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IPv4 address with more address bits would have worse, because it would have the same incompatibility problem as IPv6, without its benefits. Actually, IPv6 is good design. Adoption …

If we want to use only one official working language, it should be Esperanto. This would be neutral for any country (including Ireland and Malta). This would not be a threat to oth…

Congrats ! This reminds me of this amazing computer done in the cellular automaton Wireworld. https://www.quinapalus.com/wi-index.html

Great discussion. However I'm don't find Rodney Brooks arguments very compelling. See, near the end, the reply by Alison Gopnik.

Effectively, HN has a strong bias over interesting things.

US constitution is based on enlightenment philosophy. Even if I tend to like this more than alternatives, I would not call it natural. As homo sapiens sapiens is a social animal, i…

The author explicitly said it is not motivated by money for this project. When you have money, you may like the power it gives you to make incentives so people do what you like. Ho…

I would say "no cost". On the hosting service I use, you can rent an IPv6 only host and you pay less. Why would you pay for an IPv4 address if you don't need it ?

+1 Dancing Link. Donald Knuth rules !

I agree. If an algo can demonstrate the huge gain between a clever algorithme and a naive one, it's this one.

The Monty Hall problem, as it is initially stated by vos Savant (and even in this link) is not well written. It make implicit assumptions about the host behavior. See https://en.wi…