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by jgon 13y ago
This was actually going to be the first thing I posted when I read this link. tptacek repeatedly assured everyone that this was absolutely not a big deal and meant nothing because nobody in their right mind uses the standard. Except whoops,
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Well to be honest I think that the jury is still kind of out in that regard, at least somewhat. I mean in the case of 3 of the countries that you listed, Canada, the US, and Australia, are still very much majority European descent white. A
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by jgon 13y ago
Does flexbox support the centering of elements like the canvas and a webgl context? Does it offer facilities for resizing either of these elements? If not, is there anything out there that allows for resizing these elements with the rest o
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by jgon 13y ago
I enjoyed reading Cmdr Taco's thoughts on the future of "news" (interpret that broadly) and it made do some reflecting on what I think the future will be. The biggest thing that jumped out at me was that signal vs. noise is t
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by jgon 13y ago
Yeah, imagine if Amazon included apps that let you buy books from the competitors right on their own tablets!! It would be inconceivable!! http://www.amazon.com/Kobo-Inc-eBooks/dp/B004SIEZ8I/ref=sr_1...
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by jgon 13y ago
This seems to be a callout to a point Alan Kay has been making for a while. RDF might be a good way to dip your toes in the water, but Alan Kay has gone further and called out languages such as "Linda" and related "tuple-spac
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by jgon 13y ago
I agree that the analogy is simplistic but I disagree with your weed killer analogy. I use weed killer on my own lawn and when I do I apply it in a targeted spray specifically to the weeds in question. I am still making a judgement and doin
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by jgon 13y ago
Reading this article the one idea that persisted in my head was that this was a case of people not really knowing anything about ecology trying to create an ecosystem. Sure they used the word "Platform" and maybe that was actually
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by jgon 13y ago
I think that what most inspires me about Dr. Engelbart was not so much the physical manifestations of his work, although these were incredible, decades ahead of their time, and in some ways still not matched, but rather the philosophy that
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The reason it makes people angry is that "creeper" has become the male equivalent of slut shaming. I was thinking long and hard about this and it suddenly hit me. 1) It entirely a judgement in the head of the person making the cla
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by jgon 13y ago
Yes exactly, it was all about glory-chasing who just wanted to see their names in print. It had nothing to do with climate and environmental scientists warning of the impact of governmental policies when their studies and models fell on dea
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by jgon 14y ago
This is amazing timing because I received a text message from my mother roughly 3 hours ago wondering if I mine bitcoin and if it is something she should look into. If you ever wanted evidence that this was a bubble driven by speculation lo
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by jgon 14y ago
Well I'm not wringing my hands, and I don't think you really have the ability to comment on my body language. Let's keep this debate focused solely on the contents of the talk. The ubiquity and deployability of the web is not an inherent q
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by jgon 14y ago
That exact quote is from a more recent talk of his, but he does mention the web and his current distaste for the design principles it embodies. I would encourage you to still watch the talk as it his criticism of the web is an incredibly sm
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by jgon 14y ago
The answer for me is pretty easy: The Computer Revolution Hasn't Happened Yet by Alan Kay. The OOPSLA '97 keynote speech. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKg1hTOQXoY Great for repeated watching, I get something new from it every time I w
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by jgon 14y ago
You are so entirely wrong here that I have to guess you are either willfully trying to misrepresent things, or you have done so little research into this issue that your better sense should have told you to not comment. On the very page you
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by jgon 14y ago
Only if you care about high quality learning materials. Find me any set of online materials that is maybe 1/2 as good as SICP (not including the online edition of the book itself). I mean that seriously. Of course most tech books now show
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by jgon 14y ago
I agree, and I would add that people don't avoid names in all cases. The trend against naming names is especially annoying because it basically only emerges when there is a power imbalance, and thus serves only to protect those in position
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Well gee, if only we had some sort of previous experience with a way to fund long-term research in basic sciences, the results of which profoundly changed our world. Oh wait, we've spent the last 30 years enjoying the fruits of government f
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by jgon 14y ago
Right, this is explicitly why I referenced what he is currently saying. He has said multiple times in the now 40 minutes I have spent watching that all he wants is explicit clarification that drones will not be used on American soil against
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by jgon 14y ago
I encourage you to watch the filibuster then, because Rand Paul is explicitly claiming that he is not concerned with a person " engaged in some sort of military-style assault upon the US" being killed by drones. His concern is explicitly t
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by jgon 14y ago
Have you been watching the filibuster? Because in the 20 minutes I have been watching it Rand Paul has explicitly claimed that his concern is not with using drones on a US citizen in the event of imminent harm no less than 5 times. He has
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by jgon 14y ago
Oh look! Another website that fails to display properly in the latest Firefox (Firefox 19 beta) and doesn't work that well in opera, but works perfectly in Chrome. Don't worry web developers, there are no rendering engines out there except
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by jgon 14y ago
A great quote I once heard is that people who claim they are just being "brutally honest" seem to be motivated by the brutality more so than the honesty.
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by jgon 14y ago
As a Canadian I'll chime in and say that I waited 6 months for knee surgery. In a way it sucked, but on the other hand it made sense. I waited 6 months because all I had was a meniscus tear, so I could still do many forms of exercise, dri
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by jgon 14y ago
No it doesn't make right. But, excepting various inalienable rights, majority makes right in a representative democracy. And the majority have said that they derive greater utility out of having these rules and regulations than not having
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by jgon 14y ago
No one is pointing a gun to your head. Okay someone is "pointing a gun to your head" in the same sense they are "pointing a gun to your head" to prevent you from murdering someone. But unless you are posting from North Korea you live in a c
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by jgon 14y ago
This is exactly why a public system would help. Because the amount you pay for healthcare is scaled to your ability (via progressive taxes). Buying a private plan is not. To see why this matters, imagine embarking on your "conquer the wor
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While most employers do offer an "extra frills" health plan as part of employment, private insurance at fairly good rates is available to everyone. I could call up Blue Cross this afternoon and get a private health plan equivalent to my em
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by jgon 14y ago
Canada is indeed undergoing a debate on how to fund and deliver health care, but what is not under debate is whether it should it be kept public. It is also worth noting that the current government slashed taxes upon taking power and is no

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