in MN, so i get some insight into what's going on at the schools and the fact is, while the politicians and corporations are sounding off about STEM, at schools people are still talking more about
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by gnosis 14y ago
"I don't put the time into it that I could and so I'm much slower at it than someone who is an expert and does it all the time (so that eventually leads to frustration)" I have devoted a lot of my time to making art, and I can tell you th
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by gnosis 14y ago
And drawing well really depends on your standards, the time you devote to the pursuit, and your dedication. If you are past retirement age and want to achieve the technical proficiency of a DaVinci or Durer while painting on the weekends, t
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by gnosis 14y ago
Nothing beats finding a good, respected teacher and taking a class with them.
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by gnosis 14y ago
You try to make something perfect and don't succeed so you don't feel satisfied? Welcome to the club of mere mortals! Even Michaelangelo probably wasn't completely satisfied with some tiny spot on David or the Sistene Chapel that looked lik
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by gnosis 14y ago
Here[1] is an excellent HN thread about that painter in your first link. The video[2] in the top link of that thread is a little long, but very much worth watching. I was incredibly impressed by this man's perseverence and achievement. [1]
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by gnosis 14y ago
This reminds me of the story of when Lisp was still used at JPL.[1] "Debugging a program running on a $100M piece of hardware that is 100 million miles away is an interesting experience. Having a read-eval-print loop running on the spacecr
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by gnosis 14y ago
The best way to learn to use vim's hjkl movement keys it to play nethack.
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by gnosis 14y ago
Some other approaches: - use the caps lock as escape - use the space bar as escape - map jk or jj as escape I've personally been using the escape key itself for so long it doesn't bother me. I no longer even notice that it's any further fo
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by gnosis 14y ago
He's already a hero to many.
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David Brin: Lungfish [short story](web.archive.org)
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Comments on Vinge's Singularity(hanson.gmu.edu)
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by gnosis 14y ago
This reads mostly like a content-free puff piece, where Pincus' former assistant is kissing his former boss' ass. Typical corporate cheerleading.
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by gnosis 14y ago
There's really no way to adequately summarize such a varied and content-rich article. You should really read it in full for yourself. But here are the section headings: * On Software Engineering * On Object Orientated Programming * Tear i
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From Extinction to Transcendence(centauri-dreams.org)
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by gnosis 14y ago
Well, as far as a test for allergies with intestinal symptoms, you could get an endoscopy/colonoscopy and possibly a biopsy while they're at it. A gastroenterologist should be able to tell you more.
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by gnosis 14y ago
You can get an allergey test.[1] [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allergy_test
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by gnosis 14y ago
"I was shocked to finally use software by Joel, who's essays I'd been reading for years, and discover that it was terrible." Spolsky's writings have always seemed to me to be completely vapid and obvious, at best. To see what a great repu
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by gnosis 14y ago
...and people get on Stallman's case for being antisocial and offensive.
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by gnosis 14y ago
There's another Ronald Carver book called "Reading rate : a review of research and theory" , which comes to the conclusion that speed reading doesn't work. People can skim at faster rates than they can when reading with full comprehension,
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by gnosis 14y ago
I wonder if there are differences in yogurt (and other sources of probiotics) consumption in people who tend to develop celiac and other autoimmune disorders. Do the Russians mentioned in this article tend to consume more yogurt than the Fi
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by gnosis 14y ago
Don't the overwhelming majority of startups fold before anyone can cash out of their equity stake, making any equity you're offered in the employment contract effectively worthless? (unless you're incredibly lucky and win the startup roule
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by gnosis 14y ago
Legality varies from country to country. Morality varies from person to person. Some people don't believe there is such a thing as "intellectual property". Some don't believe in private property. Some believe property is theft. Others do
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by gnosis 14y ago
"Python and Ruby (in particular these two) more than anything else allowed you to write really terse, expressive code." If you like being able to write terse, expressive code, you'll love APL,[1] where Conway's Game of Life[2] can be writ

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