kangar00

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by kangar00 10y ago
> Karma has some problems too, and could no doubt do with some adjustments, but I think that it's more useful to have it than not. I agree that it could use adjustments. Real-life karma is a good thing, but karma points are mostly a
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by kangar00 10y ago
I apologize. I assumed he was generalizing.
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by kangar00 10y ago
> That's the compiler's business. I don't care one way or the other about its implementation details. Actually, you do- for at least several reasons. 1. If the runtime or compiler were to have problems with interdependenci
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by kangar00 10y ago
> If you cannot figure out in one minute what a C++ file is doing, assume the code is incorrect. This statement at first resonated with me, and then I thought about it: this doesn't reduce the complexity of the overall application
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by kangar00 10y ago
> I don't think JavaScript's syntax is a selling point Under "Why OCaml?" on the Reason page, it states, "OCaml has a very mature (and still growing) ecosystem for targeting browser and JavaScript environments wi
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by kangar00 10y ago
From part 2 of this series: https://hbr.org/2012/10/how-big-companies-should-innovate "If the antibodies already exist within your organization to destroy new endeavors, you need to go outside of the organiza
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by kangar00 10y ago
James A. Kirk, not James T. Kirk: http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/ddg1000/Pages/bio1.aspx
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Capt. James Kirk to Skipper Navy's Largest Destroyer, the Zumwalt(abcnews.go.com)
1 points by kangar00 10y ago|1 comments
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by kangar00 10y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winograd_Schema_Challenge
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by kangar00 10y ago
> Would you like me to go into more detail? Sure.
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by kangar00 10y ago
> CIA's policy is probably controlled by someone else, and that's where changes need to be made because I like to think they don't come up with the stuff on their own. Beyond you liking to think that, what evidence do you
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by kangar00 10y ago
Oraclepocalypse? Aren't their lawyers busy with Google?: http://fortune.com/2016/05/13/google-oracle-java-email/ Here's another post about GPL violations related to combining ZFS and Linux: ht
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by kangar00 10y ago
It seems like this could have worked if the parent bought points and the kid could redeem earned points for gifts like Amazon gift cards, etc. This model is used by a lot of corporate reward programs.
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by kangar00 10y ago
I didn't know about the relic milpa idea. I guess if there were a lot of thick solid fertilizer just in that rectangular area that wouldn't run off easily, it could possibly do that. I think someone should check it out to be sure.
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by kangar00 10y ago
It may be anything , but I think it's a little strange how they shot this down so fast without any evidence. Makes me wonder if this is a desperate attempt to deter looters.
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by kangar00 10y ago
I understand your concern, but, as I said, a number of authors have not have financing, plans for new contributors, etc. in the beginning and have been successful; these are not requirement for success in the beginning. For example, here is
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by kangar00 10y ago
There have been so many successful projects started by one person. Shooting it down before seeing what will be done is a bad idea. I'm interested in it breaking away from the JVM to become more performant, since that has been one of my
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by kangar00 10y ago
> Any DRM is an unsustainable system Agreed. Every implementation of DRM has been or will be broken eventually, and can keep people out of something that wasn't intended to be always locked. Putting DRM on software and music is like
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by kangar00 10y ago
> Facebook hasn't destroyed the web - it's still there and functioning fine. Hyperlinks still work. Completely agree. And let's choose something else similar, for the sake of argument. Google dominates web search at 64% of
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U.S. Presidency could be won by a write in candidate (2015)(dailykos.com)
2 points by kangar00 10y ago|0 comments
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by kangar00 10y ago
I agree the real problem is the high cost. It can be solved by extending patents in return for lower prices. Then the government must enforce patents internationally by putting pressure on countries that ignore patents. Another concern is p
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by kangar00 10y ago
Of the homeless I've gotten to know, some shared with me that they were schizophrenic and the other had family but was estranged from them. Others were just down on their luck. If they have kids and are a single parent, it makes it muc
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What a Clinton and Trump Presidency Would Mean for NASA Space Exploration(mic.com)
2 points by kangar00 10y ago|0 comments
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by kangar00 10y ago
Every interaction I've had with the Ruby core team has involved rudeness on their part. I understand that Japanese culture is really different and that as a country they've really had horrible things done to them over the last hun