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> I don't believe humans aren't limited by the same issues that machines have. Halting problem comes to mind, nothing shows that humans aren't bound by it too. Math has started, qu…

What if natural evolution has become quick enough now (and it does seem to accelerate all by itself, if you put the evolution of species on a time scale) so that the "next step" (t…

Complexity is easy. Just wait long enough. It's consciousness that's harder to contemplate.

And here's to many more!

At some point you have to rely on "givens". You can't go turtles all the way down.

I remember measuring g (standard gravitational acceleration) in the pantry at my parents' house when I was in high-school. It involved a pretty hefty dumbbell, a long string and a …

Which is poorly equipped, hungry and depressed. But that's not the point. The point is the potentially very high civilian casualties.

These days, whenever I hear the word "socialism", I automatically stop listening and move across the room to start a different discussion. It's on the same list with "flat earth", …

In a case like this, it's pretty hard to differentiate between the official propaganda and what people really think. Even when they confess utter sincerity, you should always ask y…

Maybe each country is different, but I would hesitate before making broad assumptions. I grew up under a communist regime in Eastern Europe. I was 20 when the revolution took place…

Having grown in Eastern Europe (I was a freshman in college when the wave of revolutions swept over that part of the world), I'm not quite comfortable with that approach. Sure, you…

1 arcmin for the human eye's resolving power was the value I always used. I was surprised to learn about this whole "50 cycles" thing.

Yup. You need a nearly-infinite number of primaries to cover exactly 100% of the human eye's gamut.

Sure, phyto- and xeno-estrogens are strong suspects in this case. But here's another data point: Measure the testosterone level in your bloodstream. Then for a few weeks start doin…

Well, the modern society is less like the savanna, which was the environment that shaped men throughout the evolutionary history of our species, and more like the cave, which was t…

I'm pretty sure they use (perhaps a custom version of) x264 to encode video.

Because "YouTube" has a meaning for regular people, while "x264" doesn't.

"to continue reading, subscribe now" Uh... no.

> I think it's fair to restrict the definition of "research" to methods which are likely to lead you towards the right answer rather than the much older method of "just making shit…

"That highly depends on what the 200lb is made of." Well, he did say "jacked", so it's safe to assume it's not 200 lb of fat. BTW, I went pretty close to that, while staying at a r…

Right. If you develop for Windows, then Windows is a pretty good platform.

People who actually need Windows for some business-related reason can still get a licensed copy, they just need approval from higher ranks now. So, "ban" - not so much. More like "…

Compared to regex, by definition, nothing can be uglier.

Wow, did you know Elon Musk has a cameo in Iron Man 2? I didn't either. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1228705/fullcredits Elon Musk ... Himself

I wonder what are the potential problems. I've a Linux system as a NAT firewall in front of everything else. It's also running an email server and a couple websites (via a dynamic …