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Simulationism is completely irrelevant.

Reality is defined as what our senses permit us to perceive, any other definition is not productive. Honestly rejecting it is insanity; if rejecting ones own senses is not insanity, then what is? If we are in a simulation then sandwiches are real in all meaningful ways if the simulation presents sandwiches to our senses. The simulation, if we live in one, does present sandwiches to us, but it presents absolutely no evidence for karma.

Why do you believe in karma more than leprechauns? Or karma instead of anti-karma? Or narwhale fighter pilots? The supposed simulation presents equally little evidence for any of these. Yes, a rational mind allows for the possibility of karma, but no more so than the possibility of leprechauns, anti-karma, and unicorns. That is to say, in practice, a rational mind rejects all of the notions if "the simulation" has not presented reasons not to do so.

So, in the sense that you "allow for the possibility of the reality" of karma, do you similarly "allow for the possibility of the reality" of unicorns? Yes? No?
>No, that's not very rational. Cryopreservation may have low chances of success, but it's like a billion billion billion times better than just dying (which has zero chance of success). Nobody is claiming that cryopreservation is very probable, but it's a lot better than nothing.

Ok, I'll give you that there is a non-zero chance. Other's have touched upon that in this thread, and I would contend that giving 200k to some family/friend is more useful than throwing it away, but it's your money. If you are happy with a negligible-but-non-zero chance, go for it.

>I don't think your critique is very relevant, when almost all cryopreservation is only done to the brain, not the whole body.

There is exactly zero evidence that a brain/mind is functional without it's body. And there is currently no computer simulation or interface capable of simulating a human body and its various sensory input, so this is a moot point.

>Thawing is not relevant to be discussed at this point, because the bodies will not be thawed using current technology. If the cryopreserved brain has enough information to be reconstructed, it will be done at some point using advanced nanotechnology. Nobody will be thawing brains using 21st century technology.

Bit of a cop-out, no? Is the flying spaghetti monster going to thaw you? At this point your theories are no better than saying a big bearded guy in the sky is going to resurrect you. Except he'll do it for free.

>By the way, scientists don't refer to the cryopreversation as freezing, they call it vitrification.

I guess I wasn't a classically trained biologist working in neuroscience labs for 6 years then, sorry. Also, it was before my cup of coffee in the morning.

Appropriate terminology or no, my points were and are still valid.
ASKING FOR HELP:

hi HN, I'll take the opportunity of this thread to ask for some advice. My current employer (a billion $ startup, ~200 employees) is asking all of us to work Saturdays (on top of the 12-13 hours I already work daily).

I value my weekends, a lot. It's not that I don't want to work. I love work and on weekends, I still do. I have spurs of intense creativity and code productivity, but I want to keep those weekends for myself.

How do I tell my employer that my weekends are not for sale? What should I expect from them if I say no more?
AP1000 is a pressurized water reactor based on technology that is more than half a decade old!

Is anyone at all suspicious about why they wouldn't use the more efficient breeder design?
You may not need to be a math genius, but it severely limits what you can do. There are much fewer programmers working on game logic and many more resources devoted to graphics, physics, pathfinding, AI, tools, and so on. And if you aren't a high-powered dynamo, your chances of getting into the industry at all is low.

Plus you may not use it, but the logical framework and understanding of math is crucial to developers in general. I have yet to meet a good software developer who wasn't at least competent at collegiate-level math.
Not only do you have to implement the massive HTML spec, but you must implement incredibly forgiving error handling. Just about any crappy, illegal HTML must be processed without throwing an exception--and the browser has to render something from it.
Prison population is driven almost entirely by a few drug prohibitions and general poverty issues, not a ballooning legal code.
Type safety basically. JITs can produce good code which performs very well, but it still must check that the data it has is of the type it expects. A good JIT may only check occasionally, but it still must check. asm.js can guarantee that its data's types cannot change through static analysis.
The main thing he's railing against are the "video game design" degree/certificate programs that are constantly promoted on daytime TV. These programs will load your teenager up with debt while promising a dream career, but unless they're already extremely talented in art or math, they're probably not going to come out of the program with the skills they need to have a career in the video game industry. And if they do have the art or math talent, they'll be better off getting an education that's not video-game specific.
But it's actually the devs that don't own iphones that are more likely to have used node.

