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by oskarth 13y ago
Groucho Marxism is the best kind of ideology. I didn't mean to imply that India is in any way a marxist state. I was referring to the unreflected usage of words like exploitation in this thread (not in the article) - a usage that I cou
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by oskarth 13y ago
Thank you for being a voice of reason and empiricism in this thread. Seems like too many people took a class in marxist sociology and all of a sudden see the whole world in terms of The Capitalists and The Exploited Class. EDIT: Taking a cl
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by oskarth 13y ago
exploitation is the foundational structure of capitalism No it isn't. Trade is. That's like saying rape is the foundational structure of sex. We clearly need to apply science and technology directly to human needs Who are we?
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by oskarth 13y ago
The problem is that the premise is flawed, in that sense that it's the wrong setting for enjoying things like for example wine. A big part of enjoying things like wine, coffee, tea, beer, whiskey, chocolate etc is in the setup, experie
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by oskarth 13y ago
Prior to doing this, did you walk 10K every day? Curious about the diff between 10K run vs 10K walk. Personally, weightlifting 3x a week and roughly 10K walking every day does the same thing as running did.
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by oskarth 13y ago
I am curious to see what you base this on. Sounds like a lot of hand-wavy speculation to me. If you would have talked about Americans going for American Football in college rather than say, Olympic Weightlifting, that would be a different t
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by oskarth 13y ago
For what it counts, I am also from Sweden and I completely agree with you (not that I have a choice not to...).
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by oskarth 13y ago
> "...computationally impractical to reverse" was found in both the patent application and bitcoin's whitepaper. That's the first time I have heard that one. If there are no other textbooks / papers / patent
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by oskarth 13y ago
Exactly right, but also exactly wrong. patio11 made an understatement to get his point across - that design doesn't matter as much as people think. That you, respectfully, call Bingo Card Creator not even close to cutting edge just mak
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by oskarth 13y ago
For those who haven't seen it, I highly recommend one of the "original" speedruns - Quake Done Quick (on Nightmare, naturally). It's less about glitches and more about playing extremely well. If you have ever played a fa
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Analyzing the fragility of BigData with Nassim N. Taleb(valbonneconsulting.wordpress.com)
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by oskarth 13y ago
I think you are making a mistake in assuming that you know how another person, who presumably is much more qualified at this specific domain, should spend their time to be the most productive in that domain. That's kind of like telling
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by oskarth 13y ago
Great comment, very interesting. Have you considered emailing the author/editor? Genuine corrections have a decent chance of being included.
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by oskarth 13y ago
I agree completely. Blocking everything but Google and Bing is horrible and extremely short-sighted.
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by oskarth 13y ago
Reminds me of this guy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Moussambani
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by oskarth 13y ago
Interesting. If it indeed is a new venture, which seems likely, where's the money coming from? Benevolent billionaire?
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by oskarth 13y ago
That is ridiculous. What we are doing is perfectly legal. Do these people think it's fair that a health-conscious individual should pay the same premium as a crack-addict? Remember that we are not going after your average Joe, the one
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by oskarth 13y ago
I clicked through all the way, the last step being pretty much: "get a server now". I was met with this: Got it. What happens next? We currently develop and test the Minerva Fabric with a very limited set of friends & special
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by oskarth 13y ago
While that is more likely the correct answer to the question posed in the headline, the article itself is more about what the students learn and how it affects them. Putting The Analects into practice is pretty remarkable, but a more honest
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by oskarth 13y ago
I use philosophers on my personal machines: thales, aristotle, plato, etc. On VPSes I like names like London<optional digit>PROD/DEV.
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Messing About in Science [pdf](jeffbloom.net)
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by oskarth 13y ago
Shameless plug. I made a similar service this weekend during Clojure Cup: http://hs.clojurecup.com/ It's quite rough around the edges, but the idea is that you follow individuals rather than topics. Any feedback is app
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by oskarth 13y ago
Because Williams, having just uncovered key evidence against the evil Russian mafia at Black Hat and/or Harrods was, the only person in MI6 who could possibly stand a chance against the evil Russian mafia. At the very least acknowledg
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Ancient Chompers Were Healthier Than Ours(npr.org)
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What's wrong with CS research(unqualified-reservations.blogspot.se)
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My Navrozov moments(unqualified-reservations.blogspot.se)
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by oskarth 13y ago
What does the ratio look like on a "neutrally controversial" comment look like? That is, a comment that isn't toxic, but merely dividing the community.
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by oskarth 13y ago
His attitude on academica and proofs are different from most contemporary researchers/scholars, something that he has talked about extensively in his books and other writings. Being well-read in the classics and spending a lot of his t
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by oskarth 13y ago
He got his PhD in the pricing of derivatives, and wrote the book Dynamic Hedging almost 20 years ago, far before he started with his so called "philosophical musings". If you are gonna criticize someone, it would be better to crit
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by oskarth 13y ago
He very much does. https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=pud (last comment was a month ago).

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