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by xlnt 18y ago
it's not the same in any turing-complete language. lisp makes adding new "language level features" easy, and python makes it hard. i'm not saying you should always use lisp for everything. but for this particular issue lisp has a major adva
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by xlnt 18y ago
What do you propose a brain might be doing, other than computation? We have an existing theory that our computers are universal (even a Turing Machine is), which means they can do any possible computation. If the brain does computations,
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by xlnt 18y ago
as much as i like macs, this article doesn't really have any information in it. just hoping for new mac designs.
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by xlnt 18y ago
> unicode is an issue that should really be solved at language level with lisp, you don't need anything to be built in "at the language level" because you can modify the language much better than with python or ruby. many "built-in" lis
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by xlnt 18y ago
It was Aubrey's theory first. It's also my theory, currently. You are mistaken about evolution. There are random mutations, but those are not complex features , they are tiny changes. It takes many mutations to build up to a major feature.
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by xlnt 18y ago
yay for capitalism
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by xlnt 18y ago
Summary: incompetent presenters use powerpoint badly. the incompetent event planners who hire them decided to blame powerpoint and make rules restricting its use. this is stupid and does not in fact solve the problem of having hired incompe
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by xlnt 18y ago
Evolution does not create features by accident. I'm not proposing a trait. I'm proposing a lack of a trait (built-in long term life extension feature in humans), which is very different than proposing a trait, and wins by the default unle
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by xlnt 18y ago
More powerful language -> shorter, DRYer code -> less maintenance. (Plus a few other reasons. See PG's essays, PG's Lisp books, and SICP if you don't know the other reasons.) If you don't believe this, don't use Lisp. The guy writin
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by xlnt 18y ago
So, it would take W hours to get Lisp working well. He will spend X hours writing and maintaining his python over the next Y years. And if he used Lisp instead, after the initial W hour investment, he would save Z hours on less maintenance
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by xlnt 18y ago
Aubrey de Grey has argued that caloric restriction can probably only extend life in humans by ~2 years. The idea is that it's not a percentage of lifespan that you can gain, but rather a fixed amount of time. He says the data supports his i
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by xlnt 18y ago
If you don't want to be a soldier, that isn't playing politics. But as you said, that wasn't the position of most protestors. If you say the war is immoral, illegal, or unwinnable, that is getting involved politics.
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by xlnt 18y ago
If that was their argument, and it's a political argument, then they were "playing politics". That's all.
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by xlnt 18y ago
You say "I offer no personal view of Vietnam." but you said it was an "illegal, immoral, and unwinnable war" Are you really unaware that people disagree on all 3 of those points? They are political positions.
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by xlnt 18y ago
If the company doesn't allow external internet access, it isn't relevant to anyone deciding what browsers their website should support.
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by xlnt 18y ago
Are you really denying that your view on Vietname is a political position, on the basis that you think you're right really strongly?
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by xlnt 18y ago
It's exactly this attitude that has given internet forums the black eye that they still haven't recovered from. Stop being harsh with people, and don't tell them to die. ----- Sorry for the mirroring; I know it's often done in spite; it's j
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by xlnt 18y ago
Clarify this?
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by xlnt 18y ago
why can't they just let people install firefox, and use ie6 for internal apps, and firefox for external apps?
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by xlnt 18y ago
Good points. However, the benefit of the supplier and customer can coincide. If it's easier for 37signals to make their products, they can lower prices or add extra features or add polish or something. Maybe they consider ie6 support a feat
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by xlnt 18y ago
"Everyone is equal" is not a solution to shyness. People are often shy to speak to someone they consider worse than themselves; shyness empirically does not function as implied.
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by xlnt 18y ago
> "everyone puts their pants on one leg at a time" i put my pants into a device which holds them open, then i stand on a platform and jump into them. BTW I'm thinking of starting a company to sell this device. Anyone interested in being
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by xlnt 18y ago
Why do you go to the party or bar? I don't attend such things.
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by xlnt 18y ago
If you're so shy, how'd you manage to post personal information in a public forum, like this?
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by xlnt 18y ago
Neither is Atlas Shrugged. anyway, who wants to add 32 books to their reading list all at once? it's more useful to know which are the best 3.
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by xlnt 18y ago
to demonstrate overpaid you must compare actual pay to actual value. so provide an estimate of his value, or you have no grounds to call him overpaid.
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by xlnt 18y ago
There are other problems with schools, such as the model of teacher who already knows the answer , and student who must learn the material without changing any of it (no attempts to improve the ideas). Traditional knowledge has its p
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by xlnt 18y ago
It's not so simple. Places that supply medical marijuana get raided.
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by xlnt 18y ago
Sure, evidence is good. But one shouldn't have to prove anything before it's legal to make my own decision. A proof that marijuana has medical value would not be very important if we already had freedom on the matter (especially since we al
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by xlnt 18y ago
It shouldn't be a matter of what is proven. It should be a matter of my own judgment about what I want to use, or not.

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