Since I'm here, I'll speak up as someone who has an iphone and uses node.
Very cool. Thanks for the explanation!
Or the solar system tattooed up your leg. Starting with the Sun on your heel, and stopping at Uranus.
At the age where harm is seen. A bit of retroactive analysis may be necessary at first.
That's fair enough, although it should be noted that proteins/molecules are still active at -80C, just very slow. Things still break down, some enzymes are still active, etc.
But there is a BIG difference here if we're talking about the free services of both. Spotify is always free, and rdio is only free for 6 months. Yes it's probably a good thing to pay for a service that you like (I do), but some people don't, and that's going to be where they prefer Spotify.

http://support.spotify.com/us/learn-more/faq/#!/article/How-...

http://help.rdio.com/customer/portal/articles/187730-rdio-fo...
Maybe tell the kid that a lot of people say that the game industry will take a heavy toll on a man's mind and body, so if he really wants to make games then he should follow his heart and pursue that passion relentlessly and shamelessly, but he keep an eye on how healthy his mind and body are.

I think I remember dave chappelle saying in an interview that his father told him you need to name your price early. And when people demand more than that from you, it's time to get out or get away from them. I feel like that's relevant. I bailed on the video game industry recently because I was miserably depressed, sickly and malnourished. But hardship builds character and there's something to be said for a person who doesn't shy away from what they believe they're really passionate about even if other people found it to be horrible.
It's a ridiculous example of "good on paper, not in reality."

All of his albums are good or better, almost all the albums sold well – and the more recent ones like You Are the Quarry are superb. Oh, and he's great to see live solo.

How about almost any rock band reforming? A great idea on paper and almost always a terrible idea. Smashing Pumpkins?

(How about the Euro if you want a good example?)
Well I'm not sure the argument is any different than for the entirety of BBC Worldwide. Generated revenues from licensing and cost savings from cross licensing can make the license fee go further.

Pursuing patents isn't cheap especially when it is done in US and Europe as in this case so I expect someone foresaw the possibility of some return from this. There was some belief also that patents or at least applications were the formal way to get prior art into the record so that the ideas would not be patented by others in the future preventing the BBC from using them. I know that legally any publication becomes part of the prior art record but at the time of application for a patent it is principally the patent databases that are searched so there is some truth to the point that a patent is the best prior art.
Observing the last about 1 year of data (N = 363), BTC/USD has had an annualised daily volatility of 6 880 bps (100 bps = 1 percentage point). This is more volatile than the most volatile U.S. stocks.

What does this mean, practically? A Gaussian distribution is a bad fit for the data. Using the more appropriate Normal Inverse Gaussian (NIG) distribution [1], we find that this is an event that would be expected once every 3 1/2 years. Still seems high since just last August we saw a -24% day.

[1] http://www.unc.edu/~maguilar/UNCNCSU/NIG_EGW.pdf
Ok here's an analysis on job satisfaction that I found interesting.

1. very weak relationship to high compensation. Not completely surprising and in-line with much of the research.

2. Here's a hard one. No significance of consumer device (tablet, gaming console, etc) EXCEPT for Apple devices (albiet a weak one). All the fanboys are probably nodding their heads but I challenge you to explain it rationally.

3. The importance of work/life balance seems to show in the data with weak relationships to job satisfaction but its mostly around hours spent working and commuting. Why is it only a weak relationship?

4. Suprisingly, life at work seems to be less related to job satisfaction. With only very weak relationships to things like quality of office space, bureaucracy, quality of workstation, # of meetings, opportunities to work on new tech, and opportunities for growth. I wonder if perhaps the data is skewed by the averages. I wonder what the data would look like if you separated tier 1 developers from everyone else.
I don't understand why people are so fazed about Bitcoins. As you said, all the juicy profits go to the early adopters. I have a problem with that.
And then added back in when they introduced "Split second" (kind of).
I saw a scale model at an exhibit once. I put my hands over the earth and moon, and my wingspan covered it perfectly with both fitting inside my hands comfortable. I thought it was a very interesting way to illustrate it.
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It's proof that Microsoft's intentions towards Mono aren't dependable. They can (and have) changed dramatically, whenever Microsoft wants. Exactly how friendly do you think Microsoft will be if Mono stops being .NET's toehold in non-Microsoft mobile OSes?
>Before you cite Wikipedia as a source

Are you serious? Look at your OP, your site was yourself:

>Source: I am a former criminal defense lawyer.

Additionally, your reply is regarding CP - to my post which was about SR. In another post I replied to a question about CP, in which I stated CP is not strict liability (unlike SR), that possession is a much more complex analysis than people think, and even noted the "blind eye doctrine".

>However, it would not apply to the original situation--the witness does not intend to possess the video beyond the length of time necessary to get it to the police

Speaking of citations...

