mystikal

9 ms·

31.
by mystikal 11y ago
Yeah, in general stuff pertaining to software can be classified into one of four kinds of IP: copyrights, trademarks, patents, or trade secrets. The date that matters for trade secrets with respect to patentability is the date that they are
32.
by mystikal 11y ago
It's a pain in the ass, for sure. On the other hand, it's a good filter for finding people you want to be close to and finding people you want to avoid at all costs, that is unless you want to be punished with tedious drama. At
33.
by mystikal 11y ago
Oh yeah, I was conflating depolarizing with not polarized. Good point. Yes, by definition, if you are depolarizing, none of the polarized people will see you as polarized, at least in time. On the other hand, I still believe there are lo
34.
by mystikal 11y ago
In my experience, because they only see in black and white, polarized people see anybody that isn't polarized as belonging to the other pole. It gets boring after a while.
35.
by mystikal 11y ago
Some Chinese characters are pronounced differently depending on the surrounding characters. Example: sometimes in Mandarin a 4th-tone character is changed to 2nd-tone because saying two 4's in a row is hard.
36.
by mystikal 11y ago
No worries, I just like to argue :)
37.
by mystikal 11y ago
I'm long term mentally ill. You don't know what you're talking about.
38.
by mystikal 11y ago
Besides, our system of corporate loans and bankruptcy works so well to encourage innovation precisely because it minimizes the personal cost of failure. If you weren't allowed to fail, nobody would take risks.
39.
by mystikal 11y ago
Mental illness is primarily characterized by temporary states. Personally I don't think you can be "unhinged" without being mentally ill. It's better to use language that more accurately characterizes the situation, th
40.
by mystikal 11y ago
I feel like there are legitimate and illegitimate reasons for privacy and the illegitimate ones are compromising the legitimate ones. I also think that a lot of the time, we willingly part with privacy (always-on syndrome), and that you can
41.
by mystikal 11y ago
I didn't say people in industry weren't smart. There's plenty of stuff that gets published at conferences where the industry guys are like, we did that 15 years ago. My argument is that there's lots of great-in-theory b
42.
by mystikal 11y ago
There are zillions of academic solutions that if implemented properly would be better than the industrial version. Academics are just notoriously bad at building real-world systems. I think this is mostly because it's a waste of time
43.
by mystikal 11y ago
I see what you mean, but I think maybe "disruption" or "upheaval" is a better way to characterize the changes than "failure". Also, music videos are still made and widely watched on YouTube - again disruption
44.
by mystikal 11y ago
Shrinkage is not failure. I know plenty of pro music biz people.
45.
by mystikal 11y ago
The difference between man gcc and tldr gcc is dramatic.
46.
by mystikal 11y ago
The music industry failed?
47.
by mystikal 11y ago
> Still rock hard though. I mean, Octopod Transmuter is not... easy... but all the long major roguelikes (ADOM, Nethack, DCSS, ToME) are basically games of patience. They're repeatably doable if you learn all the rules and are care
48.
by mystikal 11y ago
Sodium isn't toxic, 5 grams of lithium can kill you.
49.
by mystikal 11y ago
There's a strong bias in all disciplines towards "positive" results, i.e. those that demonstrate an effect. They're more exciting, and in the short term they're usually more profitable. There isn't a lot of t
50.
by mystikal 11y ago
He's a role model for this community.
51.
by mystikal 11y ago
How conservative is your analysis? Is it whole program? Do you look at the class library? What's the largest size of program it handles in a reasonable amount of time?
52.
by mystikal 11y ago
It's usually safe to break safety laws, on the road or off it. Consider seatbelts. A wide net is cast to catch the exceptions. Nevertheless I agree that egregious unimpaired bad driving should be targeted too.
53.
by mystikal 11y ago
Yep, makes sense. So is there some kind of data to back up the claim that a jury is wrong more often? Perhaps verdicts are more likely to be overturned for juries?
54.
by mystikal 11y ago
You're saying a jury will reach the wrong verdict more than 50% of the time, and a bench will reach the right verdict more than 50% of the time? I don't disagree, but are there statistics?
55.
by mystikal 11y ago
Some people are only able to reason about things they can measure.
56.
by mystikal 11y ago
Shit man, I just genuinely didn't understand. I haven't even read the article. I would probably call the yelling straightforward aggressiveness, but I'll agree that it's childish, overblown, and reactionary.
57.
by mystikal 11y ago
Why is that passive aggressive? Because she asks "I am?" instead of just adjusting the volume?
58.
by mystikal 11y ago
> I don't have a problem with wealthy people making their own call on the guns vs. butter question. You can donate to military organizations that fund warfare directly?
59.
by mystikal 11y ago
The point is that you can justify lower taxes if you have private donations to charities instead of state funding.