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Is there a killer feature for wordpress except that it is in Php which is available in shared hosting services?

>supplementing our humanity.. This is exactly the problem. Supplementing x implies complete knowledge of what ideal x is. And what the "ideal" is nearly impossible to assess, since…

I once implemented a simple back propagation algorithm in Haskell (without any libraries) that could identify the pattern (one amoung 'A', 'B', 'C' or 'D') represented on an 8x8 ma…

> I can think of programs that can only be designed and implemented by top 1% of programmers... Interesting. Can you share some of those...? EDIT: Oh, I just noticed that you said …

I think those things are different. How many people in the world can create music like Beethoven or Mozart? How many people would have been able to beat Deep Blue in chess at that …

>they seem to grasp these at a much deeper level than I did at that age.. What real difference will it make in the future? I think none. Some one who understanding recursion when t…

I am of the opinion that kids should not be taught to program computers for these reasons.. 1. Programming can be too much gratifying, almost drug like, and will keep the vulnerabl…

The golden quarter.. https://aeon.co/essays/has-progress-in-science-and-technolog...

This section from an essay I read recently [1] might be relavent here >In the 1960s, feminists faced social ridicule, media approbation and violent hostility. Now, mirroring the in…

What about being a soldier? Does it seem egoistic continue being a soldier, if you have a family? We seem to be Ok, with people, risking their life to protect the interests of the …

I wish people think twice before calling troll. That word has so lost it's original meaning, and is now a days used to shoot down any dissenting opinions. I say this as someone who…

No one notices when things go as planned/expected. Make media say you cannot do it, then do it. You bet it will be noticed. I am not saying that it is what is happening now. But ju…

Same here. All those fonts looked same until I found Tamsyn. If anyone reading here want to try it, you have to use it at the exact size it is made for, or else it will look ugly. …

I think kids should not be actively encouraged to learn to code early. You can learn to code any time, when you are older. As far as I can see, there is no advantage in learning to…

>We talk to them, dance with them, have sex with them, have a lifetime of interpreting subtleties of their tone and body language and power politics. We are the same species as the…

Can red compile GUI apps in MacOS? I just tried and it errored out..

>That's what keeps HN clean... I really don't think HN is much better than reddit, these days...

I agree with you. But you will provoke people by saying things like this. I have been heavily down voted else in this thread for saying something like this I guess it is because pe…

>is whether it can infect A's friends D through Z, all of whom don't have malaria, presumably because they weren't bitten by an infected mosquito in the last couple weeks... The po…

Thanks for the explanation. But you haven't said anything that I don't know already. >The point the parent and GP were making is that the advantage in being airborne exists whether…

Sorry. I have to ask this to you also. Are you a biologists/ecologists or some one knowledgable in the field?

So it seems that it is unlikely, but not entirely impossible. Also, I am just putting forward a dangerous possibility other than the effect on the food chain..