rivd

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by rivd 3y ago
It makes it possible to turn Windows into a subscription-based service.
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by rivd 3y ago
https://archive.is/6YnWC
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by rivd 3y ago
https://archive.is/F5j5l
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by rivd 11y ago
seventh. Haskell made me remember why i love programming.
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by rivd 12y ago
Going to read that in earnest, did a quick scan (not my native language) and yes: i want to differentiate here between the not-asleep and the i-think-i-know-i-am-thinking type of consciousness. It's not only experience, but knowing or
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by rivd 12y ago
The word "Consciousness" is almost like the word "God". Many people seem to know what it is, no one can actually define it, and it has never been measured, located or proven to exist. Maybe we should stop using it altoge
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by rivd 12y ago
mentioned article about fast string search: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.13....
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by rivd 12y ago
Kudos for mentioning this article. It is an excellent essay that more people should read.
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by rivd 12y ago
Thank you. I will start there then.
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Ask HN: Good books on Information Economics?
6 points by rivd 12y ago|4 comments
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by rivd 12y ago
Unrelated yet more relevant question: How many people does it take to properly care for ourselves and the planet we live on?
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by rivd 13y ago
Yes please, invite me as well :)
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by rivd 13y ago
You're right of course, but the tactics they used (especially against oss/linux and the web) pissed off a lot of people. If destroying meant: making yet a better product and marginalizing the competition (with the product or throu
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by rivd 13y ago
In a pure theoretical sense, yes torture is very effective at hurting people. But only for watchers or executioners who have a need of seeing the person being tortured suffer. I really doubt if traumatizing (torture > just hurting/p
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by rivd 13y ago
I can't tell if you're serious. Are you condoning torture, saying it has a function we should put to good use?
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by rivd 13y ago
technology will overcome all problems, solve injustice and everyone will be happy. sure. no mention of climate change, ever-increasing debts, failing antibiotics or social problems because of differences between people who can buy these &qu
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by rivd 13y ago
IIRC computers still have a hard time winning from even moderately skilled go players http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Go
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by rivd 13y ago
the c2 article speaks of the difference between dynamic scoping and acquisition as the former being dependent on call context and the latter on "where you put it". Can i conclude acquisition can be done in javascript by binding fu
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by rivd 13y ago
and again... no IE. (as the article mentions: work-around needed with conditional comments) absolutely off-topic and yes a bit unreasonable, but after years of webdevelopment, i'm getting a little cranky at every mention of this "browser" t
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by rivd 13y ago
you _hate_ them? wow. anyway, i would also not jump out of the window, because some anonymous commenter says its not dangerous to do so.
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by rivd 13y ago
> then they're not really interested in keeping in touch Yes, or they are simply not interested in stories about the risks and plans of Google and Facebook. Or do not understand when you try to explain it. A significant part of my famil
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by rivd 13y ago
Being less radical would diffuse his message and make it more difficult to explain to the masses. I dont agree to with him to extent he make his points and historically he has always acted "radical", so the thing im trying to say is very ar
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by rivd 14y ago
i dont know why you are downvoted, i see the link and think it's pretty cool. almost feel bad i dont live near the meetups :) maybe you should submit it to the frontpage ?
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by rivd 14y ago
Whether points made about the aircraft are valid or not, the tone of the article is very biased. As if only the idea of inventing your own modern airplane is ridiculous, let alone iran could do such a thing. I highly doubt iran is not aware
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by rivd 14y ago
So, the article misses one important prediction: By 2015, IP and ads have divided the internet in seperate, national/corperate-defined segments ;)
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by rivd 14y ago
previous thread with comments: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4407950
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by rivd 14y ago
They were professionally embarrassed. Hence the agressive stance towards him.
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by rivd 14y ago
another rare photoset has been posted in a older hn-thread ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2152223 ) the original link doesnt work anymore, but i found the same photo's on a russian site http://tema.ru/travel/north-korea-1/
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by rivd 14y ago
plus: these kind of "tricks" (changing opacity to alter the stacking order) will not always be (mostly not) accepted at work, because the logic behind it is not immediately clear and its not portable.
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by rivd 14y ago
One method to improve your "sleep efficiency" is actually going to bed _later_ (but getting up at the same time). This in combination with taking a shower to drop body temperature and then sitting in a comfortable warm and dark room for hal

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