Very interesting ! I guess it's possible to use a MIDI synthesizer instead of the physical piano to achieve the same result ? All that's needed is the conversion from the voice spectrum to notes/chords... The added…
#51-#54 have practically the same combination of colors on the flags...
> disparaging everything other people enjoy I think you're always overgeneralizing everything...
- Hey John, wtf ? Why are the lights out all over the country ? - No idea, the president's database server is down... - And where are the autonomous tanks flying to ? - Access denied... - Oh crap, not again..
Nuclear apocalypse ?
Good! There's too many of us already. 6.8 billion phones today means 6.8 billion pieces of high tech garbage a couple of years later, leaking all kinds of toxic shit into the water, plus 6.8 billion new devices…
Maybe the depth of knowledge in the AI field wasn't the only reason why he was chosen ?
Of course it makes no sense - it's a paradox ! But that argument is always a nice touch (and a down vote magnet) - it pisses people off because it makes them feel guilty for reasons that are beyond their control. But…
Why do you think I don't accept other people. By all means, be and do what your heart desires. I just think it's unwise to throw $600+ on a piece of experimental tech which is cumbersome to use and makes you look like a…
I'm totally indifferent to the Apple watch and what it has to offer. I don't need it and I don't want it, even if they gave it away for free. When I see people wearing an iWatch - here in Spain it's usually the tourists…
That. We still don't know what long-term exposure to highly condensed, highly customized information does to our brains and social systems as a whole. For example, there are signs that social network users are actually…
All that you said is true. But that which you control, controls you back with equal force. While it is assumed that the state of the stock market reflects outside reality, it is in fact both ways - the state of the…
One added word entirely changes the rationale of "life is short" for me. "This", meaning "current". Add the belief that there is another (form of) life after this one and suddenly the equation changes: This life is…
I know about it, but I've also seen somewhere that they kind of distanced themselves from the "dark market" idea when they got funded by Union Square Ventures and Andreesseen Horowitz among others. It might be the…
Yeah, I guess, like all "countercultural" revolutions, the dark markets ran out of steam a bit. So did Bitcoin. But the paradigm has shifted. Dark markets are possible. We now know a lot about the risks/benefits of such…
The system (capitalist or communist) determines to a great extent all kinds of curious behavior in people. Like reporting numbers. In communism, people are incentivized to inflate the positive numbers and deflate the…
> I wonder how many years until software production will reach the level of maturity where we don’t just fix bugs but, If Google tried to figure out why the hard drives fail in every server, how many years before we…
Here they are, McLaren start-up sounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGV9Qu6-7Oc
I see one of the requirements is a Windows computer... So for a Mac user like myself, that $599 would include a good $1k+ for a Windows PC ? Nevertheless I'm very excited about this tech, although I will not jump into…
Imagine if Stasi had unrestricted access to the databases of Facebook or Google.. What state could they have built ! Oh no, those days are over - people have learned their lessons and it can't happen again! If you…
Apart from intellectual entertainment, why would anyone create another general purpose language ? Isnt there more than enough choice already ? I really want to, but I struggle to come up with enough features or…
Actually, this is partly the fruits of their work. It seems like we're experiencing peak oil demand, rather than peak supply. I'm not sure if the "peak oil prophets" considered this possibility - that their warnings…
Yes. That's what the man says. "The planet is fine. We are fucked"
From Wikipedia: Ponzi's original scheme was based on the arbitrage of international reply coupons for postage stamps; however, he soon diverted investors' money to make payments to earlier investors and himself. ... The…
I rarely cook to win :). You play chess to win and losing is stressful and unpleasant. So you train more to increase your chances of winning. I still enjoy playing just for fun, but after a couple of "fun" games, the…
Very interesting ! I guess it's possible to use a MIDI synthesizer instead of the physical piano to achieve the same result ? All that's needed is the conversion from the voice spectrum to notes/chords... The added…
#51-#54 have practically the same combination of colors on the flags...
> disparaging everything other people enjoy I think you're always overgeneralizing everything...
- Hey John, wtf ? Why are the lights out all over the country ? - No idea, the president's database server is down... - And where are the autonomous tanks flying to ? - Access denied... - Oh crap, not again..
Nuclear apocalypse ?
Good! There's too many of us already. 6.8 billion phones today means 6.8 billion pieces of high tech garbage a couple of years later, leaking all kinds of toxic shit into the water, plus 6.8 billion new devices…
Maybe the depth of knowledge in the AI field wasn't the only reason why he was chosen ?
Of course it makes no sense - it's a paradox ! But that argument is always a nice touch (and a down vote magnet) - it pisses people off because it makes them feel guilty for reasons that are beyond their control. But…
Why do you think I don't accept other people. By all means, be and do what your heart desires. I just think it's unwise to throw $600+ on a piece of experimental tech which is cumbersome to use and makes you look like a…
I'm totally indifferent to the Apple watch and what it has to offer. I don't need it and I don't want it, even if they gave it away for free. When I see people wearing an iWatch - here in Spain it's usually the tourists…
That. We still don't know what long-term exposure to highly condensed, highly customized information does to our brains and social systems as a whole. For example, there are signs that social network users are actually…
All that you said is true. But that which you control, controls you back with equal force. While it is assumed that the state of the stock market reflects outside reality, it is in fact both ways - the state of the…
One added word entirely changes the rationale of "life is short" for me. "This", meaning "current". Add the belief that there is another (form of) life after this one and suddenly the equation changes: This life is…
I know about it, but I've also seen somewhere that they kind of distanced themselves from the "dark market" idea when they got funded by Union Square Ventures and Andreesseen Horowitz among others. It might be the…
Yeah, I guess, like all "countercultural" revolutions, the dark markets ran out of steam a bit. So did Bitcoin. But the paradigm has shifted. Dark markets are possible. We now know a lot about the risks/benefits of such…
The system (capitalist or communist) determines to a great extent all kinds of curious behavior in people. Like reporting numbers. In communism, people are incentivized to inflate the positive numbers and deflate the…
> I wonder how many years until software production will reach the level of maturity where we don’t just fix bugs but, If Google tried to figure out why the hard drives fail in every server, how many years before we…
Here they are, McLaren start-up sounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGV9Qu6-7Oc
I see one of the requirements is a Windows computer... So for a Mac user like myself, that $599 would include a good $1k+ for a Windows PC ? Nevertheless I'm very excited about this tech, although I will not jump into…
Imagine if Stasi had unrestricted access to the databases of Facebook or Google.. What state could they have built ! Oh no, those days are over - people have learned their lessons and it can't happen again! If you…
Apart from intellectual entertainment, why would anyone create another general purpose language ? Isnt there more than enough choice already ? I really want to, but I struggle to come up with enough features or…
Actually, this is partly the fruits of their work. It seems like we're experiencing peak oil demand, rather than peak supply. I'm not sure if the "peak oil prophets" considered this possibility - that their warnings…
Yes. That's what the man says. "The planet is fine. We are fucked"
From Wikipedia: Ponzi's original scheme was based on the arbitrage of international reply coupons for postage stamps; however, he soon diverted investors' money to make payments to earlier investors and himself. ... The…
I rarely cook to win :). You play chess to win and losing is stressful and unpleasant. So you train more to increase your chances of winning. I still enjoy playing just for fun, but after a couple of "fun" games, the…