@bucaran: i'm confused. why are you also commenting on this thread as Tzadeck?
@striking, the comments you mention appear to be from one side. @bucaran's alleged censoring of the discussion [0] makes it difficult to know what was actually discussed, but it's telling at the same time, especially in…
this hn comment links to a github comment (from the other side) that was deleted by the usurper: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10273780
> Obviously all other avenues of resolution have been exhausted. could you elaborate? it's not clear to me what other avenues of resolution were attempted.
"refers" got their start in chicago, when george h. hammond patented a refrigerated rail car design in 1868 [0]. although the technology was initially used to transport meat via rails, hammond's company (and the rest of…
> Is anyone using a pedal in addition of a keyboard on a daily basis? i've been using foot pedals with a kinesis advantage for a couple of months. note: i don't always use the pedals. > Do you really think this could be…
> “The real problem is that the car is too safe...” no. this statement is fallacious, and i believe it is dangerously misleading. it sounds like something out of the mouth of a corporate attorney, and not someone who…
some questions on IQ tests depict rotated images of figures, and ask things like: > can the two figures in each set be made identical by rotating them in space? [0] this isn't my domain, so without knowing any better i…
> The browser should be ... for viewing and retrieving data, not executing that data. i'm genuinely interested in what a modern version of that would look like. recently i watched a 1992 interview [0] with brewster…
the proliferation of driverless cars could make the debate about losing access to public roads (i.e. losing one's drivers license) much more interesting.
agreed. interesting read, yet far from complete, and certainly questionable. a couple that jumped out to me as questionable: the "discounting" section reminds me of the stanford marshmallow experiment (itself…
datatau [0] might be worth checking out, if you're not familiar. since bioscience isn't on my radar i'm not sure if you'd find anything useful there, however, it feels like a more concentrated version of HN which…
> But you are making an assumption that just because someone enjoys living in a trailer house, they must also be ok with living in an apartment. That may not be the case, at lease that's not the case for me. good point.…
if i've written something that's factually wrong or misleading, offensive, or otherwise violates the comment guidelines, i would appreciate the opportunity to update my comment or delete it. and for that to happen i…
like OP, online ads (partially) put food on my table. but that's where the similarities stop: whereas OP mentions he's "never been tempted to run ad-blocking software before," i've blocked ads for years. and i don't…
agreed. perhaps the title could include an adjective which specifies the type of risk under consideration.
a few years ago i had to pare down my wardrobe for extended travel. sadly (at the time), my startup tees were the first to go. i replaced them with patagonia's silkweight tees (2/3 merino, 1/3 synthetic). as a lazy…
i get that this is a tongue-in-cheek comment, and appreciate your sense of humor, but it also saddens/frightens me to think this could become the prevailing sentiment in the years to come. i grew up believing the…
whilst reading your above comment i wondered why you chose not to use environment variables instead. e.g.: $ export cdc_stuff='/Users/me/src/project_stuff' $ cd $cdc_stuff however, now it's clear. in the event you're…
secondarily, many non-US companies with data centers located in the US have been impacted from the global backlash.
no, not necessarily. consider guidance from new zealand's Health Information Governance Expert Advisory Group (HIGEAG) [0]: > Unless an exemption is granted by the National Health IT Board, all personal health…
> TL;DR: It's about the "Internet of Things" ^ this is too ambiguous to be meaningful for anyone who isn't familiar with the cyber grand challenge (CGC). the CGC, as i understand it, is about developing systems which…
> So far scientists haven't found anything special about the human brain that can't be mimicked by a machine. mimicking the brain's power-consumption-to-compute-power ratio is difficult, if not impossible, with today's…
>>the comment in question (asking for the difference between "vanilla assault" and rape) was in shockingly bad taste. > Why? While we are discussing why asking the question is in bad taste, can we also address the…
editing/updating your comment without noting the changes can make it difficult to follow the conversation.
