omgam

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by omgam 9y ago
A useful analogy for understanding meatspace ecosystems. Software is a bit like pond scum.
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by omgam 9y ago
One example might be that spirits are said to be bound by arbitrary functions (bizarre ritual ingredients being a famous example). That they respond to and recognize cues. Another aspect of spirit lore is that the more central or higher in
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by omgam 9y ago
Collaborative general purpose editors nowadays show one user's text selection to other users, so this is straightforward to implement.
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by omgam 9y ago
It's been applied to surgery with 90-99% reductions in line infection rates. Head nurse calls the surgeon out on checklist violations.
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by omgam 9y ago
Trading with my own robots and by hand. I found that automated triangular (and 4, 5...) arbitrage was possible in the past, mainly due to fee-raking exchanges providing superfluous instruments. Opportunities were usually small, counterparty
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by omgam 10y ago
This is basically how many closed source Bitcoin trading robots operate. They create giant waves of predictable trades because naive operators leave the default parameters for trading signals. Other traders just get in (and out) right befor
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by omgam 10y ago
Or, the makers of Pokemon Go were installing a system to easily obtain video footage of any urban location (less easily, other areas). If the Fenn-treasure-seeker ground penetrating radar drone teams do materialize, they will almost certain
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by omgam 10y ago
Any central public library is fully stocked on Asimov.
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by omgam 10y ago
Sometimes because they are intentionally gatekeeping, as in Half Past Human's conversational delta analysis reports.
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by omgam 10y ago
As a layman, I'm not clear on why we don't treat such sites like alien worlds and come prepared with environmental suits for the jungle, special habitats and vehicles, etc. The article says the explorers don't believe it&#x27
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by omgam 10y ago
This is fascinating because it probably dates back to the times of medicinal uses of such. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-gruesome-history-o...