oPerrin

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by oPerrin 16y ago
I think this can only be addressed by stating it clearly and upfront. "Automated cars will kill people. They will kill people every year. The only thing they have going for them is that every year they will kill 10 times less people than p
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by oPerrin 17y ago
Unfortunately decimals seem to be harder for computers than people :) http://screencast.com/t/ZjUwOWRl
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by oPerrin 17y ago
Let me save you the trouble. This guy is a crackpot who doesn't have a clue what he's talking about. Though if you've ever been persuaded by an article extolling the virtues of homeopathy, you might be of the right mindset to enjoy this art
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by oPerrin 17y ago
An interesting point from the wikipedia articles: One version of the theory, that the nemesis star is a brown dwarf, should be testable in the next year or so. The WISE mission is launching in just over 33 days, and its year long mission wi
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by oPerrin 17y ago
Can you tell us how you found this tutor? Did you interview multiple people? And finally how much did this kind of tutoring cost?
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by oPerrin 17y ago
I'd like to share a couple gems that psychology has actually produced: 1. One of the most important skills for success is the ability to distract yourself from immediate desires . Delaying gratification, by looking away, thinking about som
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by oPerrin 17y ago
Were you able to accomplish this transition while maintaining a relationship? (Genuinely curious, no insult, slight or negative implication intended)
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by oPerrin 17y ago
Can someone from mint.com confirm these figures? Surveys are fine but I trust transactional records more. The figures don't seem far off as I compare to my mint.com breakdown, but I'd like a more comprehensive and modern approach to this da
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by oPerrin 17y ago
I lost my wallet last night. Thanks for the thought HN but a little too late.
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by oPerrin 17y ago
Old hat. The reverse is actually more interesting! The representation of the brain is reflected in body parts. People think about the brain as being the seat of neuroplasticity but your limbs are actually learning patterns, as are your ears
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by oPerrin 18y ago
It's not done yet. Contribute!
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EtherPad Adventure(etherpad.com)
1 points by oPerrin 18y ago|1 comments
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by oPerrin 18y ago
As always these articles are wonderful to read. I think the hardest thing for people without depression to conceptualize is the crushing weight of insignificant tasks. How picking up a single sock becomes a literal impossibility. How the im
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by oPerrin 18y ago
Perfectly in tune with On Intelligence - go read it if you found this article insightful.
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by oPerrin 18y ago
Creature creator only. Torrent of same available at usual places.
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by oPerrin 19y ago
There are some fairly strong reinforcement schedules which can create motivation, however they rely on one of two things. 1. The desire for the reinforcer never wanes. or 2. The reward continually increases in value. The first is brutal, th
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by oPerrin 19y ago
Why would I want to? I share my network and my neighbors share theirs. I get to help provide the kind of ubiquitus wifi I want everywhere and get connection redundancy while I'm at it. "steal?" that's just paranoid propaganda.
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by oPerrin 19y ago
I seem to be an outlier. I need about 10 hours but can easily enjoy 12.
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by oPerrin 19y ago
I enjoyed this piece, now whenever I find a loophole in a law that I can exploit for my own benefit I can blame the law! I'm not a bad person, it's a bad law! Along with the invisible hand of Adam Smith, I was basically bitchslapped into ma
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by oPerrin 19y ago
No. From my background in Physics: Qubits decohere at anything like room temperature. From my background in Neuroscience: 100 trillion connections is sufficient for all cognition. Unfortunately, understanding why this claim is absurd takes
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Ask YC: How hard are personalized video ads?
1 points by oPerrin 19y ago|0 comments
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by oPerrin 19y ago
From the name I assumed I would get more points for being creative with my flying. Here's my idea: Sky write with their trails and get uber bonuses for making certain shapes. Make a star out of smoke, it flashes solid and you get invulner
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by oPerrin 19y ago
This falls into a class of technologies which can be described thus: It would be awesome if it worked but probably won't. On 15 search queries which I regularly perform on Google Scholar (e.g. QED, fMRI, Feynman, Jeff Hawkins etc.) I got ze
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by oPerrin 19y ago
Sounds like you read: "On Intelligence" - if so, cool, if not do so. Then do this: break CAPTCHA There are plenty of people who will pay for that, and a successful implementation of Hawkins/George system will be able to do so.