wamatt

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by wamatt 10y ago
> I'm constantly amazed at people who think their genius is so valuable that anyone would put up with their rancid personality. Devils advocate here; Isn't this an example of displaying a superior attitude and the sort of the
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Programming Languages(hyperpolyglot.org)
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Gawker’s Essential Unevenness(newyorker.com)
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Unusual Articles(en.wikipedia.org)
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Why Computers Won't Takeover the World, with Steven Pinker(bigthink.com)
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by wamatt 10y ago
Like numerous other memes, this too originates from 4chan. A poster on /b/ back in 2008 wrote: "I accidentally 93MB of .rar files” and the rest is history.
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by wamatt 10y ago
Indeed, reducing 100 datacenter cabinets to one or two, seems like an attractive economic incentive.
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by wamatt 10y ago
Would be great if we had a word for this. The word 'conspiracy' tends to derail conversations because as you say, it doesn't quite fit.
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Analyses suggests there are just six main story arcs in Western literature(techxplore.com)
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by wamatt 10y ago
That's an interesting idea. Do you find it works equally well with non-fiction and fiction?
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by wamatt 10y ago
Nice to see how HN sentiment appears to have shifted towards greater acceptance or even excitement towards meat alternatives. For comparison here is the thread from 2012 on the Twitter founders investment in Beyond Meat https://n
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by wamatt 10y ago
A side project DAO no-one cares about? Perhaps it's better to view this in non-binary (success/failure) terms. TheDAO has after all, captured a significant amount of momentum, interest and capital.
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A controversial theory may explain the real reason humans have allergies(qz.com)
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by wamatt 10y ago
You might want to check out Lyft. Been using their 'Line Ride' product as it's currently 50% off (at least in Bay Area). If their growth team wants to throw VC money our way to keep me on board, why not? Recently commuting fr
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Amazon open-sources its own deep learning software, DSSTNE(venturebeat.com)
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Progress towards a broad antiviral treatment(economist.com)
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by wamatt 11y ago
Serious question, what's to stop the NSL including language along the lines: 'Any warrant canaries need to remain in place'?
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Genetic Test Firm to Make Customers’ Data Publicly Available(mobile.nytimes.com)
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by wamatt 11y ago
Small quibble. To me, that spelling of Bitcoin signals a speaker's lower familiarity with the bitcoin community and subject matter. Akin to using the word "CyberSpace". It's Bitcoin or bitcoin. [1] https://bit
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Encrypted Data for Efficient Markets – An MNIST for the Stock Markett(medium.com)
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by wamatt 11y ago
I think for me a large part missing from the discussion is power inequality. Which, as it happens, nearly always is entwined with wealth and income inequality. The ultra-rich get to have a megaphone for their agendas, ideologies and opinion
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by wamatt 11y ago
I'd love to see someone make a device that's sort of the opposite of this. Compact in-ear selective audio filtering. For example, block all noises except human voice. Or a simple noise attenuation mode that can be controlled from
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by wamatt 11y ago
> "The government of Mexico is among the most corrupt and least trusted in the world" That is an extraordinary claim that demands evidence. Sure GP's comment reads a tad hyperbolic. However, Mexico is certainly perceived
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This pill may be a cure for radiation poisoning(ideas.ted.com)
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by wamatt 11y ago
It's a shame really, but as an outsider, it wasn't clear that Persona was even given a chance to fail.
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by wamatt 11y ago
Comcast and Ticketmaster execs would heartily agree with that opinion
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Faraday Future electric car manufacturing plant(businessinsider.com)
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by wamatt 11y ago
Haven't tried their cables, but I switched to Aukey's chargers some time ago. In particular, the 4 port 9.6a/48W car charger is an engineering delight.
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Grant to Develop the Next Generation Wayback Machine(blog.archive.org)
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by wamatt 11y ago
> the concentration of red blood cells and platelets is not affected by what you had for lunch Sure. Except I never said or meant to imply RBC's and platelets change on the same day. Part of the context of the comment, were my own

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