saganus

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by saganus 11y ago
> In contrast there are masters in the martial arts who learned their art as a means of survival and became masters in a realistic and hostile environment. We don’t have anyone like this in the programming profession, or at least I haven
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by saganus 11y ago
Wow... really... I just tried as well (even in IE) and same thing. Why have buttons then? to fall back in case my browser (Which one?) doesn't do autocomplete? Or maybe there is a setting to turn it off? Edit: Well duh... you need to t
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by saganus 11y ago
I'm truly sorry to hear that. I don't see why narcolepsy should be a problem, especially in our area. I mean sure, meetings and stuff like that might be harder to do, but our industry is/should be lenient to things like offic
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by saganus 11y ago
Google does, inside Spreadsheet, Docs, etc.
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by saganus 11y ago
I knew Growklaw shutdown some time ago, but never had the chance to read this entry. Wow. It's very dark. It really made me think. However... aside from that, and trying to shake down a bit of that darkness, I read the update with Shei
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by saganus 11y ago
I'm far from understanding QM for any definition of "understanding", but from your key insight, I would interpret it as, "whenever you measure something, you are actually entangling with it". Is this what you are tr
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by saganus 11y ago
It might be that the attitude comes, not from actually thinking "my stuff doesn't matter at all", but more from thinking "if I leave, almost anybody else could do my job". Not sure if this was the case, but I believ
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by saganus 11y ago
Uhmm, very interesting. I'll need to read up on this. Thanks for the other commenter for links as well. Edit: Btw... that must have been really cold whether!
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In a brain, dissolvable electronics monitor health and then vanish(arstechnica.com)
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by saganus 11y ago
>it was so cold my phone actually shut down how does that work? I've never heard of electronics shutting down due to cold. Well, at least not due to cold temperatures that a human can resist. How do you know it was due to the cold?
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by saganus 11y ago
I believe they actually have very optimized algorithms to test for primality [0], which not necessarily involve diving by every possible number. There are simple tests and there are more complex ones, that use probabilities and other workar
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by saganus 11y ago
This is quite interesting. However I think another good use would be to pre-load the passengers into these pods, and then attach it to the plane for take off. That way you could probably make things a bit more efficient. Maybe just for carg
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by saganus 11y ago
Thanks for the answers. They do make sense. So you basically operate a revolving door (or more like a ponzi scheme) and then get to "honor your guarantee for getting hired" in a way that is misleading. Indeed it sounds unscrupulou
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by saganus 11y ago
Why? Is it wrong for boot camps to do that? I am genuinely asking since I'm not familiar with that. What exactly goes on and why is it bad?
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by saganus 11y ago
Wow. Just wow. I never cease to be amazed at the amount of things a dedicated hacker (or team) can accomplish. Also, great write up. Full of details and pictures!
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by saganus 11y ago
I read it as a plain suggestion. Kind of like saying, "kudos for this but if you also manage to do it in DirectX it will probably help a lot getting hired in a field that is obviously interesting for you." However it does look a b
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by saganus 11y ago
I'm guessing it's much more safe (business-wise) to deploy for a "standard" platform like Windows and test the waters so to speak, in terms of consumer reception, games developed, etc, and then jump on to other platforms
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by saganus 11y ago
Wouldn't it be better if you use "tech company" term instead? If the blanket term is already widely accepted, I see no point in using "startup" instead, as that will probably cause much more confusion.
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by saganus 11y ago
I believe you are talking about Freenet [1], right? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freenet
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by saganus 11y ago
Not sure if trolling or not. Anything has value as long as someone is willing to pay for that. Simple as that. Is a Van Gogh painting worth 50-100 million dollars? It is if someone pays that much for it. Nothing more. Nothing less. If you t
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by saganus 11y ago
I always thought that part of the reason early employees got more equity was not only because of the risks involved, but also because early employees usually have to do all sorts of things aside from their regular duties. Not saying this is
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by saganus 11y ago
Very nice explanation. Thanks a lot! So if I understand correctly this would be somewhat akin to having a "universal clock" that is ever increasing, and that can be read/seen by anyone (like you said, universally). So you onl
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by saganus 11y ago
Although I've never been in a situation like you describe, this seems like sound advice: > If you don't have the resources to get legal advice I would walk away If there is no way that you could afford to get a consultation for
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by saganus 11y ago
That's a very captivating story! I want more...
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by saganus 11y ago
This sounds interesting, however I don't think I fully understand how those two things would create a way of measuring time. Could you expand a bit on this?
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by saganus 11y ago
Genuine question, how does it really hurt our industry? You mean because "outsiders" will see us as childish or for some technical reason?
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by saganus 11y ago
That's why I said modern polymaths. Most people always think of the usual guys when talking about polymaths, and it seems like modern ones are never mentioned.
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by saganus 11y ago
Do you have any examples of someone that would fit this description? I think a modern polymath could look a bit different than the ones in the classical sense. To be able to make contributions to the fields you mentioned, I guess you would
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by saganus 11y ago
Oh wow... shit... it's the same guy for all of these indeed. I think I would've been super proud of myself just for accomplishing even one of these things... I guess these are the type of guys that would start to approach the de
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by saganus 11y ago
I think the problem with these systems is that "good enough" should be much more "gooder" than it is, due to being a solved problem for most cases. For example, if you happen to need a unique ID for each card, and you ro

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