That's a great point. I play Nethack now and then, and I like how I can play it for an evening and then walk away, satisfied that I'll never beat it.
I've been thinking recently about what makes a good video game experience for me, and it's slightly relevant. I can place the games I've highly enjoyed into two basic categories: -Short and sweet, having one or more of…
This is great! Some other things about ssh that everyone knew but me (until I found out): -scp supports bash completion for files on the server if you use a key pair. -Keychain (http://www.funtoo.org/Keychain) makes…
> "[LinkedIn] does not sanction the creation or use of fake LinkedIn profiles or the exploitation of its platform for the purposes alleged in this report." If I understand things correctly, it's not claimed that GHCQ…
At the bottom there are two lines that taken together really confuse me: <grsecurity> If you're running Linux 3.4 or newer and enabled CONFIG_X86_X32 , you need to disable it or update immediately; upstream vuln…
After reading this, it reminded me of Cauchy's integral formula. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cauchy%27s_integral_formula): "In mathematics, Cauchy's integral formula, named after Augustin-Louis Cauchy,…
I thought the whole article was pretty interesting, but I responded to that part exactly the way you did. One of the big things I retained from my stats classes is the idea that, once you deviate from a pre-specified…
Did anyone else find Inception to be basically straightforward (though interesting and enjoyable) with an insignificant binary question at the end? There certainly may be more depth than I'm seeing, but there wasn't…
After reading this article I realized I have a completely unrelated nerve wracking situation in my life that could benefit by having a "superior" work for me rather than the other way around.
I lived with a Russian family a few years ago for a month in one of the ten largest cities in Russia. As an American, I found many aspects of their society to be rather hostile, but I found at least one region to be a…
Does anyone know of any free software that allows you to manage and visualize tasks in the manner advocated in the article?
I was once in a situation where I was forced to bum smokes for several days while essentially living at an international airport (forced as in it was the only way I could smoke during that time). It was pretty scary,…
You address an important topic, but I think the problem at hand comes from a more fundamental dysfunction within the system. Once a president is elected into office, he/she is in charge for a minimum of four years,…
That was a powerful story, and it's well written too. I think it would make a great article for Vice or something like that, but obviously it's nice to read posts like this on HN.
Princess Mononoke a film for children? I'd say it's a touch too bloody for most parents to deem it appropriate for their children.
Does anyone know what it means to simulate brain activity? Is the brain being emulated in any meaningful way? Or is it just modeling the physical behavior of neurons?
Idea: Perhaps election voting should be separated into different dates for different groups. I've certainly been guilty of knowing more about the president I was voting for than for congress persons (and even worse,…
I really don't like trying to judge this case with analogies to non-electronic gambling. It's not a terrible way to start thinking about the issue, but taken too far it allows someone to come up with almost arbitrary…
Seriously, there's nothing wrong with seeing a psychologist and/or psychiatrist. There are many possible scenarios, including that something other than ADD is causing your symptoms, or even that there's nothing "wrong"…
Taking a look at things from society's perspective, society decided that individuals should privately own for-profit businesses because, for a large subset of society's needs, that is the most efficient way to produce…
If a spacecraft were to travel orthogonal to the plane on which planets orbit the sun, would it experience the heliosheath as it exits the solar system? For that matter, have there been any spacecraft launched that…
I've had a T61p for 4 or 5 years. 1920x1280 screen. A Core 2 Duo that doesn't feel dated. I dread the day that something happens and I need to get a new laptop. I think other fans will know what I mean when I say this…
I hate using a microwave when other people are sleeping. Loud beeps on every button press. Beeps at 30 second intervals saying it done (as if something terrible will happen if you don't rescue your food!). Even opening…
This article is exceptionally difficult to read because of the low contrast between text and background color and because Firefox won't allow me to highlight the text for some reason.
Somehow I can't imagine lab-produced gold being worth less than naturally occurring gold for jewelry, etc. I imagine the only potential difference would be the distribution of isotopes. But I suppose it could still…
That's a great point. I play Nethack now and then, and I like how I can play it for an evening and then walk away, satisfied that I'll never beat it.
