scribu

39 ms·

361.
by scribu 9y ago
If there is a pattern here, I think it's definitely useful to describe it. The goal is not to fan the flames of this particular controversy, but to detect and neutralise this kind destructive behaviour when it occurs in the future (whe
362.
by scribu 9y ago
I looked at the website and I couldn't figure out what you actually offer. Is it just a way to organize a team of freelancers? Or do you also provide client leads?
363.
by scribu 9y ago
That raises a question: What's stopping Babel from using Sweet.js instead of a custom parser? Are there any transpilers that do use Sweet.js?
364.
by scribu 9y ago
Yeah, the more interesting aspect was that new traditional power plants are still being built, despite the glut of solar.
365.
by scribu 9y ago
Sounds cool, but how do you "state a formal theorem defining what it means for the system to be correct" when the task is classifying objects in an image, for example?
366.
by scribu 9y ago
LastPass has an extension for each browser (including mobile), which allows you to fill in CC details.
367.
by scribu 9y ago
You're right, it could go both ways. I guess the question then is: do we have a way of predicting which way it will go?
368.
by scribu 9y ago
How do you figure? The surplus comes from the fact that US buyers don't have to pay a percentage to the intermediary, so they can spend it on other things, like going out to a local restaurant more often.
369.
by scribu 9y ago
> The internet isn't a finite natural resource ... but human attention is.
370.
by scribu 9y ago
I propose an experiement to test the elitism hypothesis: Ask a random selection of people to rate various types of houses. If McMansions are rated poorly only by "elites", then the hypothesis is true. If they're rated poorly
371.
EU court: Vaccines can be blamed for illnesses without proof(apnews.com)
8 points by scribu 9y ago|0 comments
372.
by scribu 9y ago
The title is a gross exageration. If you read the actual paper, you'l find that it's not a new language, but merely "meaningful novel sentences" in English. That is, instead of merely reusing sentences found in the train
373.
by scribu 9y ago
> Maybe this force is not only trying to help us evolve but wants to teach us something marvelous if we overcome it. I'm having a hard time figuring out what you're trying to say. It seems like you're attributing some myst
374.
What Duck Sex Reveals about Human Nature(m.spiegel.de)
3 points by scribu 9y ago|0 comments
375.
General Game Playing with Schema Networks(vicarious.com)
20 points by scribu 9y ago|1 comments
376.
3D printing and clever computers could revolutionise construction(economist.com)
2 points by scribu 9y ago|0 comments
377.
by scribu 9y ago
> The way to prevent that is to leave a trail of evidence that can link commits to bugs. Or have a code review step in the workflow, so that the buggy commits don't get merged in the first place?
378.
by scribu 9y ago
What the article is suggesting is that the Linux architecture wasn't affected by organisational pressures that closed-source systems face. That is to say that subsytems were defined solely based on technical considerations, which is ho
379.
Exponential growth devours and corrupts(m.signalvnoise.com)
2 points by scribu 9y ago|0 comments
380.
Proving that safety-critical neural networks do what they're supposed to(composition.al)
2 points by scribu 9y ago|0 comments
381.
by scribu 9y ago
I've enjoyed LWN articles in the past, but found this particular writeup very tedious to follow, compared to watching the video. A direct transcript, perhaps with some light editing, would have been more useful, IMO.
382.
by scribu 9y ago
This is clearer and a lot more comprehensive than the Slate piece. Thanks for pointing to it!
383.
by scribu 9y ago
Reading about how people cope after being displaced by a natural disaster felt so different than reading about people voluntarily abandoning their homes to form communes. The latter shuns authority, while the former actively seeks it. Found
384.
by scribu 9y ago
It's a badly-rhymed, gushing praise of the "invisible hand". I assume it's meant for indoctrinating children into free market ideology.
385.
by scribu 9y ago
Yes, and my question doesn't assume universality. I'm asking about views that were considered regressive or progressive at that particular time, by the particular people that were advocating for tolerating or for suppressing those
386.
by scribu 9y ago
I agree with you, but I have a comment about the video you linked to. O'Neill gave several examples of views that in the past were regarded as "maximally offensive", but they were all progressive - they advocated for a new
387.
by scribu 9y ago
I think he gives at least one good example: > I've already been personally accused of promoting "rape culture" because I teach women how to shoot and fight hand-to-hand and advocate that they should take responsibility for
388.
by scribu 9y ago
From their open positions list, it looks like it's US-only.
389.
Amsterdam is showing how to use the sharing economy for good(huffingtonpost.com)
2 points by scribu 9y ago|0 comments
390.
by scribu 9y ago
What I'm curious about is the strategy behind publishing hands-on technical posts on the Y Combinator blog. Is it just to give it some street cred among programmers?

More ›