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by lukifer 12y ago
The term "engineering" has a place: to convince non-techie stakeholders to take us seriously and trust our domain expertise. Outside that context, I prefer to think of myself as a craftsman for small projects, and a gardener f
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by lukifer 12y ago
Thanks for sharing. Also worth a read: the other 119 answers to the original EDGE question in 2005. http://edge.org/q2005/q05_print.html
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It also mentioned that he stored assets at Mt. Gox, meaning that some or all of his holdings may have evaporated.
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Counterpoint: the far future of Mr. Nobody, which feels well-fleshed out for a considerably smaller budget than most blockbuster sci-fi: http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/70117580 Star Trek TNG also managed to pull off ut
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by lukifer 12y ago
They can certainly make life difficult for Apple and its executives; see what happened to Phil Nacchio of Qwest when he pushed back against surveillance requests. http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_25845407/unre
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by lukifer 12y ago
See also: the Quicksilver/Launchbar/Alfred ideas that are being folded into Spotlight in Yosemite. The big surprise is not that iOS8 is getting Swype, but that they are opening the APIs up for arbitrary third-party keyboards (albe
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by lukifer 12y ago
I guess it's not just physicists: http://xkcd.com/793/ :) It's more likely we'll see domain experts in X learn sufficient programming (possibly leveraging custom tools and DSLs), rather than see programm
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by lukifer 12y ago
Probably a reference to the plethora of technical problems with the livestream.
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I don't mind a few massive assholes; what I fear are the non-human capitalists, mandated to be sociopathic by law: http://omniorthogonal.blogspot.com/2013/02/hostile-ai-youre-...
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by lukifer 12y ago
Cool idea! The other strong use case I see is an office with shared background music.
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In practice, an addiction is merely a habit that is not wanted, whether by the self or others. We acknowledge that gambling can be an addiction, yet an addiction to a game or to internet browsing is taken much less seriously.
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I'd say it's a framing device rather than the subject; it discusses other tech leaders who take similar approaches as well.
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I find it curious that society views mind-altering drugs as highly dangerous, yet doesn't see the same risks associated with purely behavioral addictive cycles. There are many ways to trap a human animal in a dopamine loop, and at some
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by lukifer 12y ago
Steve Jobs was a deeply flawed human who did many bad things, but I don't think it's fair to conflate who he was in his fifties with who he was in his twenties. And ultimately, the article is not about him anyway.
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by lukifer 12y ago
A quick glance when the wrist is already in eyeline is no worse than a quick glance at the speedometer or the rearview mirror. But in any case, the primary navigatory use would be to use it while stopped at a light. (And as mentioned, it&#x
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by lukifer 12y ago
> Personally I'm not going to get a smartwatch because I hate interruptions. I hate those things too, but I'm still chomping at the bit for the Apple Watch (and plan to disable all notifications except SMS). Why? - Wrist GPS wh
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by lukifer 12y ago
And it's quite a good manual at that. Starts with a high-level overview of language features in plain English, then provides a firehose of nitty-gritty.
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It gives the press an unflattering story to run with besides "OMG new shiny", diluating Apple's carefully prepared marketing push. That's why it has impact beyond just Apple fans.
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I've worn an iPod nano watch for a couple years now. It's like min-maxing in an RPG: the wrist represents an extra equipment slot.
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They're no longer blocking Bitcoin wallets, and with the forthcoming APIs regarding payments and touch IDs, this could be a "third party opportunity": you pay with crypto, and the merchant receives dollars, with some arbitrar
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by lukifer 12y ago
The majority of past Apple live-streams have had problems, though this one was perhaps one of the worst. It's less an issue of Jobs-era vs. post-Jobs-era, and more to do with Apple's culture of control being at odds with the compl
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by lukifer 12y ago
> it should have already been treated like a utility in the first place I worked for Comcast circa 2003, and it was the company's official policy that its broadband services were for "entertainment only", to skirt around r
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by lukifer 12y ago
Learning Javascript : Coding something production-worthy and non-trivial in a short timeframe :: Learning English : Writing a compelling novel
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by lukifer 12y ago
Thanks, I'll keep an eye peeled. :)
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by lukifer 12y ago
I would love a version of WP hybridized with Laravel. I briefly attempted it with CodeIgniter, but it proved non-trivial and I didn't have the time to see it through. For all of WP's countless problems and general ickiness, it del
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I've found that this synergizes well with a standing desk: it becomes trivial to pace for a few moments while thinking, and then jump right back in.
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Corporations of sufficient size are indistinguishable from quasi-intelligent entities that merely utilize humans as processing nodes: http://omniorthogonal.blogspot.com/2013/02/hostile-ai-youre-...
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> Hunter gatherers were lucky to live past 30 Most of the statistics about our ancestors having a 35ish life expectancy are skewed by high infant mortality, and high risk of death due to injury or other external ailments (a broken leg on
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You're thinking of ketones, which are what trigger your body to burn fat for energy. (Another perk of ketosis is being able to go long stretches between meals without getting hungry.) It should be noted that the first time moving to a
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by lukifer 12y ago
What's interesting is that the "office" of president has grown into countless agencies and sub-agencies, each with their own motives, political will, and desire for survival. It's like Daenerys with her dragons: complete

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