kharak

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by kharak 6y ago
1. Define environments I work on the left side of my desk, while spending my private time sitting on the right side. 2. Rituals I start the workday by setting up my work laptop on the desk and finish the workday by removing the laptop from
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by kharak 6y ago
To this day I wonder if consciousness is needed, or a hindrance for intelligence. That is that SF is all about, raising and play with these kind of questions. Can truly recommend Blindsight.
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by kharak 6y ago
This so called equilibrium is created in nature by starvation or death by predators. Let's all go back to starvation and killing ourselves, for equilibrium.
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by kharak 6y ago
This is one of those things where people say "oh I can't remember names" and what they mean is "I don't put any effort in remembering names". I know, because I've been the same. Now I repeat names in my mi
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by kharak 6y ago
This might be paranoid. But I've established a protocol with some people in my life. Should someone with my voice ever contact them and ask for money (because emergency bla bla), nothing is to be done until a passphrase is mentioned. I
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by kharak 6y ago
I think we've come to opposite conclusions. Fewer children increases unequality. Less children means, that inheritance does not spread across several people. To the contrary, it consolidates within an ever shrinking size of the populat
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by kharak 6y ago
Thanks! That is great news to me. Your last paragraph might explain my former view. I wasn't aware of the not B2C part. Still, how difficult is it to bring GMO products to a European market like Germany? I'd imagine the hurdles ar
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by kharak 6y ago
I struggle with this. Daydreaming is my instant Dopamin release system, always available, especially when I have to deal with something boring. But I'm getting better by improving work package size, removing barriers beforehand. That i
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by kharak 6y ago
They bio-engineered something. Probably forbidden here, or really difficult to get approval. Europes public and leadership fears bio engineering and has not yet realised its importance in the future. Someone with more insight into Biotech c
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by kharak 6y ago
Side note: With Corona and the rise of biotechnology, I hope we'll see some excellent courses in natural / hard science in the near future. I'd love to switch into the SynBio industry, but lack the willingness for another uni
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by kharak 6y ago
Thanks for sharing, I can easily believe that. On a side note, how does a seafarer end up on hackernews? (I know nothing about your profession).
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by kharak 6y ago
My guess is, that the moment his brain matches the perceived shape to the stored form of 8, it scrambles. That´s why he can feel the individual forms, like the circles inside the 8, just fine. Also why he can see the horizontal 8 as a mask.
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A man who can't see numbers between 2 and 9(sciencefriday.com)
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by kharak 6y ago
I find this fascinating. Without a degree in neurology, I like to imagine what is roughly happening in a coder fashion. 1. RFS (the person with the condition) perceives a digit, 8 for instance. Touching or seeing doesn't matter (articl
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by kharak 6y ago
On a tangential note: I've seen the upcoming rise of Syn Bio for quite some time now. But I've never figured out, how to participate / help its growth as a pure SWE. Job offers related to that field require a skill stack, tha
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by kharak 6y ago
Same thought. It sounds almost too good, like it's out of a fantasy book. I wonder how her family got that name? Many family names seem to originate in professions. What did you need to do to get Immerwahr?
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by kharak 6y ago
I've played Factorio in the past and am playing Satisfactorio right now. I generally don't code at home or have any side projects. Let's do some introspection as to why I prefer playing these games over coding at work: 1. Gam
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by kharak 6y ago
>has it really changed that much in 10 years I'm inclined to follow Peter Thiels view here. We were promised flying cars and got 140 (now more) characters on Twitter. Tech has changed. But everything else is so much the same it almo
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by kharak 6y ago
This fits me, and I have 0 problems with it. Do I want to see my friends again? Yes. But as I don´t live in my home country anymore, I´m accustomed to only seeing friends and families a couple of times a year. Takes a bit of effort and empa
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by kharak 6y ago
What is the leather jacket of today's teenagers? I thought about it for a moment, but nothing comes to my mind.
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by kharak 6y ago
Damn. That's one of those "of course, why didn't I think of that", companies. Infuriating. Really hope they're successful, seems like an unsolved problem.
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by kharak 6y ago
I'm glad that the space age has been rekindled. I wish Europe would do something similar.
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by kharak 6y ago
> I suppose the world of health research is plagued by this erroneous assumption that humans are more or less the same. In some ways sure, but in many ways we are profoundly different. Sidenote: I came to the conclusion, that this is the
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by kharak 6y ago
Could you give an example? Clearly, there are new paths. Streamer, Podcaster and so one. But nothing that couldn't employ masses.
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by kharak 6y ago
That is such an interesting story / concept. Love it, thanks for posting this.
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by kharak 6y ago
Personal anectode. I already can't bear summer. I don't have AC, as most people don't have it here in Switzerland. Even offices tend to not have them. There are 1 to 2 months a year where my productivity sinks, enjoyment of
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by kharak 6y ago
I think that just speaks volumes of your cultural bias. For me, it is quit natural to assume that a base level of employee protection causes innovation. And Germany would be a good example, as there are quit some innovative small to medium
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by kharak 6y ago
What is missing is a causal link between lesser employee rights and those values. I could claim that the historic position of the USA after WW2 caused all of these. My claim would be as baseless as yours. A good starting point for research,
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by kharak 6y ago
That is not a proof for the question. You seem invested in your believes and either don't know or care about scientific evidence to back them up. There is nothing more to gain here, have a good day.
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by kharak 6y ago
Correlation and causation. If you claim that lesser employee protection causes more innovation, proof it. So far, this is merely a believe.

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