thrax

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by thrax 7y ago
Can you prove to yourself that your every behavior isn't the result of a complex chain of mathematical equations? I know I can't.
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by thrax 7y ago
What is your definition of intelligent? because I see evidence of intelligent machines all around us.
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by thrax 7y ago
The fact that you can ask the question is, paradoxically, the answer. Your mind is computed by your brain.
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by thrax 7y ago
It might also put some brakes on rampant "disrupt" capitalist overdrive we're in. I honestly can't think of any tech that I NEED to progress badly enough to compromise customer safety.
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by thrax 7y ago
Or a fragment shader.
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by thrax 7y ago
4% here!
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by thrax 7y ago
"natural"
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by thrax 7y ago
He's donated 5 percent of his wealth. Him and buffet are top of the billionaire giving pile at 3 and 5 %. that means 95% of their wealth is still tied up in service of further wealth extraction.
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by thrax 7y ago
apt get install burn-laptop
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by thrax 7y ago
Git webgl
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by thrax 7y ago
Wow TIL, very cool.
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by thrax 7y ago
Rubber meet road.
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by thrax 7y ago
Clicks -> sees app store link -> hits back button. If your social media app isn't browser based first and foremost.. then I don't trust your judgement.
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by thrax 7y ago
The first Macintosh UI was kinda the backlash to the default night mode of the original dos boxes.
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by thrax 7y ago
I agree w the above r.e. lsd/shrooms .. never done dmt tho.. not particularly interested. I've done salvia which I've been td is like a super light version of dmt, and was not a big fan.. thought at least salvia is only about
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by thrax 7y ago
Barf the rainbow.
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by thrax 7y ago
Check out erowid if you want some high dosage lsd stories. In the early 90s I encountered some "mop up" doses that were claimed to be in the 3000 mic range. I tried them twice.. first time during the Rodney king riots in SF (took
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by thrax 7y ago
I specifically switched to juul from cigs because I knew of nicotine salts vs the type used in most vapes. Its a huge deal and has probably saved my life.
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by thrax 7y ago
>absolute disaster Citation needed. 5th largest economy ON EARTH. By that metric, every other state is a disaster. But.. whatever helps you sleep at night.. I guess.
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by thrax 7y ago
You can live code js out of the box. Still cool though.
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by thrax 7y ago
I never quite understand this though.. because everything that I've seen about scheme/lisps is that it's a simple modular syntax, self hosting, etc. is it the runtime that is gigantic? Or its std lib?
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by thrax 7y ago
You get adoption by datamining and autoenrollment so that when people do finally sign in/up.. they already have a network.
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by thrax 7y ago
"Warte bist die bollen weg sind!! Warte bist die bollen weg sind!!" -means "wait till the cops are gone!" That movie was incredible.
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by thrax 7y ago
You give it a heap. It doesn't allocate memory. It may allocate within its own heap, using whatever allocator/gc strategy it inherits from it's host language.
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by thrax 7y ago
Card is a Mormon. Not surprised that his fiction is dystopian.
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by thrax 7y ago
Same.
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by thrax 7y ago
Hypothetically.. if one were an unattractive misanthrope with low sperm count.. what procreation strategy would you recommend to maximise my comfort in old age? Off the top of my head, I'm thinking I should adopt at least 7 Vietnamese
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by thrax 7y ago
It's all hype until you realize you've been arguing politics with one of these, on Reddit.
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by thrax 7y ago
Memory mapped file.. Intermediate binary representation..
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by thrax 7y ago
Of course they won't. Some city politician will get a kickback and give up the infrastructure for free . Exhibit A: City of San Francisco

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