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by placebo 12y ago
>The difference between a Pythagorean fifth and an equal temperament fifth is not enough to bother any but the fussiest listeners, but it is detectable to some. Thought experiment: Suppose someone with perfect pitch were to sing out all
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by placebo 12y ago
I've written a very fast Scrabble program in JavaScript which I think should perform on par with it (i.e greedy algorithm that chooses word with best possible score for the next move) http://amnond.github.io/jscrab&#x2F
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by placebo 12y ago
>If he won the lottery three times, he asks, would she believe? I would... :)
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by placebo 12y ago
Interesting. I've thought about this exact topic before and I think his point shouldn't be dismissed so lightly. What got me thinking about this was an occasion (years ago) when I read a proof in which I didn't understand the
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by placebo 12y ago
While I agree it's important to learn how to say no sometimes in order to keep priorities and deadlines, I feel though that what is missing in this advice is that you should also learn how to say no in a manner that doesn't genera
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by placebo 12y ago
Well, it's mentioned that they are working on getting the theory to be testable and you can't get more scientific than that. The fact that the theory implies things that many scientists are uncomfortable with does not diminish any
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by placebo 12y ago
I really like seeing examples that illustrate how the more limits are imposed, the more creativity thrives. Not that CSS/HTML are that limited, but as far as creating a full blown 3D environment they would definitely not be something I
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by placebo 12y ago
I'll bet criminal organisations that use extortion on businesses also make more money than the average businesses being targeted. The fact that trolls use the law instead of violence doesn't make it that much better. Legal but mor
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by placebo 12y ago
I understand the point and am no stranger to wu wei and Taoism . I also found the article quite interesting in the science behind it. However, this admittedly off-topic reaction was the first I had to reading the introduction of a philosoph
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by placebo 12y ago
Sorry, but with all my fascination with eastern mysticism, I find this admiration of elegant effortless killing quite troubling. Would we see the same admiring descriptions of how a "mundane task is turned into an artistic performance&
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by placebo 12y ago
The idea of a secure golden key would be wonderful if you could always trust the keepers of that key to do the right thing. But you can't. The same applies to the idea of "you have nothing to fear if you have nothing to hide"
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by placebo 12y ago
Seems like either Dunbar's number is from some alternate reality or many of the commenters (including myself) are the alternate reality...