Really? It seems to me that downvotes are used very negatively, as they are put a strong incentive (for most people) not to express unpopular opinions, even if they are good comments. If they were used only to…
Thank you, for the excellent rephrasing. >But Go (and tetris etc) are games of perfect information where perception of the game state is not a challenge. In general, "perception of the game state" is not a challenge, at…
The question seems flawed, as having an AI making decisions only based on visual information is basically confusing how you get the information (visual) and what information the AI get (only limited information, similar…
This is brilliant. I so wish I enrolled for an ethology PhD now...
And the thread concerning that much better model: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11403653
I agree with most of your comment, but here are two nitpicks. >This is what makes the cult of science dangerous, not the word "bitches". Nobody said that, so there's no need to burn your strawman there. Science is all…
Another human activity where avant-garde is fully indistinguishable from straight parody. Such a world we live in. The takeaway should be to keep some sane garde-fou principle, such as "form follows function", and use…
Nothing to do with the movie, but I thought his autistic aspects to be violently hilarious when reading more about him. He seemed to be at times completely oblivious of social implications and rules, which gave many…
To rephrase you question, do you prefer something stupid, or something stupid that pretends to be clever (and sully something you like)? Also, false dichotomy.
>HN is what we make it. Exactly, and certainly there are other people who would like to see more of that in first page, but you just can't bash useful comments, so even with good intentions you can be part of the…
Oh thanks, that looks pretty interesting, and will distract from shitposting on random pop-science/political quasi-journalism articles for a while. It seems that it was the purpose of HN, but I'm not sure anymore.…
> renders -> photoshop clarification was genuinely more useful Except 'the clarification' is wrong. If you have a render, it doesn't mean it's 3D. It can be 3D, 2D, a mixture of both (last is probably the most…
Renders also mean drawings. Scott Robertson's book "How to render" does not explain how to press the render button in Blender, it explains how to actually draw (render) a concept art.
Usually, people don't feel the same way when thinking about any kind of work; you have to master the basics if you want express something. You need to learn to draw before you can get to the point of expressing yourself…
The problem is when parents start seeing baby's poop splatters as artistic expression. The equivalent with computers would be to call bugs features?
>Sorry, the GIMP doesn't replace photoshop See my other comment and go have a look at Krita. >Except only MEGAcorp product is competitive. Are you denying the existence of VLC, Firefox, and other successful OSS? >Maybe…
>This is fascinating. The word you're looking for is "features". This is fascinating. You are confusing "features" with "interacting with closed software". Want to take an example? Go have a look at Krita. It has so…
The point I'm making does not involve Canonical. When discussing a switch to Linux, most people answer with something like "oh but it should support X (MEGAcorp product) so I can't switch". It should support .docx, or…
It's a blogpost, made to express an opinion, so he doesn't have to say this. If this was supposed to be a serious article, or was involved in a serious debate, then it would be a different issue. Second, I have a…
Problem I have: I am dependent on MEGAcorp. MEGAcorp does not like freedom. So free solutions are not good. Do you see the problem?
I agree with basically everything you said, yet I take quite a few pictures during my trips; a cheap phone shot that takes as little time as possible, that may be awfully blurry and with horrible colors, but that is…
I agree with you. But what if you want to drink pure/purified water? You can do for little to no cost in certain conditions, but for city people there are either bottled water or some purifying systems that can be…
The point he is making is not reduced to that, it is that you should judge things with the same metrics. I.e. how much water is used for bottled water? For running water? How much harmful chemicals can you find in soft…
My comment's intention was to illustrate that the derided sentence simply intended to say "it's abstract". So now, let's see how "The Turing Machine is really a machine, in every practical sense." is false, starting…
>Medicine (and many other "closed" subjects) is widely taught in schools - it is not a secret guild. We agree, but you could as well say thus that closed software is not really closed since you can learn software in…
Really? It seems to me that downvotes are used very negatively, as they are put a strong incentive (for most people) not to express unpopular opinions, even if they are good comments. If they were used only to…
Thank you, for the excellent rephrasing. >But Go (and tetris etc) are games of perfect information where perception of the game state is not a challenge. In general, "perception of the game state" is not a challenge, at…
The question seems flawed, as having an AI making decisions only based on visual information is basically confusing how you get the information (visual) and what information the AI get (only limited information, similar…
This is brilliant. I so wish I enrolled for an ethology PhD now...
And the thread concerning that much better model: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11403653
I agree with most of your comment, but here are two nitpicks. >This is what makes the cult of science dangerous, not the word "bitches". Nobody said that, so there's no need to burn your strawman there. Science is all…
Another human activity where avant-garde is fully indistinguishable from straight parody. Such a world we live in. The takeaway should be to keep some sane garde-fou principle, such as "form follows function", and use…
Nothing to do with the movie, but I thought his autistic aspects to be violently hilarious when reading more about him. He seemed to be at times completely oblivious of social implications and rules, which gave many…
To rephrase you question, do you prefer something stupid, or something stupid that pretends to be clever (and sully something you like)? Also, false dichotomy.
>HN is what we make it. Exactly, and certainly there are other people who would like to see more of that in first page, but you just can't bash useful comments, so even with good intentions you can be part of the…
Oh thanks, that looks pretty interesting, and will distract from shitposting on random pop-science/political quasi-journalism articles for a while. It seems that it was the purpose of HN, but I'm not sure anymore.…
> renders -> photoshop clarification was genuinely more useful Except 'the clarification' is wrong. If you have a render, it doesn't mean it's 3D. It can be 3D, 2D, a mixture of both (last is probably the most…
Renders also mean drawings. Scott Robertson's book "How to render" does not explain how to press the render button in Blender, it explains how to actually draw (render) a concept art.
Usually, people don't feel the same way when thinking about any kind of work; you have to master the basics if you want express something. You need to learn to draw before you can get to the point of expressing yourself…
The problem is when parents start seeing baby's poop splatters as artistic expression. The equivalent with computers would be to call bugs features?
>Sorry, the GIMP doesn't replace photoshop See my other comment and go have a look at Krita. >Except only MEGAcorp product is competitive. Are you denying the existence of VLC, Firefox, and other successful OSS? >Maybe…
>This is fascinating. The word you're looking for is "features". This is fascinating. You are confusing "features" with "interacting with closed software". Want to take an example? Go have a look at Krita. It has so…
The point I'm making does not involve Canonical. When discussing a switch to Linux, most people answer with something like "oh but it should support X (MEGAcorp product) so I can't switch". It should support .docx, or…
It's a blogpost, made to express an opinion, so he doesn't have to say this. If this was supposed to be a serious article, or was involved in a serious debate, then it would be a different issue. Second, I have a…
Problem I have: I am dependent on MEGAcorp. MEGAcorp does not like freedom. So free solutions are not good. Do you see the problem?
I agree with basically everything you said, yet I take quite a few pictures during my trips; a cheap phone shot that takes as little time as possible, that may be awfully blurry and with horrible colors, but that is…
I agree with you. But what if you want to drink pure/purified water? You can do for little to no cost in certain conditions, but for city people there are either bottled water or some purifying systems that can be…
The point he is making is not reduced to that, it is that you should judge things with the same metrics. I.e. how much water is used for bottled water? For running water? How much harmful chemicals can you find in soft…
My comment's intention was to illustrate that the derided sentence simply intended to say "it's abstract". So now, let's see how "The Turing Machine is really a machine, in every practical sense." is false, starting…
>Medicine (and many other "closed" subjects) is widely taught in schools - it is not a secret guild. We agree, but you could as well say thus that closed software is not really closed since you can learn software in…