ktizo

25 ms·

181.
by ktizo 14y ago
Somehow people seem to have forgot along the way that value != money. I am a huge fan of people doing things just because they are useful without worrying about how they are going to try and monetise them, but just because something is usef
182.
by ktizo 14y ago
I’ve met some pretty wealthy people in my life and it seems that wealth and modesty as well as wealth and a pleasant character go together quite frequently (ok, there are lots of exceptions but the fact is that in my limited sample the nic
183.
by ktizo 14y ago
If UK police had sidearms as standard, we would get a criminal arms race and far more police would get shot. And thankfully, most of the police know this, which is one of the main reasons they don't want guns. For the same reason, if they w
184.
by ktizo 14y ago
My guess would be that the problem isn't time, but rather the code dealing with the position of the plane in longitude as it crosses over. Perhaps it spat out an unexpected negative, or even something undefined.
185.
by ktizo 14y ago
as roughly $170 billion. So multiply by nine then.
186.
by ktizo 14y ago
You could argue that most book titles fall under this as well, at least conceptually. And the Dewey decimal system. In fact, before the growth of the internet, Identifying and Requesting Data in Network Using Identifiers Which Are Based On
187.
by ktizo 14y ago
When encountering that acronym, I often suspect that an "s" has gone astray.
188.
by ktizo 14y ago
It sounds like some new form of militarised disaster ride from a North Korean theme park.
189.
by ktizo 14y ago
Thank you. :) Was from thinking what "any non-zero-sum game for n players can be reduced to a zero-sum game for n + 1 players" actually meant , when applied to the physical world.
190.
by ktizo 14y ago
I also suspect that the high cost of FDA approval is not treated as a negative by many in the medical industry, as it provides a nice high barrier to entry which helps reduce competition. This seems to be especially true of some of the prod
191.
by ktizo 14y ago
Without patents, how is a pharma company expected to pay the enormous cost of research, development, and FDA approval of new drugs? Well the obvious answer would be through some form of tax based scheme that then plows the money into rese
192.
by ktizo 14y ago
Would the world be a better place if git and github did not exist No, but certain people think they would be richer. Unfortunately the idea of increasing general wealth through the expansion of the commons is one that also makes the same
193.
by ktizo 14y ago
My bear history is a bit shaky. I thought that weak bears were against the US constitution, as bears have a right to be armed as a defence against presidents who want to turn them into stuffed toys. Have I got that right?
194.
by ktizo 14y ago
That wouldn't be being a hero. Being a hero in this instance would be dropping the whole thing and asking the patent office to kindly revoke the patents as you have just realised that they are rubbish and that you are destroying your own in
195.
by ktizo 14y ago
My current mental model for how the software patent issue is likely to progress is roughly along the same lines as the Kessler syndrome, but with legal action taking the place of orbital debris. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrom
196.
by ktizo 14y ago
No problem. Also, if you are mucking about with javascript and HTML5, some really useful APIs for doing crazy things are; three.js - http://mrdoob.github.com/three.js/ kinetic.js - http://kineticjs.com/ d3.js - http://d3js.org/ and th
197.
by ktizo 14y ago
From having a read through the claims of - 6415280: Identifying and Requesting Data in Network Using Identifiers Which Are Based On Contents of Data. - It appears they have patented using hashes as identifiers for the data that is hashed.
198.
by ktizo 14y ago
Yeah, but the law also says that it is up to the court to decide if the patent is enforceable. Just because a patent has been issued doesn't necessarily make it valid.
199.
by ktizo 14y ago
oh shit.. Excuse my dumbness for not checking the date on it.
200.
by ktizo 14y ago
"Last September, Israel's major banks quietly informed the Israeli government that they faced losses of disastrous proportions from defaulted accounts almost entirely collateralized with diamonds. Three of Israel's largest banks—the Union
201.
by ktizo 14y ago
In those terms, it is the same as it ever was, just with different tech.
202.
by ktizo 14y ago
Under three weeks.. hmm. haxe - http://www.haxe.org lua - http://www.lua.org processing - http://www.processing.org smalltalk - http://www.smalltalk.org/main puredata - http://puredata.info arduino - http://arduino.cc/en
203.
Taxes, growth, and inequality in the USA(rwer.wordpress.com)
1 points by ktizo 14y ago|0 comments
204.
by ktizo 14y ago
So, banks like barclays have been treating diamonds like money, and Russia chooses now to try and upset the diamond industry. This should be fun.
205.
by ktizo 14y ago
I wonder about the religious ramifications of the fact that this is patented. Is it allowed by doctrine to attempt to hold a monopoly for profit over items that are designed for religious observance?
206.
by ktizo 14y ago
What the fuck is meant by "man up" in these kind of circumstances? Is your average man supposed to take 30 years+ on the chin for trying to release academic papers? If he didn't have a penis would you feel more compassion? As I have never h
207.
by ktizo 14y ago
I've fought off folk with knives and didn't press charges and I don't support being stabbed. But I still agree with what this guy did, which is nothing whatsoever to do with the stuff that has happened to me. But I am a nerd. Make connectio
208.
by ktizo 14y ago
I remember him. Funny mustache. Did a lot of silly black and white movies or something. No sound for some reason.
209.
by ktizo 14y ago
Maybe, but reading through, he does appear to be right.
210.
by ktizo 14y ago
The market isn't great and sometimes sucks big timetime, but it beats the ivory tower. So what is the middle ground? Or, if we are feeling ambitious, something new that works better?

More ›