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by jaekwon 15y ago
I've made a some progress in this. PEG didn't quite cut it for left-recursion so I created a new parser. https://github.com/jaekwon/joeson The grammar for CoffeeScript is getting there -- enough to parse the project files at least. https
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Tell HN: It's not P(you, us) > P(you)P(us)
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by jaekwon 15y ago
The article AFAIK states little about distortions introduced in remixes & samples. I would expect certain high frequency samples, when mixed together to overlap in time, would introduce moire artifacts (beats).
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by jaekwon 15y ago
I know of two others in SF who are interested in this course. I'm sure there are more out there. If you're near the bay area and want to connect to form study groups, holler or email me at jkwon.work@gmail.com.
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by jaekwon 15y ago
Is this some documented "official" purpose of a patent? Either way, I have a hard time believing that this is a bigger problem than managing a patent system per se. Also, there are probably much better ways to protect secrets systematically
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by jaekwon 15y ago
If it's so hard, do you really need a monopoly enforced by statute? The harder it is, the more natural temporary monopoly you get until others start copying you. I say, nothing is worth infringing upon a creator's right to create. Please co
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by jaekwon 15y ago
I agree with you, but I'm suggesting that on the other end of the axis, away from empirical observation, is our ability to use information to affect destiny and cosmology in a grand (or not so grand) scale. I doubt that reality exists indep
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by jaekwon 15y ago
I could ask you what matter is, what an atom is, or what space / time are, and I wouldn't be satisfied with your definition of matter -- no matter what. I just assume that our universe is running in a Turing machine, and that all laws are d
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by jaekwon 15y ago
What follows is my 2 cents, all my unsolicited yet thought-out opinion & advice tailored for you. I hope it makes a positive impact. I see what you're doing. I don't know how successful you are, but it has to be suboptimal. You're publi
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by jaekwon 15y ago
Where is your case? Your "creators" aren't helping the very real scarcity problem that you refer to. My case is based on simple mathematics. By adopting a radically simple and natural law, (that information should not be regulated at the fe
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by jaekwon 15y ago
on The Correctness of Two Things: 1. There are only two things you need to know for any subject 2. Sometimes there are exceptions
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by jaekwon 15y ago
on Two Things: 1. There are only two things you need to know for any subject 2. When there appears to be more than two, divide the subject
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by jaekwon 15y ago
The reward of creation for me is the act of creation itself and the giving of my creation to others to build upon. It is an interaction, not a transaction. I prefer not to consume your copyrighted work. The nature of copyright is such that
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by jaekwon 15y ago
Do you ever wonder why law is so complicated? Maybe it's because the people who make them have a vested interest in complicating matters such that lawyers become necessary. The same logic that you are advocating is what is necessitating the
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by jaekwon 15y ago
To have no rules is the simplest and most fair way for a creative professional to convert their effort into scarce attention, which leads to scarce resources. If you do not do anything new and worthy of my attention tomorrow, I do not want
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by jaekwon 15y ago
Yes, they are at a disadvantage, but they would still be at a local and global advantage. Local because they are first to put the innovation out, and they will naturally gain attention. Global because this system lifts everybody up overall.
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by jaekwon 15y ago
I see what I said as corollary, rather than representing Kopimi. What you say about (b) only follows from current social norms, which can change and I believe will change over time. I understand what you mean about attribution, but it is al
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by jaekwon 15y ago
It's only gray from your system. There are other systems that people live (and think) in, regardless of what the law (and "common sense") says. If you consider that (a) the act of ctrl-c/ctrl-v is fine for any material, (b) hosting content
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by jaekwon 15y ago
I don't think you can define "copying" clearly for this purpose. Is it still copying if a person is wedged in the replication loop? I think you're going to try to divide my hypothetical into two scenarios, and it's not going to be clear cut
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by jaekwon 15y ago
Let's be rational. Lets say that it is instantaneous and free to copy 37Signal's design, whereas to recreate it from scratch it costs the labor of a designer X units of dollar-time. For the sake of simplicity lets say that Curebit and 37Sig
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by jaekwon 15y ago
def factor(input) = prime: input % prime = 0 prime > 1 Even worse... def fermat() = a, b, c, n: a^n + b^n = c^n n > 2
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by jaekwon 15y ago
challenge accepted
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by jaekwon 15y ago
Nah, don't you think crows know a little better than to expect food to come out of a flat lid (with no container)? If you saw a monkey doing the same, would you think it was looking for food? Why get on the lid and wait, if you're looking
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by jaekwon 15y ago
Hah, I read that as a kid and understood it to mean that we shouldn't anthropomorphize. I guess didn't understand the author at the time.
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by jaekwon 15y ago
Biological similarity does not imply similarity of understanding. My understanding is also shaped by environment and knowledge as much as my genes. You and I are similar genetically, but I cannot make any statement about your understanding
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by jaekwon 15y ago
It's plausible, but I disagree for these reasons. 1. The crow stands on the lid as soon as it puts it down 2. Sometimes the crow waits on the lid 3. The crow slides down with the lid instead of flying off of it 4. The crow fli
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by jaekwon 15y ago
"Human beings have a strong, strong, strong tendency that if we see an animal do something that's analogous to what we do, like use a tool or answer an arithmetic question, we assume that the animal is doing it and understands the situation
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by jaekwon 15y ago
"This legislation specifically says there can be no secondary liability. The only thing that can happen pursuant to a court order is that an ad network, a credit card company, or a search engine has to respond with respect to a specific sit
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by jaekwon 15y ago
"SOPA is the Great Wall of America" "SOPA is Internet Mutilation"
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by jaekwon 15y ago
Yes. Laurence Lessig (in his book 'Code') argues that market forces is what paves the way for locked systems, which naturally leads to abuse.

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