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   by wwwtyro 14y ago

   DBN?
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   by wwwtyro 14y ago

   Some part of me refuses to let this go unsaid. I'm sorry in advance. sudo print me a jet engine
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   by wwwtyro 14y ago

   The cost of publishing - especially written documents - has dropped to essentially free in the last two decades, though. I hear your argument from time to time, but it's a really hard sell these days.
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   Is the threshold pledge system a viable alternative to depending on IP?(en.wikipedia.org)

   1 points by wwwtyro 14y ago|0 comments
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   by wwwtyro 14y ago

   I don't believe patents are necessary for solving this problem. The threshold pledge system [1] can solve it without involving the legal system. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threshold_pledge_system
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   by wwwtyro 14y ago

   Cash includes anti-counterfeiting measures, though, which are not free. The cash itself must be printed, too - also not free.
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   by wwwtyro 14y ago

   Everything feels really polished. Congrats guys, this looks fantastic. :)
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   by wwwtyro 14y ago

   > These are all the things I need to build a simple service that does what's described here. Why is this an app? I don't understand how listing technologies that might go into making this app obviates the app. How do your two sentences
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   by wwwtyro 14y ago

   I'm very excited about 3D printing, but perhaps irrationally so. I'd also like an answer to this question.
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    by wwwtyro 14y ago

    Probably several orders of magnitude lower.
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    by wwwtyro 14y ago

    It's lower than Kickstarter's (the 5% mentioned doesn't include the Amazon processing fee, iirc).
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    by wwwtyro 14y ago

    What if we all buy 7 copies of this: http://www.cafepress.com/cp/customize/product2.aspx?from=Cus... And wear it every day?
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    by wwwtyro 14y ago

    Thanks. > Instead of using prototypes and functions shared among all instances of the same type of object, it uses closures for each instance. So, is this generally considered a poor practice? I usually only use prototypes and shared fu
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    by wwwtyro 14y ago

    I can't begin to fathom a motivation for that. Can anyone think of a reason, or is this likely simply a mistake?
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    by wwwtyro 14y ago

    I am not being argumentative when I ask this, I just want more details about this bullet: > - Questionable class-like implementation. Can you just lay it all out right here? What is wrong (or suboptimal) with the implementation, what al
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    by wwwtyro 14y ago

    I really like the idea of a way to measure my knowledge and skills. My preference would be for a directed knowledge graph, where nodes list the knowledge and skills fundamental to the nodes they connect to. This way, I could start from the
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    Somebody make this: A place for producers and consumers to connect to pay bills

    5 points by wwwtyro 14y ago|4 comments
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    by wwwtyro 14y ago

    Would adding a hash check for some-script.sh solve the security issue?
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    by wwwtyro 14y ago

    I work in both camps, and I always felt it was the web developers that were better about moving on to 3. Scientists in general are loathe to risk breaking well-tested code for the sake of new features. In my research group, in fact, we've j
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    by wwwtyro 14y ago

    For the sake of our heart rates, you might point out that it was a DOS attack, next time. ;)
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    by wwwtyro 14y ago

    > The first accident caused by one could set the industry back decades Unless they deploy to multiple regions, maybe? I imagine some cultures will be much more forgiving of and reasonable about the occasional accident than American cult
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    by wwwtyro 14y ago

    > Aren't these two things pretty essential for civilisation? Isn't that also true of food?
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    by wwwtyro 14y ago

    Your point about sharper tools is absolutely fair and well-taken here. I wonder, though, are there diminishing returns when you have a language like Python that is a jack of so many trades? Is it worth the context switch for a tool that is
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    by wwwtyro 14y ago

    'Why are people obsessed about creating a "jack of all trades" language instead of letting languages do what they do best?' I can only speak for myself, but there is something extremely attractive about being able to do all of one project i
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    by wwwtyro 14y ago

    I'd really like to see some responses to this, even if incomplete. Is there a way forward here? Even a hunch at a way forward?
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    by wwwtyro 14y ago

    Indeed. So do I; 12.04 runs flawlessly on it out of the box.
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    by wwwtyro 14y ago

    I just decline to install them, myself.
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    by wwwtyro 14y ago

    Does anyone have a response to this position with respect to modern economics? Specifically, when economists test their models, what are the control groups that they use?
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    by wwwtyro 14y ago

    Look at BBC's headlines compared to everyone else's. Someone explain this to me.
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    by wwwtyro 14y ago

    I was glued to the screen for the entirety of that talk. That guy is completely engrossing to listen to.