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For the darker aspects of Internet history, read 'Surveillance Valley' by Yasha Levine: https://www.amazon.com/Surveillance-Valley-Military-History-...

Okay, wrong wording. However, Ocaml has several 'warts'. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9583659 I suggested Ceylon as the 'modern day substitute' in the sense that it has had…

I'm wondering whether Ceylon could be considered a modern day Ocaml substitute? It has a very strong type system, focus on immutability, a strong module system and Object Oriented …

Having tendon issues in my wrists, I would love a linear keyboard with gentle push down force. Or at least just gentle push down force. Any suggestions?

As to the side effects of immune activation, here's a long article on that: https://healthcareinamerica.us/did-chinese-scientists-find-a...

Ignorant here (I've never done database work): What's wrong with asking the database to do the sorting for you? (assuming you do work that involves a database. Perhaps this assumpt…

I have come up with an idea for a computer game. How do I give a 'heads up' on this idea to some game designers, so they can consider it for their future games? The idea is basical…

Recently, I made a comment in the thread 'Our minds can be hijacked': tech insiders who fear a smartphone dystopia' ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15421704 ). Shortly after…

The article makes a few ill considered assumptions: That USA is a democracy (and that it thus makes sense to start influencing the election process). It isn't. Not in the sense tha…

That's a bold statement. Read Forbidden Archeology, and you'll see quite a few oddities in the archeological realm. Such as metal spheres with odd, precise features, that are very …

thanks!

How do I see all comments I have ever made on Hacker News?

> For example, it selectively cites a tiny corner of the > research literature, conveniently ignoring the mountains > of evidence that don't fit the stated thesis. You really shoul…

Actually, it's pretty easy for people in power to avoid the truth revealing effect that 'common knowledge'presents: simply label your less powerful adversary as a 'conspiracy theor…

yes, but the API you'll code against is limited

"...the verifier for NaCl is likely to be an order magnitude smaller than a component in WebAssembly implementation..." Why is this so?

Silly me, he actually treats this question (towards the end of the article using his dog as an example)

But how do I incorporate my level of confidence in my prior? I haven't seen any treatment of this question, even though it is a quite essential one: priors that you are not so sure…

So. paranormality is a real thing - it is not an empty set of phenomena. But who will believe this? Who will investigate it further? No one! It doesn't fit with our mental schemas,…

The article says: "[in Egypt], “the deep state is not official institutions rebelling,” he said, but rather “shadowy networks within those institutions, and within business, who ar…