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by psionski 13y ago
If we're talking about software development, I bet you can piece together a computer from the trash (where do you think my home servers come from :)) that will be good enough to run a company. After that, your only issue is food and rent (w
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by psionski 13y ago
“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.” ― Albert Einstein Find a hobby :)
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by psionski 13y ago
Is there a way to compute a "taste distance" for a combination of users reliably? I think if you just throw their ratings together you'll get a point with impossible taste (except if they like the same movies, in which case it won't matter)
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by psionski 13y ago
You see? When you put it that way it sounds stupid; otherwise it has beautiful words like "butchering" that convey additional feelings about the subject :)
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by psionski 13y ago
So you don't mind people butchering your words? I'd be offended if someone created a TL;DR of one of my posts...
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by psionski 13y ago
The article didn't say, does this site have any intelligence? A modern porn site would be like Netflix, i.e. it will slowly "learn" what (sub)genres you like, whether you like blondes, brunettes, etc. and it will automatically suggest video
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by psionski 13y ago
At least where I worked, the dog just kept us company and wasn't obnoxious at all . It was very calming to just play with her when you're stuck somewhere, most of the time petting the dog yielded beautiful technical solutions. She should h
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by psionski 14y ago
It's a software patent, therefore it's frivolous. "The basic algorithmic ideas that people are now rushing to patent are so fundamental, the result threatens to be like what would happen if we allowed authors to have patents on individual w
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by psionski 14y ago
The certain prize for me is having fun and learning CoffeeScript and physics. That's really more than I'd expect from any game :) The 10 BTC would be nice, but meh.
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by psionski 14y ago
When you click "Add team" you can add other species, but I think only the open-source ones and you get no ladder points (but it's very useful to test your design). To compete against everyone you'd have to "submit to ladder", I think.
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by psionski 14y ago
The people are just taking back some of the power they had previously delegated to banks and governments. Our leaders have become too far disconnected from us, they don't even understand that we are used to unprecedented freedom of action
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by psionski 14y ago
This could be really useful if it could be integrated with some hardware to make cat doors that open only for your cat... or at least a cat...
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by psionski 14y ago
An example of the normal attitude regarding such "incidents": http://mpex.co/faq_r.html#23 and also 24. I tend to agree. The less mainstream adoption there is, the less support tickets you'll have to answer.
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by psionski 14y ago
Blockchain.info wallets are pretty nice, they do client-side encryption with separate log-in and spending passwords (so your private key is encrypted inside an encrypted .json file and the first password decrypts only the outer layer). You
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by psionski 14y ago
- the legal system is a huge disappointment (CISPA, SOPA, etc.) - the financial system is a huge disappointment (worldwide financial crisis) It's not that we love Bitcoin (sure, it is an interesting piece of technology, but it's money , a
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by psionski 14y ago
A friend of mine told me "dude, the price is falling". So where do I go to check what's up? HN, of course!
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by psionski 14y ago
I decide to spend right now (by donating, buying domain names, etc.) because I know I'll get it back relatively soon. The numbers in my account don't help me in any way; they don't make my life better. Why should I not spend? Oh, and I do
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by psionski 14y ago
I suspect the Vietnamese treatment of dogs is an outlier, which doesn't invalidate the general rule. People think dogs are their friends, that they have stronger and more pronounced feelings and emotions than pigs (which may or may not be t
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by psionski 14y ago
Plus, since my money is constantly increasing in value, I can buy something "useless" every month and still have the same amount of money. Inflationary money I stick in deposits so I loose a little less than usual, deflationary - I spend.
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by psionski 14y ago
Something like http://blockchain.info/tree/65591581 ?
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by psionski 14y ago
I don't think hackers would do that... Even if Windows was open-sourced, many consider it an inferior operating system not worth their time and effort.
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by psionski 14y ago
It's not about cuteness, it's about (perceived) level of consciousness.
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by psionski 14y ago
Nope. Actual hard work and good intentions remain visible at any level - the Nordic countries are famous for their sane politics, even though we're looking at them from a distance. Facts are just facts and the distance only helps. Reporting
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by psionski 14y ago
I'm on Windows 7... So at least the bugs are cross-platform.
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by psionski 14y ago
Chrome crashes constantly, you can view the webpage for a couple of seconds and then get "ow snap"... Maybe it's time I got a real browser.
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by psionski 14y ago
You don't get to be a politician without some charisma and the ability to tell believable lies. I'm not saying these aren't useful skills, but putting too much power in such people is generally a bad idea.
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by psionski 14y ago
There are some really smart people in the USA, but sadly this doesn't apply to their leaders. The only thing they're good at is running massive propaganda campaigns (to the point where some people think they're proud to work two jobs and ba
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by psionski 14y ago
AFAIK Google fails to penalize you if there is any difference between your background and foreground colors, even if it's 1 unit (e.g. bg #000000 fg #010101). There's always a way around these things :)
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by psionski 14y ago
"Things I Learned Writing an HN Parody"... A bit recursive, aren't we?
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by psionski 14y ago
Why don't they let people see their website? When you go to their homepage an ugly login box pops up in front of the content and you can't close it without removing its DOM element... Even if you do, the site becomes non-functional, you can

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