I don't want to defend the Hiltons but that is just one example of something that was very common during that time period. In the 50's/60's - the idea that we would not solve the fundamental issues of the era over the…
No as has already been answered. The example I can directly think of is modelling of specific weather patterns across Australia. A model that works in predicting weather 2 weeks out may work today but not work so well…
I think the big thing is that all those original achievement don't defy physics to achieve them. It was a case of ignorance and the belief that we just were not that smart. And while there was a big period of…
There is a blog called, 'Do the Math' by Tom Murphy. The idea was to take our current energy requires of Earth and extrapolate it at the current 3% year over year growth. I believe it is by the year 3,400 we would use…
It is a reasonable conclusion. Resource limitations means civilizations, burn up too much of their energy/materials before they ever get truly space bound. They could all be just like us. A few space probes manage to…
Ready to play Quake 3 and then someone decided to bring a G4 Mac. Easy to communicate right "It just works!"... :D
To add to what others have said about the utility of books. A deeper question is, why should it have any purpose? Can we not just do something just because we do it. Not everything has to quantified into a manner of a…
I know this is an argument of 'ignorance is bliss'. But one wonders if the subject would be aware of this decline? If you are in decline but unaware of it, is that a bad thing?
Yeah, I'm going to be one of those folks. Intermittent fasting always worked for me. I think because it just keeps everything even or at least the hour-to-hour delta to a minimum. When you break it down into smaller…
Lithium is widely known about, the real challenge is getting it. I'm not worried about the abundance of lithium, it is the speed at which we can get it that is the issue. One can still have a shortage even if there is…
Many acted like the internet was this weightless thing, now folks are starting to see that they may have to pay the bill in some fashion. This goes for the ecological factors as well.
The Japanese concept of `Mono no aware` seemsto fit into this ideal. The tragedy and loss of life itsef https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mono_no_aware
I see you work for the Dark side. j/k;) Maybe I am just remembering it differently as this was more than a decade ago. But it seemed like almost every week, heck almost every day, another zero day would be discovered.…
Something something, bring back Maxwells house! J/k Glad to see Twit rolling along as always
While I don't think this was a huge factor, GC had to problem of being the middle child. Ps2 had all the games, Xbox had the highest tech. Add in DVD play back on those two and Gamecube just felt like it was stuck in…
Only question I would ask him is what he though of the love letter than is the 2018 game Tetris Effect?
I could not tell you the last time I had Windows in the home. I would guess around 2013. After then I kind of went (almost) 'Full Stallman' - I had been moving that way for a few years already. The only Microsoft…
While the Amiga was impressive in the 80's, they failed to continue on that path of technical innovation. The technical lead they provided simply vanished by having everyone else move forwards just a little bit faster…
"Ask HN: What happened to gloves?" That is a title that would drag me in!
I always found the Android vs Apple thing to be hilarious. You like Apple, cool - go for. I used to use them. Not any more. But that is my choice just as much as yours is. There are deeper questions of privacy and…
Back in 1989 - Dow Chemcial made a proposal. Even then, there was too many plastic type to sort out and contamination was a major issue. They had a realistic but somewhat defeatist solution. Just burn it all. Use it for…
I am completely with this angle as well. In a way I was saying 'Ignorance is bliss but the consequences are dyer'. The fluid dynamics thing is a good example. Another one is the Demoscene. I knowing how it is done, or…
I didn't mean it 'too' literally, but that is indeed a neat fact.
I think I have heard Ram Dass say that a few times before. ;)
Official language recognition generally lags the real world by a significant amount. A word can be in use for many years before it even gets a consideration into a dictionary. Dictionary's reflect the world, not dictate…
I don't want to defend the Hiltons but that is just one example of something that was very common during that time period. In the 50's/60's - the idea that we would not solve the fundamental issues of the era over the…
No as has already been answered. The example I can directly think of is modelling of specific weather patterns across Australia. A model that works in predicting weather 2 weeks out may work today but not work so well…
I think the big thing is that all those original achievement don't defy physics to achieve them. It was a case of ignorance and the belief that we just were not that smart. And while there was a big period of…
There is a blog called, 'Do the Math' by Tom Murphy. The idea was to take our current energy requires of Earth and extrapolate it at the current 3% year over year growth. I believe it is by the year 3,400 we would use…
It is a reasonable conclusion. Resource limitations means civilizations, burn up too much of their energy/materials before they ever get truly space bound. They could all be just like us. A few space probes manage to…
Ready to play Quake 3 and then someone decided to bring a G4 Mac. Easy to communicate right "It just works!"... :D
To add to what others have said about the utility of books. A deeper question is, why should it have any purpose? Can we not just do something just because we do it. Not everything has to quantified into a manner of a…
I know this is an argument of 'ignorance is bliss'. But one wonders if the subject would be aware of this decline? If you are in decline but unaware of it, is that a bad thing?
Yeah, I'm going to be one of those folks. Intermittent fasting always worked for me. I think because it just keeps everything even or at least the hour-to-hour delta to a minimum. When you break it down into smaller…
Lithium is widely known about, the real challenge is getting it. I'm not worried about the abundance of lithium, it is the speed at which we can get it that is the issue. One can still have a shortage even if there is…
Many acted like the internet was this weightless thing, now folks are starting to see that they may have to pay the bill in some fashion. This goes for the ecological factors as well.
The Japanese concept of `Mono no aware` seemsto fit into this ideal. The tragedy and loss of life itsef https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mono_no_aware
I see you work for the Dark side. j/k;) Maybe I am just remembering it differently as this was more than a decade ago. But it seemed like almost every week, heck almost every day, another zero day would be discovered.…
Something something, bring back Maxwells house! J/k Glad to see Twit rolling along as always
While I don't think this was a huge factor, GC had to problem of being the middle child. Ps2 had all the games, Xbox had the highest tech. Add in DVD play back on those two and Gamecube just felt like it was stuck in…
Only question I would ask him is what he though of the love letter than is the 2018 game Tetris Effect?
I could not tell you the last time I had Windows in the home. I would guess around 2013. After then I kind of went (almost) 'Full Stallman' - I had been moving that way for a few years already. The only Microsoft…
While the Amiga was impressive in the 80's, they failed to continue on that path of technical innovation. The technical lead they provided simply vanished by having everyone else move forwards just a little bit faster…
"Ask HN: What happened to gloves?" That is a title that would drag me in!
I always found the Android vs Apple thing to be hilarious. You like Apple, cool - go for. I used to use them. Not any more. But that is my choice just as much as yours is. There are deeper questions of privacy and…
Back in 1989 - Dow Chemcial made a proposal. Even then, there was too many plastic type to sort out and contamination was a major issue. They had a realistic but somewhat defeatist solution. Just burn it all. Use it for…
I am completely with this angle as well. In a way I was saying 'Ignorance is bliss but the consequences are dyer'. The fluid dynamics thing is a good example. Another one is the Demoscene. I knowing how it is done, or…
I didn't mean it 'too' literally, but that is indeed a neat fact.
I think I have heard Ram Dass say that a few times before. ;)
Official language recognition generally lags the real world by a significant amount. A word can be in use for many years before it even gets a consideration into a dictionary. Dictionary's reflect the world, not dictate…