sendos

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by sendos 15y ago
I guess an example of hacking would be someone hacking the phone system to make free long distance calls. An example of overlearning would be someone learning the rules of society to such a degree that he gets free long distance calls (e.g.
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by sendos 15y ago
> What's the difference between your "overlearning" and "hacking"? They sound like the same thing. They are similar, but I think one difference between "hacking" and "overlearning" is that a hacker can learn to subvert/circumvent a syst
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The "overlearning the game" problem(andrewoneverything.com)
362 points by sendos 15y ago|140 comments
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by sendos 15y ago
I don't see this taking off. You can get similar results using other services (twitter & facebook for answers/recommendations from friends, and quora, etc for answers/recommendations from strangers)
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by sendos 15y ago
This also is one of the motivators for me. Simply creating that perfect little script, getting the computer to bend to your will and do things others didn't think was possible, is a great feeling, even if you end up not using it that often.
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Poll: What motivates you?
3 points by sendos 15y ago|4 comments
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by sendos 15y ago
To show people how smart I am
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by sendos 15y ago
To show people how creative/ingenious I am
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by sendos 15y ago
To be remembered by posterity
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by sendos 15y ago
To build something that helps people
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by sendos 15y ago
To make a lot of money, in order to buy lots of consumer goods
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by sendos 15y ago
To make a lot of money, in order to ensure financial security
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by sendos 15y ago
To make a lot of money, in order to help people
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by sendos 15y ago
I don't know, I just know I enjoy doing this stuff
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by sendos 15y ago
Other
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by sendos 15y ago
Assuming people pay ~$500/year, and assuming 200 million drivers, and leaky gets x% of the drivers and y% of each premium, then they get $10 x y million per year If x% is 1%, and y% is 1%, that leads to about $10 million per year. Not too b
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by sendos 15y ago
Besides the name issue (leaky) and the giving-your-sensitive-data-to-a-small-startup issue, one other thing that I question is how sticky is this startup? That is, how often will you visit it? Once a year, tops. If you find an insurance tha
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Ask HN:What's on your list of good programming principles?
8 points by sendos 15y ago|4 comments
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by sendos 15y ago
I can see both sides of the argument. 1) What the Wright brothers worked on meant that humans could fly for the first time ever. What Alexander Graham Bell worked on meant that humans could talk to each other over large distances for the fi
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by sendos 15y ago
Can there be an OS and/or language where, making something secure comes by default when you write anything, thereby rendering obsolete the need to make something secure after you make a prototype? e.g. a language that automatically does arr
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Is the lack of computer security due to programmer laziness and/or incompetence?
2 points by sendos 15y ago|8 comments
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Ask HN: Fastest way to get to MVP for something I'd like to try
4 points by sendos 16y ago|5 comments
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by sendos 16y ago
Can someone explain why given/when is better than switch/case? From the examples in the link, I don't see an essential difference or benefit to the developer.
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Ask HN: Can you build a rock-solid massive backend (e.g. like Google's)?
6 points by sendos 16y ago|6 comments
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by sendos 16y ago
The problem with computer languages is that, if you want to do something new in a language you're just learning, you don't know if it's: draw_circle(...) circle_draw(...) circle.draw(...) Graphics::circle.draw(...) shape_draw('circle',...)
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by sendos 16y ago
This isn't 100% secure though - if you're a clumsy typist and some day type "sl -l" instead of "ls -l", you run the risk of running "./sl" If you're a clumsy typist, even if you don't have '.' in your $PATH, you might still type ./sl (ins
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by sendos 16y ago
Yes, but I hardly think that it's OK to ask people to undergo a sex-change operation to get a job (I do think it's perfectly OK to ask people to become good in a specific field to get a job in that field) And the general point stands, becau
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by sendos 16y ago
> The position is restricted by the Foo Foundation to whites who are U.S. citizens. Sounds to me like their options are a) use this money to hire a white person or b) don't get the money and don't hire anyone. Is "don't hire anyone" the
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by sendos 16y ago
It's drawn at things you can change about you. You can become a Computer Science major, and you can study hard and become a high academic achiever. But you can't become a woman if you're not. EDIT: I assume it's clear that the above means "
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by sendos 16y ago
Semi-spoiler: http://imgur.com/h4UBS.png Fun puzzle

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