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by rho4 5y ago
Biggest mistake of free software: It's too much hassle to donate. Show me a PayPal yearly subscription confirmation dialog on first startup for something less than 10 dollars, and if it takes 2 clicks at most and less than 10 seconds,
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by rho4 5y ago
e.g. because your star is about to blow up.
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by rho4 5y ago
> one of the comments on the article site: "I have yet to see a convincing argument why advanced civilizations would need to constantly expand like bacteria in a petri dish." E.g. to escape from violence, conflict and war.
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by rho4 5y ago
As a kid (and adult) you need to see some immediate tangible result of your virtual labor.
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by rho4 5y ago
Hopefully these efforts from the big players result in more reliable hardware for everyone.
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by rho4 5y ago
Also: Visual Basic and Delphi.
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by rho4 5y ago
I'm getting old, too *sigh. Technology stacks appear, and go right ahead reinventing dependency managers and repositories, IDEs with autocompletion, refactoring & WYSIWYG editors, a strong type system, comments and schema validatio
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by rho4 5y ago
same
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by rho4 5y ago
I am not against nuclear per se, but Chernobyl and Fukushima taught me that accidents will happen, so in order to get my support, build them as far away from where I live as possible. I prefer wind and especially solar over nuclear because:
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by rho4 5y ago
Separate wagons with typically 3 seats per row instead of 4, which are also a bit more comfortable. Less crowded, almost no kids and generally more quiet.
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by rho4 5y ago
I agree you do not need a strategy if the rule is insta win/loss. But if the rule were to reset the game until the host doesn't make any more mistakes, it matters.
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by rho4 5y ago
Steelmanning. Nice, learned something. I like it.
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by rho4 5y ago
> The most natural rule is that the guest loses I don't want to argue which rule would be more natural or make a more interesting show. But without a clear rule, I cannot decide on a playing strategy. > Why "provided he gets
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by rho4 5y ago
CHF 545/month (= ~$600/month = ~$20/day): 1st class national travel card in Switzerland. I chose this instead of owning a car. https://www.sbb.ch/en/travelcards-and-tickets/railpasses/ga/..
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by rho4 5y ago
You said: "I can make sense of it by drawing out the probability trees and see that it's 1/2 rather than 2/3 in this case" (Edit: sorry that was not your statement, but that from furyofantares.) Now you agreed that
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by rho4 5y ago
My statement was that if you always switch, it doesn't matter whether the host is blind or not. But I must say it is an interesting find of the simulation that your win rate is always 2/3 independent of your strategy (provided the
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by rho4 5y ago
See my simulation code.
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by rho4 5y ago
See for yourself: import java.util.List; import java.util.Random; import java.util.stream.Collectors; import java.util.stream.Stream; public class MontyHall { public static void main(String[] args) { Random random =
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by rho4 5y ago
What happens if the host reveals the prize? Is the game repeated? I'm saying as long as he doesn't accidentally open the prize door, it doesn't matter. If you insta-loose in that case, we're talking a different game.
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by rho4 5y ago
My hopes for this explanation were too high. I just tested it on my cooworkers. No luck. I reverted to suggesting to write a short simulation script to convince themselves by experimental data.
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by rho4 5y ago
As long as the host doesn't accidentally open the prize door, it doesn't matter whether he forgot or not. To test my statement you could write a simulation where the host randomly opens a door.
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by rho4 5y ago
Beautiful short explanation. I always struggle getting this point across in discussions.
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by rho4 5y ago
Yes, only interesting if this is for an Uber like service without ownership. Didn't read that part.
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by rho4 5y ago
I already pay almost $20 per day for public transportation. Of course I would switch to robotaxis for $8.50/h. Door to door, guaranteed seat, privacy, isolation from body odors & food smells, noise, loud phone conversations, scream
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by rho4 5y ago
Meanwhile, today Microsoft gifted us a brand new "News & interests" area in the taskbar lobbying for our focus and attention. Successfully... I even had to google how to turn it off, and write this comment.
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by rho4 5y ago
Almost gave up trying when I finally realized I had to click that tiny green plus button, which only appears on hover. Looking promising, with lots of room for usability improvements.
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by rho4 5y ago
Finally. State protects me from being murdered on the street. I expect the same for being bankrupted on the net.
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by rho4 5y ago
Wow, I just wish there was some real competition from a site owned by some independent foundation. Also, what is Jeff Atwood's and Joel Spolsky's net worth now?
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by rho4 5y ago
I prefer a diagram on a company wiki that contains only text boxes and connections. Accessible and editable by anyone in the browser (we use draw.io plugin for confluence). I accept that these diagrams will always be out-of-date and therefo
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by rho4 5y ago
Countdown to when the take off is supposed to happen sorely missing.

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