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   by pokpokpok 12y ago

   AND helps their children and grandchildren do well for themselves, breaking a socioeconomic cycle
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   by pokpokpok 12y ago

   if you mean that you want them to nerf pitching, I think that the appropriate way to do that is to lower the mound
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   by pokpokpok 12y ago

   I would go into debt to work for khan academy. they're doing something hard and worth while and doing it well
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   by pokpokpok 12y ago

   It's like the difference between filling your house with african sculpture because you've been to africa once, versus having deep roots and understanding of the culture. There's no objective way to judge these issue but they
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   by pokpokpok 12y ago

   You can't use this client side, correct? due to the fact you'd be publishing your aws key?
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   by pokpokpok 12y ago

   the thing is that this perceived cost is actually much tinier than it may feel to a privileged individual. feel-good rules like "treat everyone the same" havn't cut it, objectively, statistically. there are real injustices th
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   by pokpokpok 12y ago

   do you hate walking? or not mind it after proper preparation?
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   by pokpokpok 12y ago

   I think the key thing is that being a perfectly rational actor is a strange and twisting pursuit. Measuring your actions against another scale is more useful IMO. Being humane/considerate/farsighted (or any set of subjective value
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   by pokpokpok 12y ago

   Just remember that the human brain is basically not set up for objectivity. Plenty of people who consider themselves rational are capable of making decisions that you would call unrational. Doesn't mean you need to live your life thro
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    by pokpokpok 12y ago

    TPB was effectively a modern cultural library for millions. If a child from a poor household wants to experience the greatest music or films created by the artists of our era, and doesn't have hundreds of dollars to pursue that wish, t
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    by pokpokpok 12y ago

    exciting to be young and engaged in technology at a time like this
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    by pokpokpok 12y ago

    I welcome any hack that involves consenting parties
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    by pokpokpok 12y ago

    I would make the argument that if some of the silliness was stated for what it was, gullible rich people would spend their money on something equally frivolous that did more to drive innovation
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    by pokpokpok 12y ago

    accurate measurement tools weren't so easy to come by as paper and time
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    by pokpokpok 12y ago

    in my opinion, (although the counter-argument is clear), the reason to donate to the FOS movement in the short term instead of long term endowments is because it feels like we are at a critical turning point in the history of technology wit
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    by pokpokpok 12y ago

    arguments? how about friendships?
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    by pokpokpok 12y ago

    their point is that this is a package meant to financially aid those in the process of learning, but it's restricted to learners who are already privileged enough to be part of the expensive system (maybe some of them through grants or
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    by pokpokpok 12y ago

    thanks for breaking it down! I'm adding it to the snazzy new gallery, and implementing Lissajous curves is going to be my new region of exploration
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    by pokpokpok 12y ago

    haha it's always been purple for me because it's a clicked link! no wonder nobody can find it. thank you
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    by pokpokpok 12y ago

    cool, my slight modification: http://maxbittker.github.io/Mojulo/#eCAqIHkgKiAoc2luKCh4K3Rp...
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    by pokpokpok 12y ago

    neat, can't quite grok the mechanics behind it though
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    by pokpokpok 12y ago

    thanks, I appreciated this
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    by pokpokpok 12y ago

    Thanks, these are inspiring. Makes me want to add genetic mechanics.
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    by pokpokpok 12y ago

    linked for the lazy: https://maxbittker.github.io/Mojulo/#ICAxMCooKCgoMTAwLXgpXjI... fantastic effect! One of my favorites today, thank you. Quick question - do you think that I should refine the gallery formatting to
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    by pokpokpok 12y ago

    Neat! Haven't teased anything like this out of it yet so thanks for sharing, I'll add it to the gallery. Linking works by the way: https://maxbittker.github.io/Mojulo/#ICAgIHNpbih0aW1lICogMC4...
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    by pokpokpok 12y ago

    good idea! this project was partially inspired by math classes spent in high school plotting pretty polar functions on my graphing calculator instead of paying attention to trigonometry... I'm not sure that mojulo in it's current
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    by pokpokpok 12y ago

    I encourage people to check out and contribute to the gallery, I built this because I wanted to see the amazing things people come up with!
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    Show HN: Mojulo – Pixelated Math Rendering Sandbox Toy(maxbittker.github.io)

    50 points by pokpokpok 12y ago|37 comments
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    by pokpokpok 12y ago

    This video is much more convincing than the original post
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    by pokpokpok 12y ago

    depends on how regulated and taxed it is