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by milkytron 10y ago
I'm not sure if you would consider this meaningful, but if you have software development skills, either developing applications that can be used to solve problems in genetics, or that save the time of those working on solving those pro
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by milkytron 10y ago
Certainly very interesting, in fact I wrote this down when I heard it. And if you look at the projects he's working on (Renewable energy, cars able to powered by renewable energy, and preserving life outside of Earth), they all affect
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by milkytron 10y ago
I learned of this concept in one of my geography classes called, "Not in my backyard." Basically what it means is that people refuse to act against a bad practice until it is done to them. We studied it in the form of pollution, w
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by milkytron 10y ago
So then if you had zero experience and it was your first day working in your life, the percentage of becoming a CEO would be the total CEOs of the world divided by the total workers of companies with CEOs which I feel is quite small. Thus,
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by milkytron 10y ago
Especially when you compare them to Samsung's plethora of devices.
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Have you ever worked with a team of experienced programmers? I ask because I flew solo throughout college simply because it was difficult finding competent programmers at such a small commuter school. I spent some time learning my own thing
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by milkytron 10y ago
>> I think the reason that many smart people don't stick with programming is because a fundamental part of the job is struggling with intellectually trivial incantations specific to some configuration/OS/Language/T
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by milkytron 10y ago
I think it takes a certain kind of person to teach themselves something they have never done before without much in-person interaction. Many times programmers will have at least a few other people around that can give them a second perspect
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Certainly they have to have some decent content if people are willing to pay for it. I can find a fair share of entertainment and documentaries on there, especially the ESPN 30 for 30 films
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by milkytron 11y ago
I completely agree, and what makes a great job would be walking out the door and having a sense of fulfillment that you are having a positive impact on the world and genuinely care for the work you do.
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HP's new logo is the awesome one it never used(theverge.com)
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by milkytron 11y ago
I'm a huge fan of the way they've changed the logo on this[1], it looks much better than the old design as stated in the article. All in all, this looks like a beautiful piece of hardware, hopefully HP can offer comparable support
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by milkytron 11y ago
One of the things that excited me most about this is the ability to ssh. I have a feeling that is going to be incredibly useful instead of having to use PuTTY or some other client.
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If there's a will, there's a way.
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Alphabet/Google is making an attempt with Nest. There is an entire "Nest works with" page that shows a variety of different IoT devices that use Nest as sort of a base station I believe. I would link the page but I'm on
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by milkytron 11y ago
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe a product is something produced. They produce a search engine, they serve ads on the search engine. Advertisers produce the ads. The ads are a product other than googles unless it is a Google ad.
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by milkytron 11y ago
I believe he is absolutely correct when it comes to curiosity increasing the likelihood of survival of a species (ignoring the species problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species_problem ). Because others learn from t
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by milkytron 11y ago
Would you mind explaining why? I've been considering deleting mine for quite some time now. My google+ profile gets substantially more views, and I rarely use that either.
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Just out of curiosity, would a Mac Pro booting Ubuntu have similar effects on hardware? Minus the battery
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Your statements don't only apply to the tech crowd; I feel as though what you just said could easily be pasted across the web to provide a huge amount of help to anyone suffering from symptoms of mental illness. I am no expert, but th
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by milkytron 11y ago
I think the point he was trying to make was don't be a dick. You can deny someone a gym lesson if you don't have time, they shouldn't be too upset about that. Or at least point them in the right direction. And I think it&#x27
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by milkytron 11y ago
I think it's a well thought and appropriate title, considering Minsky joked around calling humans "meat machines" and the author is acknowledging Marvin's own mind and body for being marvelous.
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iOS is just a rebranding of what used to be iPhone OS.
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Well... The major reason that that argument can be made is because of the terms of service/use/agreement and privacy policies. Pretty much every one agrees without thinking, which is where I believe Apple got into some trouble a f
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Untranslated link - http://www.althingi.is/altext/145/s/0454.html
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by milkytron 11y ago
As time goes on though, as we can already see, specific components that make up the plant will be taken out and used on their own. This is already happening with THC and CBD with the plant being made into oils and concentrates. If cannabis
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by milkytron 11y ago
I'm very skeptical of anyone who develops AVs. Obviously GM, Chrysler, and Ford wouldn't be the best to develop such software. But even Google causes me to get a little scared. After using Google services and products for so long,
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by milkytron 11y ago
Is there a paywall on this?