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by nikofeyn 8y ago
if that's actually the case, how about put a small sign by the button? but is it really that hard to remove or disable the button? do people really need another data point that interactions with government services are filled with poin
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by nikofeyn 8y ago
> The reason there were so many bison in the US when the settlers arrived is that the native Americans had already hunted the rest of the megafauna to extinction. do you have a good source that details the evidence of this? and what mega
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by nikofeyn 8y ago
waze has it and google owns waze.
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by nikofeyn 8y ago
f# is a multi-paradigm language. it allows you choose what paradigm fits the problem best and allows you to easily mix paradigms, and it does so in a clean way. haskell does not have this flexibility. this is f#'s power.
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by nikofeyn 8y ago
i think it is relatively common in creatively brilliant people who become older. some people solve problems in ways that are counterintuitive and against the grain. it takes a lot of courage to do this, especially social courage. so for the
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by nikofeyn 8y ago
> I think this is especially relevant here on HN because it shows how startups are required to solve problems. that's quite a leap. and i don't see how that follows from what you've said.
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by nikofeyn 8y ago
this is the best (and maybe the only) one that i know of. it isn't cheap though.
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by nikofeyn 8y ago
why do people (not you, the quoted part) keep talking as if self-driving cars have already reached the point where they are safer than humans?
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by nikofeyn 8y ago
musk isn’t the only reason i dislike tesla. they are overhyped by their customer base because the cars are “cool”, but i personally find the overall design and fit and finish to be lacking. they don’t feel like the expensive cars they are.
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by nikofeyn 8y ago
can someone explain? i was under the understanding that it's the works that are under copyright and will be what enters the public domain and not the mickey mouse character as a whole. so people can go off and remix steamboat willie an
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by nikofeyn 8y ago
if only we had other technologies that could fill this role.
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by nikofeyn 8y ago
regarding the mouse and keyboard use in visual programming, i have used labview extensively. with labview, one normally assumes one hand on the mouse and another on the left side of the keyboard, which is used in a chorded manner in that it
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by nikofeyn 8y ago
> I have seen visual dataflow languages and even worked on some of them. have you ever actually used one? > Even then, once a "program" gets complex it can get tangled fast. because this is a common complaint, but it applies
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by nikofeyn 8y ago
probably just because it’s fun to use foreign words as the name of things since you can have something sound like a name and not just a word but have a direct meaning or represent a concept. also, weren’t (maybe it should be “aren’t”) the j
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by nikofeyn 8y ago
one only needs to look at the team ico games to find examples of truly emotional games that don't handle player death in a realistic way. in each game you can die, fall off the level, etc. and you just come back after some ambiguous re
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by nikofeyn 8y ago
i don’t know if it’s accurate, but i get the sense godel liked finding pathologies. for example, his “godel metric” as a solution to einstein’s general relativity showcased “unphysical” possibilities but was still a legitimate solution.
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by nikofeyn 8y ago
i can see "overengineered pub talk" as a specific critique instead of them meaning public. i am probably wrong there. but the point still stands as it's rude and not important to make a mention of their english, especially wh
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by nikofeyn 8y ago
what good does it do pointing that out, if it's even true? it's clear they meant articulate and public.
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by nikofeyn 8y ago
i legitimately thought the dog sending too many texts was funny and the project was cool. i was serious in disagreeing with our species coming so far.
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by nikofeyn 8y ago
of course we can. i thought it was funny.
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by nikofeyn 8y ago
why would it be?
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by nikofeyn 8y ago
that's hopelessly optimistic. so dogs can send texts. so what? we still clamor for power and ignore the consequences of our actions at every level and in every facet of life. we are hopelessly animalistic and primal in our social and e
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by nikofeyn 8y ago
just to be clear, "this guy" isn't just some random person. atiyah is one of the best mathematicians of the 20th century.
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by nikofeyn 8y ago
i just don't understand how his take is at all relevant in modern times. i am sure he uses microwaves, refrigerators, homes, vehicles, etc. on a daily if not hourly basis that have non-free software and firmware. what does he or anyone
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by nikofeyn 8y ago
and that maglev train is basically a show piece and was considered way too expensive to develop. the high-speed trains in china aren't as fast, but they are still fast, quite cheap, as smooth as the maglev, comfortable, and most import
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by nikofeyn 8y ago
in that case you'd get peanut, butter cookie, and dough, so i suppose you could make a peanut and butter cookie bread. lol.
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by nikofeyn 8y ago
> Netflix is selling you any movie for ~$10/month. are you talking about their streaming options or dvd mail service? their streaming service has very limited options for good movies. and the good ones are ones i have usually alre
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by nikofeyn 8y ago
oh. i didn't even notice the words at the time, probably because i wasn't looking for it since i had no idea who this person is. i had made the assumption that hacker news' link shortening did something to it.
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by nikofeyn 8y ago
why does hacker news redirect the link like that? isn't this a major bug and security issue?
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by nikofeyn 8y ago
> Giving "everything is awesome" tips to everyone, all the time, is the tipping equivalent of "everyone gets a trophy" competitive sports. You're not really helping the people you're giving them to, because

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