As for using it for military purposes - wouldn't any country it flies over that has the ability to detect it, just shoot it down?
Serious question: Knowing what it's like to feel burned out,I don't understand how you found the energy to create the app. Did you create it after recovering ?
Ironic you bring up the term ignorance: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_casualty_ratio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fko9F1EAU2g Although I don't want to discuss politics on HN (there are plenty of more…
I don't know enough about the subject to have the pretence to judge whether it can work, what I do know is that: 1. It seems the naysayers are doing nothing to try and change the situation, but then again, history books…
Just look at the latest ruling on Oracle vs. Google using Java...
The more things change, the more they stay the same... It seems people always have a tendency to worship something, to let the means become the end or what is supposed to be their servant become their master. TDD is a…
On the contrary. We should strive to correct all the "wats" that obviously exist in all these languages, but most of what I see is just complaints, most of them ignoring the amazing things that can be done with these…
The following perfectly describes my sentiments about all the complaints people have about JavaScript, PHP, <name your favourite hated language> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEY58fiSK8E
Simply ignoring your feelings to get a job done is just a tactic, and IMHO, not a very good one as it is not sustainable. You should always want to do what you are doing; not necessarily in the sense that this is what…
As you say, it seems that the main point of creationists' argument is that historical science isn't valid, because "you haven't seen it happen". There are so many things wrong with this argument that I don't even know…
I guess it depends to how detached from reality the average choice is when affected by these biases, and obviously it's not worse than suboptimal as you said, otherwise we would not be getting anywhere. I guess just…
I'm a bit skeptical regarding the weight of these biases on everyday life. Looking at all these biases, and the fact that no one is actually free of them (except perhaps some enlightened few) would suggest that we're…
As for using it for military purposes - wouldn't any country it flies over that has the ability to detect it, just shoot it down?
Serious question: Knowing what it's like to feel burned out,I don't understand how you found the energy to create the app. Did you create it after recovering ?
Ironic you bring up the term ignorance: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_casualty_ratio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fko9F1EAU2g Although I don't want to discuss politics on HN (there are plenty of more…
I don't know enough about the subject to have the pretence to judge whether it can work, what I do know is that: 1. It seems the naysayers are doing nothing to try and change the situation, but then again, history books…
Just look at the latest ruling on Oracle vs. Google using Java...
The more things change, the more they stay the same... It seems people always have a tendency to worship something, to let the means become the end or what is supposed to be their servant become their master. TDD is a…
On the contrary. We should strive to correct all the "wats" that obviously exist in all these languages, but most of what I see is just complaints, most of them ignoring the amazing things that can be done with these…
The following perfectly describes my sentiments about all the complaints people have about JavaScript, PHP, <name your favourite hated language> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEY58fiSK8E
Simply ignoring your feelings to get a job done is just a tactic, and IMHO, not a very good one as it is not sustainable. You should always want to do what you are doing; not necessarily in the sense that this is what…
As you say, it seems that the main point of creationists' argument is that historical science isn't valid, because "you haven't seen it happen". There are so many things wrong with this argument that I don't even know…
I guess it depends to how detached from reality the average choice is when affected by these biases, and obviously it's not worse than suboptimal as you said, otherwise we would not be getting anywhere. I guess just…
I'm a bit skeptical regarding the weight of these biases on everyday life. Looking at all these biases, and the fact that no one is actually free of them (except perhaps some enlightened few) would suggest that we're…