imakesnowflakes

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by imakesnowflakes 10y ago
>supplementing our humanity.. This is exactly the problem. Supplementing x implies complete knowledge of what ideal x is. And what the "ideal" is nearly impossible to assess, since it require complete knowledge of future. I mea
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by imakesnowflakes 10y ago
I once implemented a simple back propagation algorithm in Haskell (without any libraries) that could identify the pattern (one amoung 'A', 'B', 'C' or 'D') represented on an 8x8 matrix... Here is the
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by imakesnowflakes 10y ago
> I can think of programs that can only be designed and implemented by top 1% of programmers... Interesting. Can you share some of those...? EDIT: Oh, I just noticed that you said top 1% of all programmers. I was not talking about top 1%
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by imakesnowflakes 10y ago
I think those things are different. How many people in the world can create music like Beethoven or Mozart? How many people would have been able to beat Deep Blue in chess at that time? I can imagine there would be music that could only be
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by imakesnowflakes 10y ago
>they seem to grasp these at a much deeper level than I did at that age.. What real difference will it make in the future? I think none. Some one who understanding recursion when they were 10 will not end up much better programmer than s
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by imakesnowflakes 10y ago
I am of the opinion that kids should not be taught to program computers for these reasons.. 1. Programming can be too much gratifying, almost drug like, and will keep the vulnerable kids in front of the computer whole day long, building stu
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by imakesnowflakes 10y ago
The golden quarter.. https://aeon.co/essays/has-progress-in-science-and-technolog...
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by imakesnowflakes 10y ago
This section from an essay I read recently [1] might be relavent here >In the 1960s, feminists faced social ridicule, media approbation and violent hostility. Now, mirroring the incremental changes seen in technology, social progress all
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The golden quarter(aeon.co)
1 points by imakesnowflakes 10y ago|0 comments
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by imakesnowflakes 10y ago
What about being a soldier? Does it seem egoistic continue being a soldier, if you have a family? We seem to be Ok, with people, risking their life to protect the interests of the country and thus protect our interests, but not ok if they r
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by imakesnowflakes 10y ago
I wish people think twice before calling troll. That word has so lost it's original meaning, and is now a days used to shoot down any dissenting opinions. I say this as someone who 100% agree with the first part of your comment.
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by imakesnowflakes 10y ago
No one notices when things go as planned/expected. Make media say you cannot do it, then do it. You bet it will be noticed. I am not saying that it is what is happening now. But just a thought. I mean, if the guy is smart enough to do
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by imakesnowflakes 10y ago
Same here. All those fonts looked same until I found Tamsyn. If anyone reading here want to try it, you have to use it at the exact size it is made for, or else it will look ugly. So if you are using Tamsyn6x12 font, you can only use it at
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by imakesnowflakes 10y ago
I think kids should not be actively encouraged to learn to code early. You can learn to code any time, when you are older. As far as I can see, there is no advantage in learning to code early. But there are skills you need to pick up, and e
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by imakesnowflakes 10y ago
>We talk to them, dance with them, have sex with them, have a lifetime of interpreting subtleties of their tone and body language and power politics. We are the same species as they are. How is this any more of an evidence?
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by imakesnowflakes 10y ago
Can red compile GUI apps in MacOS? I just tried and it errored out..
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by imakesnowflakes 10y ago
>That's what keeps HN clean... I really don't think HN is much better than reddit, these days...
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by imakesnowflakes 10y ago
I agree with you. But you will provoke people by saying things like this. I have been heavily down voted else in this thread for saying something like this I guess it is because people have great difficulty in looking from outside their cur
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by imakesnowflakes 10y ago
>is whether it can infect A's friends D through Z, all of whom don't have malaria, presumably because they weren't bitten by an infected mosquito in the last couple weeks... The point is, with mosquitos, a larger percentag
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by imakesnowflakes 10y ago
Thanks for the explanation. But you haven't said anything that I don't know already. >The point the parent and GP were making is that the advantage in being airborne exists whether or not mosquitoes is being killed off. When th
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by imakesnowflakes 10y ago
Sorry. I have to ask this to you also. Are you a biologists/ecologists or some one knowledgable in the field?
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by imakesnowflakes 10y ago
So it seems that it is unlikely, but not entirely impossible. Also, I am just putting forward a dangerous possibility other than the effect on the food chain..
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by imakesnowflakes 10y ago
That would be true if you are going to eradicate mosquitoes overnight... Also, I am just putting forward one possibility other than the effect on the food chain...
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by imakesnowflakes 10y ago
Sorry. I have no idea what you are talking about. Are you a biologist/ecologist or someone knowledgeable in the field?
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by imakesnowflakes 10y ago
>Evolution doesn't have an intent. Diseases can't "evolve themselves." I know. But when you remove mosquitoes from the picture, aren't you putting selection pressure on the diseases to be airborne? >Evolution
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by imakesnowflakes 10y ago
What if the diseases that depend on mosquitoes to spread mutate/evolve themselves to spread via air... You know, "life finds a way" and all that..
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by imakesnowflakes 10y ago
Layman here. Even if the impact on the food chain is zero, does it mean that there won't be other impacts? For example, on the eradication of mosquitoes, what if the disease that are currently only spread via mosquitoes mutate/evo
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by imakesnowflakes 10y ago
Not an expert, but I always assumed that it was caused by the rotational inertia of the Flywheel[1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flywheel
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by imakesnowflakes 10y ago
Please make sure that the window has focus. If the boat is not moving, then the controls won't do anything other than rotate the sail and the rudder (which is very subtle).
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Sailboat simulation in WebGL (2D Wireframe)(z-petal.com)
39 points by imakesnowflakes 10y ago|12 comments

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