Any idea what the "roll-around mouse" thing is that he mentions? The only Google results for that phrase are cat toys
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#22Through the article I found he livestreams many of his meetings on Twitch!
This is particularly candid moment I happen to find: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGjvFyRk_4I&feature=youtu.be...
edit: I wasn't aware of the negative opinions regarding his ego, but from listening to this meeting I can say they aren't unsubstantiated!
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#23Any idea what the "roll-around mouse" thing is that he mentions? The only Google results for that phrase are cat toys
A mouse with a ball inside of it?
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#24Any idea what the "roll-around mouse" thing is that he mentions? The only Google results for that phrase are cat toys
He's probably referring to a regular mouse that you move around your desk. As opposed to a touchpad or static mouse with a large sphere you spin around with your thumb.
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#25Any idea what the "roll-around mouse" thing is that he mentions? The only Google results for that phrase are cat toys
Old-school non-optical mouse
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#26What’s HN’s opinion of Stephen Wolfram?
Is he legit?
Is the tome A New Kind of Science worth reading?
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#27Through the article I found he livestreams many of his meetings on Twitch! This is particularly candid moment I happen to find: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGjvFyRk_4I&feature=youtu.be... edit: I wasn't aware of the negative opinions regarding his ego, but from listening to this meeting I can say they aren't unsubstantiated!
I have somewhere between 5–20% comprehension of what they're talking about in a technical sense but found the conversation from 4m31s (as you've linked) to ~10m45s utterly fascinating.
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#28Say what you want about Wolfram, he's a brilliant guy. Brilliant people often have strange quirks and egos, but that's just a part of being them. Also, this account has only posted links about Wolfram. Is it him or an assistant?
Linus Torvalds is quirky and has an ego. Steven Wolfram is one of the most arrogant people I've ever read. It comes through in virtually every aspect of his writing. It's understood that people who are exceptional smart aren't always socially pleasant, but Wolfram is trying to raise that bar by quite a bit.
In an elite hackers setting, in an offsite camp in the Santa Cruz mountains long ago, this Wolfram character bolted around like a bull in a china shop, finding people to give orders to, basically, and blowing his own horn at many opportunities. It was quite a contrast to the intense hack sessions and co-teaching that was going on at the same time, while serious nerds did what serious nerds do... The news that he screwed dozens of programmers out of the proceeds of Mathematica (1990), exactly matched the in-person behavior. This was before the net was the way it is.. ymmv
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#29I really like the personal homepage idea. Reminds me of the iGoogle days.
Anyone know any products / tools to create a simple one consisting of essentially an organized collection of links? I guess any static site generator could work, but would be nice to have an out of the box theme and can show RSS Feeds.
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#30What’s HN’s opinion of Stephen Wolfram? Is he legit? Is the tome A New Kind of Science worth reading?
He was a child genius, known as a bit too egotistical today, but he has made genuine contributions to the field. NKOS has a nice narrative at least, and might be worth reading as a pop sci work, but isn't very scientifically noteworthy in itself.