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RevRal

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About RevRal

meeting people, placing faces, facing places. . . .

  [ T ]op color: BCD8DB                                                   
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Recent public activity

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    How to Cancel Your Hiccups

    Okay, this is a little challenging to describe, it is something that I've always been able to do. I've tried to describe it to many people, but so far only ~3 people have successfu…

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    Comment #20012140

    I submitted a post earlier this morning that was flagged, this YouTube video is relevant. Here's the text of that post: We're looking for people with the audacity, the gumption, th…

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    Looking for Heroes

    Looking for people with the audacity, the gumption, the gall to save the world. We're looking for people to join an ambitious project ---regardless of technical aptitude --the most…

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    Comment #14542018

    Networked functional programming and macros. Develop the mechanisms of interpretation of a high-level binary code, where computing a string of the binary code results both in a sym…

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    Comment #11586280

    Sounds like you get it! Honestly, what I really want to see is long strings of binary projected as 2d or 3d abstractions from the raw binary, by a variety of means. I really wanted…

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    Comment #11586204

    When I was envisioning this, I was imaging it being an expansive collective of binary, as though the connected computers create a "sheet" of information. There was an issue with bi…

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    Comment #11586159

    ...content can hold entirely different location schemes, but must still use the same sequencing scheme... ...how does one maintain a coherent reference-ability of syntax within ent…

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    Comment #11586146

    Thanks... yeah, I'm trying to figure out the best way to present it on here. It might all actually be a bit hard to describe without them. For instance, the special binary I had to…

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    Comment #11585990

    The Problem [I'm trying to solve] Current research dissemination platforms repeat these problems with every publication: The research is presented in a publication layout (ever tr…

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    FuckI'mDoingIt,PostingSomethingIWrote:A Convergence of Culture and Communication

    I can't post the whole thing here due to character limit. ...A new bbs.. ...something almost exactly like a .torrent file... ...a peer-to-peer protocol, a means to collectively yet…

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    Comment #11516069

    (You're probably already aware of this but just in case you're not...) HN restricts the timing of replies deeper into conversations, sometimes annoying but it suppresses flame wars…

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    Comment #11516035

    I see that you're getting downvotes but I wish to cast my support for your comment. I suggest those interested in the thought process please check out the book What Technology Want…

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    Comment #11516021

    I've always gotta throw in a plug for my favorite sci fi novel Blindsight (available to read free on the internet: http://www.rifters.com/real/Blindsight.htm ) when I see threads l…

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    Ask HN: Best big group [board] games

    Hello, Partner and I recently decided to get married, and that the wedding will simply be a large group game and a non-ceremonial "Signing of the Documents". Most of our friends ar…

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    Comment #10496247

    Chiming in with a slightly relevant blog post from Peter Watts about a re-imagined "Spock's Brain": http://www.rifters.com/crawl/?p=4335

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    Comment #10396927

    My gut says a majority, I believe that the war is truly inward. A flagging system wouldn't be too difficult. You could even flag people who aren't dead and yet haven't raised a fla…

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    Comment #10384408

    >Unfortunately, someone out there must really have a craving for "weird old tricks" and "shocking conclusions". This problem seems concurrent to the old mystery of Viruses Spontane…

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    Comment #10371424

    I'm trying to integrate your linked paper (thank you for that) to a discussion about philosophical zombies and parallel yet alternate behavioral heuristics but I'm afraid I don't q…

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    Comment #10371033

    >because any success will (I think) result in complete insanity. Why's that?

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    Comment #10349695

    >This is why anonymity is important. It's been a while since I've messed about on here: http://turing.gatech.edu/ (I don't even remember if it's the same thing I was involved in) P…

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    Comment #10349654

    I consider it good luck when I find something in the first and in the last place that I've looked (especially when I didn't know I was looking for it :)).

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    Comment #10336146

    A variation: Caps-Lock swapped with Backspace. This has worked well for me.