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by nmrm2 11y ago
First of all, encouraging Congress to change laws is not police work. It's political work. Second, in this case, "routing around" is distinct from "respecting". The courts and constitution state that in some circums
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by nmrm2 11y ago
To the extent that this is true (which I think is only in rather specific circumstances), backdoors also also ways of routing around constitutional protections.
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by nmrm2 11y ago
Immutability isn't a shortcoming. It's a feature. :-)
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by nmrm2 11y ago
This post comes across as 1) overly dismissive of what's been done so far, and 2) extraordinarily breathless about the capabilities of "data science", whatever the hell that is. You don't get your massive data sets witho
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by nmrm2 11y ago
> Android was a 6-person startup when it was acquired by Google. So a big fish ate a small fish? Also, Android wasn't successful because it was small. Android was successful because it was bought by a big company that could use it
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by nmrm2 11y ago
Essentially what you're saying in this post is that new products emerge over time and cannibalize the market for old products. Not exactly an earth-shattering observation, nor one that's unique to the past 50 (or 500) years. Which
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by nmrm2 11y ago
I think the article was intended to be about company/firm size. Calling Google or Apple small is kinda wrong ;-) But also, if you interpret it as technology, then it's still pretty wrong to describe the original smartphones as sma
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by nmrm2 11y ago
LaTeX is for presenting mathematical equations, Markdown is for rich text formatting of natural language. There's nothing particularly wrong with Markdown, but it's not really essential for functional chat either. Conversely, chat
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by nmrm2 11y ago
Japanese internment camps, wasted energy on McCarthyist witch hunts, Nazi concentration camps, and futile wars are all excellent examples of how patriotism can undermine national power. Patriotism is an emotion. Emotional decision making ca
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by nmrm2 11y ago
> Instead of using an equation array in latex, use a numbered markdown list with latex formulae That's a plausible benefit if you're editing a document where nice-looking numbering matters (e.g., an email). In chat, if I have
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by nmrm2 11y ago
If the IRB regime had existed in the 40's, I doubt it would've have stopped this and other experimentation. IRBs are effective at checking back everyday scientists. I somehow doubt an IRB panel would be need to be consulted by som
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by nmrm2 11y ago
Why would anyone want Markdown in a chat window? No one is sending document-length chat messages with text formatting. That's what email is for. On the rare occasions you want italics or bullets in a chat, you can get close enough with
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by nmrm2 11y ago
You've literally just reworded the statement of the article. Neither you nor the author explain how patriotism is linked to power. I (and your parent) think that's an absurd position. If anything, a realistic rather than jingoisti
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by nmrm2 11y ago
Check out http://adam.chlipala.net/cpdt/
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by nmrm2 11y ago
It looks like "graphics" is their term/brand for articles that make essential use of "rich"/interactive content. If I had to take a wild guess, the author/editor of the article might've wanted some fa
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by nmrm2 11y ago
Thanks for your responses. I think I'm expecting interesting and impactful results out of an exposition/proposal, which is probably unreasonable. > but all of programming in 28 pages, built on a foundation only of set theory,
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by nmrm2 11y ago
I guess my question is, why set theory, as opposed to building [new] logics on top of other semantic models (e.g. operational semantics or reachability relations)? (I don't doubt there are compelling reasons, I just don't know eno
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by nmrm2 11y ago
What I couldn't find was an answer to the question "why?" I could see this being an interesting basis for teaching Computer Science in high schools, where a text like this functions in a way similar to Euclid in high school G
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by nmrm2 11y ago
I was really confused about the middle-of-nowhere-Kansas tech hub until I realized it's just the middle of the US.
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by nmrm2 11y ago
I don't know how to respond to your assertion that receiving violent messages on a regular basis is only harmful if there's a credible threat of follow-through. It's simply not normal to have to read email threatening you or
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by nmrm2 11y ago
It is not normal or okay to receive death threats after presenting at a professional conference. I've presented several times and have never received a threat. I can't even imagine that happening. Maybe there are some subcultures
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by nmrm2 11y ago
Telling people to stop complaining about what is clearly criminal harassment because it makes the industry look bad is a pretty disgusting sentiment.
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by nmrm2 11y ago
Law enforcement has done a pretty decent job at cooperating across jurisdictions in their war on poor people who use drugs. I'm willing to bet that, if they cared about the issue, they would find a way. I'm also willing to bet a h
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by nmrm2 11y ago
The author received private messages saying that someone jerked off to a picture of her at a conference and also photoshopped pictures of her full of blood. Those sorts of messages -- even in isolation -- have real-world, often physical, co
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by nmrm2 11y ago
I got about two minutes into the fibonacci tutorial before I couldn't stand watching any more. If you don't mind my asking, why do you feel this is an advancement?
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by nmrm2 11y ago
"Java Schools" is what happens when you "close the loop" between industry and academia. http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/ThePerilsofJavaSchool...
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by nmrm2 11y ago
The assertion that a 20% of a random sampling of Carnegie Mellon professors have industry experience in the sense that graduating undergraduates "go into industry" is, IMO, questionable. I'm inclined to wonder how much of tha
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by nmrm2 11y ago
I don't really have any opinions about video games; I always got bored with them too quickly to spend any substantial amount of time on them. But that's really just me... I suspect if my hand/eye coordination and reflex time
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by nmrm2 11y ago
> So if the government taxed each corporation $1000 per employee, then gave you that $1000 back at the end of the year, that would mean your wages were less by $1000 a year? In many cases is roughly what social security does. In almost
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by nmrm2 11y ago
Yeah but I also want to allow "super massive change that fundamentally changes the character/utility of the system" Basically, don't repackage my stuff with a stupid extra feature or some crapware or a few bug fixed. But

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