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> Git is similar, except there is no competition/competitor there to befuddle you. You haven't met some of the developers on my team.

> poof magic we have simple mathematical rules on which the universe runs I'm not arguing against the idea that the universe might be described by simple mathematical rules - after…

> It's the simplest hypothesis to date that I know of. Therefore, I assign at least a non trivial probability to it. I don't think it's simple at all. What is the role of "mathemat…

You hit the nail on the head. The real issue is that the force is not considered fundamental , because it is explained by some other model such as spacetime curvature.

At https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6406551 I'm having a reasoned discussion with someone who responded more substantively to what I wrote. Your petty sniping is not reasoned d…

> That was a serious hypothesis before this. Heard about Tegmark's level IV multiverse? Of course, I love Tegmark's speculative work. But that's all it is, speculative. It's like r…

"Illusion" is a misleading way to put it. We experience gravity as a force - we can measure it with devices designed to measure forces. It's not an illusion. However, the model of …

You're comparing me to the authors of the work? My misunderstanding then, I thought you were comparing my take to that of other commenters. "try to be specific" I did post specific…

Perhaps you missed the part of my very short comment where I wrote "I'm not dismissing that the work could have value, but the article makes claims that go far beyond anything that…

"Quite a few smart people seem excited by it" Why aren't you asking them for their qualifications, then? Serious question, think about what your choice implies. Is it that "you wan…

I'm not questioning whether the work has value, but the article is hyping it way beyond justification.

"it contains signs of a genuine conceptual breakthrough." It contains claims of such signs, which seems to be the point of this fluff piece. Alarm bells should go off when you read…

"without qualification of their exact experience "how often" it is really hard to tell the bias in that statement wouldn't you agree?" No, because many people have experience which…

This is a content-free article. It boils down to "we've committed to CentOS, so that's what we prefer to use." The claim that "in our experience, [Debian/Ubuntu] are not nearly as …