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by mistermumble 9y ago
Worthwhile article. But please correct the typo in the HN headline. (Even though it is in the original, it grates).
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by mistermumble 9y ago
I have had a half-dozen gmail accounts over the past 10 years and all are active with no problem.
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by mistermumble 9y ago
I have many pleasant memories of living in France many years ago: great food, strong respect for ideas, great ambiance. And, no, I did not speak French and never encountered any bias from the Parisians, despite my California way of speaking
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by mistermumble 9y ago
Population control would have to begin with the US, which on a per-capita basis has more than double the emission than any other nation or region (China, European union, etc). More than 8 times the rate of populous nations like India and In
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by mistermumble 9y ago
See the section in the article with the heading "Dependency Injection". It talks about a specific scenario where there is one component that needs to show the state of the entire system (an activity light turned on, for example),
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by mistermumble 9y ago
I agree that Assad is "stomping on innocents". But so are the rebels he is fighting, namely ISIS and Al Qaeda and similar groups in a smorgasbord of terror. Shall we bomb them too (and thereby strengthen Assad)? Mideast politics a
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by mistermumble 9y ago
I think Kilo is a great little project, well-structured and very educational. Another useful resource I've relied upon in the past, dates back to the 1990s: Freyja, which is Craig Finseth's emacs-like editor written in C. Here is
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by mistermumble 9y ago
64 and still coding, although not full-time. 8 years ago I learned Objective-C and physics engines and published a number of mobile apps for IOS. Nowadays I am learning Go, Solidity & Viper and writing blockchain-based dapps. Big fun.
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by mistermumble 10y ago
If one wanted to overthink this, one could say there is a "calculus of privilege" that depends upon context. In many contexts (geographical and social contexts), being white, male and America adds up to maximum privilege. But in o
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by mistermumble 10y ago
Minor correction: it was Stewart Brand (of Whole Earth Catalog fame) who said "Information wants to be free". Paul Graham may have quoted it -- along with a multitude of others, since it was first uttered in 1984. Actually turns o
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by mistermumble 10y ago
Solidity is the most widely adopted language, but there are other choices including Serpent (Python-like)and LLL (lisp-like). A few developers I know use Serpent because it is simple and stable (meaning it has not been changed or updated fo
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by mistermumble 10y ago
The article is sensationalist, especially with regard to the "fall" part of the "rise and fall of Ethereum". The reality is that Ethereum as a platform has gained strength, credibility and market traction over the last s
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by mistermumble 10y ago
I created my yahoo account many years ago, using my real first name and lastname, and using my real birthday. Now I know better, and never use any of my real information in my online accounts. Meaning not just birthday, but also a fake name
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by mistermumble 10y ago
Thanks for the pointer to the video ("E to the Pi for Dummies" by Mathologer). It is definitely worth watching. Much more understandable, imho, than the one referenced at the top of this thread. Your text summary of the video is a
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by mistermumble 10y ago
There's a startup called Flywheel that has been selling shovels to taxi cab companies -- in the form of electronic dispatch, payments, navigation and GPS-based metering. https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/22/
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by mistermumble 10y ago
In addition to created diamonds, there are other stones that are different from and in some aspects better than diamonds. The best one seems to be Moissanite, which also has the rather pedestrian name of silicon carbide. See https:/&#
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by mistermumble 10y ago
The content in this article about anti-spam techniques is fascinating. But the title should be edited to indicate its vintage: 2014. Also, by the by, there is some interesting context about the author (Mike Hearn) and his recent activities
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by mistermumble 10y ago
Poor whites in America seem to identify with rich whites more than others from different races who are working (or unemployed) right next to them. To them, Trump is like the star NFL quarterback that everyone wishes to be, and wears that st
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by mistermumble 10y ago
I don't understand why you were downvoted. Your question is valid and relevant. There are problems with the current election process, that were evident in the primary elections. There are many manufacturers of e-voting machines, but th
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by mistermumble 10y ago
A relatively small circle in SouthEast Asia, with center in North Vietnam will include the majority of the world's population: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2013/05/07...
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by mistermumble 10y ago
Karma, culture, governance.
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by mistermumble 10y ago
Actually the "thousand flowers" metaphor is part of Silicon Valley culture going back 30 years. At least I have heard this any number of times in relation to technology innovation, entrepreneurship, "lean startups", etc.
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by mistermumble 10y ago
R3 is now emphasizing the smart contract aspect, and is building their system on Java Virtual Machine (JVM). If blockchain technology is all about adding trust in a trustless environment, what are the trust implications of using Oracle JVM?
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by mistermumble 10y ago
But if you can accept centralization, then why not just use a conventional DBMS? (This is a real question, not a rhetorical argument.)
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by mistermumble 10y ago
Of the 3 possibilities for granting pardon (Obama, Clinton and Trump), the only real chance for Snowden is Obama.
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by mistermumble 10y ago
I think many American Republicans would consider France to be socialist. And would view many other countries as socialist, if they have things like national medical insurance and free college tuition. Except China. China for some reason is
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by mistermumble 10y ago
I've been in China three times in the past year. I agree that it is creepy not to be able to access Gmail, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube. But in terms of personal safety and freedom to walk around and see things, I felt very free. I feel
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by mistermumble 10y ago
The good ones come to the US to get better paying jobs. I ran a team of 25 software engineers. I tried to hire the most talented programmers in a tight job market. All but one of the engineers I hired were born outside the US.
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by mistermumble 10y ago
I was in Beijing two weeks ago, with 3 phones (AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile). I could not get Gmail on any of them. No Facebook, Twitter, Google search, Google translate, etc. I had to fall back to Yahoo Mail (and WeChat and QQ). In Shenzh
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by mistermumble 10y ago
At my local university, there is a salsa dancing group that meets every week, and goes on outings to clubs regularly. There seem to be 4 girls for every guy. The guys have to timeshare across different girls, and of course girls end up danc

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