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by michaelwww 4y ago
The debate is ongoing, not a no brainer as you imply: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-person_operation
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by michaelwww 4y ago
One of the main issues is putting autopilots in trains and cutting the actual human staff to one person. I can't imagine being the only person on a train in the middle of nowhere in the middle of winter and something goes wrong. Edit:
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by michaelwww 4y ago
> I will choose 32 bits over 24 any day why?
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by michaelwww 4y ago
16 bit is not enough?
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by michaelwww 4y ago
After reading "How Music Works" by David Byrne, it seem like FLAC is solving the wrong problem. No one needs over 4 billion discrete levels.
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by michaelwww 4y ago
Hey, learn something new every day How to use advanced muting options https://help.twitter.com/en/using-twitter/advanced-twitter-m...
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by michaelwww 4y ago
I find the lack of spam filtering tools Twitter provides us to be appalling. "vitalik.eth 50,000 Ethereum give away" is a well known example that keeps appearing from new accounts. I should be able to set filter. Right now I can o
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by michaelwww 4y ago
I pick a genre like "Russian Doomer" or "French Electronica", then listen to the many hours long compilations on YouTube and save the songs I like. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_genre
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by michaelwww 4y ago
https://beautifulracket.com/appendix/why-i-no-longer-contrib...
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by michaelwww 4y ago
A couple of people were nice enough to take the time to explain Lisp macros to me in case you're interested: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32730470 I can definitely see their power, but I don't have any ide
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by michaelwww 4y ago
I want this too. I found some answers in HN comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32536780
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by michaelwww 4y ago
After years of reading Lisp articles, my take is that the macro system is what sets Lisp languages apart. I was surprised then that the author didn't find them that useful. [Paul Graham] describes Lisp as his “secret weapon”. OK, so w
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by michaelwww 4y ago
- American farms are 4 times more productive than African farms. We need to develop seeds for the African environment so the Africa no longer needs to import food [1] - After Joe Manchin bailed on the big infrastructure bill, Bill Gates per
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Bill Gates AI Will Change Everything, What We Owe Africa – Ari Melber [video](youtube.com)
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by michaelwww 4y ago
> I am seeing increasing calls for real life identity to be a fundamental part of online presence, especially in places like Twitter where disinformation thrives... Enforcing identity is great at reducing problems for you as long as you
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by michaelwww 4y ago
If you have a point why don't you make it?
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by michaelwww 4y ago
Well I didn't give her a look. She wasn't even aware that I was there. But yeah, I think your wife has the right strategy, because there are people who will say something.
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by michaelwww 4y ago
I read this right after I got back from the marijuana store where a pregnant woman was buying weed. It made me uncomfortable. It just seems risky to me to take intoxicants while the babies brain is forming.
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by michaelwww 4y ago
This would be a good place to start: USENIX ATC '21/OSDI '21 Joint Keynote Address-It's Time for Operating Systems to Rediscover Hardware https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36myc8wQhLo
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by michaelwww 4y ago
I can do better. I can recommend the works of Edward T. Hall. Several of his discoveries about how Native Americans view time have been helpful to me. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_T._Hall https://nob
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by michaelwww 4y ago
Man, how I wish all my problems were software problems
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by michaelwww 4y ago
I care about diversity because different cultures bring different ideas and skills to the situation. When I get in a jam, I don't want just one idea for getting out of it, I want many.
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by michaelwww 4y ago
Next up: Allowing drivers to virtually driver their car with VR glasses while actually driving their car. Just think, we could eliminate billboards by making them virtual! I'm sure this would be totally safe.
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by michaelwww 4y ago
Consciousness is a fun topic and we still have a lot to discover about it. I'm surprised by the things scientists say about it that to me are so obviously wrong. I'll check out your book and add it to my collection.
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by michaelwww 4y ago
Well, if you're George Carlin you say "The planet will be fine. It's the people who are fkuced"
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by michaelwww 4y ago
> And yet, it's largely the global north, and America in specific Are you blaming Americans for China's environmental destruction because we buy their products? Americans have created systems that protect the environment that C
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by michaelwww 4y ago
> It feels wrong to be happy I think this is a common problem. Some of us sometimes feel guilty for being happy. > the shit (that we threw) hits the fan I'm not sure anyone is to blame because no one created human civilizations e
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by michaelwww 4y ago
Hey! A fellow optimist. There aren't many of us around as far as I can tell, except I think there a lot of closet optimists who don't speak up because the dominant paradigm is to shout "we're all going to die!" to w
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by michaelwww 4y ago
20 years ago I thought flash would take over. Shows you what I know.
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by michaelwww 4y ago
5 years old - https://www.alphagomovie.com/ It's extremely well done and shows how Google beat the best Go player with AI to the surprise of everyone, especially those native to Asia, where Go is part of spiritual idea

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