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I kind of addressed this here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31966228

I can't really tell to what extent you're not computing previous digits (or doing work that could quickly be used to come up with these previous digits) with this algorithm but O(n…

I narrowed down "algorithm" to a specific sort of algorithm in the original reply.

What I meant is: Describe the n-th digit of an irrational number without calculating all previous positions of the number. If pi were a sequence of digits, there is no algorithm to…

So here's a bet: I give you the 10^100th digit of the above algorithm and you give me the 10^100th digit of pi. Whoever fails owes the other side 10 BTC.

The difference might be: For your example there is an algorithm to describe the sequence of digits and for Pi there isn't. EDIT + Clarification: There is an algorithm to calculate …

Bold claim in terms of IT (there exists currently no self-aware system in IT) but of course it contains all the info needed to build a human. I'd rather say it contains the code to…

Location: Heart of Europe Remote: Yes Relocate: Depends Data scientist/engineer working in a neat and well-paid position is looking for a new challenge, preferably dealing with fun…

A fried of mine reported scientific misconduct (p-hacking) and, together with a few colleagues, left the research group, due to moral harassment by the head of that group. The univ…

SEEKING FREELANCER Location: CET Remote: yes Requirements: Be smart, love to learn, be comfortable with working remote and know a few of the following (in order of decreasing prior…

Frankly, I don't see how regulations or laws should protect the user for several reasons: Firstly, there are already privacy laws yet it doesn't look as if they apply and that Veri…

I think he means that _using clojure_ (to implement the IDE) is very language specific as opposed to saying "it is based on clojure" or "clojure is cool because X" (which everyone …

Obviously "Panic" is a well-known company for developing IOs applications and for at least 145 people on HN this is common knowledge. Is there anything special about this company? …

I work 50%+ in Clojure as an IT Consultant and here in Europe it's not that easy to find a company that uses Clojure and embraces its benefits. When I use clojure, it's typically f…

Yes, for that reason I took it off, still the question is how can one communicate that one is? Should you write "constantly programmed faster and leaner and with less errors that h…

Are you hiring right now? I wrote exactly these two tags "fast thinker" / "quick learner" in my CV / cover letter / LinkedIn profile and I removed them a few months later because f…

There is one thing in your post I must particularly disagree with: > There's absolutely no talent shortage in the Bay Area, provided you can pay (and your ideas are interesting) I …

For this very reason I always try to stay in the "mid to low frequency" spectrum. Put very bluntly, in high frequency domains you compete with fast people (and they have resources)…

If you want to learn the language for the pleasure of speaking it, you may find it easier to find Spanish speaking people, especially in the Americas. If on the other hand you want…

"Suspicion of Authority" and "Society never works" are not something arising from culture, they are consequences of the principal agent problem in Western states. http://en.wikiped…

I don't understand how code on a USB drive can be executed on a PC. I seriously thought that USB was (as a protocol) a generic data interface. However, if it is something else (lik…

I can certainly not say you're view is wrong and I didn't know of the group membership (thanks for that). Still, my 2ct Motive: The motive "mistake" is a motive that works for both…

I have quite a few problems with Western media stating that it's Putin's fault. - There is a lack of motive (seriously why would he?) - There is a lack of identity (if it were the …

I don't read the Guardian comment section. What is the difference between the Guardian and a comparable major German newspaper w.r.t. comments?