ynd | 11 years ago | on: Why the practical applications of Bitcoin will be limited
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ynd | 12 years ago | on: Aug. 1, 2012: When Oculus Asked for Donations
I think the kickstarter backers are really both investors and customers. They are investors because they do take a risk by paying for a product that doesn't yet exist. This leap of faith from these "customers" allowed Oculus to create a 2 billion dollar product.
People are mad because funding the project through kickstarter created some expectations that were not met. Funding through kickstarter feels like you're investing in grassroots human projects, but this made people realize that it's really just business as usual.
ynd | 12 years ago | on: Ask HN: How do you get a “PhD required” job without a PhD?
FYI, Einstein was not a bad student. (http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2011/12/albert-einst...). It's just a myth.
Having a degree does not magically make you more qualified, it's the work you put it over the years to get your degree. The paper is useless, but the experience learned remains in your head.
ynd | 14 years ago | on: A machine that can dream (Live demo)
It runs much faster with Chrome and Safari due to their better Javascript VM.
ynd | 14 years ago | on: This photograph is free
The main thing I take away from this is that he is not a professional photographer. Of course an amateur can afford to give away photos for free! However, I'm not sure he even realizes that what he says doesn't make any sense for a professional photographer trying to earn his livelihood.
ynd | 14 years ago | on: Moore's Law may work for years to come due to quantum anomaly
It's disappointing you have to pay to see the original Science paper.
ynd | 14 years ago | on: Poll: How much did you earn from your stock options during exit?
He is a victim here, why blame the victim over the perpetrators? Makes little sense to me. As well as saying "evil flourishes"...
ynd | 14 years ago | on: Is Talent Underrated? Making Sense of a Recent Attack on Practice
It's amazing the authors of the paper didn't realize they were disproving their own conclusion with their results.
ynd | 14 years ago | on: Moka - Minimalist functional python library
The doc at http://www.phzbox.com/moka/index.html is pretty complete. The only thing I find is missing is a few words about efficiency. Does calling List(l) copy the list l for example?
ynd | 14 years ago | on: Steve Yegge: Follow Up to His Accidentally Public Rant
troll, also assuming roughly uniform paragraph lengths removing every third word is the same as removing every third paragraph. Maybe we're not as smart as you thought.
ynd | 14 years ago | on: Scheme vs. Commmon Lisp
His main point is that Common Lisp is better than Scheme when you need to get things done. Scheme may be more elegant, but it's not developed with a focus on practical utility (i.e. no sort function in the standard).
ynd | 14 years ago | on: Now that people are considering NOSQL will more people consider no-DB
Well I guess one difference between what he's proposing and mysql is that mysql forces you to write data abstractions that can fit into mysql. Same goes for NoSQL DBs. Using his approach you don't have to worry about that.
Not sure that justifies dumping DBs altogether, but it's still an interesting advantage.
ynd | 14 years ago | on: Now that people are considering NOSQL will more people consider no-DB
When you say old-school DB do you mean something like mysql?
ynd | 14 years ago | on: 37signals: A/B testing part 3: Finalé
37signals are known and celebrated for their design style, and I think it's awesome that they are willing to experiment with new ideas and discard old ones. Particularly because the new designs in the post look nothing like their usual style.
ynd | 15 years ago | on: Write code like you just learned how to program
I disagree with you because in some projects technical correctness is not the first priority. So why should you sacrifice everything in favor of it? In some settings, coding an ad-hoc solution is ugly but better in terms of the constraints (i.e. time, budget) of the project. For example, demos and prototypes.
Also, some programmers don't take satisfaction in writing good code, this article will encourage them to stay in their bad ways, so that's not good. I think this article is good for people who take too much satisfaction in writing good code. Good code is not always an end in itself.
ynd | 15 years ago | on: What the Hex? Guess the color.
For the record, I didn't write this. One of my friends must have played a trick on me.
ynd | 15 years ago | on: Ask HN: Feedback on Mixest, my HTML5 ironic indie Pandora
Love it. One minor detail: on the ipad it doesn't automatically switch between songs, you have to press play each time. I don't know if that can be fixed though.
ynd | 16 years ago | on: What the Hex? Guess the color.
gay
ynd | 16 years ago | on: Self-Organization and Conway's Game of life (With Interactive Javascript Canvas)
Javascript is dramatically faster using Safari 4+.
ynd | 17 years ago | on: Ward Cunningham: The Simplest Thing that Could Possibly Work
I think that that's a breakthrough, because you are always taught to do as much as you can. Always put checks in. Always look for exceptions. Always handle the most general case. Always give the user the best advice. Always print a meaningful error message. Always this. Always that. You have so many things in the background that you're supposed to do, there's no room left to think. I say, forget all that and ask yourself, "What's the simplest thing that could possibly work?"
This habit of trying to do too much makes me inefficient sometimes. I aim for quality and in the end I just get nothing - but a headache.
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Another huge difference is that anybody can become a new agent in Bitcoin. You just buy the hardware. You cannot influence or join eBay in the same way.