In 2007 I wrote a draft Romeo and Juliet Law for the Florida Legislature (did not get passed), but it was presented at various CLEs. It was tailored to protect minors from ending up on the Sexual Offender List for life (among other post conviction punishments of minors). To that end minors are charged and convicted in Florida regularly for receiving unsolicited mass texts messages of other naked students in their school and the charges generally start with the student who whistleblows and sometimes ends with the victim charged. The facts are similar to your Park hypo where the possession was unintentional and the material is generally immediately turned over to authorities.

You better believe anyone turning in any video that includes a minor having sex, no matter how brief or unintentional, will immediately be read their Miranda rights and if a prosecutor with ice in their veins wants to charge you, they have the discretion and they will happily present evidence of a video that includes a minor having sex and evidence it was in your possession.
"We took the land from people we exterminated, took slaves "

I speak standard english, but am part of a minority group that has been tortured and killed for thousands of years. You don't speak for me. Or for my friends, who aren't all part of my minority group, but some of whom also speak standard english (and sometimes are or are not part of their own minority groups, while also some majority ones). I'd say you don't get to speak for them, either.

I have not taken any land nor exterminated or enslaved any persons. Stop stereotyping based on skin color. It's really racist. Racism against any person is not ok. I don't care who you think it will make you a better person if you hate.

"to this day imprison and war like no other humans in the universe."

All humans imprison and war, not just white people.

Africans and Asians can be just as cutthroat, if you have any knowledge of history whatsoever. Cruelty is not copyright Caucasian, as has become the political correct fad of the last few years. It's disgusting.
At least until a quick and convenient context setting syntax enters the mainstream search syntax.

Id love the ability to search "Json parsers [python]" or "music packages [django[python[programming]]]"
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That's because minor marriage is illegal and simply can't happen, so they become trysts instead.
"Optimal portfolio theory, applied to marital choice, suggests that better diversification can push households closer to the risk-return frontier."

This is a call for bigamy? But with bigamy we tend to be short on women, that is, long on men, so that his call is for more wars, with only men soldiers, to kill off the excess men? While he is a Harvard prof and, thus, no doubt with a Ph.D., he concentrates on undergraduates marrying each other. But what about an undergraduate woman marrying a graduate student or young professor (who cares about money) man? Or a man recently graduated they meet at, say, some Princeton social function, who has a successful startup? So, he neglects graduate students and profs because he doesn't like them? And he assumes that a Princeton woman would look only for Princeton men and, thus, omits Columbia, Courant, Yale, Cornell, Brown, MIT, and Harvard? He really believes that only a Princeton man is good enough for a Princeton woman? After all, he's a Harvard prof!
Wait but he says himself in "The Best" that Vader is the best:
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Yeah..the bootcamp starting salaries sound great, but wouldn't that be equivalent to something like $40k in most other cities? Either way, it's a good start and plenty for a single guy to live on.
Can't disagree here. Trust is hard to get, easy to lose, and once it's lost.. good luck getting that back.

Of these 3 I only trust RedHat with their intents. And I don't think we're alone. And that doesn't mean RedHat is the greatest company ever, but I do trust them (I'd also probably never work for them, for that matter).
Very sad news. This seems more of a political/economical move than a technical one.

Two of the biggest players (and now arch rivals) sharing what's arguably the most strategic piece of code there is, couldn't last very long.

It's a shame though. It was probably the biggest open source success story.

An open source monoculture is not the same as a proprietary monopoly.
My heart sank a little for Opera on reading this news; so it's good to know Opera was in on the secret. If not when they made the decision to adopt WebKit, then at least some point before the Blink news dropped.
http://blog.bitergia.com/2013/03/01/reviewers-and-companies-...
I don't doubt that cryonics is a valid science, but it is not a valid business model right now. The things I did in my lab were valid science, but I would be thrown in jail for ever giving those reagents to actual patients.

Like I said, the current state of "businses cryonics" is basically astrology and wishful thinking. I also don't doubt that in ten, twenty, fifty years, scientists will have figured out how to do it (much better).

But right now? I'm saying nope.

(Addendum: most of those publications listed at 21cm are about thin slices, which isn't exactly relevant. The even better ones are oocytes, which are practically tanks of the cellular world. Drosophila oocytes are so large you can see them with your naked eye and can withstand enormous punishment before dieing. Using them as case studies of vitrification is not really being honest.

This brings me back to my original point: the science is solid...at an academic level. Once you move past 50 micron tissue slices, it all goes to hell.)
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Yeah, I wasn't a big fan of that portion of the argument either. (Same with the math bit).

