flotillo

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by flotillo 9y ago
I'm impressed with and have been inspired by the work many programmers have produced, but I don't look up to them. As a matter of principle, I think it is unhealthy behaviour to idolise others.
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by flotillo 9y ago
Any BBC Micro emulator would do the trick.
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by flotillo 9y ago
Quite reminiscent of the Teletext 'alpha mosaic' characters, which were 2x3 block graphics characters. It could be used to make pages like e.g. https://al.robotfuzz.com/~al/teletext/c4/1995-08-26-004
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by flotillo 9y ago
Indeed, and I think it's quite telling that the founder of D-Wave, along with some former D-Wave employees, have given up on their vision of quantum computing and are focusing their efforts on making industrial robots instead.
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by flotillo 9y ago
On the other hand, smartphones in cars are very useful for navigation, with real-time feeds of traffic congestion, voice control, and so on. I know you can do this with a dedicated navigation system, but I've never used one as good as
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by flotillo 9y ago
There's not as much need for traditional TVs these days, given that you can watch almost anything via a computer and internet connection.
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by flotillo 9y ago
Why promote it now when you have nothing to release? Without any actual software to use and test, this just comes across as the usual overhyped ICO vaporware.
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by flotillo 9y ago
Your experience is not universal, and you are lucky that your work resulted in you becoming considerably richer.
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by flotillo 9y ago
> So then, why would I work hard to become rich Why do you think that working hard will make you rich? For the vast majority of people, this isn't the case at all. Let's not revere the rich. Most of them acquired their wealth
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by flotillo 9y ago
> You shouldn't blame economics for this. Nor should you blame states, banks, the rich, or anyone. The only things to be blamed for it is thermodynamics. Of course the universe couldn't exist stably without those laws, so mayb
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by flotillo 9y ago
What does being " queer, trans, disabled, people of color [or] those whose first language is not English " have to do with selling pornography for tips? Not quite sure why this letter conflates the two. Anyway, can't they u
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by flotillo 9y ago
Why is it suspicious? I don't see your reasoning here. Having a diverse range of DNS names requested doesn't seem to me to be an indicator of suspiciousness. On earlier releases of iOS that had a public jailbreak released, I spent
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by flotillo 9y ago
> So what makes you feel you deserve to earn more than 99.93% of the world's population? Looks like you hit a nerve (perhaps a somewhat guilty one) with some users. But I was wondering similar - why does the OP feel the need to ea
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by flotillo 9y ago
> if you actually read it. Perhaps you're just repeating what the commentariat told you he said? No, I did read his memo when it was first released publicly. If I were him I'd be embarrassed to have published such a paper (ra
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by flotillo 9y ago
Though Damore didn't say that directly, it is in part an underlying thesis of his essay. So it's not a complete summary of his paper, but it's also not an inaccurate one.
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by flotillo 9y ago
Blockchain protocols typically aren't designed to be scalable because, based on what they are actually used for, they don't need to be. Bitcoin was a cryptography research project that became popular outside of the usual circle of
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by flotillo 9y ago
Unless the chemistry book has a chapter titled "how to make a bomb to kill lots of people" with full instructions on how to assemble and detonate one using readily sourced materials, then I'm sure such books will be entirely
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by flotillo 9y ago
Indeed, I thought it quite telling that Damore's subreddit, that he actively moderates, is full of posts and comments hating on women. And also that he's embraced becoming something of a folk hero for alt-right dullards.
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by flotillo 9y ago
Perhaps I'm missing something here, but isn't this just an API that draws two letters inside a circle? Why is this at the top of HN and receiving such accolades? It's neither interesting nor technically challenging. Am I just
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by flotillo 9y ago
If you're referring to this proposal by the UK government, you should know that the Tories are a right-wing party. Your rants about "the left" are misguided.
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by flotillo 9y ago
The article is about a proposed change of law in the UK. Your commentary about the US seems rather off-topic.
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by flotillo 9y ago
The real oppression is terrorist attacks that leave people in fear of their safety. Not oppression: arresting some radicalised extremist for preparing themselves with terrorist training manuals and suchlike.
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by flotillo 9y ago
If someone is repeating watching beheading videos, engaging in terrorism forums, reading bomb-making instructions, and other such material, then I would rather prefer the police and the justice system to get involved. Better that than anoth
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by flotillo 9y ago
Is this just not yet another case of unnecessarily attempting to shoehorn in blockchain technology where it's not really required? This is basically a freelancing platform that has been overcomplicated by the use of a blockchain and &#