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Meanwhile in the UK... > As I made my own way to the tram, I wrote in my Apple Notes app, "Helicopter hovering overhead," which to me signified that the fans were being watched ove…

Franky it's irrelevant. Penrose's insistence that the human mind isn't algorithmic in the Turing sense is born from his human insecurities. But if the human mind isn't bound in suc…

> I know that he disagrees the human mind is bound by physical laws. Last I heard, Penrose appeals to quantum woo to claim that the human mind isn't strictly algorithmic. But sourc…

> So, they are arguably the same species, though arguably not. Nature has no respect for our discrete classifications.

Changing the subject? Oh, I'm sorry. I could have sworn I was replying to you saying: > Many of us get dropped into vim by accident. >> It's not just for programmers, though. Vim i…

That's your distro's problem, not vim's. There is no reason to fuck up vim just because distros are poorly configured.

If you took the modal interface away from vim, you wouldn't have vim anymore. If you don't want a modal interface, don't use vim. You may as well expect Porsche to move the 911's e…

What interactive terminal programs exit using ^C? Nano doesn't, top doesn't. There is no standard for interactive terminal programs. Furthermore ^C doesn't fit with the rest of vim…

>they ended up in vim by accident. Sounds like a distro problem.

Why solve a "problem" that no actual user of the software has? It's not an iphone, it isn't meant for use by the general public. Use nano if that's what you want. There's no reason…

Do society a favor and remove yourself from the industry.

Zuck lacks more than just charisma. He lacks social competence. He'd be more like Jeb than Carson. He falls to pieces when he gets flustered, worse than most awkward autistic teena…

Wow, you're a real piece of work.

Throw in some ice. Juice isn't rocket science, I'm sure you can figure this out if you really apply yourself...

>it'd be wrong to hire a dude to clip out all the ads >hire Well I'm not paying for my adblocker. What if this dude volunteers ? What if I'm doing it for my family members? This is…

Here's a digital analogy for you. Suppose I: 1) Disable my ad blocker. 2) "Open Link in New Tab" 3) Wait for my browser to finish requesting that data from the server 4) Close the …

When I was a kid, my dad used to rip the advertisements out of magazines as soon as they came in the mail. That's a practice I've carried on, despite getting far few magazines thes…

Wow, incredibly rude. What ever happened to HN civility?

TTS is what I use. I picked up a used old kindle keyboard, one of the versions that still had the feature. I slip that into my jacket pocket when I go on walks. It's nice because y…

Unless you're an unskilled driver, driving becomes "automatic" in much the same way that riding a bike does. When you ride a bike, are you concentrating on not falling over? Maybe …

That's a form of institutionalized hazing. Probably unethical, but I've seen behavioral science defenses of it.

> "It's unethical to shoot somebody" It's unethical to pull on a little piece of metal?

Citation for suspicion? Is this a joke?

"Planet" refers to points of light that have complex motion in the night sky throughout the year. Earth is below the sky, therefore Earth cannot possibly be a planet. This is just …

How much of that "99% unreleased" is represented by the stub files: ::: THIS ARCHIVE FILE IS STILL BEING EXAMINED BY WIKILEAKS. ::: ::: IT MAY BE RELEASED IN THE NEAR FUTURE. WHAT …