orangeeater

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by orangeeater 8y ago
> While I agree that AI research has a long way to go (perhaps several decades) before it might produce responsible machines ...written in 1984. I do not believe we've made any progress in terms of creating "responsible machin
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by orangeeater 8y ago
> by definition, better players take better decisions Ev average. My experience has been that, in everything with a competitive aspect, there is a phenomenon where suboptimal choices become optimal because they are unexpected. Chess, war
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by orangeeater 8y ago
> There's a certain po-faced affectation that is necessary to be called an artist. Being good isn't good enough; you also need to convincingly ape the norms of a self-appointed cultural elite. The cultural elite isn't self
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by orangeeater 8y ago
"If this is paradise I wish I had a lawnmower"
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by orangeeater 8y ago
> Among hundreds of other things, getting the return type of a method and getting the input parameter names (+ types) in a way that doesn't revolve around literally parsing the functions toString() representation. Ah, that's qu
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by orangeeater 8y ago
> Intensive parenting is a way for especially affluent white mothers to make sure their children are maintaining their advantaged position in society Urgh. Really? I think intensive parenting is an arms race, more or less. I don't
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by orangeeater 8y ago
> Js barely even supports reflection. This is a huge underrated shortcoming of js if you're doing anything complicated Can you explain what Java offers with regard to reflection that JS doesn't? My feeling is that reflection is
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by orangeeater 8y ago
> One should not feel embarrassed for not knowing something and then asking more in order to learn. Agreed: ignorance is not embarrassing. We're all ignorant about most things. But it is embarrassing to say something like "why
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by orangeeater 8y ago
> This proved problematic when my wife and I decided to refinance our home. Although Gina, an attorney, earns plenty, we needed a bit more income to persuade lenders to work with us. It quickly became clear that for us to qualify, I woul
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by orangeeater 8y ago
I get to the subway via one of the long and steep escalators mentioned in the article. I'd say about 30-35% of people walk down and 10-15% walk up. I walk up and down. Few general remarks: 1. If people have lots of luggage or aren&#x
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by orangeeater 8y ago
> What I'd like to see is an app where you don't get to see any pictures until you've initiated a conversation (of some minimum length) with a person I doubt many people would use this app. Physical attraction is too impo