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by rmbyrro 4y ago
If you don't like banks and someone robs a bank, do you celebrate the robber?
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
> the first decentralized robbery thanks for the loud laugh
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
Isn't this simplistic? It really depends on the service, how it is used, the shape of the data generated/consumed, what type of queries are needed, etc. I've worked for a startup that hit scaling issues with ~50 customers. An
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
a search engine won't need joins, but other things (ie text indexing) that can be split in a relatively easier way.
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
Mobile killed tables for layout. Unless you replicate the table in different configurations and use CSS to show one for each screen size.
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
I couldn't avoid having the impression that the author just wanted to show off...
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
In 20 trillion years, or even infinity, would you consider a rational expectation that electricity will ever flow from the grid through wires into a power outlet, by the work of randomness?
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
Personally, I think being bothered by that alone is indeed sexism. If I were "surrounded by men", they had traits I dislike and I wanted to discuss on HN, I'd talk about the traits, not the fact that they're men. It wo
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
Perhaps another valid question is: should I bother about it?
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
Do neural networks come to existence by random combinations of atoms? We're not discussing how things act intelligently, but rather why, what's the origin of the intelligence in the process. Some argue there's no intelligence
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
I think it makes a difference in that we're discussing the origin of life. Some argue the origin is in the - supposedly random - combination of molecules. Others think the answer is deeper and relates to more fundamental aspects of nat
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
And do you think randomness is a good explanation for how organic chemistry works? When you see it at work, does it even look random?
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
More on line of the second thought, yes. To me, Universal laws aren't random. If they were, I'd expect them to change from time to time. These laws are immutable and inexorable. They respect, interact and cooperate perfectly with
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
Would electricity from the grid run through wires into a power outlet?
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
And why is it that they can combine?
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
With that line of reasoning, would we conclude that having H2O formed in the planet 4 billion years ago was a form of life better than not a life? Would we conclude that everything in the Universe is alive? I think that's a pretty inte
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
I'm not trying to explain, just expressing that, to me, randomness also doesn't explain. The fact that I see intelligent processes going on is what makes me conclude that.
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
Don't take it personally. There are so many bad actors today that it's easy to misjudge. Just be confident in your conscience about what and why you do stuff. The virtual world seems to push people (generalizing) towards negative
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
> How do you decide to designate something as more animalistic or human That is actually quite a good question. I haven't thought about it thoroughly to reduce into an objective way. Will work on doing that in the future. This makes
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
Hi, I hope the way I expressed my views didn't cause any personal resentments. To be clear, I'm not enforcing anything. Just expressing , which is quite different. I think both of us can agree that expressing points of view t
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
> we can be pretty sure it’s the result of random mumbling If you throw construction materials up 1 quadrillion times, how many times can they randomly fall in the form of a house? My response is zero. Building a house is not a product o
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
Hey, thanks for adding more perspective to the discussion. I think these are points to meditate on. Clarifying, I didn't mean to express animal/human as a dichotomy. I see it more as a spectrum. We surely have a LOT in common with
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
> I was 13, at 11am I watched TV and saw a music clip where the content was 2 people fucking and smiling while doing so. They were having fun. I hope we can have a civil disagreement on this, without personal resentments. This is indeed
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
From studying history, I have the impression the normalization of nudity in public started after WWII in Europe. Could it be that the precarious conditions (families disrupted, lack of intimate space, moral degradation) to which the populat
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
If I can be forgiven another nitpick regarding readability: The font size is extremely small to the point of being unreadable on a mobile phone.
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
Do you disagree with what he said? I don't see how the quote diminishes his qualifications to talk about macroeconomics.
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
Depends on the point of view. The government there is very competent at stealing their people's wealth through inflation. I bet there are people like this in every country. They just couldn't find a way to do it unchecked. Yet...
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
For those on the "it's-fine-to-print-money-at-will" bandwagon, please meditate on at least this part: > “everything starts with a large fiscal imbalance, which becomes a monetary imbalance due to printing [money] to financ
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
Why don't they become the YCombinator of hardware-based startups? They could use business-centric projects to subsidize service to the others. But this is long-term capital gain, not revenue. Now this idea might be too late for Hacker
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by rmbyrro 4y ago
I'm failing to understand: Why is any of this news!? Facebook (and Instagram) has been using an algorithmic discovery engine for years, hasn't it?

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