okaya

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   Why is religious language so pervasive in AI and transhumanist circles?(aeon.co)

   2 points by okaya 9y ago|0 comments
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   Mark Zuckerberg dismisses VR allegations(bbc.com)

   1 points by okaya 10y ago|0 comments
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   Why Some People Think a Typo Cost Clinton the Election(theatlantic.com)

   2 points by okaya 10y ago|2 comments
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   Why many programmers don’t bother joining the ACM(2014)(itworld.com)

   4 points by okaya 10y ago|0 comments
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   Is posting support for Paris on Facebook narcissistic, or heartfelt?(washingtonpost.com)

   1 points by okaya 11y ago|0 comments
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   by okaya 11y ago

   How does it work? I thought different trees would need different amounts water, sunlight, etc. Combining too many different kinds would give suboptimal fruits. Are these apples, peaches as good as a single tree?
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   Sinicisation(lrb.co.uk)

   1 points by okaya 11y ago|0 comments
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   by okaya 11y ago

   Some interesting parts: Sep 1947: ACM first meeting Jan 1948: John von Neumann's thoughts on high-level languages(FORTRAN) Oct 1957: Students' reaction to computerized registration 1 Oct 1969: First ARPANET transmission 1 May 1978
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   A Chronology of Computing at Columbia University(columbia.edu)

   44 points by okaya 11y ago|15 comments
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    Rules to avoid gratuitous gender profiles of female scientists(cjr.org)

    4 points by okaya 11y ago|1 comments
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    Columbia University Computing History(columbia.edu)

    3 points by okaya 11y ago|0 comments