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by ra88it 13y ago
After super intelligent AI, what's special about humans?
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Old Arctic Ice Is Disappearing, and Taking the Rest of the Ice With It(slate.com)
50 points by ra88it 13y ago|32 comments
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by ra88it 13y ago
This prompted me to do some googling and I found this: http://www.oceanhealthindex.org/ Does anybody here have knowledge about this organization?
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by ra88it 13y ago
My first Mac was a white iBook purchased from Amazon in December, 2002. My then girlfriend was home when the package arrived. She hid it and made me hunt for it when I got home from work. I finally found it in the dryer. Inside the box was
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Computer Go(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by ra88it 13y ago|0 comments
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by ra88it 13y ago
Title: "Never create Ruby strings longer than 23 characters" Conclusion: "Don’t worry! I don’t think you should refactor all your code to be sure you have strings of length 23 or less."
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SpaceX Falcon 9 GEO Transfer Mission rescheduled for Tuesday 3 Dec 5pm EST(spacex.com)
1 points by ra88it 13y ago|0 comments
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by ra88it 13y ago
It is a humorous reference to an American sitcom from the 80's called 'Different Strokes'. A lighthearted way of expressing disagreement. [edit: While I'm at it: the main character 'Arnold' would express disagr
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by ra88it 13y ago
When can we confirm that they missed their window? (Edit: new window is Thanksgiving day, one minute later than today. Might have to stream this one to the Apple TV for the whole family…)
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by ra88it 13y ago
What do you mean? Is that considered too deep nesting? (I'm not trying to be sarcastic.)
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by ra88it 13y ago
Teens represent the near future. They'll grow up and maybe carry their allegiances forward.
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by ra88it 13y ago
No, he agrees with you. He thinks pretending like it rang and rang without you noticing it could be considered a considerate gesture under certain circumstances.
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by ra88it 13y ago
Carmack is this living legend of programming, hacking, making magic happen with the computer. And yet his writing and the concepts that interest him are often simple and approachable. How does he manage to look at this pile of hacks with be
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by ra88it 13y ago
You're right - that phrasing is sloppy. I'm sure there's a kick-ass PR team behind this. But it smells different than normal PR. It actually contains surprises and a conversational tone and it reminds me of Musk himself. Givi
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by ra88it 13y ago
Sure. I guess what I mean is I can see his hand in the work. (Or at least I've convinced myself of that.) Tesla's PR is many things, but it's not safe. It feels plain and unadorned and yet genuinely enthusiastic and precisely
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by ra88it 13y ago
Elon Musk clearly writes these things himself. That, or he's got a bunch of other folks like him working at Tesla. Either way, it's exciting times. It's fun to be inspired by a company. To find something that keeps getting b
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Charles Bukowski, William Burroughs, and the Computer(realitystudio.org)
1 points by ra88it 13y ago|0 comments
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by ra88it 13y ago
Yeah, this shit's bogus man. It only solves one problem.
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by ra88it 13y ago
FYI, I'm on a 2011 Macbook Air running Safari. It's good enough that I enjoyed the experience. Honestly, I was never absolutely certain that the red line was off. Just suspicious. :)
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by ra88it 13y ago
As for the page turning - I think you could alleviate a lot of the issues by just slowing it down somehow. I can't remember if it was animated, but, if not, I think it would be less jarring if there was an animated scroll effect, start
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by ra88it 13y ago
Wow, that's the best I've felt all day. Truly lost myself in the piece trying to follow the red line and tease the individual notes out of my perception. Here's the example I was using: http://notezilla.io/p&#
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by ra88it 13y ago
And then somebody reduces the man to this awful youtube clip where he's drunk and fighting with his fiancé, where he kicks her meanly from across the couch, several times. And I have to remember: that's just this thread, this thre
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by ra88it 13y ago
I agree with your comment, although I'd replace "toddler" with "college kid". That said, I found it refreshing and pleasant to watch and charming in its innocence and the depth of its ambition.
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by ra88it 13y ago
This is apparently so well known that when I search for "us government holds patent", to see what other patents are held by the government, every single result is for this. I'm confused by this. Does the government hold lots
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by ra88it 13y ago
Nice little writeup, going deep on small subject. I sit here and think, "wow, so few pixels make such a big difference". Then I watch the animated gif go back and forth between iOS 6 and iOS 7, and I can't perceive the signif
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by ra88it 13y ago
Same idea, except with this product you can share your modification across machines and users without making everybody install your plugins on their client.
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by ra88it 13y ago
If you are smart and you can at least fake it that you are a "good guy"[1], then you stand a very good chance, assuming you are able to find out where these MegaCorps advertise. I work for one of them, and I found the ad on craigs
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by ra88it 13y ago
I've been dreaming about this for so many years. A DIY digital camera, back to the basics of lens and sensor. They are shipping now? Has anybody purchased one? [edit: I guess I should have googled a bit to see that this isn't the
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by ra88it 13y ago
I'm seeing a lot of comments playing devil's advocate by claiming that happiness is a choice. That's true! But it doesn't contradict the article. What we call 'happiness' or 'sadness' is just some com
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by ra88it 13y ago
Going to be a long weekend for some folks. Good luck and hope it's fun!

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