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I'm impressed with and have been inspired by the work many programmers have produced, but I don't look up to them. As a matter of principle, I think it is unhealthy behaviour to id…

Any BBC Micro emulator would do the trick.

Quite reminiscent of the Teletext 'alpha mosaic' characters, which were 2x3 block graphics characters. It could be used to make pages like e.g. https://al.robotfuzz.com/~al/teletex…

Indeed, and I think it's quite telling that the founder of D-Wave, along with some former D-Wave employees, have given up on their vision of quantum computing and are focusing thei…

On the other hand, smartphones in cars are very useful for navigation, with real-time feeds of traffic congestion, voice control, and so on. I know you can do this with a dedicated…

There's not as much need for traditional TVs these days, given that you can watch almost anything via a computer and internet connection.

Why promote it now when you have nothing to release? Without any actual software to use and test, this just comes across as the usual overhyped ICO vaporware.

Your experience is not universal, and you are lucky that your work resulted in you becoming considerably richer.

> So then, why would I work hard to become rich Why do you think that working hard will make you rich? For the vast majority of people, this isn't the case at all. Let's not revere…

> You shouldn't blame economics for this. Nor should you blame states, banks, the rich, or anyone. The only things to be blamed for it is thermodynamics. Of course the universe cou…

What does being " queer, trans, disabled, people of color [or] those whose first language is not English " have to do with selling pornography for tips? Not quite sure why this let…

Why is it suspicious? I don't see your reasoning here. Having a diverse range of DNS names requested doesn't seem to me to be an indicator of suspiciousness. On earlier releases of…

> So what makes you feel you deserve to earn more than 99.93% of the world's population? Looks like you hit a nerve (perhaps a somewhat guilty one) with some users. But I was wonde…

> if you actually read it. Perhaps you're just repeating what the commentariat told you he said? No, I did read his memo when it was first released publicly. If I were him I'd be e…

Though Damore didn't say that directly, it is in part an underlying thesis of his essay. So it's not a complete summary of his paper, but it's also not an inaccurate one.

Blockchain protocols typically aren't designed to be scalable because, based on what they are actually used for, they don't need to be. Bitcoin was a cryptography research project …

Unless the chemistry book has a chapter titled "how to make a bomb to kill lots of people" with full instructions on how to assemble and detonate one using readily sourced material…

Indeed, I thought it quite telling that Damore's subreddit, that he actively moderates, is full of posts and comments hating on women. And also that he's embraced becoming somethin…

Perhaps I'm missing something here, but isn't this just an API that draws two letters inside a circle? Why is this at the top of HN and receiving such accolades? It's neither inter…

If you're referring to this proposal by the UK government, you should know that the Tories are a right-wing party. Your rants about "the left" are misguided.

The article is about a proposed change of law in the UK. Your commentary about the US seems rather off-topic.

The real oppression is terrorist attacks that leave people in fear of their safety. Not oppression: arresting some radicalised extremist for preparing themselves with terrorist tra…