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by nzp 13y ago
Why not? :) All these things are really simple in their essence. They're abstract but an average 14 year old in modern civilisation already has the cognitive machinery necessary to grasp such abstractions. In fact, I think at that a
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by nzp 13y ago
> It was easier for me to understand the fundamental theorem of calculus than it was for me to do long division in my head. I don't think I'm alone. You're not. I had the same experience. I have severe problems with mund
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by nzp 13y ago
Selling something (in this case oil) doesn't really make a difference. You haven't explained how is it different, you just said that it is different. All else being equal, what would change if Alaska just printed the money it no
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by nzp 13y ago
> This "I believe in GBI" line rarely is backed up by objective reasoning... You haven't really done a stellar job yourself. "My experience tells me" can hardly be used to back something up objectively.
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by nzp 13y ago
Isn't it the other way around? Terminator 2[0] is 2-1-2-2, and Terminator is 2-2-2-2. [0] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhWs3DVk-FU
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by nzp 13y ago
Of course, to not remember exactly what a monoid is is completely fine for a mathematician who's field isn't abstract algebra and related stuff, but to be clueless as to what the concept is at all is somewhat disturbing. I would
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by nzp 13y ago
> Well, I asked undergraduate math students on their final year, and they didn't know. I have no reason to not believe you, but how is this possible, and what does it say about either those students or that university or even both?
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by nzp 13y ago
> "Monoid", to someone who hasn't studied abstract algebra... Oh come on, man! I can't believe this ridiculous discussion. I'm not lashing out at you, don't get me wrong, but seriously, you think you need
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by nzp 13y ago
Except he wasn't, at least not in the usual sense of a party winning the majority of votes in an election. NSDAP was insignificant in the parliament, and Hitler became the chancellor through backdoor deals with industrial tycoons. Hi
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by nzp 13y ago
> So, no, you never prove anything nor imply anything at all with correlation. You're still guessing. This is a totally unreasonable stance to take. You can't even imply anything at all with correlation? Really, nothing a
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by nzp 13y ago
I absolutely get what you're trying to say, but---so what? How is programmers being aware of their luxurious jobs going to help people with less luxurious jobs? Will the situation for other people improve if people here merely stop c
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by nzp 13y ago
How about Dead Kennedys? But seriously, that was an extraordinarily shallow if not downright stupid comment. Not only have you equated a serious political statement with a punk band based on obviously superficial understanding of either pu
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by nzp 13y ago
Apart from two (two!) comments, of which one is [dead], expressing confusion about why this is important, there seems to be no divide. There's really no need to translate anything to "HN crowd" (by that I assume you really m
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by nzp 13y ago
This may be an irrelevant observation, and excuse me for that, but---the wardrobe malfunction was 10 years ago?! Good Lord, my brain's system clock needs a battery replacement.
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by nzp 13y ago
He's not dictating anything, he's merely explaining how meditation actually works. No one if forcing you to do it properly if you prefer doing it wrong.
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by nzp 13y ago
> Google's styleguide on that subject is also very clear that you should indeed not close void tags. Only because it results in smaller files. For example it also recommends omitting optional tags for the same reason. I'm rea
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by nzp 13y ago
Groff has a letterpress machine in the background, so it's appropriate, but I guess not very logoish.
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by nzp 13y ago
Maybe the intent wasn't to make fun in a malicious way. If hackers can't have a little fun at their expense, who can? Complaining about `three = 1` was a complete miss though.
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by nzp 13y ago
I think the HURD logo is actually quite good. They should use a different typeface though. And you can't really complain about the MIT Scheme one, that's exactly what it is :) (although it too could benefit from a nicer typeface
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by nzp 13y ago
Heh, they changed it a few years ago. The new one: http://www.list.org/images/logo2010.png
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by nzp 13y ago
No, it's actually best handled the way they are about to handle it: let the user choose the alternative themselves.
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by nzp 13y ago
Reading the title made my blood pressure start slightly rising as it gives an impression this is not configurable. Fortunately this is not the case. I like the menu bar where it is now, that space is wasted anyway. If Unity didn't h
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by nzp 13y ago
> How would you convince an intelligent being that could not feel pain that it exists at all? Assuming the being is "reasonable" (in this context it would mean it's willing to accept that there exist concepts that it may
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by nzp 13y ago
I don't have an account. You're right, for this particular query there's no MDN in results. I just tried "css box-sizing" (the first thing that popped into my mind) and MDN is the 3rd result. The quick answer thi
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by nzp 13y ago
My experience with exactly these and related terms has been almost opposite. Lately I needed to look up info on HTML and CSS a lot and not only am I constantly getting MDN results at the top, I usually get a snippet from the MDN page in th
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by nzp 13y ago
> but Austria hadn't considered the "chain" of allied countries assisting each other How could it not consider such a, ahem, small detail?
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by nzp 13y ago
First, the moral argument against inflicting pain on others doesn't depend on existence of pain. The moral dilemma is: is it acceptable to inflict pain on others or not. This is different, and to a large extend independent, from the
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by nzp 13y ago
There's no such data, because the zombie problem is complete nonsense. Well, actually, it is complete nonsense precisely because empirical data can't say anything about it.
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by nzp 13y ago
> Psycology can't answer questions like where does the mind come from or what is experience. I'm not sure I understand what you mean by this. Of course it can, that's the whole purpose of psychology (and, more fashionably
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by nzp 13y ago
> We know a ton about the brain but so little about the mind itself. We still don't have definitive answers to what consciousness is, why it's here, what's useful for, etc. Some people debate whether the mind exists at all

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