Allocator2008

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by Allocator2008 17y ago
Could somebody please tell me why the f2k we care how fast some random bird can fly? Why the swallow? Why not the bald eagle? Or the chickadee? Who gives a f2k.
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by Allocator2008 17y ago
Precisely. It is not the strongest nor the smartest often that survive, but the best adapted. Dawkins has made this point himself, in that the genes which survive are the "mediocre" genes, genes that tend to do well in the "average" of thei
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by Allocator2008 17y ago
Professor Dawkins is one of my all time heroes. Selfish gene theory stands at the center ultimately of all anthropology, sociology, biology, and psychology. He has transformed the world by giving us an understanding of our own existence, he
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by Allocator2008 17y ago
Yet another case of "I'm Microsoft, and I know better." Lovely.
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by Allocator2008 17y ago
This is racism, pure and simple, teaching young kids to torture and kill any non-Aryans in the vicinity. The anti-immigrant people are Aryan supremacists who want America to be an Aryan homeland. It is despicable that this neo-Nazi propagan
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by Allocator2008 17y ago
The author is a fool. He is a fool who does not understand the free market. Users are cows. They should be treated as such. Cows do not know what they want. It is our job as programmers to give the cows what they need whether they like it o
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Dan Dennett Lecture on the Evolution of Religions(youtube.com)
1 points by Allocator2008 17y ago|0 comments
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by Allocator2008 17y ago
Thanks for posting this. Always nice to get a healthy dose of "A $ A" with my morning coffee! :-)
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How to catch a microscopic black hole(newscientist.com)
1 points by Allocator2008 17y ago|0 comments
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by Allocator2008 17y ago
I think the question to be asked, is the question of if it is in the self-interest of the American taxpayer to subsidize schools in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now, this is hard to answer. On one hand, it is unclear how more schools in these coun
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by Allocator2008 17y ago
Just say, "Well, how would YOU approach this?" to gauge where she is at. So rather than solve it for her every time, have her give it a stab first. Let her be totally wrong, but at least have her try. Then correct her approach and set her o
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by Allocator2008 17y ago
Generally I want to work for my rational self-interest. My goal is to attain a state of non-contradictory joy, i.e., happiness. I want to preserve my life, and my liberty, and my property. If I preserve my life, liberty, and property, I at
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by Allocator2008 17y ago
I think this could raise some first amendment issues. Whereas it is a valid point that unfortunate consequences can sometimes arise when people get harassed in forums such as MySpace, legally, people have a right to be rude. It might be dep
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Ask HN: Is a hacker by nature pre-disposed towards Objectivism?
4 points by Allocator2008 17y ago|9 comments
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by Allocator2008 17y ago
This is really good. I like the idea of using statistically relevant answers in lieu of absolute answers. Like in this case, 75% of the time, Linux servers may be the best type of server, but there is always that other 25% of time where the
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by Allocator2008 17y ago
Wow. Great site. "I have seen the eternal footman hold my coat and snicker, and in short, I was afraid."
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by Allocator2008 17y ago
Given the options listed above, provided option 1 is financially viable for you, I might suggest going with that. I know that may be disappointing, just going on to the final year of university, but that might be the safe bet. Also, QA is a
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Next time you want to write a poem, just poegle it(poegles.com)
1 points by Allocator2008 17y ago|1 comments
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by Allocator2008 17y ago
That is just really cool. We need more parents like that who can spend the time to teach their kids about general relativity. Seriously. Too often parents either ignore their kids or brainwash them with their own narrow minded cultural take
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by Allocator2008 17y ago
COMPTIA A+, Network+ certifications
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by Allocator2008 17y ago
LLD is a doctorate too (Doctor of Laws) - the next step up from the LLM (Master of Laws) - to be a solicitor or a barrister, one needs at least an LLB (Bachelor of Laws). I (almost) decided to study law once which is how I know. I was so en
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by Allocator2008 17y ago
Regarding the discussion of "real" arrays in Fortran vs. "pointer arrays" in c, it seems in the real world often we need resizable arrays, which means the only way to do that is to have pointer arrays. A Fortran array cannot be resized. Wha
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by Allocator2008 17y ago
Interesting stuff. However it would be better if he had not talked about groups or cultures competing, which is ultimately incidental, and talked instead of genes and memes competing. Evolution could give a damn about the group. It cares on
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by Allocator2008 17y ago
Forgot to mention Frank Rosenblatt of the Rosenblatt Perceptron - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Rosenblatt - killed in boating accident.
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by Allocator2008 17y ago
It should be easy to fund this. Have a "sponsor a synapse" program. At $1 / synapse / year you can be listed as the benefactor of a synapse!! Cool!! Since there are approx 10^14 synapses (or something like that), that should be plenty of mo
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Ask HN: Can software qa skills translate to telecommuting gigs?
1 points by Allocator2008 17y ago|1 comments
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by Allocator2008 17y ago
This is a great story. I first recall when I first knew I was being misled by a teacher. I was in 9th grade earth science, and she had shown a documentary on the early history of the universe which had made reference to string theory. Strin
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by Allocator2008 17y ago
I think that makes total sense, in terms of longevity not being broadly inherited. Why would it be? Once an organism has lived long enough to be able to reproduce and no longer is able to reproduce, there is no evolutionary purpose for that
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by Allocator2008 17y ago
In terms of a long-term solution to the DNS cache poisoning issue it seems deep packet inspection could be the only way to go. The work-around was to extend the encryption involved with DNS but that only makes it harder, but not impossible
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by Allocator2008 17y ago
One can only hope that as the reductionist principles upon which our consciousness operates are made apparent by projects like these, that the masses will finally begin to be disabused of the ever-persistent and pernicious god delusion whic

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