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by zikzak 3y ago
I forget who said it but asking "hm, what's causing this anomaly in my experimental results" is how science progresses.
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by zikzak 3y ago
My first year of computer science (or any university course) was in 1997. I had used a Commodore 64, Sinclair ZX81, etc in the 80s, then a break in Junior High and High School, and for several years after that, and gotten back into computer
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by zikzak 3y ago
Something most people miss, as it is only briefly mentioned, is he was eating on big meal each day after work. That's basically like 20/2 intermittent fasting. It definitely would have had an effect on his metabolism and insulin r
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by zikzak 3y ago
Actually, on close reading, you realize he's eating one large meal a day and that's it. This is actually intermittent fasting "before it was cool".
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by zikzak 3y ago
Enlightenment is not something you have more or less of. :) If you have experienced what people often refer to as enlightenment, you'll know the feeling fades. It's like trying to hold onto water. Knowing it is there can change th
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by zikzak 3y ago
Could not agree more. I have tripped countless times. But in the late 80s and early 90s. No hippies to be found. I did have some interesting revelations but nothing I wouldn't have come to via other means of conversation or introspecti
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by zikzak 3y ago
One thing I use to help to understand this: when you watch a movie you nothing about, there are things in it that surprise you, delight you, and seem new despite the fact that the movie was made long before. I feel a consequence of determin
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by zikzak 3y ago
When I was a kid my father, knowing I was obsessed with the Appalachian Trail, took me there from our home in a non-mountainous part of Canada for a few days backpacking in a section of the trail in New Hampshire. On the top of a mountain w
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by zikzak 3y ago
If I could add to this, in recent hiring I have dealt with people using chatgpt in written communication and in interviews. I interview remotely. The long pauses that get longer as the questions go from superficial to "you need to have
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by zikzak 3y ago
The first thing they say is "I parse the access log". So they are also checking how many people are visiting.
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by zikzak 3y ago
I thought Prospect (2018) did a great job of picking up on that and running with it. Amazing movie, if you haven't seen it.
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by zikzak 3y ago
I really was trying to give him a pass until one day he told a guest he was tripping on mushrooms and was not joking. Now, I've done my share of drugs but this just seemed very disrespectful and his guest clearly was not impressed with
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by zikzak 3y ago
I rarely write code after work for my own use. or others. I spend time with my family. A family that started by me realizing there was more to life than billing clients 14 hours a day. It's ok to not be building some new thing in your
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by zikzak 3y ago
Wolf Blitzer is famous for this (or used to be). He'd use the same tone of voice for "rain expected later today" as "apparent Klingon ship lands on White House lawn."
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by zikzak 3y ago
I believe people who are working professionals and have busy lives are particularly susceptible since they often graze news and prefer things that confirm and entrench their worldview because it's ego affirming. They have the critical
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by zikzak 3y ago
Check out Star Fleet Battles. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Fleet_Battles I played this for days at a time as a kid. Literally.
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by zikzak 3y ago
I think people think ejecting from one of these planes is like something you would do casually if things aren't going well. My limited knowledge leads me to believe this would be an absolute last resort and has a high risk if injuring
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by zikzak 3y ago
Once a Marine, always a Marine, I believe.
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by zikzak 3y ago
That's why the scene in Johnny Mnemonic when they break into that computer store is so cool. He's got a wish list of gear he knows they will have and that he can use out of the box to do what he needs to do. It shows his competenc
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by zikzak 3y ago
So you are unwilling to consider what we have these people reporting are those probes? Without evidence, that's a really reasonable position that I can respect. Edit - I wanted to point out that the probes need not strip the system of
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by zikzak 3y ago
When von Neumann probes were proposed, we did not have working AI or 3D printers. They were merely concepts with some proof of concept systems in various states. We now have those technologies. It is trivial to extrapolate how effective the
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by zikzak 3y ago
Watch the hearing. The two pilots are in no way making statements like that.
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by zikzak 3y ago
Your last paragraph is a good one. But these products do cease to be relevant every so often. It's a good idea to work on something else once you get this to the point that it's paying your bills, in my opinion only of course.
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by zikzak 3y ago
I write fiction for fun (just for me, don't ask) and asked it to generate a plot for an elevator pitch version of my big idea at the time. The plot was literally my plot. This confirmed my suspicions that I am a mediocre, at best, stor
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by zikzak 3y ago
Sorry, I was trying to endorse the notebook in the attic and lamenting people throwing them away instead of preserving them.
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by zikzak 3y ago
So many thoughts: - knowing this about you ancestor is interesting but thinking they are the inspiration for the "for want of a nail" cautionary tale is what most people are expecting when they start looking into the past. The rea
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by zikzak 3y ago
If technology is culture, the relationship between the maker and user is that link which creates what we think of as a social fabric. The most fundamental aspect of that is simply cooperation (hunting together, agreeing not to horde resourc
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by zikzak 3y ago
I am currently looking for a new Team Lead. I interviewed a guy yesterday who performed well in a soft skills interview and so this was his tech interview with a senior dev and myself. He was doing OK at first. As the questions got a little
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by zikzak 3y ago
My father grew up fairly poor in the 1930s and they often were short on food but he said they always had vegetables. They harvested dandelions, ate them, and actually made dandelion wine (according to him). He and his siblings loved vegetab
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by zikzak 3y ago
Furthermore, it's OK to not like things. :) It's why we have so many things to choose from.

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