artpepper | 9 years ago | on: Twitter drops lawsuit, saying summons has been withdrawn
You just invented the semantic web. :-)
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artpepper | 9 years ago | on: Who Buried Paul? (1999)
I really like "Ram"
artpepper | 9 years ago | on: California has the USA’s highest poverty rate, when factoring in cost-of-living
That article does not dispute the claim that net immigration from Mexico has been negative.
artpepper | 9 years ago | on: Has philosophy ever clarified mathematics?
If I knew, I'd be the next Hume :-)
I suspect it couldn't be a physics result, because the question is something like "Why does the universe follow natural laws at all" and/or "what IS a natural law, in metaphysical terms" ?
artpepper | 9 years ago | on: We Need More ‘Useless’ Knowledge
> I know that our budgets are already creaking under the load of our spending and entitlement programs
Federal budget has been ~ 30-35% of GDP since the '80s, although there was a spike during the Great Recession for obvious reasons.
artpepper | 9 years ago | on: Has philosophy ever clarified mathematics?
Physics is arguably the most successful branch of science (at least in terms of the accuracy of its predictions), and yet physics hasn't resolved the basic dispute between Hume and Kant regarding the nature of causality and objective reality.
Same thing is likely to hold vis-a-vis neuroscience and philosophy of mind.
artpepper | 9 years ago | on: What the feud between Nabokov and Edmund Wilson says about translation
That's the part I don't understand about their feud. (I haven't read the translation, just reviews of Beam's book.) It seemed clear that Nabokov's translation aims at a different purpose than more "readable" translations, and there is a valid place for both approaches.
artpepper | 9 years ago | on: San Francisco Asks: Where Have All the Children Gone?
Because the U.S. has evolved a model where childcare is very expensive and people are expected to work > 40 hours per week. We need public pre-K and a 30- to 40-hour workweek.
artpepper | 9 years ago | on: I made my son cannabis cookies. They changed his life
(3) isn't a completely separate issue. Incarceration sucks up a lot of public funds that could go toward treatment programs.
artpepper | 9 years ago | on: New Year’s Resolutions for Introverts
I still see a lot of people describe introversion as "not wanting to do what extroverts do", as if being an introvert is defined by an absence of something.
But for me, time spent by myself isn't an empty expanse that I'm too scared to fill with socializing. It's absolutely vital to me, it's when I can really think, write, read, be creative, experience my emotions, etc.
I'm fine with socializing (preferably in a small group, with close friends -- I don't get much out of parties or big get-togethers) but I need to make room in my schedule for solitude.
artpepper | 9 years ago | on: What Scientific Term or Concept Ought to be More Widely Known?
Bayesian probability. I see a lot of popular reporting that talks very naively about probability and relative risk.
artpepper | 9 years ago | on: New evidence that Nixon sabotaged 1968 Vietnam peace deal
I'm no fan of Kissinger but that really shows the importance of having qualified advisors.
artpepper | 9 years ago | on: Falsehoods programmers believe about video
Interesting! Especially the inclusion of a time period field. That's important in time zone information, too.
artpepper | 9 years ago | on: How ‘Rogue One’ Brought Back Familiar Faces
That's funny, I had the opposite reaction - CGI Tarkin didn't bother me too much but Leia was creepy.
artpepper | 9 years ago | on: Falsehoods programmers believe about video
What I take from the names article is to make sure you understand your requirements. A blogging platform will have different requirements than, say, electronic medical records.
artpepper | 9 years ago | on: A Git catastrophe cleaned up
But how do you revert a commit if there were subsequent commits that changed the same files? (If I'm reading the original post correctly.)
artpepper | 9 years ago | on: Ask HN: Question for Parents of HN
> Be a good person and a role model
This. More and more, I've realized that I want my kid to have empathy, curiosity about the world, and a strong sense of self, and I trust that the rest will fall into place.
The specifics of what she learns or what her interests are, matter less. (Obviously I want her to learn all the academic basics, reading and math, etc.)
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artpepper | 9 years ago | on: Ask HN: Question for Parents of HN
- Empathy
- Imagination
- Self-actualization / strong sense of self
- Names of dinosaurs
artpepper | 9 years ago | on: How Japan Prepares Its Children for Independence
> parents are so awful at it
That's a really sweeping statement. In reference to this particular article, there may be a lot of reasons why fewer American children travel to school by themselves, including geography and transportation options.
artpepper | 9 years ago | on: How Japan Prepares Its Children for Independence
I think it depends a lot where you live, and whether it's urban, suburban, or rural.
My kid could definitely bike to school when she gets older. But to get to, say, her gymnastics class, it's 8 miles through heavy traffic with only occasional bike lanes. (In the dark in the rain, at this time of year.)
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