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Some amateurs have identified errors in the published literature. They've identified typos. If they show to be significant, I would most certainly want to know. Because you are concerned that thei…

So you're saying the science is "wildly" off its claim? The north polar ice cap isn't already half gone? No. You want to nitpick exact numbers because that will stall any process, and hey, you have…

You are being downmodded because you are nonsensically comparing them to deranged conspiracy theorists. You do so without evidence, most likely for political purposes I have no political purpose -- …

I'll take those downvotes as a "Yes, Al Gore is personally placing space heaters on glaciers."

About 20 years. I don't miss it at all. In fact, I can't recommend it highly enough.

This is an important distinction, and the other amateurs always came early in the field's history when it was a simpler science. Climate science is not in its infancy. It's broad, deep and complex. I…

That was both funny and witty. Come on, HN, lighten up!

Beauty is not a sufficient basis for a happy marriage. But every happy marriage is founded on that each finds the other beautiful. If you at least get the foundation of the system "beautiful", when …

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Your mother is a monkey! But seriously, I apologize if I went over the top. I understand and respect what you're saying. There's nothing wrong with getting the current state-of-the-art stable and us…

That often gets quickly over-valued because it gets the default return.

I think this is getting us nowhere, but ok, I'll try again. Flying and books incite us to wonder. A computer can assist us in wondering. It can enable us to explore ideas. That's the potential o…

An airplane is something to get us from one place to another. A computer is a tool that helps us wonder. If you can open it up in a clear, abstractable, safe way, there doesn't have to be limits to t…

It doesn't seem that, in practice, users want to modify their computer systems in that way Don't confuse core product with actual product. If, before the 20th century, you had asked people if they …

Thanks. (But you speak like the caterpillar in Alice in Wonderland.) Ok, here's an analogy: When the car was young, to start it you had to crank in the front while someone else was pulling at the cl…

There's often cultural pressure to take a co-founder. Don't listen to it. You are different, and what's worked for others is only a suggestion; never a rule. Everyone should know that each partnershi…

Ah, but the other side of Mayan medallion has specific instructions to take back two years to honor the Hebrew God Yahweh. So, 2010. We're screwed.

Yes, you're an early adopter, but you're one who drinks kool-aide. There are about 5% of you.

User are frustrated with the complexity of computers, but they don't want it solved with simplicity. They want the rich feature set, but with the complexity managed. Big difference.

No. The iPad is something new and products like this have to go through the diffusion of innovation from early adopters to get to the early majority -- and I personally know of no early adopter who is…

You're right, of course. Market share and mind share are important. But this is something new, and products like this have to go through the diffusion of innovation from early adopters to get to t…

The CrunchPad is dead: I used past-tense. But no, the iPad is going to bury itself because it's locked-down and feature-anemic. Any competitor can beat this, and many are coming.

You're confusing what I'm saying. The Crunchpad is a dead project. What I meant to say was that a year ago we thought they would be competing and that Apple's tablet would be the superior albeit pri…

Isn't it ironic that everyone thought that the iPad was going to bury the CrunchPad, but the CrunchPad was vastly superior in every way -- and cheaper.

My dad, mom, grandma, and grandpa can watch videos Oh, but they can't because those are on YouTube and it doesn't do Flash. Simple doesn't have to mean purposely disabled to make more money.

But Hacker News is about hacking, startups, politics, philosophy and much more. So why constrain it? Call it 'Pink News' and open it up to everything that women might find important. My wife would ne…