r1chard5mith

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   by r1chard5mith 7y ago

   Why though? I can just imagine someone at the time saying something similar of Steve Wozniak and the other 'phreakers' who were stealing phone calls. If it had worked, and was retold as an old-timer story by a rich and successful
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   by r1chard5mith 9y ago

   How do you respond to unsuccessful applicants? I sent an application for a (my first) junior position one month ago and heard nothing back. It would be much kinder if you were to at least acknowledge receipt; just an auto-responder that sai
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   by r1chard5mith 9y ago

   I think the term was coined by Nassim Taleb https://medium.com/incerto/the-intellectual-yet-idiot-13211e...
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   by r1chard5mith 9y ago

   > Consider how difficult it is to even define any of these terms in satisfying way. They are all metaphorical, like the higher being. Are you able to explain what an electron is, or what gravity is or how light propagates without resorti
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   by r1chard5mith 10y ago

   Advertising.
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   by r1chard5mith 10y ago

   I agree. I think the problem stems from how we determine the caloric content[0] of a food stuff. We add the known caloric content of its ingredients, which we determine by burning them. This is probably just not a good model for how the bod
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   by r1chard5mith 10y ago

   Lots of people, apparently. http://newatlas.com/david-mayman-vtol-flying-car-jpa-intervi...