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by larryfreeman 4y ago
If "consciousness" is "born" somewhere else when you die, you would still need to explain how "consciousness" is bound to a physical body while you are alive. Your view implies dualism since you are suggesting
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by larryfreeman 4y ago
Doesn't this really depend on the definition of "consciousness". If "consciousness" is the "experience" itself rather than the "analysis of that experience", then your point does not apply (for
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by larryfreeman 4y ago
Mathematics does quite fine without a way to empirically verify. Many problems are insoluble solely because we have not approached the issue with the proper fundamental concepts clearly defined. Euclid's gift to the world was not so
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by larryfreeman 4y ago
Possible bug: I keep getting an error when I try to find similar songs to any song by Neutral Milk Hotel. (For example: O Comely, King of Carrot Flowers Part I) https://maroofy.com/songs/5611590 Love your application!
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by larryfreeman 4y ago
Wow. Can't believe the cynicism expressed in the comments here. The big results do not come right away. But they tend to follow an unexpected result, especially one that involves new or state of the art methods. Bohr's atom was
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Fox News is reporting major breakthrough in fusion(foxbusiness.com)
1 points by larryfreeman 4y ago|0 comments
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The AI community expresses sympathy on Hacker News(twitter.com)
71 points by larryfreeman 4y ago|16 comments
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by larryfreeman 4y ago
It is already happening. Management responsibilities are being automated. For example, DAOs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decentralized_autonomous_organ... A machine is not just its "management responsibilities
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by larryfreeman 4y ago
Automation is an example where it is shifting. A clear example of this is self-checkout at grocery stories or the use of robotics at warehouses such as Amazon.
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by larryfreeman 4y ago
Great point. The only modification that I would make: * That is shifting
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by larryfreeman 4y ago
Talent is an ambiguous term. To me, it means someone who is capable solving the almost-impossible problem or solving a hard problem in a unique way. It is someone who has the potential to give a competitive advantage to a company or init
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by larryfreeman 4y ago
Rationality is only a pathway to reliable information when it makes clear its assumptions (i.e. axioms or postulates) and sticks to logical proof. Empiricism is only useful when it adequately adopts Occam's Razor to stay focused on the
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by larryfreeman 4y ago
Thanks very much! I will take a look at Kleros ( https://kleros.io/about ). The White Paper and Yellow Paper are very interesting! This is different than the problem that I was solving but it fits in very well as the next
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by larryfreeman 4y ago
In my view, the goal of the current version of Web3 (previously, it was Semantic Web) is that applications can be decentralized. Is it possible that software services can be provided that are not controlled by any central authority? Bitcoi
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by larryfreeman 4y ago
I am most proud of still being married for 20+ years with 2 kids all the while being a full-time software manager and/or engineer. On the technology front, I am very proud of many of the technologies that I worked on as a team member:
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Ask HN: Proposing an Alternative Decentralized Approach
3 points by larryfreeman 4y ago|2 comments
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by larryfreeman 5y ago
A centralized exchange provides too much control over how fiat currency becomes cryptocurrency: a single agent has control, can set policies, and the main criticisms of Professor Holloway apply. The problems with Mt. Gox illustrate the pro
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by larryfreeman 5y ago
I think that Professor Galloway makes a strong case about current trends. If decentralized exchanges become an established alternative to centralized exchanges or if decentralized autonomous organizations (dao) take off, then his arguments
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Ask HN: What are the features/technologies that make up Web 3.0?
6 points by larryfreeman 5y ago|1 comments
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by larryfreeman 5y ago
Francois Chollet has started this thread on twitter where he suggests that the product of web3 is money. While I don't agree with Francois on this one, I think that he raises a very interesting hypothesis. I would be very interested i
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For Web3, what is the product?(twitter.com)
2 points by larryfreeman 5y ago|1 comments
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by larryfreeman 5y ago
Totally agree with everything in the article. Unclear how this is different from prototyping code before you start on the industrial-strength version. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_prototyping
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by larryfreeman 6y ago
The challenge with agile is how it is run. Agile/scrum is an opportunity for micromanagement. Agile/scrum is an opportunity for greater freedom to developers. I think that this reveals that company culture is more important tha
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Lost continent found under Europe(cnn.com)
6 points by larryfreeman 7y ago|0 comments
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by larryfreeman 7y ago
Thanks! This is exactly what we have decided to do. Cheers.
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by larryfreeman 7y ago
Each id is distinct so there is no way to list them other than to actually list each id. Typically, this will be 200 ids that are alphanumeric and where a range would include the wrong ones. Based on the discussion here (thanks to everyone
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by larryfreeman 7y ago
I've heard this. I am clear why it is true. I would appreciate it if you could explain. :-) I'm not clear why using parameters in the GET request body would do weird things with the cache but using parameters in the POST reques
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by larryfreeman 7y ago
Yes, that seems to be the alternative. That is what we probably will do if there looks like a reasonable chance that devops will move to a 3rd party tool that does not support GET with a request body.
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by larryfreeman 7y ago
As much as possible, we are trying to keep things simple and implement our service in a standard way. One suggestion was to use a POST instead. On the surface, it seems like a Get with request body seems like such a straight forward approa
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by larryfreeman 7y ago
The purpose of the service is data retrieval based on up to 2,000 ids where the data retrieved can then be aggregated as a csv file. The current service does one id at a time which prevents optimizing the retrieval. Allowing 20+ ids enabl

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