jdefr89

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by jdefr89 8y ago
Think things like election meddling. Propagating truly fake news to cater to the emotions of what people simply want to be true. Humans are weak against Confirmation Bias, ten minutes on Facebook will show you for sure.
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by jdefr89 8y ago
That sounds like an awesome path dude, keep at it.
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by jdefr89 10y ago
Long gone are the days I am able to spend hours setting up the perfect Desktop themes and window decor for my Fluxbox/xmonad WM on gentoo... Please Ubuntu team, give us an out of the box user interface that looks professional and not s
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by jdefr89 10y ago
Indeed intuition is needed. When John Nash, a Mathematician with schizophrenia, was asked why he believed such irrational things when he such a brilliant man, he responded along the lines of "Those irrational ideas came to me the same
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by jdefr89 10y ago
This is a very tough thing to address if you're a security researcher say for the government. The likes become blurry on what is ethical and what's needed for keeping weapons that can protect us..
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by jdefr89 10y ago
Don't enough text-editors exists, things are getting outta control now. Vim, Emacs, Sublime, Atom, Lime... Shit, pick one of the four and be happy damn. Same thing is happening with programming languages. There is a new one everyday th
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by jdefr89 10y ago
As a Vim addict/user. All I really want is a bit more modernization. I mean single threaded text editor in 2016.. NeoVim is supposed to be the savior.. But I don't feel like it gets a lot of support...
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by jdefr89 10y ago
Perhaps that is the core complaint. But at the end of the day support for those cards is what we need for our everyday computing. I don't think anyone is trying to undermine the work that Linux/BSD communities are putting forth in
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by jdefr89 10y ago
Why not try Apple? Mac OS X is an awesome UNIX that makes for great desktop use. Of course there are all the hipsters and idiots that use it, but put that aside and give it a solid try.
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by jdefr89 10y ago
This is sort of explains why I have chosen OS X. Its a UNIX operating system that makes for a great modern desktop machine. I don't need to worry about poor and or glitchy hardware support. Its 2016, I don't have the time to play
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by jdefr89 11y ago
You summed up everything I was thinking reading these comments good sir.
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by jdefr89 11y ago
I don't understand where Wordpress hatred comes from. If my primary goal is a writing platform that allows me to concentrate on the content of the blog rather then blog technicalities, wordpress is fine..
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by jdefr89 11y ago
Godel's theorem is great for claims like this. Have they proved that the "theorem proving" software has no mistakes?
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by jdefr89 11y ago
I tend to use a hybrid approach, but In general I try to identify the entry point of the code which will lead me to the core datastructures and possibly event loops that act as a central hub for any other code that is called.. That is I loo
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by jdefr89 12y ago
There are other studies that show the same thing. One of the most recent is the one done at University of Pennsylvania
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by jdefr89 12y ago
After he already started taking it. Thats the problem. You become psychologically dependent quickly. What starts as "it really helps me with my work" ends as "I cannot work at ALL without it."
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by jdefr89 12y ago
The real issue is they don't improve your performance much at all. A recent study demonstrated people simply feel as if they are performing better, however its a false perception. Additionally the drugs won't give you that "b
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by jdefr89 12y ago
I have also been on psycho-stimulants for a while. People simply don't realize the effect they are really after is the buzzed high like euphoria. Furthermore, those effects don't last and you need to keep cranking up the dose to a
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by jdefr89 12y ago
Crystal meth and heroin make a user feel better.. Should we hand that out as well?
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by jdefr89 12y ago
Great advice. "I am going to doctor shop until I find someone who gives me the pills I want..." No..
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by jdefr89 12y ago
I think what he is getting at is marijuana may be the reason you cannot focus well. I don't think a study needs to be done to show using marijuana can have a negative impact on your short term memory and attention span.
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by jdefr89 12y ago
You mean the rest of the world doesn't have people that don't believe in evolution?
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by jdefr89 12y ago
Agreed.. If you don't really love it you will not be able to pursue a career in it. It simply wouldn't be worth your time. I am in CS regardless if its needed or not.. Its simply what I like.
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by jdefr89 12y ago
You are aware the Big Bang and many other scientific principles/theories were brought about by Catholic priests right? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Lema%C3%AEtre Science and religion are not intrinsically
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by jdefr89 12y ago
You're being a little dramatic. "People who do not believe in evolution are holding back progress" ... Honestly... The cool thing about science is that whether you think gravity is real or not you will still fall. Progress wi
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by jdefr89 12y ago
You are essentially attacking the person instead of his argument. But, the article never claimed STEM was about memorization. Perhaps you should re-read more carefully.
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by jdefr89 12y ago
Take breaks and try excercise. I can tell you what won't work. Any "Smart drugs" I say this becasue I have been on amphetamines for years. The secret they don't want you to know? They stop working.. And you need more and
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by jdefr89 12y ago
Remember, OS X is a UNIX based operating system. Most of the best practices that apply to say an operating system like Linux also apply to OS X! All my UNIX configurations are somewhat the same and this allows my workspaces to be uniform re
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by jdefr89 12y ago
Exactly..
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by jdefr89 12y ago
Non-sense.. A lot of these "smart pills" are more than likely placebos that are not well studied. I take a prescription amphetamine and even that has it limits, and begins to stop working in time. A lot of people notice this, and

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