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perpetualcrayon

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    Comment #18696625

    I think most consumer robots will be driven by centralized computing power. There's probably no need for the brain to be on the robot, just a good wifi connection. EDIT: That is of…

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    Comment #18692752

    I don't think anyone would expect different behavior out of end users. But the "instant gratification" a malicious actor is seeking by asking to "maintain a package" will be delaye…

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    Comment #18690697

    I always worked for small companies early in my career for exactly this. The suspicion that large corporations are driven by egotistical sociopaths. Now that I've worked for a larg…

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    Comment #18689005

    Holy crap dude, you've obviously already picked sides. Was that comment worth the upvotes? ;) Personally I'm not a black and white kind of person, but it seems you've pegged me as …

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    Comment #18688911

    Says the person who obviously has already drawn his / her line in the sand.

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    Comment #18688893

    https://www.google.com/search?q=usa+in+80s&tbm=isch&tbo=u&so... Answer: USA 80s. Is this substantially better than the photos provided?

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    Comment #18688716

    I'd say force a fork there too. It's not difficult to switch to a new package once you find it and know the URL. I say force each user (whether it's end user or library maintainer)…

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    Comment #18688672

    Answer: Detroit Michigan, USA

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    Comment #18688670

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    Comment #18688627

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    Comment #18688586

    I say force the new maintainer to fork and then leave a note in your README that the currently maintained version is (here). This way anyone who decides to trust the new maintainer…

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    Comment #18687054

    If the economic model was different they might have spoken up. I think it might be worthwhile, in this case, to examine / contrast what a socialist society might do vs a capitalist…

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    Comment #18669689

    Sorry for late response. Got answer. Almost 12.

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    Ask HN: Cat has lymphoma

    Recently learned a friend's cat has lymphoma. The prognosis is (from what I understand) that current technology is not sophisticated enough to fight this for real. More or less the…

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    Comment #18651420

    I had a similar idea a while back. The implementation I came up with (but never implemented) was to create a PHP extension that would link to a statically compiled GO module. Basic…

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    Comment #18568637

    un-bee-lievable

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    Comment #18559560

    Generally speaking, if you expect the world to (as a first class principle) cater to your personal desires you will always be sad. I didn't read the whole thing, but I'd be interes…

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    Comment #18535202

    We need to incorporate the fact that people will move on with their lives and transfer ownership of projects. This could be solved in a few ways. Maybe instead of signing over owne…

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    Comment #18505843

    Ever since I had a run in with an extremely "motivated" team of head hunters my belief has been that resumes are almost useless. I was responsible for hiring a team a while back an…

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    Comment #18499497

    What I got out of this, it appears in essence he's saying that "those creatures with the most accurate picture of the world are the ones best prepared to succeed in the world"?

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    Comment #18499372

    It seems he's an ontologist at heart. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontology

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    Comment #18475189

    Some folks I've talked to disagree but I think not an insignificant reason is ubiquitous usage of GPS and the internet (knowing precisely where to go and how to get there in the mo…