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   by sown 18y ago

   This is a minor stretch of ethics considering what the book publishers do. I think most students will agree.
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   by sown 18y ago

   When I was in school some of the (mostly) foreign students got a nifty idea. 1.) Pool money together to buy the book. 2.) Photocopy it -- this is the tricky part. nowadays we can scan it. The students would take turns scanning in the book.
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   by sown 18y ago

   This all reminds me of a book by historian Paul Kennedy. "The Rise and Fall of Great Powers." Y'all should read it.
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   Is this short film an allegory for triumphs and pitfalls of startup life?(youtube.com)

   1 points by sown 18y ago|0 comments
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   Journal papers about Stanford's Stanley robot car(robots.stanford.edu)

   1 points by sown 18y ago|0 comments
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   by sown 18y ago

   I read that part time and am not convinced. It's like when people see the image of Mary in a piece of wood or toast. We see what we want to believe.
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   by sown 18y ago

   Re-read article. Nope, still snuff photos.
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   by sown 18y ago

   Re-reading this article, it makes me think of the BF Skinner pigeon experiments where he described superstitions. It also reminds me of human pattern recognition and how humans will see things when they're not there. Perhaps the falling man
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   by sown 18y ago

   Did the falling man leave a note?! This romantic pandering about a horrible situation is just not making any sense. He jumped because, perhaps he got scared? Paniced? Decided it was better than suffocation/burning? He didn't say when he got
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    A Simple Model of the Evolution of Simple Models of Evolution(arxiv.org)

    1 points by sown 18y ago|1 comments
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    by sown 18y ago

    I dunno. Cars still travel more or less the same speed for the purpose of personal transport, etc. Getting to Alpha Centauri is going to take a fundamental change in space travel technology. Also, a) we had diesel/electric/gas motors a cen
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    by sown 18y ago

    I would think our space program more resembles locomotives of a long time ago. Certain fundamental physical constraints are standing in our way as far as very fast propulsion, but you've got a point -- who knows. However, I don't think it w
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    by sown 18y ago

    Interesting. But what if they starting just charging me out the nose again?
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    by sown 18y ago

    So don't wait for the singularity - it's not coming. Work on upgrading humanity, not computers. I thought that was the entire point.
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    by sown 18y ago

    There is a bit of a renaissance going on within some arcane fields of AI. There is work underway to try to create a real thinking machine, with the idea that we have come a long way in our understanding about neuroscience, etc.
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    Project Longshot: 100 Year probe mission to Alpha Centauri(en.wikipedia.org)

    24 points by sown 18y ago|9 comments
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    by sown 18y ago

    I guess my only problem is I don't see the point. I'm probably making a foolish assertion. Perhaps the future will be better or different but I don't trust any corporation enough to just hand them the everything over the network. I hear a l
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    by sown 18y ago

    I meant more like "Microsoft Word". :)
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    by sown 18y ago

    I think I can understand the author's frustration. While it might be just definitions unless we are willing to divest the word operating systems of all its meaning, I think we need to be really sure that we need a web version of word. I can
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    by sown 18y ago

    Although the writes are expensive and very infrequent reads, the cost of having a failed read can be so expensive (like, your house, rapport with the IRS, etc).
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    by sown 18y ago

    This person might make a good engineer.
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    by sown 18y ago

    This is neat(!). Keep in mind that this is the MITS Altair of future home fabbers. It can't do much but just come back in 30 years or so. ;)
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    by sown 18y ago

    Well, they definitely underestimated how powerful and cheap computers would be. No one from that era saw the biotech revolution coming. I guess that's long-term enough?
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    by sown 18y ago

    So how about when you have a startup on your resume that didn't fail and got acquired?
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    by sown 18y ago

    It seems more "Fight Club" and less "Model Train Club". :(
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    by sown 18y ago

    YES
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    by sown 18y ago

    I miss recess. :( And it is true, it seems to have dissapeared. I haven't gone next to an elementary school in a while but the last time I went to my old school, I didn't see any slides, swings, jungle gyms, etc. :`(
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    by sown 18y ago

    Another interesting note about the MITS Altair. Albuquerque is my hometown and as I got older and got involved with the local computer industry I met a couple of people who worked with MITS or MS back then. One even met Bill Gates when he w
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    by sown 18y ago

    HP 100LX. Totally wanted one when I was in middle school so bad I could taste it. Think I saw one in PCMag or something, or maybe Computer Trader. Seem to remember there being quite a few "palmtops" back then. I got irrational about it, eve
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    by sown 18y ago

    when I was in church there was talk of it in the past. My mom says this happened to her in s. korea. anyways, it's a good hypothetical example.