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by prmph 11y ago
Your perception is reality; different observers may perceive the same thing in different ways, but their perceptions are no less valid because of not corresponding to another observer's "truth". In a sense, even if people per
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by prmph 11y ago
> "Humans are quite stupid in many ways, compared to computers. Let's start with the most obvious: they can't count. Ask a human to raise 3425 to the power of 542 and watch them sit there for hours trying to work it out. R
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by prmph 11y ago
Here is my take: It is not just about religion. Having been born in a third world country but now in the US, I'm struck, by looking at those less fortunate, how much more (socially) devastating being poor here is. People often talk abo
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by prmph 11y ago
> "In my experience, Africa metaphorically is a jungle. Only psychopath and predator minded individuals thrive there." I would think HN readers were a bit more enlightened that this, no? Such absolutist pronouncements remind me
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by prmph 11y ago
Pardon my repeating what sounds like a cliche, but Africa is indeed a big place. I do not know of the situation on Ethiopia, but my first-hand knowledge (being originally from Ghana and now living in the US) is that banks are generally just
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Ask HN: Patterns for handling stable but problematic client(s)
1 points by prmph 11y ago|1 comments
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by prmph 11y ago
One interesting explanation is that people seem to think (maybe rightly) that art and culture are cheapened by too much money. To be authentic, art and culture needs to be nearer to the struggling edges of society.
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by prmph 11y ago
But that challenges the whole foundations of a civilized society, does it not? I suspect if prominent people are being caught on the wrong side of such procedural issues, ways would be found to tweak the law in a hurry.
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Ask HN: If you were writing Git now, what would you change?
2 points by prmph 11y ago|2 comments
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by prmph 11y ago
> "The thing is that you know that without understanding the code, because someone else will bid less time and do it." This, one of the fallacies of programming project management. What if I avoid developing a good architecture
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by prmph 11y ago
Your tone seems quite petty. The Bible's purpose is not to be a treatise on science; it is seeking to communicate deeper truths, not the exact nature or value of Pi. Knowing that Pi is an irrational number has not removed war, greed,
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by prmph 11y ago
Not to nitpick, but you might want to check your grammar and spelling. It's "lemma", not "lemme", for one thing, and "produce" should be "produces"
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by prmph 11y ago
> "But that changed and women weren't hired as much as men and women gave it up and then lost interest in learning." That's kind of the point, isn't it? By your own admission, hiring patterns might be based on fa
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by prmph 11y ago
He says he won the green card lottery; that means he is at least a permanent resident, and is more likely than not a citizen by now. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diversity_Immigrant_Visa
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Quantum Entanglement for Peace and Freedom (2007)(scottaaronson.com)
1 points by prmph 11y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: How do you determine what technology or language (if any) to learn next?
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Ask HN: What are your pain points using templates to build websites?
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by prmph 11y ago
You are also getting the productivity boost that comes from working in a coffee shop http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/21/how-the-hum-of-a-co...
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Ask HN: Would you pay monthly to work from coffee shops, with free coffee?
1 points by prmph 11y ago|4 comments
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by prmph 11y ago
Interesting responses. I hated work cubicles and office politics, so I started a successful freelancing career. I dislike working from home because it is too quiet, my mind tends to wander, and I can easily switch to doing a non-work chores
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Ask HN: What's your favorite place to work from as a freelancer?
4 points by prmph 11y ago|3 comments
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by prmph 11y ago
Ok, but most consumers have no stomach to go mucking around with OS components. The modularity of OSs is at too technical a level. And most third-party apps are trying to solve slightly different issues, with lots of overlap in functionalit
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by prmph 11y ago
I think this is a major challenge facing software technology now. Seems to be related to my question at: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10883322 One way to solve this is to create a modular super-app for which develop
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Ask HN: How can we tackle feature fragmentation?
1 points by prmph 11y ago|0 comments
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by prmph 11y ago
I there anyone I can reach out to directly?
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by prmph 11y ago
The thing I never understand about those tests is, are they testing math or programming? Programming mostly requires skills that go far beyond the mere ability to crank out algorithms to solve abstract math problems. I think there is a nich