hexagonc

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Numbers Show That Uber's Self Driving Cars Are the Worst(androidheadlines.com)
1 points by hexagonc 9y ago|0 comments
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by hexagonc 9y ago
Although some of my analogies were a stretch, I think it might be valuable to regard these types of manipulation as hacking. If nothing else, to make us aware of our own susceptibilty to con artists, fake news and government influence. Th
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by hexagonc 9y ago
I would argue that humans are quite easy to hack although perhaps not in the way you were thinking. Our perceptions are quite easily and reliably hacked even when we know it is happening, as demonstrated by the success of stage magic and o
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Australia's Beer-Loving Jewel Beetle(australiangeographic.com.au)
1 points by hexagonc 10y ago|0 comments
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How being replaced by a machine turned this graphic artist into an activist(arstechnica.com)
1 points by hexagonc 10y ago|0 comments
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by hexagonc 10y ago
It's just so sad. I like gadgets as much as anyone and consider myself a technology enthusiast, but there's got to be a way to engage kids on smartphones other than games. One of my on-again-off-again side projects has been to c
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by hexagonc 10y ago
I had this book, too. It was given to me as a Christmas present along with the Star Trek Next Generation Technical Manual [1]. [1] - https://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Next-Generation-Technical/d...
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by hexagonc 10y ago
Getting Started with Electronics -- wow! I think I read that one as a kid, as well. I grew up in the eighties so Radio Shack was still (I think) a good place to buy electronic components and equipment. I remember the electronics kits a
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by hexagonc 10y ago
I'll start by posting my own list of influential technical books: The Paradoxicon [1] by Nicholas Falletta. As described in question above. Computers and the Imagination by Clifford A. Pickover [2] - This book is filled with mathe
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Ask HN: Most influential books you read growing up
26 points by hexagonc 10y ago|25 comments
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by hexagonc 10y ago
I think the semantics of "map" are quite a bit more specific than "for". For one thing, "map" functions have a return value which is usually the same length as its argument, which is usually a sequential data-
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by hexagonc 10y ago
Read Complex Worlds from Simpler Nervous Systems [1] if you want more information on how very complex behavior can emerge from jumping spiders and bees. After reading that book, it seemed to me that AI researchers should focus much more t
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by hexagonc 10y ago
I would also suggest anyone that is interested in BEAM robotics to take a look at Braitenberg Vehicles[1]. These are simple reflex-based robots that can exhibit complex behaviors due to their interaction with their environment. Originally
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by hexagonc 10y ago
So your dad wanted you to report anyone at his building that treated you poorly?
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by hexagonc 10y ago
Basically, you just wrote nearly (exactly?) what I wanted to write. I'm good at algorithm problems. I LIKE algorithm problems, but having someone watching me on a whiteboard in a high pressure situation diminishes my abilities. At a
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by hexagonc 10y ago
I think this is consistent with your earlier point that more people should visit some of the less well known national parks and scenic sites. It spreads the tourists and visitors over a much larger area. This should reduce crowding in the
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by hexagonc 10y ago
Yeah, it's pretty damn epic.
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by hexagonc 10y ago
Okay. . . (humbly slinks away with tail between his legs)
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by hexagonc 10y ago
I'll just leave this here for you. . . https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Comparis...
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by hexagonc 10y ago
I wasn't sure from the article how specific they were about sitting. Are all types of sitting equally harmful? Does the chair matter? Does posture matter? According to the article, the primary conclusion of the health experts is th
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Men may have evolved better 'making up' skills(bbc.com)
2 points by hexagonc 10y ago|1 comments
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by hexagonc 10y ago
I think it is easy to come up with examples of people doing purely altruistic things. One simple example would be an atheist that sacrifices himself for his country. He knows there is no reward at the end of the tunnel and may not even pa
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Y Combinator Needs to Teach Better Business Communication Skills(youtube.com)
2 points by hexagonc 10y ago|1 comments
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by hexagonc 10y ago
In ten years, when there is much more reliable autonomous driving, I think this will simply be remembered as a failed and misguided earlier attempt just like people trying to fly by strapping wings to their backs and flapping.
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by hexagonc 10y ago
I have no problem speaking of bad developers because I myself was one. Now, I am probably above average and in some organizations maybe even a "10x" developer. But I shudder thinking of some of the code samples that I've se
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by hexagonc 10y ago
I think you can easily be a 10x developer, since 10x is relative. Especially in a world awash in bad developers. Just being familiar with the right algorithms and software approaches vis-a-vis your co-workers will do that. I've seen
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by hexagonc 10y ago
I tried to hack together my own personal stack overflow or Q&A system using a directory of text files and Sublime Text (any other text editor that has regular expression searching also work). Basically, each fact or note that I wanted
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by hexagonc 10y ago
Maybe I'm thinking about this incorrectly but Google's use of the Java APIs seem to me to be the quintessential case of fair-use for interoperability. It's not like Android is shipped with a JDK and is constantly exercising
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by hexagonc 10y ago
I think there's a lot of things I'd rather be doing on a commute than drive or do work. For on thing, with a self-driving car, I could do things that many people are already doing while driving, albeit unsafely. Things like eati
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by hexagonc 10y ago
I would agree with you if the author had complained about depth-first search as opposed to breadth-first search. Any decent developer should be able to understand and reason through depth-first search but I wouldn't expect breadth-fir

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