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by yathern 8y ago
A fun way to think about this is by analyzing the 'training-time' for these tasks. The things we think are easy, we've been trained to do through millions of years of evolution. Running with two feet through a forest is prett
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by yathern 8y ago
> But when you keep pushing JavaScript technology into stuff... you end up with multiple almost 300 MB apps to share some images and text I would be hesitant to solely Javascript for the bloat of Instagram, and related apps. On phones, t
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by yathern 8y ago
I think you're in agreement! In 2012 you could run Java in the browser. Not so much in 2018.
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I think you grossly overestimate how much latency another variable to the decision logic would add. Keep in mind that this is computed onboard, not by bluetooth to the phone or anything. So it can be done by a dedicated chip checking 100 ti
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by yathern 8y ago
I wouldn't make the assumption that millenials spend significantly more than that on the app. It's certainly possible, I guess. But as I commute to work and back (hour by bus or train) - it's often 35+ aged people who have th
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by yathern 8y ago
Because people use it? There's 1 billion monthly active accounts. And can be advertised to.
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Agreed. The samples sound identical to how many of my friends in Southern California speak. Some with hispanic heritage, some without. A slightly more open 'a' vowel, and a slightly different stressings on some syllables. I wouldn
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by yathern 8y ago
Your concern for less-than-perfect sighted users is laudable - however, there are accessibility specifications for contrast you can adhere to (4.5:1 I believe), to ensure your text is readable, without having to go #000 black on #fff white
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by yathern 8y ago
When you say it that way, it sounds impressive, but the population is ~11% of the US (36/320), so it seems reasonable they have ~11% the output of the US (90/770).
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> rather program in Node than JS Node is JS, of course (with a different standard library). Did you perhaps mean to compare Node to python or something?
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It only supports Node v8 (which sounds like an upside to me). The main difference is that you can't customize the run time image.
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I always hear how USB-C is such a mess, and everyone agrees - I just wanted to quickly provide a counter anecdote. As a user, who knows nothing about the protocol or the politics or anything else - USB-C works wonderfully for me - I only wi
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by yathern 8y ago
Perhaps. But it's also possible to murder (or endanger) non Tesla drivers by messing with road signs as well.
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Of course you can compare them! They're both phones with a notch! You can also separately compare their face detection capability. But that doesn't disallow you from saying one notch is smaller than the other.
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> ought to be a perfect location What about NYC makes it the perfect location?
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I'm not sure I understand how having a flat body roll is worse than normal, in terms of passenger tiltiness. Ideally, the car would bank, rolling opposite. Then the force of the turn would push you into your seat, rather than out of it
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by yathern 8y ago
Every comment you've made has been about publii - leading me to believe you're associated with it. HN is supportive of people pitching their products - but I would suggest you disclose your association in comments - otherwise it&#
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by yathern 8y ago
If you consider yourself having more sophisticated, artistic taste in movies, you may reserve the term 'film' for those. For the movie snob, Casablanca is a film, Spiderman 4 is a movie. Nothing too wrong with making that separati
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by yathern 8y ago
The subtitle: > The idea that authoritarianism attracts workers harmed by the free market, which emerged when the Nazis were in power , has been making a comeback. Makes me disappointed for the state of discourse that occurs today.
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If the game depends on random events (eg an attack does random damage between 3-8) it would be useful to make sure it's always the same randomness, if you want it at least.
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by yathern 9y ago
That's the GPs point - the term '4K' doesn't really indicate quality
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> Programming Python from O'Reilly. It helps lift my monitor nicely. Wow - same with me. Perfect size to match my monitor base! I also keep a 2002(?) copy of "Creating Web Pages for Dummies" to remind me of my roots.
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by yathern 9y ago
Week days I average 6 hours a night. Wake up 6:20am, generally I fall asleep at midnight to 12:40am. However, I commute an hour by bus, so I get a bit more sleep there and back usually. But definitely not REM sleep, so I'm not sure wha
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by yathern 9y ago
I am honestly completely opposite in this regard. Any sort of 'content' will keep me up for hours if it's playing near me. On vacations with friends and family, if others put on a movie to fall asleep to, I'll watch the
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by yathern 9y ago
Thanks for the link - it turns out it was also not a game where you > play the part of a deranged mass shooter killing random people on a train platform It's just a regular shooter game with some novel time-warp mechanics in it, tha
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by yathern 9y ago
> demo first person shooters at NRA events the day after a mass shooting where you play the part of a deranged mass shooter killing random people on a train platform Do you have a source for this?
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I remember my freshman year of college, I was told how some 60% of what I learn will be out-of-date by the time I graduate. I always thought that was a ridiculous statement. But nevertheless - the prime example was Python. At the time we we
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by yathern 9y ago
The corollary of course, is that there is an even larger amount of not-so-edge cases that a human would inappropriately respond to, that AI wont. EG: Driving while very tired or intoxicated, or in a rage.
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by yathern 9y ago
Well I'm paraphrasing Pascal's Wager which is about the Christian God - and the options therein of being heaven or hell.
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It sounds like what you're talking about is Pascals Wager[0] The idea being that belief in God pays of well if true. And is alright if false. Disbelief in God pays off poorly if true, and alright if false. Therefore, any logical person

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