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Darren Stone, Vancouver, BC, Canada
"Once men turned their thinking over to
machines in the hope that this would
set them free. But that only permitted
other men with machines to enslave
them." - Frank P. Herbert, Jr., 1965
"The programmer, like the poet, works
only slightly removed from pure
thought-stuff. He builds his castles
in the air, from air, creating by
exertion of the imagination."
- Fred P. Brooks, Jr., 1975recent activity (1,004 total)
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22 hours after submission and no comments. Maybe it's HN looking the other way or maybe it's just not an interesting tech story. Either way, thanks for sharing. Rich men with no morals in po…
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> FTA: "Hong Kong citizens have highlighted a quirk of local laws that provide a strong counter-argument: under the law, the Hong Kong police are obliged to wave a blue flag at the spot in whi…
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I'm with you on the love of square pizzas. You get about 12% more crust on a square pizza versus circular (for the same area.) But unlike circular pizzas, a square pizza gives you at least 3 diff…
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I'm not sure why you're getting downvoted. Thank you. I appreciate the book reference.
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> She's not anti-vaccine, but is pro-vaccine-safety I've never heard of Humphries before your comment. I searched and found a long video of Humphries where she says, at the outset: >&g…
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I'm in the market for a new TV. I'm impressed by display technology advances, but everything else about TV manufacturers is unimpressive. i.e. all the "smart" software, the OS, men…
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Technology news is generally excited to predict AI language comprehension/translation/generation is just around the corner. I think it's true in some domains. But, for balance, I'm…
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Depends on jurisdiction. In my province, our Motor Vehicle Act defines all its regular road rules as rules of the “highway” and it treats publicly accessible parking lots as highways. “"highway&…
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I hope this news tempts some convenience-tea drinkers to explore the incredible world of loose, whole leaf tea. Many aromatic and delicious rabbit holes await you if you start to explore the original …
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I enjoyed that rabbit hole, also. > I am willing to stay in a hotel if there is no other way. ... My distaste for a hotel is less if it does not know my name, but staying in a house with people is …
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That Canadian footnote is interesting, thanks. Apparent effectiveness of one experiment not withstanding, my intuition is privatizing prisons = bad idea. I remember the news of Ontario shutting down t…
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Yes, count me in as a buckwheat pillow adherent. Best thing I ever did to improve sleep. Prevents a hot and sweaty head. Plies into desired thickness or contour well. Apparently, they're also le…
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I loved Lisp upon my first exposure in the late 80s in university. Then I "had" to professionally abandon Lisp leanings because I entered the game industry which required, at the time, a com…
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Yeah, I was a little sad reading this. But I just dug into the specs for my Series 3 and it's only advertised as "18+ hours" also, yet I get 23+ hours from it even after a year and a ha…
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Candidate buyers: 1. Ragers. Not known for their apologies. So screw them. They don't need another tool to communicate their rage. 2. Recipients of rage. Is this so they can offer an apology? Sur…
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OP here. Sorry if there was confusion. I came across your repo and was giddy with excitement to see it and wanted to immediately tell the world! :-) This book was a big deal for me in the late 1990s…