parksy

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by parksy 6y ago
> One of the questions should be: Why should we build a model for the world? The decision not to build a model, is a model. > Is that really possible/doable? Models are just data-driven predictions based on understanding. The be
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by parksy 6y ago
I somehow snagged a copy from a local video store back in the day, when those were still a thing. Was weird to see something so niche in a mainstream shop, it was good to put on in the background when entertaining guests, and it feels nice
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Signal pushing contacts I haven't spoken with in 5 years, do I want to connect?
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by parksy 6y ago
Science can point the direction, but it takes the will of large populations of individuals to put in the effort to achieve any kind of positive outcome. That will has been continually undermined and attacked by anti-science rhetoric driven
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by parksy 6y ago
> PHP from a local script does math just fine It depends on the definition of "just fine" really, not to be argumentative. I've written quite a few algorithms processing big numbers (e.g. numbers with digits in the megabyt
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by parksy 6y ago
Compare it to traditional security. If you want to steal a few dollars you just need a sharp bit of metal and an easily frightened shopkeeper. Of course when you leave, the shopkeeper (assuming you didn't murder them) can use a phone t
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by parksy 6y ago
Turing completeness in layman's terms means you can write programs on it. Traditionally a computer that most people are familiar with is a single machine, like PC or the device we can hold in our hands. Etherium is a swarm of millions
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by parksy 6y ago
I took a shotgun approach to it with clacks-p2p. I thought, any directed attempt to send data from A to B is going to leave traces of a path. With enough command of the network you'll be able to figure out from various side-channels wh
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by parksy 6y ago
Definitely agree - I struggled beyond basic integration in High School, and my "why" and "what is it" type questions about calculus were met with annoyed "read the book" replies and young me lost interest in hi
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by parksy 6y ago
I had a lot of fun with "this lyric does not exist" - I don't know if that's more of a statement about modern lyrics lowering my expectations, but some of these could pass the taste test. I think this is definitely going
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by parksy 6y ago
Yet another data mining front parading as an application, the exact same problem the entire internet is in heated discussion about how to solve. "We will never sell your data" sounds very "don't be evil" and the ter
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by parksy 6y ago
My dad smashed my computer around the laundry (where the computer lived) with my cricket bat because I was "playing games" instead of studying. "playing games" was using assembly language and pascal with s3m libraries to
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by parksy 6y ago
I agree that "the economy" has relatively little to do with the ability for "a" startup to succeed, given the right startup, with the right technology, in the right political environment, in the right social environment.
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by parksy 6y ago
Yeah I will wait for a more digestible summary of what this actually does. This is one of the OLD reference papers: https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/257.pdf I guess once I figure out what bootstrapping IO for C means, mayb
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by parksy 6y ago
That's when I throw my phone in the bin, really. Everyone acts like we're all subservient slaves but we all have our limits.
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by parksy 6y ago
I was involved in a somewhat similar situation in the late 2000's when working on a team building an eCommerce website. We found a major national bank's newly public merchant gateway allowed anyone who knew the IP address of an au
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by parksy 6y ago
Thanks, I hadn't come across crev. I have always worried that open review systems could create a false sense of security, if enough bad-faith actors poison the well. But it looks like crev deals with this by allowing users to choose th
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by parksy 6y ago
Good point, however unlike Apple's model, if a hypothetical certified NPM repository was set up, there is still the open public repository. The freeform and experimental problem solving still occurs there. Developers could even benefit
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by parksy 6y ago
Beyond the usual DIY security practices when dealing with NPM I wonder if there's viability in a service offering access to pre-audited repos like NPM, basically just a curated proxy with a process around certifying the security of pac
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by parksy 6y ago
Good call, that's actually a valid point. I wanted to carry on the fun but your rebuttal gave me pause to reflect, and I realised two things, one being that I was not entirely fair in my characterisation of management, the other being
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by parksy 6y ago
Dear team, Latest research indicates that interruptions are a major distraction and cause of stress in the modern distributed workplace. In keeping with our ongoing focus on the wellbeing of our staff, and in order to improve morale and pro
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by parksy 6y ago
I haven't enough experience to talk about any things I don't like but my limited experience with it on a couple of small personal projects has been positive. All of this is subjective of course but these are my impressions: - It&#
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by parksy 6y ago
Social media and mass data analytics are just tips of the iceberg in terms of the impact these types of technology can have on society (for better or worse) From these beginnings we have seen a rise in mass groups of people organising behav
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by parksy 6y ago
I'd love to fly through this in VR to get a real appreciation for the scale and majesty.
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by parksy 6y ago
"The Mosquito" ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mosquito ) came to my attention when we were walking out of a multi-story car park with my kids. They complained of an irritating repeating high pitched noise
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by parksy 6y ago
Whoa, total grade 2 flashbacks. I forgot this game existed but spent ages on it at school.
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by parksy 6y ago
Anethole, one of the major flavour components of liquorice, is shared among a range of popular cooking herbs and spices. Milder-tasting fennel goes great with loads of cooking, it's quite common to chop up a fennel root to add to slow-
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by parksy 6y ago
The sense of mystery and dread that you mentioned touches on the only part of the article I disagreed with - the critique of the "pointless" weapons, of the game giving you a sub-par base and sub-par craft to begin with, and basic
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by parksy 6y ago
I think this is the exciting thing, even if it turns out to be some abiotic process on Venus, there's will need to be new studies leading to improved understanding of planet-scale chemistry, in addition to new studies of life here on E
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by parksy 6y ago
This is great, I appreciate the effort that has gone into it. I have used git now for about 10 years, always via cli so I am pretty fluent with it and understand intuitively what is going on behind the scenes, but have only rarely needed to

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