I think one of best examples of this was the push to make mandatory the National Animal Identification System. The idea was put every farm animal into a database and RFID the larger ones. I'd heard that farmers would…
I was reading the proceedings of the 2013 SAT competition and was pleasantly surprised to find Knuth listed as a contestant! It also included a few paragraphs he wrote about his submission.
Counterpoint: try googling "Volstate EPB". I'm no expert, but I think it would be a shame if small struggling ISPs get the short end of the stick. It's hard for me to make a judgement on this specifically.
For me, testing comes to mind.
Absolutely. I was really surprised to hear this. I'm sadly getting the impression that the only large entities who have thrown funding into audits are the intelligence agencies.
I drag the scrollbar and use pageup/down keys as much as I use the mousewheel. I don't enjoy getting near the bottom of the page and suddenly being warped several screens ahead, then having to go back and figure out…
I just looked at 1024 on Google Play, and I have to say it would really sting to work on Threes for a year then read that "If you played 2048 in Hacker News, That [sic] you should know this is the original one."
Not unpleasant. The 'i' feels funny and I'm not sure about the curvy 'y'. Maybe it's too similar to 'g'. But really not unpleasant.
It would be funny if a technology pioneered by "Singular Computing" were a primary contributor to reaching the Singularity.
Part of me wonders whether https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6967516 was related. This is all very sobering.
I enjoy HN comments for their tempered, rational thought. I don't think diminutive hyperbole benefits your position here.
I disagree that jack0fnone is mentally ill. I see him as a 14 year old. It's perfectly understandable that a 14 year old might go through a bitcoin phase, be awestruck by gwern.net, daydream up these crazy ideas. Kids…
Cellist-Organist-luthier here. Don't be silly. Imagine arguing against the merits of the organ by saying "It gives up the expressiveness of the Oboe/Flute with no tangible benefit beyond being able to play more notes at…
I don't have anything constructive to say besides that I'm always impressed by your work, Gwern. Thanks for all the references as always.
> How many diseases have we cured in the past 20 years? The past 40 years? Medical advances are really, really slow. It would be really interesting if we began noticing a medical analogue to Moore's Law in the next few…
I'd be interested to get a sense of how these issues vary from country to country and field to field.
Microsoft needs to pull out of mobile and tighten their grip on the desktop market. I can say anecdotally that the only reason many people stay with Windows is for games. I'd like to see Windows rebranded as "The Gaming…
I think one of best examples of this was the push to make mandatory the National Animal Identification System. The idea was put every farm animal into a database and RFID the larger ones. I'd heard that farmers would…
I was reading the proceedings of the 2013 SAT competition and was pleasantly surprised to find Knuth listed as a contestant! It also included a few paragraphs he wrote about his submission.
Counterpoint: try googling "Volstate EPB". I'm no expert, but I think it would be a shame if small struggling ISPs get the short end of the stick. It's hard for me to make a judgement on this specifically.
For me, testing comes to mind.
Absolutely. I was really surprised to hear this. I'm sadly getting the impression that the only large entities who have thrown funding into audits are the intelligence agencies.
I drag the scrollbar and use pageup/down keys as much as I use the mousewheel. I don't enjoy getting near the bottom of the page and suddenly being warped several screens ahead, then having to go back and figure out…
I just looked at 1024 on Google Play, and I have to say it would really sting to work on Threes for a year then read that "If you played 2048 in Hacker News, That [sic] you should know this is the original one."
Not unpleasant. The 'i' feels funny and I'm not sure about the curvy 'y'. Maybe it's too similar to 'g'. But really not unpleasant.
It would be funny if a technology pioneered by "Singular Computing" were a primary contributor to reaching the Singularity.
Part of me wonders whether https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6967516 was related. This is all very sobering.
I enjoy HN comments for their tempered, rational thought. I don't think diminutive hyperbole benefits your position here.
I disagree that jack0fnone is mentally ill. I see him as a 14 year old. It's perfectly understandable that a 14 year old might go through a bitcoin phase, be awestruck by gwern.net, daydream up these crazy ideas. Kids…
Cellist-Organist-luthier here. Don't be silly. Imagine arguing against the merits of the organ by saying "It gives up the expressiveness of the Oboe/Flute with no tangible benefit beyond being able to play more notes at…
I don't have anything constructive to say besides that I'm always impressed by your work, Gwern. Thanks for all the references as always.
> How many diseases have we cured in the past 20 years? The past 40 years? Medical advances are really, really slow. It would be really interesting if we began noticing a medical analogue to Moore's Law in the next few…
I'd be interested to get a sense of how these issues vary from country to country and field to field.
Microsoft needs to pull out of mobile and tighten their grip on the desktop market. I can say anecdotally that the only reason many people stay with Windows is for games. I'd like to see Windows rebranded as "The Gaming…