I definitely think "I show an aptitude for art and graphic design, and enjoy doing it, so I will attend college to learn and grow" trumps "I have some magical amount of god-given talent."

But maybe that's because I never touched a compiler before college, and it hasn't affected my career.
Do you consider yourself as lucky? I do, but I don't.
The shift away from expensive top-down procurement to lower cost bottom-up solutions seems to me to have important implications for startups.
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Writes one blog post - front page of HN
> Banks do not directly loan out money from depositors, they keep that money and print(punch in numbers in a computer) 10x that amount for loaning out.

No. Only central banks can create money by printing it.

An ordinary bank (commercial, S&L, or credit union) cannot loan out more money than they take in. That's why it's called "fractional reserve" banking -- i.e., a "fraction" of deposits is not loaned out, but is instead held in reserve.

The 10-fold expansion of the money supply is caused by the multiplier effect, not by banks printing money. The only way to avoid that is for the bank to make no loans at all. Any fraction -- whether 1/10 or 9/10 -- will still lead to a multiplier effect. It's just a matter of how large you want the multiple to be.
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(We've apparently maxed out the threaded comments system..so I'll respond to your response below here)

"Simulationism is completely irrelevant.
Reality is defined as what our senses permit us to perceive, any other definition is not productive. Honestly rejecting it is insanity If we are in a simulation then sandwiches are real if the simulation presents sandwiches to our senses. The simulation, if we live in one, does present sandwiches to us, but it presents absolutely no evidence for karma.
Why do you believe in karma more than leprechauns? Or karma instead of anti-karma? The supposed simulation presents equally little evidence for either."

First - I wonder why you get to define reality as the sum of our sensory experiences? Seems to me our senses fail us often. A simple example - I wonder have you ever done mushrooms? Your senses can give you lots of interesting data at times. So I'd challenge the notion that our senses are the sole possible basis for describing what is "real"

But note the weaknesses of my claim - I allow for the possibility of karma, where you do not. I was challenging your certainty about its nonexistence. Nothing more.

And on that front, the simulation argument is totally relevant, because it attacks the certainty of any of your claims about what is real. Ask Mario or Luigi what's real and their answers won't line up with what you and I think is real. And if we are, in fact, in a simulation, there isn't much that separates us from either of them.

Do I believe leprechauns are as common here on Earth as sandwiches? No. Might there exist a Planet Leprechaun somewhere in the cosmos? Sure. Again, absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

Do I believe karma could be real? Sure. Do I know it to be real? No. But neither can you know that it's not. There is, if you're honest and rigorous, very little that we can be truly certain of. And this is a good thing - because it keeps our minds open to possibilities. (Which might be worth trying?)
But "meant" is interpreted by the court, not clear by evidence.
You could say the same re the stock market about various swings etc

In my opinion the current volatility is more a sign of the immaturity of the investors rather than the underlying concept being flawed (many markets are conceptually flawed and absurd from an independent viewpoint however human psychology maintains some weird interest in them that keeps them afloat)

The current volatility is clearly a bubble and the best explanation that I like is that all these computer nerds across the world who haven't been involved with stock markets before have dropped their cash on bitcoins and facilitated the bubble and are unaware of the law of bubbles; that is; that they pop
Wow, nice work! I'm the author Trapeze, a once-shareware (now freeware and open source) PDF-to-Word/RTF/HTML/PlainText application for OS X. My approach was similar: trying to squash characters into words via a logical grid to determine whitespace. My #1 request from customers was to extract tables and I never had the guts to attempt it. :-)

(For those interested, you can grab Trapeze from mesadynamics.com -- requires OS X 10.4; source code is a mixture of C++ and Objective-C).
I don't think it has much to do with anything.

Opera used Webkit because they had no choice. It was that or dying.

Google forks webkit because even thus they have a massive control over it, they don't have _enough_ control.

There are still things other contributors refuse loud enough. Well, like Dart. Or the implementation of Webkit2. Or what not.

Since Google has the major browser marketshare, they're like "wait a moment, we're the masters of the game here, why the fuck can't we just dictate the rules? it's our browser that's mainly running this."

Well, now, there will be zero barrier to this. Not even disagreements.

So.. it is a quite different thing indeed.

The other intents Google have are good, but unfortunately, I'm near certain the REAL interest is the one I and others listed: CONTROL. FULL CONTROL. Things will inevitably go that way. Even if some devs working on Chromium are fooled right now. There is no way you don't get this without making Chromium an entity fully separated from Google, and that ain't happening.