I love any talk with Joe Armstrong or Alan Kay in it.
Joe Armstrong - Keynote: The Forgotten Ideas in Computer Science - Code BEAM SF 2018
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#122Earlier quoted context omitted.
The Bretton Woods system was a predecessor of the Eurozone (Fixed exchange rate currency). Saying, that in order to have a healthy common monetary union you need to have a federal union first. Otherwise things crashes, as happened to bretton woods and as it’s happening on the eurozone
The Euro is not fixed to anything, but its value floats freely like any other currency. It is "fixed" to Eurozone members in the sense that they can't value/devalue it by themselves. Comparing the Bretton Woods system to the Eurozone is not a direct comparison
Fixed exchange rate meant as if all countries in Europe would have a fixed exchange rate between them (even if they would use different currencies). Hence the comparison eurozone-Bretton Woods
Re: Ask HN: Best talks of 2018?
#123I quite liked Johann Hari on Sam Harris's podcast on addiction, depression, etc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msP0-NqRhZE
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#124Some of the better talks are yet to come https://fahrplan.events.ccc.de/congress/2018/Fahrplan/index....
Do you know of anywhere to watch them live? I found this https://streaming.media.ccc.de/ but I'm not 100% sure it's what I want
That is probably the correct location for live streams. If it doesn't work, https://twitter.com/c3voc will know what's up.
The Streams will later be edited and uploaded to https://media.ccc.de/ where they will appear incrementally a few days (or sometimes even hours) after the talks are over. So it's usually not a problem to miss a talk.
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#125Recent but great talk posted here, What Bodies Think About: Bioelectric Computation Outside the Nervous System [1] by Prof. Michael Levin. He talks about how long term low energy electrical networks between all cells in living organisms shape how the organism grows. I think what he talks about will be the future of medicine as it allows for an amazing degree of high level control over how animals grow. 1. https://www…
Wow, just wow!
I've often felt that we (humanity) have pushed the boundaries of our knowledge right to some really hard lines to cross: relativity won't allow interstellar travel anytime soon, we are making progress in "soft AI" but "hard AI" is still insurmountable, even fusion seems as far as it's always been. Further "real" progress seems sometimes nearly impossible, or very arduous and slow at best.
Then this guy shows up, cuts a frog's leg, shines some weird lights on the wound... and the frog regenerates it! (frogs do not normally regenerate legs). This has been really astonishing to me. I hope this whole research area lives up to my excitement after listening to that talk, because really awesome things may come out of it.
I highly recommend this talk to literally anybody who has scientific curiosity en general!
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#126"Q: Why Do Keynote Speakers Keep Suggesting That Improving Security Is Possible? A: Because Keynote Speakers Make Bad Life Decisions and Are Poor Role Models" James Mickens https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity18/presentat...
This guy is a philosopher
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#127"Q: Why Do Keynote Speakers Keep Suggesting That Improving Security Is Possible? A: Because Keynote Speakers Make Bad Life Decisions and Are Poor Role Models" James Mickens https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity18/presentat...
Watched 20 minutes of it. Fairly amusing but if you know anything about machine learning you won't learn anything.
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#128Alex Hannold's Ted Talk on how he free soloed El Cap. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iM6M_7wBMc Another favorite one of mine was Jimmy Chin talking about how they shot Free Solo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq_vvnxZ6I0
Thanks for the links. I enjoy climbing. Alex Honnold is one of a kind. Absolutely stunning what he does.
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#129Lessons Learned Implementing Common Lisp with LLVM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbdXeRBbgDM
That was a great talk! Wish he had more time.
Re: Ask HN: Best talks of 2018?
#130"Q: Why Do Keynote Speakers Keep Suggesting That Improving Security Is Possible? A: Because Keynote Speakers Make Bad Life Decisions and Are Poor Role Models" James Mickens https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity18/presentat...
Watched 20 minutes of it. Fairly amusing but if you know anything about machine learning you won't learn anything.
You should watch the whole thing.