maCDzP

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   by maCDzP 5y ago

   I got the opposite feeling from The Black Swan. Taleb finished the book by pointing out that life on earth is a black swan and very precious. That was meaningful to me.
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   by maCDzP 5y ago

   If you are interested in an account of how it was to sail tall ships I can recommend “Around Cape Horn” [0] If you are curious about sailing tall ships. And have the means. Apply to one of these ships [1]. I have gone sailing a couple of ti
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   by maCDzP 5y ago

   Yeah - you are right. I thought about it and I guess since we can interact our perception can’t be to far off - otherwise we wouldn’t be able to procreate. It would be something out of the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy. A specie that be
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   by maCDzP 5y ago

   I am going to drop a thought here to see what happens. If there is a difference between male/female retinas. Could this affect our perception of reality?
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   by maCDzP 6y ago

   I have to admit I don't quite understand your product. With that said. I work a lot in excel. So does my co-workers. Why is this better than xlwings? As you said - people learn VBA - why is this better than learning Python?
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   Ask HN: Keeping score of forecasting as a project manager

   1 points by maCDzP 6y ago|0 comments
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   by maCDzP 6y ago

   I recommend "History of philosophy without gaps". It starts from "scratch" and also ventures out in Islam, India and Africana. So it's not entirely Western. https://historyofphilosophy.net
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   Ask HN: Running Hashcat on the M1?

   10 points by maCDzP 6y ago|11 comments
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   by maCDzP 6y ago

   Wait, does tires on asphalt work like a Van Deer Graaf generator? Could we generate electricity as well?
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    by maCDzP 6y ago

    I read comments about solving this problem by randomising the fingerprint. Is it possible to randomise the hardware by creating a sort of "ramdom VM-container" that runs the actual browser binary? It would randomises the VM so so
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    by maCDzP 6y ago

    Therapy. I've found it extremely helpful in my role as a manager.
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    by maCDzP 6y ago

    This made me chuckle. Sounds a lot like fractional reserve banking.
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    by maCDzP 6y ago

    This is crazy. Is this a virtual machine within Factorio? Made me thinking. Would it be possible to build a computer within Factorio and to then break out of it?
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    by maCDzP 6y ago

    Is the surface of the earth boiling or getting blisters? Either way. Creepy.
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    by maCDzP 6y ago

    I am an engineer that works as a civil servant. When I first encountered politics (both office and "real") I started reading political philosophy, rethorics and sociology books. Pretty broad theme. I know. My biggest takeaway was
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    by maCDzP 6y ago

    I disagree, I don’t see happiness as a shallow goal. But for me happiness does not mean that I won’t suffer. Kids make me happy, but they also bring great suffering.
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    by maCDzP 6y ago

    >I'm biased, I admit, but it seems to me that aggressively conventional-minded people are responsible for a disproportionate amount of the trouble in the world I agree with this statement. But I would also agree with the opposite: A