@bucaran: i'm confused. why are you also commenting on this thread as Tzadeck?
@striking, the comments you mention appear to be from one side. @bucaran's alleged censoring of the discussion [0] makes it difficult to know what was actually discussed, but it's telling at the same time, especially in…
this hn comment links to a github comment (from the other side) that was deleted by the usurper: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10273780
> Obviously all other avenues of resolution have been exhausted. could you elaborate? it's not clear to me what other avenues of resolution were attempted.
"refers" got their start in chicago, when george h. hammond patented a refrigerated rail car design in 1868 [0]. although the technology was initially used to transport meat via rails, hammond's company (and the rest of…
> Is anyone using a pedal in addition of a keyboard on a daily basis? i've been using foot pedals with a kinesis advantage for a couple of months. note: i don't always use the pedals. > Do you really think this could be…
> “The real problem is that the car is too safe...” no. this statement is fallacious, and i believe it is dangerously misleading. it sounds like something out of the mouth of a corporate attorney, and not someone who…
some questions on IQ tests depict rotated images of figures, and ask things like: > can the two figures in each set be made identical by rotating them in space? [0] this isn't my domain, so without knowing any better i…
> The browser should be ... for viewing and retrieving data, not executing that data. i'm genuinely interested in what a modern version of that would look like. recently i watched a 1992 interview [0] with brewster…
the proliferation of driverless cars could make the debate about losing access to public roads (i.e. losing one's drivers license) much more interesting.
agreed. interesting read, yet far from complete, and certainly questionable. a couple that jumped out to me as questionable: the "discounting" section reminds me of the stanford marshmallow experiment (itself…
datatau [0] might be worth checking out, if you're not familiar. since bioscience isn't on my radar i'm not sure if you'd find anything useful there, however, it feels like a more concentrated version of HN which…
> But you are making an assumption that just because someone enjoys living in a trailer house, they must also be ok with living in an apartment. That may not be the case, at lease that's not the case for me. good point.…
if i've written something that's factually wrong or misleading, offensive, or otherwise violates the comment guidelines, i would appreciate the opportunity to update my comment or delete it. and for that to happen i…
like OP, online ads (partially) put food on my table. but that's where the similarities stop: whereas OP mentions he's "never been tempted to run ad-blocking software before," i've blocked ads for years. and i don't…
agreed. perhaps the title could include an adjective which specifies the type of risk under consideration.
a few years ago i had to pare down my wardrobe for extended travel. sadly (at the time), my startup tees were the first to go. i replaced them with patagonia's silkweight tees (2/3 merino, 1/3 synthetic). as a lazy…
i get that this is a tongue-in-cheek comment, and appreciate your sense of humor, but it also saddens/frightens me to think this could become the prevailing sentiment in the years to come. i grew up believing the…
whilst reading your above comment i wondered why you chose not to use environment variables instead. e.g.: $ export cdc_stuff='/Users/me/src/project_stuff' $ cd $cdc_stuff however, now it's clear. in the event you're…
secondarily, many non-US companies with data centers located in the US have been impacted from the global backlash.
no, not necessarily. consider guidance from new zealand's Health Information Governance Expert Advisory Group (HIGEAG) [0]: > Unless an exemption is granted by the National Health IT Board, all personal health…
> TL;DR: It's about the "Internet of Things" ^ this is too ambiguous to be meaningful for anyone who isn't familiar with the cyber grand challenge (CGC). the CGC, as i understand it, is about developing systems which…
> So far scientists haven't found anything special about the human brain that can't be mimicked by a machine. mimicking the brain's power-consumption-to-compute-power ratio is difficult, if not impossible, with today's…
>>the comment in question (asking for the difference between "vanilla assault" and rape) was in shockingly bad taste. > Why? While we are discussing why asking the question is in bad taste, can we also address the…
editing/updating your comment without noting the changes can make it difficult to follow the conversation.