md224

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   by md224 9y ago

   I've been saying this for a while: Twitter is essentially an annotation platform in reverse.
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   by md224 9y ago

   Just FYI, you wrote "debit" and "card" twice.
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   by md224 9y ago

   We may be heading toward a merge, but I'm not sure it's with machines. I think it could be with each other via machines. Cybernetics refers to this as a metasystem transition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M
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   Silicon Zeroes(pleasingfungus.com)

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   by md224 9y ago

   > Charge more. Charge more still. Go on. This might sound stupid, and maybe it's my inner hippie talking, but did this make anyone else slightly uncomfortable? I get that it's "good business", but something feels kind
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   by md224 9y ago

   Kind of interesting how searching social network content can often be more useful than searching the entire Internet. Edit: makes me wonder if the web is evolving in the direction of more social/curated search, less global search
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   by md224 9y ago

   So do you disagree with the use of heroin-assisted treatment[1] or supervised injection sites[2]? Have you considered that many of the problems associated with addiction actually stem from the efforts of people like you to make it harder fo
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   by md224 9y ago

   Well, considering alcohol's effects on the liver, alcoholics might be better off switching to unrefined opium.
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   by md224 9y ago

   My CS background is a bit weak... is the hypothetical Metal architecture he describes supposed to be satire or actually a good idea?
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    by md224 9y ago

    Funny script, though I can't help but point out a flaw: it doesn't play well with unbracketed conditionals. For example: if (num > 5) goto foo; will not behave as expected, because "goto foo;" is replaced by
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    by md224 9y ago

    > A potential fix would be to allocate the taxable profits made by multinationals proportionally to the amount of sales they make in each country. > A system similar to this already governs state corporate taxes in America. Really? I
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    by md224 9y ago

    Here's the other thread, also on the front page: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15614310
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    by md224 9y ago

    The reason you were down-voted to oblivion was your presumption that religious belief is irrational. Rationality is a slippery concept (if not a completely empty one), and it seems like you've chosen to define it as strict adherence to
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    by md224 9y ago

    I'm an old school surgeon... I like to operate without using anesthetics or sterilizing my tools.
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    by md224 9y ago

    Great question. Would love to see controlled studies on this, though the anaesthetic drug would be a confounding factor. That makes me wonder: what if we gave people psilocybin and knocked them out with ketamine until the effects subsided?
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    by md224 9y ago

    I'm curious if we'll see a highly-opinionated framework arise that encapsulates all of the technologies used here under the umbrella of a single configurable library... or does that already exist?
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    by md224 9y ago

    This thread is blowing my mind... I thought celery was super inoffensive, essentially the watermelon of vegetables. (Now I'm curious what you think about watermelon!) Re: garlic, I'm a fan.
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    by md224 9y ago

    I'm 32 years old and I hate eating vegetables (with the exception of lettuce and celery, since they're practically tasteless). I've sheepishly described myself as a "kids menu eater", though I wonder if perhaps ther
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    by md224 9y ago

    I picked up The Information by James Gleick when I was visiting the Living Computers Museum + Labs in Seattle[1]. Really interesting book... talks about the development of language, the birth of computing, the concept of randomness, the p
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    by md224 9y ago

    I'm somewhat sympathetic to the argument for DRM (we need to ensure artists receive fair compensation for their work), but I wonder: If the entertainment industry could survive the age of "DVD ripping with abandon", can'
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    by md224 9y ago

    > booze, bribes, women Kind of curious about the "bribes" part...
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    by md224 9y ago

    Anyone else here familiar with "liberaltarianism"? I think that might be what the data is showing: the desire for a robust and efficient free market tethered to a redistributive social safety net. I think it's a pretty good i
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    by md224 9y ago

    Just curious: would this have an effect on testing the efficacy of new drugs? I'd hate to see a false negative result for a drug that could actually help people...
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    by md224 9y ago

    It's pretty well known that stimulants have a calming effect on patients with ADHD. Anxiety can often be a symptom of understimulation.
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    by md224 9y ago

    But... what about step 2? > Like a building full of PhD's advanced. On a more serious note, it's unfortunate that so many smart people use their intelligence to enable this kind of gross technology. It's all about "so
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    by md224 9y ago

    Have you seen Columbus ? You should see Columbus .
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    by md224 9y ago

    This is funny, but it's also a good example of a particular kind of scientific inquiry: figuring out ways to maximize your life span. Not only is this research often inaccurate (as Science is always a work-in-progress), it tends to pro
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    by md224 9y ago

    Done!
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    by md224 9y ago

    Thanks for clarifying and correcting my assumptions. I'm guessing the content of the article in addition to the domain led users to view this as a more productive contribution to the debate. Apologies for assuming that it was HN favori
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    by md224 9y ago

    I may not be correct here, but it seems to me that Jon Snow's remark isn't universally true. (Paradoxes FTW!)