I've been thinking recently about what makes a good video game experience for me, and it's slightly relevant. I can place the games I've highly enjoyed into two basic categories: -Short and sweet, having one or more of…
This is great! Some other things about ssh that everyone knew but me (until I found out): -scp supports bash completion for files on the server if you use a key pair. -Keychain (http://www.funtoo.org/Keychain) makes…
> "[LinkedIn] does not sanction the creation or use of fake LinkedIn profiles or the exploitation of its platform for the purposes alleged in this report." If I understand things correctly, it's not claimed that GHCQ…
At the bottom there are two lines that taken together really confuse me: <grsecurity> If you're running Linux 3.4 or newer and enabled CONFIG_X86_X32 , you need to disable it or update immediately; upstream vuln…
After reading this, it reminded me of Cauchy's integral formula. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cauchy%27s_integral_formula): "In mathematics, Cauchy's integral formula, named after Augustin-Louis Cauchy,…
I thought the whole article was pretty interesting, but I responded to that part exactly the way you did. One of the big things I retained from my stats classes is the idea that, once you deviate from a pre-specified…
Did anyone else find Inception to be basically straightforward (though interesting and enjoyable) with an insignificant binary question at the end? There certainly may be more depth than I'm seeing, but there wasn't…
After reading this article I realized I have a completely unrelated nerve wracking situation in my life that could benefit by having a "superior" work for me rather than the other way around.
I lived with a Russian family a few years ago for a month in one of the ten largest cities in Russia. As an American, I found many aspects of their society to be rather hostile, but I found at least one region to be a…
Does anyone know of any free software that allows you to manage and visualize tasks in the manner advocated in the article?
I was once in a situation where I was forced to bum smokes for several days while essentially living at an international airport (forced as in it was the only way I could smoke during that time). It was pretty scary,…
You address an important topic, but I think the problem at hand comes from a more fundamental dysfunction within the system. Once a president is elected into office, he/she is in charge for a minimum of four years,…
That was a powerful story, and it's well written too. I think it would make a great article for Vice or something like that, but obviously it's nice to read posts like this on HN.
Princess Mononoke a film for children? I'd say it's a touch too bloody for most parents to deem it appropriate for their children.
Does anyone know what it means to simulate brain activity? Is the brain being emulated in any meaningful way? Or is it just modeling the physical behavior of neurons?
Idea: Perhaps election voting should be separated into different dates for different groups. I've certainly been guilty of knowing more about the president I was voting for than for congress persons (and even worse,…
I really don't like trying to judge this case with analogies to non-electronic gambling. It's not a terrible way to start thinking about the issue, but taken too far it allows someone to come up with almost arbitrary…
Seriously, there's nothing wrong with seeing a psychologist and/or psychiatrist. There are many possible scenarios, including that something other than ADD is causing your symptoms, or even that there's nothing "wrong"…
Taking a look at things from society's perspective, society decided that individuals should privately own for-profit businesses because, for a large subset of society's needs, that is the most efficient way to produce…
If a spacecraft were to travel orthogonal to the plane on which planets orbit the sun, would it experience the heliosheath as it exits the solar system? For that matter, have there been any spacecraft launched that…
I've had a T61p for 4 or 5 years. 1920x1280 screen. A Core 2 Duo that doesn't feel dated. I dread the day that something happens and I need to get a new laptop. I think other fans will know what I mean when I say this…
I hate using a microwave when other people are sleeping. Loud beeps on every button press. Beeps at 30 second intervals saying it done (as if something terrible will happen if you don't rescue your food!). Even opening…
This article is exceptionally difficult to read because of the low contrast between text and background color and because Firefox won't allow me to highlight the text for some reason.
Somehow I can't imagine lab-produced gold being worth less than naturally occurring gold for jewelry, etc. I imagine the only potential difference would be the distribution of isotopes. But I suppose it could still…