lvecsey

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Physics: possible fifth force of nature(phys.org)
8 points by lvecsey 10y ago|1 comments
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by lvecsey 16y ago
I'd like to see the department of education put out a list of skills that are needed and for what purpose, or end goal. There needs to be some grand vision, perhaps to unify the country like the moon landing did. Clinton wants people to ins
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by lvecsey 16y ago
So do those 8 machines and the code on it represent the system before or after the Wamu merger, or something in between? I've heard many of these banks such as Citigroup have something like 13 different databases or systems, many of which d
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by lvecsey 16y ago
Do articles like this always emerge at a certain point in the boom bust cycle or tied to politics? Because it seems like right now the societal "noise" has peaked, and the 3/4 populace needs a refresher.
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by lvecsey 16y ago
I don't think you can necessarily verbally articulate some goals. Someone like Dave Letterman may have had a vision as he watched baseball on a black and white TV, and then Johnny Carson. But presumably it's taken him a lifetime to get clos
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by lvecsey 16y ago
That quote or statement just shows that an individual living a "thug life" or succumbing to the tremendous peer pressure of youth basically is completely out of touch with the larger mechanics at play, such as congressional decisions and co
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by lvecsey 16y ago
I thought it was pretty much determined that most employees just need a minimum amount of salary met, at which point they're fine. Kind of like maintaining a lawn or pool; don't add a stressor by cutting things so close to the limit, but ra
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by lvecsey 16y ago
I don't think it's fear so much as perceiving a particular conception of simple as bland. It would be a sign of failure to demote oneself to that, and secondly it does not jive with the concept of a long and difficult journey. Things can be
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by lvecsey 16y ago
Didn't GS have a losing second quarter? Perhaps this spin-off has more to do with how they perceive the next quarter is going too, and worries about business beyond that.
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by lvecsey 16y ago
I've wondered this before but basically programming gives you this illusion that you can change the world, to the point of self assembling systems and new transportation and construction possibilities. Perhaps it's just an illusion. Or mayb
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by lvecsey 16y ago
It's interesting to consider that entire societies have been built around these concepts. Usually when I see the Implicature thing that has been mentioned here, I often question whether the exact opposite (or something else all together) sh
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by lvecsey 16y ago
In the pursuit of how stuff works.
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by lvecsey 16y ago
Actually it's tied to the crisis at NASA, and to a larger extent the country. I don't know why people are afraid of confronting an issue like this. It's as if by ignoring it and saying our institutions are ok, things will work themselves ou
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by lvecsey 16y ago
Isn't it the case that legal issues are often a bottleneck to getting products to market? The traits listed for "taking the plunge" have been described elsewhere (I think by pg) as the "rat" phenomenon. Basically there are a new breed of su
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by lvecsey 16y ago
Can any savings be had by committing to a data center instead of paying the amazon hosting rates? I fear if they're at yet another crunch point, the next one will be too much. Granted the pressure to "do more with less" is always there, but
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by lvecsey 16y ago
At some point the light switch and the faucet controls will have to go. But we can't get to that stage if people have trouble with a side swipe or other twist and tweak. I agree that it's brain dead to have a major site like Dell always cha
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by lvecsey 16y ago
Society has a little bit of iTex in all its products.
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by lvecsey 16y ago
I don't think anything is really ever lost so long as you support the system by remaining a US citizen. Losses in the financial markets and in business just get carried forward, at the very least in terms of experience. It feels like time i
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by lvecsey 16y ago
I don't think the article mentioned it but there was a point well after the Linux kernel reached prominence that it was understood the HURD was just a back burner project. GNU has still had a huge impact on everything from IT data centers t
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by lvecsey 16y ago
How about a 4chan style message board in the sense that posts expire very rapidly, but also in that only single topics are allowed for certain time intervals. For example the site could start off with a 24 hour cycle in that dialog can take
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by lvecsey 16y ago
I was listening to a project proposal the other day and had a similar set of questions to guide the conversation. It was actually with a psychologist and I think that field and way of thinking represents the exact flip side of the type of r
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by lvecsey 16y ago
Even the notion of being human is outdated. There were previous century views and now we're in a new era, with deeper understanding of what makes us up. We've gone from a blob of living matter, to a horrendously intricate biological machine
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by lvecsey 16y ago
Xerox is another example. I think these areas thrive on the surrounding incompetence and that you can't really have one without the other.
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by lvecsey 16y ago
Need a monster version built out of top fuel dragster components.
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by lvecsey 16y ago
There is no sense of competition anymore in this society, with yourself or others. Everyone just wants to blend into to previously considered notions of normality.
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by lvecsey 16y ago
Hacker news might need a vector arrow over it. In other words, has the direction of conversation changed from one where "hackers" (those that grok a vast or complete portion of a given system, and can identify and implement a clever tweak)
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by lvecsey 16y ago
I think this article shows that there are broadly two types of people. Those that perhaps hold onto notions of living from their very early years, and others that are constantly questioning and delving into things to see where they lead. I
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by lvecsey 16y ago
It's almost like there is an attempt to normalize all of human behavior, nearly to a borg-like state but with a "I am human!!" undertone. Neurotypical for the win, is the motto.
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by lvecsey 16y ago
I think people try to use his age against him. But too bad. It's his company and let him run it the way he wants. Particularly if it goes against the old, ingrained ways of thinking I'm all the more for it.
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by lvecsey 16y ago
Too bad the printable version omitted the diagram.

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