jibiki

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by jibiki 17y ago
No, bozosort chooses, then swaps. Amisort chooses, checks if the elements are out of order, then swaps if they are. Totally different idea.
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by jibiki 17y ago
It would be interesting to apply Eurisko-style techniques to a hopeless problem like translating natural languages or playing Arimaa. I don't think it would work, but the computer might learn things that humans don't know.
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by jibiki 17y ago
From http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/about "In June 2004, at the ripe old age of 21, all post-pubescent and supposedly past my mental/linguistic prime, I started learning Japanese. By September 2005, I had learned enough to read
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by jibiki 17y ago
(Hawaii: 28,311 km²) Alaska: 1,717,854 km² Other 48 states: 8,080,464.25 km² Japan: 377,873 km² Now we calculate: (28,311+1,717,854+8,080,464.25)/377,873 = 26.0051108 8,080,464.25 / 377,873 = 21.3840741 So, the whole US is 25x, but "contigu
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by jibiki 17y ago
> I still don't see what mechanism you're claiming inhibits parts of the genome from mutation. It seems like he's saying that the burden of proof is on you, since you are claiming that macroevolution exists. He doesn't need a specific
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by jibiki 17y ago
We've had this discussion before: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=588752 It's probably good to rehash these things from time to time though.
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by jibiki 17y ago
I always thought the main strike against English was the ungodly spelling. (Or maybe just having a lot of phonemes?)
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by jibiki 17y ago
> I myself have never claimed to be speaking metaphorically, nor used an obvious metaphor, so your sarcastic exchange (haven't I asked you to spare me it?) is rather off the mark. I think we have very different rules of discourse, becau
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by jibiki 17y ago
> Are you saying the language in the quote above isn't loaded down with symbolic and metaphorical imagery? Or, more specifically, that it isn't drawing metaphorical parallels, rather than literal ones, between physical concepts and cult
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by jibiki 17y ago
I think you need to understand the context of Chomsky's remarks. He is responding to people who criticize him because he doesn't work within a "theoretical" framework, and his activism isn't properly informed by postmodern understanding. I
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by jibiki 17y ago
> it is metaphor. For what? > it might be saying something worthwhile about scientists and gender roles (in a stylised and heavily symbolic way) once put back into context. Please, humor us. What might that "something worthwhile" b
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by jibiki 17y ago
Anyone with 101 or more karma can downvote comments.
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by jibiki 17y ago
> Where's the disconnect? Nobody can downvote articles. Also, TC's journalism isn't usually just MA stirring up drama. The average TC article on HN simply profiles a new startup, or service, or acquisition.
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by jibiki 17y ago
No, you're still missing the point :) He's saying that SHA1'(m) = SHA1'(n) implies that SHA1"(m) = SHA1"(n). Let's do this with a very simple, silly hash function. Let h(x) = (x/2)%10 (in integer arithmetic, e.g, 5/2 = 2, so h(5) = (5/2)%10
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by jibiki 17y ago
> Is this correct in set theory? More or less: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surreal_numbers#.22To_Infinity_...
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by jibiki 17y ago
Oh, you've caught the community at a strange time. Normally we just sit around and discuss the innards of Erlang.
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by jibiki 17y ago
Normally when people talk about the birthday paradox, they mean "it is surprisingly likely that some two students in a classroom will have the same birthday" rather than "it is surprisingly likely that some student will have the same birthd
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by jibiki 17y ago
> Can I install Ubuntu on my made for Vista Laptop? That's what I did. There was some trouble with drivers, but nothing too bad.
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by jibiki 17y ago
> What's the argument that resolves the common-sense problem this guy has while maintaining the city's reasonable interest in making sure that con artists, unsafe food vendors, and public nuisances can be kept off the streets? I hate to
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by jibiki 17y ago
He's posted an update of sorts: http://lostgarden.com/2009/03/dancs-miraculously-flexible-ga...
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by jibiki 17y ago
That's quite a bit more readable than the equivalent tower of ifs and elses.
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by jibiki 17y ago
ctrl + alt + d (First hit for "ubuntu minimize all windows" on google.)
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by jibiki 17y ago
> Saying "free speech should be a Universal right of individuals" is not equivalent to saying "NBC should be able to broadcast a special propagating hate speech". You are claiming it is. Quoting myself: "I agree that free speech is a hu
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by jibiki 17y ago
> NBC is a company. Free speech is a human right. I don't quite see what you're saying. For instance, free speech gives companies the right to publish books that criticize the government. If you are saying that all individuals should b
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by jibiki 17y ago
I agree that free speech is a human right, for some definition of free speech. I don't agree that "no censorship" is a human right. If NBC wants to start running a special on how Jews are Satan's children, then I want the FCC to censor the
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by jibiki 17y ago
Works ok for me: http://www.bing.com/search?q=ijigg&go=&form=QBLH (I'm running FF 3.0.10 on ubuntu...)
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by jibiki 17y ago
I upvoted you because I agree in this case, but I disagree with your principles. > Putting a label on someone's culture at least calls for a few years of actually living there. No, it doesn't. To give an example, I have no problem labe
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by jibiki 17y ago
That was my first parse as well. Did anybody get it right on the first try?
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by jibiki 17y ago
I think that this is relevant. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=410778 The article explains the level of image recognition that is available to seagulls from birth (i.e., genetically.) Basically, you can trick them into thinking beak-
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by jibiki 17y ago
From the article: "the odds were changed to - Roman gets White every game, the computer offers up a different pawn each game." So the computer gave Dzindzi an enormous handicap.

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