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Re: Some Details of My Personal Infrastructure

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Post by lenticular » Fri, Feb 22, 2019, 12:58 AM UTC

rsync wrote: post #33

booleandilemma wrote: post #26

What’s HN’s opinion of Stephen Wolfram? Is he legit? Is the tome A New Kind of Science worth reading?

He is the creator of Mathematica: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfram_Mathematica I would consider that legitimacy.

Mathematica is literally the worst PL I've ever used, especially since you effectively have to use their built-in editor that doesn't even have multiple undo. Of course, it is the least-worst symbolic system out there currently. But, it's not like lisp wouldn't have developed similar capabilities if Mathematica didn't come around.

Re: Some Details of My Personal Infrastructure

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Post by momofarm » Fri, Feb 22, 2019, 1:05 AM UTC

bring a satphone when go outside?

I thought at least 90% of inhabitable place has some GSM signal?

Re: Some Details of My Personal Infrastructure

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Post by sg0 » Fri, Feb 22, 2019, 1:06 AM UTC

I just realized upon reading this that I might have car sickness too (and that it's a real thing). It's worse if I sit at the back, usually its a concoction of strange feelings, mild nausea, weird pangs of pain...

Re: Some Details of My Personal Infrastructure

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Post by jumelles » Fri, Feb 22, 2019, 1:07 AM UTC

Is Wolfram Notebooks the new Lotus Notes? Does their "Knowledgebase" compete with Bloomberg - is there live information?

Re: Some Details of My Personal Infrastructure

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Post by kevin_thibedeau » Fri, Feb 22, 2019, 1:08 AM UTC

foxhop wrote: post #55

oh_sigh wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Old-school non-optical mouse

Did you know even the old-school computer mouse uses light to work? The new school just don't have a mechanical component of a ball and two rollers which spin two separate "gears" which blocks light and then math to figure out the horizontal change + vertical change. I found that pretty neat when I learned. (I'm old enough to remember the pains of using a gunked up ball mouse.)

The old-school mice were also called "optical mice" because the old-old-school mice used mechanical sensors.

Re: Some Details of My Personal Infrastructure

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Post by fosco » Fri, Feb 22, 2019, 1:13 AM UTC

6nf wrote: post #77

fosco wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The article says >The big empty spaces are when I’m asleep, and, yes, as I’ve changed projects—e.g. finishing A New Kind of Science in 2002—my sleep habits have changed; I’m also now trying an experiment of going to sleep earlier

Earlier being 2am

I did not see in the article, but I wonder if all of those times are in the same timezone and if those times are based on UTC or his actual timezone, I did not see data on that but could have missed it.

Re: Some Details of My Personal Infrastructure

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Post by newnewpdro » Fri, Feb 22, 2019, 1:13 AM UTC

ranie93 wrote: post #22

Through 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!

Thanks for the amusement, I'm left with the distinct impression that if everyone on that call were in the same room it would have gone a lot better.

His staff didn't even seem engaged in the subject.

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Post by incognition » Fri, Feb 22, 2019, 1:18 AM UTC

lazyjones wrote: post #51

BucketSort wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Could he be autistic or something? Usually people would know how they would be perceived if they were well socialized. In any case, it doesn't bother me. He thinks his work is of the utmost importance and wants to be in the annals of mathematics alongside Newton, Einstein, etc. He won't be, but let him have his fun. He's at least doing interesting things, unlike these unbearable celebrities that are incredibly dull,…

Relevant: http://www.lettersofnote.com/2010/06/you-dont-understand-ord... ;-) By the way, he is in the annals of particle physics...

Awesome letter, thank you. Feynman was a genius in more than one way. In a way, all great teachers have the ability to see into us.

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Post by aerovistae » Fri, Feb 22, 2019, 1:22 AM UTC

I'm kind of outraged that he has a solution in hand to carsickness in the form of strange glasses and didn't prove a link to the product.

Does anyone know what those are? I would kill to be able to read in the car.

edit: seems to be these https://www.boardingglasses.com/?action=home&lang=EN

Re: Some Details of My Personal Infrastructure

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Post by avinium » Fri, Feb 22, 2019, 1:33 AM UTC

ranie93 wrote: post #22

Through 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!

First, it's awesome that these are live-streamed and publicised.

Second, I didn't hear anything unreasonable in that meeting. SW has a reputation for ego, but honestly this particular extract just sounds like frustration with buggy/messy documentation. I mean, the fact that the CEO is personally going through documentation is telling in itself.