Silentio

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by Silentio 17y ago
This is the incredible thing about NASA (and science in general come to think of it) even "failure" can mean great success.
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by Silentio 17y ago
There are about 3 billion people on Earth to whom your statement doesn't necessarily apply: http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/397-eliminating-...
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by Silentio 17y ago
TMZ is a pretty terrible source but the NYT is reporting this as well: http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/25/michael-jackson...
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by Silentio 17y ago
I'm just wondering, if I ate a Chimpanzee would it be considered cannibalism? I'm not sure H. Sapiens sapiens eating H. Neanderthalensis is much different from H. Sapiens sapiens eating Pan troglodytes. Also, I'm not clear on whether the st
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by Silentio 17y ago
I agree that Preview's annotate feature works well. Still, there something about the physical process of underlining words that helps me connect ideas together as I'm reading.
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by Silentio 17y ago
The only problem with digital copies like this is that I can't underline. Maybe it's just the habit of underlining, but I can't read as well (academic reading) when I can't underline key points, specific words, and particularly interesting
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by Silentio 17y ago
Great article. I've always wondered why so many games this gen are boring brown and gray. Playing through Fallout 3 makes this readily apparent. The other thing I'd like to see change is the complete overuse of bloom shader effects.
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by Silentio 17y ago
Great advice. Sometimes I only get down a single sentence that pops into my head, but a killer sentence can make an entire essay for me.
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by Silentio 17y ago
Totally agree. I don't have an iPhone (can't afford a data plan at the moment) but want one. Something feels wrong about being locked in to any one carrier for service though. My main PC isn't locked into anything. As long as the market I l
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by Silentio 17y ago
I don't care if it's fake. "Bung" is too funny.
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by Silentio 17y ago
What you say is true, as far as I know. It is entirely possible to share the culture of the people who one lives nearby and yet practice a different religion. It is also true that this has been going on for a long time. In the case of the s
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by Silentio 17y ago
I don't think so. I do think there is a problem when we view other cultures from the outside, and when we focus only on the "fancy" aspects of culture because it's more interesting than how people arrange their bedding, or whatever. However
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by Silentio 17y ago
>There's a difference between culture and religion. That's an interesting statement. Only in the West, and only in the last few hundred years can religion be conceived of as a discrete object, separate from culture. Indigenous American
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by Silentio 17y ago
Nice post. I really like your writing style.
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by Silentio 17y ago
Damn, I guess I will.
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by Silentio 17y ago
The idea that the wealthy started from nothing and ascribing their wealth to the "hard work" of building from nothing is romantic, but ultimately it's a fantasy. No doubt much individual hard work goes into building a fortune, but the fortu
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by Silentio 17y ago
Slavoj Zizek's thinking on violence is worth quoting here: "The two faces of Bill Gates parallel the two faces of Soros. The cruel businessman destroys or buys out competitors, aims at virtual monopoly, employs all the tricks of the trade t
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by Silentio 17y ago
I've had the same experience you have. My biggest problem with Hulu, though, is that I don't think they want you watching it on your TV. Or, they'd rather have you watching shows on TV (via cable, over the air, etc), and Hulu is only for t
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by Silentio 17y ago
I saw a kiosk at the mall selling these. I didn't stop to take a look, but I've never seen a kiosk at the mall with so many people crowded around it.
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by Silentio 17y ago
Does MS make any money on search? I ask because I wonder if they are trying to kill/replace/be the next Google at all. Obviously Steve Ballmer would love for MS to knock off Google at the head of search, but it would be nice for their sear
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by Silentio 17y ago
I was going to say the same thing. Open floor plans are too distracting for me.
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by Silentio 17y ago
I wonder if, simply by making this statement, Google takes a step toward making it true?
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by Silentio 17y ago
On Hacker News, definite yes. Other sites, not so often. But I am not moved to comment on other sites as often as I am here.
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by Silentio 17y ago
Can't agree with you more. To create anything humans must utilize their labor. That is where the real value lies. The "market," "capital," and the "financial system" are nothing but totems (created by our labor) that we worship as if they w
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by Silentio 17y ago
Google may have a monopoly on search, however, it hasn't come to that monopoly via anticompetitive actions, as far as we know. At least, no one has reported on any. Furthermore, as I think Gruber pointed out not too long ago, Google isn't
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by Silentio 17y ago
Conceiving of the human as "social animal" rather than individualized monadic unit may be new, but the evidence for the human as socially constructed being is not. From our very first experience as infants we are engaged in social relations
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by Silentio 17y ago
I have the smaller version of that couch (Ikea) and I can attest to the fact that it is a uncomfortable piece of shit. But it was cheap.
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by Silentio 17y ago
By the HAL9000 thing, I assume you mean it does everything it can to protect the integrity of its mission and attempts to kill the crew.
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by Silentio 17y ago
I think they've taken away one of their best features. This goes to show that very often people and organizations do not understand what makes their product great, something budding startup starters on HN would be wise to consider. One mu
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by Silentio 17y ago
I was thinking the same until I got to the end of the post: >Don’t worry about building the next Google or making lots of money, because you’ll probably fail. But the lessons you learn and the connections you make will be worth it. The

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