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by paidleaf 8y ago
> Because they'd be sitting right in between EU countries EU? The guy was talking about texas, california and ny. > So hard borders all around, no trade deals in place, nothing. So they'll just negotiate trade deals? > It
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by paidleaf 8y ago
> But are they really going to put up a border wall, close off economically, form their own military, et al, et al? Those states already have borders and militaries. Also, why does independence mean "closing off economically"?
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by paidleaf 8y ago
> The Wall Street Journal is one of the most reputable sources for business journalism. Claiming that they would publish this article without proper vetting is ridiculous and equating it to "fake news" is shameful. So WSJ is b
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by paidleaf 8y ago
> Are there any career paths I can pivot to that are less cognitively demanding than software engineering where this degree would be an asset? Have you thought about going into CS research or academia? CS is not about programming. One of
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by paidleaf 8y ago
Rather than news aggregation on a map/location, I'd rather have news aggregation per event across countries/regions/etc. For example, Trump-Putin meeting is an event. I'd like news aggregation on this event on what
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by paidleaf 8y ago
This isn't for beginners. What beginner's assembly text covers multiple architectures and assembly flavors? My recommendation for beginner's assembly on linux is to write toy code in C and then view the disassembly in gdb or
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by paidleaf 8y ago
So did they or didn't they? Are they asking the readers? Is this our homework assignment that we are supposed to answer and turn in to the bbc? Can the news start reporting on facts? Read the article only to find out that we don't
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by paidleaf 8y ago
> I always wonder when I buy insurance, if I need it will they actually pay out. I think that's every insurance purchasers worry. The insurance companies have people who work for them to look for ways to deny your claim. But if the
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by paidleaf 8y ago
> What I don't understand about Twitch is how anyone has time to consume this content. Who has time to write comments on an anonymous forums? Who has time to watch TV? Listen to music? Who has time to watch a couple of men kick a ba
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by paidleaf 8y ago
I find that haskell is great to learn about functional programming and programming ideas, but to get things done, I stick to imperative or OO languages. Could be that I learned CS with C/C++/Java and work with C#/C++. So I ju
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by paidleaf 8y ago
> She was made famous by somebody else without her knowledge and consent. She was made famous by the attention-seeking couple, her "plane boyfriend" and the exploitive media. It's amazing how such a nonstory was milked by
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by paidleaf 8y ago
You are not wrong. It's just that Bloomberg requires their journalists to push out fluff everyday. Whenever you see a headline posed as a question, it's certain to be nonsense. News should be factual, not rhetorical or philosophic
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by paidleaf 8y ago
Ignorance is bliss. Quotes are like bible passages. There is one for every occasion and every perspective. Given one quote, you can find an equally poignant and contradictory quote. Time and tide wait for no man! Slow and steady wins the ra
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by paidleaf 8y ago
They are powerful for sure, but I wouldn't say they are too powerful. When the media or politicians can brow-beat tech giants into submitting to their demands, you really can't say tech giants are too powerful. I'd say "
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by paidleaf 8y ago
> we are the only ones on the planet who can't live in harmony with other species. That's not true. Every species can't live in harmony with other species. Go read about what happened to native species on pacific islands w
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by paidleaf 8y ago
They are trying to IPO for once last chance at a cashout for their most recent investor/owner ( advanced publications ). http://www.businessinsider.com/reddit-is-reportedly-consider... They aren't interested in us
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by paidleaf 8y ago
> I'm thankful for their new design, actually. After having to click "visit old reddit" a few times, I just got sick of it. > After many years of trying, I have now managed to successfully kick my Reddit habit completel
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by paidleaf 8y ago
> Does anyone know a good time in one's career to take time out and spend it on going through SICP and videos lectures with it? I guess any time is good. It's generally a class you take as a freshman or sophomore. People who at
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by paidleaf 8y ago
Losing memory via attrition is certainly a concern. But I think the bigger concern is losing memory via censorship and copyright. For most people, the internet is now google search and a couple of social media companies. Google has been cur
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by paidleaf 8y ago
> IP and knowledge was much less valuable in the 19th C industrial economy than it is today. Actually it was far more valuable because it was far rarer and you could do far more with it. With IP you could own/dominate the entire tex
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by paidleaf 8y ago
> You simply cannot out innovate 4 decades of work in a few years no matter how much money you throw at it. Sure you can, as long as you have the people, resources and the infrastructure. > Also, China has a branding problem and it is
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by paidleaf 8y ago
> American expertise will naturally decline because we don't have students studying EE. We won't decline in absolute numbers but comparatively. We will never produce as many engineers as china because they outnumber us by more
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by paidleaf 8y ago
> I'd be interested to know if others count by 1, 2, 3, or something else. I count in 1,2,3,4 or 5 blocks depending on the situation. For example if I am supposed to have 13 buttons and I want to verify it. I visually or physically
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by paidleaf 8y ago
> It was hard to be there because the highest ideals were positivity and productivity It's interesting how language/vocabulary changed as well. "I'm upset because I wasn't productive today". When did people
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by paidleaf 8y ago
> Interesting idea, that the mirror test for dogs is unfair because their vision sucks compared to their nose, but this reasoning seems to take quite a leap. This has been a decades old complaint about the mirror test. It is a human bias
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by paidleaf 8y ago
Duplicate. The top post right now. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17374440
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by paidleaf 8y ago
> Actually, Gutenberg did build the first printing press. The Chinese developed both printing and movable type much earlier, but they did not go on to develop a full press for printing. The chinese developed printing and movable type but
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by paidleaf 8y ago
> Unpopular opinion: co/contravariant representations represent exactly the point at which formal typesafety starts hurting instead of helping as an engineering practice. Type safety? It's a way to maintain soundness. Covarianc
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by paidleaf 8y ago
> But lots of animals commit suicide. You don't need to talk about lemmings. We have to talk about lemmings when we are talking about conscious human-like suicide because lemmings are the only animals that purportedly had conscious
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by paidleaf 8y ago
> Sadly it is part of a general trend in the english speaking world to overstate the scientific and technical achievements of one's countrymen It's a trend in every nation but the english speaking world dominates the media land

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