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6 points by socmag 10y ago|16 comments
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by socmag 10y ago
I get that in academia there is a standard publication path for thought and insight in the form of scientific papers. It's a cool thing. Scientific papers are not everyone's cup of tea though, and somewhat inaccessible (to publish
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Alright, I'll buy that. The difference between Elsevier and Taschen is that people like us don't appreciate computer science as much as art. We expect to get everything for free online, not something I can hold in my hand. Meanwhi
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by socmag 10y ago
Well Hacker News is definitely not the medium for this discussion, I'll grant you that. It's not clear to me where is a better choice. Could go for phys.org or stackoverflow I guess, but equally inane. Nobody likes to talk about m
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by socmag 10y ago
Seriously why all the down votes. I'm saying this is a prestigious publication company with very low distribution. What would you do if your revenue didn't meet your principles? Maybe a Kickstarter? I'm pretty sure these guys
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by socmag 10y ago
Yes and we should be a little bit more humble about it. Stepping stones and all. Looking back at Dinosaurs and thinking how clever we are is pretty egotistical. I agree.
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To continue... Wouldn't you like to teach the younger generation something so that they can survive better in the current world? Where the heck does that come from? The Genome
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by socmag 10y ago
Exist to exist? I'm certainly not saying that. The point of existence is to create something more coherent. Fields form particles, particles form atoms, atoms form molecules, molecules form cells, cells form beings, beings form collect
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by socmag 10y ago
It's highly rational. Reduce Entropy. Period
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"Evolution" is a man made term for "The Genome is trying to create a better entity than itself" I think with regard to humans it is well on its way to manifesting itself with that purpose... It's called" The s
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by socmag 10y ago
Yes you are probably right. They are stuck between a rock and a hard place in the modern world.
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Just to go on, the distribution of Elsevier and Taschen is pretty damn esoteric. I have never had a problem spending money on educational material that was way beyond what you can find in public libraries (Internet these days). Not really b
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Being published by Elsevier has some "cachet". Maybe they capitalize on that, I'm not sure. Although I had the possibility of publishing with them I turned it down, only because at the time I was way too busy and already had
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Well duh. Yes I realize that comment seems "trite" What is it that the genome is doing. Look around and see how it is expressing itself. I'm not a huge fan of Dawkins recently after he went a bit nuts on the whole atheism th
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That said, Elsevier really do take some risks to publish rather good publications. I've met with them in the past and they are very keen on technical authors. That was eight years ago, maybe things have changed but they still represent
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by socmag 10y ago
Eager to here more!
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by socmag 10y ago
Uncanny valley of immersion is specifically talking about. Which is probably okay for a lot of stuff, but personally I find it "uncanny" and disorienting. I'll keep trying whenever I get opportunities.
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I'll see about trying the Vive. And thanks for the other link :P
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I was definitely NOt saying there is no need for consistency guarantees at all. I was saying that this is a much better way to do it.
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Double thumbs up on this!
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Hi I just realized, I'm pretty sure I'm just passing my 40th anniversary of programming this month. Jeez I feel old. How I made it this far I have no idea, but here I am still plugging away. My eyes are going, I get tired easily,
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by socmag 10y ago
This gets a huge thumbs up from me. I've worked through a lot of the same reasoning as these people, and as technically correct as PAXOS might be, in the real world, causality at high frequency is a blur at best, and there is absolutel
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by socmag 10y ago
Rift and Hololens. I get that there is an immediate "Wow" factor, but then I wander off and look at the real world, and think "Holy crap!". They are good, I get that... Not great but something. I don't understand th
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I think it's safe to say we won't be seeing truly immersive VR any time soon either. At least any that doesn't make you want to blow chunks, or has a compelling and broad raisondetre. It's interesting to me since I&#x2
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by socmag 10y ago
Got me thinking about hidden communication techniques using DNS queries or ICMP as the "transport" layer. That would confuse the hell out of everyone :P
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Oops sorry.. Plain Old Data structures. Specifically I mean data structures that contain only basic types and no reference types or pointers. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive_data_structure Another important tr
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Any particular reason you stopped working on it?
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I was thinking the exact same thing. Anyone seen a TFT "filter" mounted on the front of a transparent OLED "backlight"? Yes I'm sure they must have thought of it. Wonder what the issue is. [edit] I read the explana
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Anyway personally I'm trying to hit up as many categories from within DSM V as I can. It's all good training for my ML side project :P
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I don't think generalized comments regarding any mental illness are welcome to be honest. I don't need to point out the broad and varied spectrum of disorders a lot of us in Comp.Sci are prone to do I? Most of us are pretty damn

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