dandelion_lover

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Mathematics Is Physics(arxiv.org)
3 points by dandelion_lover 5y ago|0 comments
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by dandelion_lover 6y ago
Researcher
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by dandelion_lover 6y ago
> That may be counterintuitive, but it's a mis-extrapolation from the fact that being poor really sucks. I don't think it is so simple. Consider a totalitarian country. The people in the government have no skills which would he
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by dandelion_lover 6y ago
> Ask yourself just what it is you think "meaning" might mean, and why you're so interested in it. What is the actual problem that you're hoping "meaning" will solve? The actual problem is finding the reason
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by dandelion_lover 6y ago
Why are you so sure there is no meaning of life? We cannot know it, because we do not know everything about the world. Maybe we just did not find it yet? It's not inside the knowledge we have, so it might be beyond it. To find it, we m
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by dandelion_lover 6y ago
But does this badge influence the scientific profile / resume of the researcher in any way?
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by dandelion_lover 6y ago
The second case. However I am hesitating to ask to look at the code of my supervisor. How would I explain why I need it (if it's not needed for my research)? It's also unlikely user-friendly, so it would take a lot of time to unde
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by dandelion_lover 6y ago
> the distinction between "production-ready" and "science-ready" code In the first case, you must take into account all (un)imaginable corner cases and never allow the code to fail or hang up. In the second case it n
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by dandelion_lover 6y ago
Or Fortran.
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by dandelion_lover 6y ago
Most of the codes I am developing alone. No one else looks at them ever. My supervisor also develops the code alone and never shows it to anyone (not even members of the group). In other cases, a couple of other researchers may have a look
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by dandelion_lover 6y ago
It won't happen until researchers are forced to do it. Please sign petition at https://publiccode.eu and have a look at my other comment here.
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by dandelion_lover 6y ago
As a theoretical physicist doing computer simulations, I am trying to publish all my code whenever possible. However all my coauthors are against that. They say things like "Someone will take this code and use it without citing us&quot
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by dandelion_lover 7y ago
The point is that there may be a meaning. You questions do not prove its lack. I do not like your parallel. The question about the meaning of life can also have the answer "there is no". It does not assume anything under the hoo
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by dandelion_lover 7y ago
The creatures you listed were necessary for the development of a human. They are also a part of the fragile balance of nature which keeps the living conditions on Earth. I am not saying everything has a meaning (I do not know). But I disagr
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by dandelion_lover 7y ago
I handled it logically: If there is a meaning of life, we did not find it yet. Therefore it must be beyond our current scientific knowledge. Now, science becomes the new meaning, because it may give us the original meaning. Therefore I de
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by dandelion_lover 7y ago
1. "Just like a steel door, when somebody else has the keys, you are not secure - you are imprisoned." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12751461 2. "Do not use the Internet. Do not use phones. Do not use
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by dandelion_lover 9y ago
distributed, federated crawler and search engine that does not depend on a central point of failure. here you go: http://yacy.net
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by dandelion_lover 9y ago
You can probably just compare the budgets...
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The Slow Science Manifesto (2010)(slow-science.org)
1 points by dandelion_lover 9y ago|0 comments
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EFF and Kashmir Hill studied fertility and pregnancy tracking applications(eff.org)
1 points by dandelion_lover 9y ago|0 comments
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by dandelion_lover 9y ago
> p2p twitter alternative here you go https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twister_%28software%29
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by dandelion_lover 9y ago
When 99% of your friends use Facebook, it becomes very hard to avoid it [0]. If you want to advertise your new book among them, what would you do, for example? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_effect
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by dandelion_lover 9y ago
"Do not use the Internet. Do not use phones. Do not use bank accounts. Do not travel by plane. Do not enter public spaces. Do not show your face. Otherwise you accept our Terms of Service. Thank you for trusting us." (C) QuantumRo
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by dandelion_lover 9y ago
See also: http://yacy.net , free distributed search engine.
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by dandelion_lover 9y ago
Not necessarily https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forward_secrecy
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by dandelion_lover 9y ago
AFAIK, for most tasks GNU/Linux is already good enough. Look for example, at a successful project in Munich to replace Windows for public employees https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiMux . The main problem is people d
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by dandelion_lover 9y ago
Unless it's a theater reaction.
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by dandelion_lover 9y ago
Take a look at http://yacy.net . Though the 'good results' part is missing yet, due to (I believe) too few nodes. Upd: and https://github.com/asciimoo/searx
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by dandelion_lover 9y ago
First, I am not the person you have been discussing with. I only responded to your concrete sentence which is in my view incorrect. >But it's better to be hopeful when that's all you have. Stay positive always. >We can choos
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by dandelion_lover 9y ago
>Point is, if he can do it, anyone in the world can do it and people should just stop complaining. https://xkcd.com/1827/ via https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14163589

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