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Comment · 9 years ago
Franky it's irrelevant. Penrose's insistence that the human mind isn't algorithmic in the Turing sense is born from his human insecurities. But if the human mind isn't bound in such a way, than any man-made computer need not be bound either. Penrose's argument falls short of being a proper dualist argument. Furthermore Roger Penrose has not proven his claims, and they are not supported by mainstream neuroscientists. He appeals to quantum woo that he pulled out of his ass.
Comment · 9 years ago
> I know that he disagrees the human mind is bound by physical laws.

Last I heard, Penrose appeals to quantum woo to claim that the human mind isn't strictly algorithmic. But sources of quantum randomness isn't enough to push you into dualism, quantum shit is part of our physical universe and while there is no proof that the human mind critically exploits quantum phenomena for it's computation, we can certainly build machines that have RNGs exploiting quantum randomness.

Comment · 9 years ago
>So, they are arguably the same species, though arguably not.

Nature has no respect for our discrete classifications.

Comment · 9 years ago
Changing the subject? Oh, I'm sorry. I could have sworn I was replying to you saying:

>Many of us get dropped into vim by accident.

>> It's not just for programmers, though. Vim is perfect for all kinds of text editing, from composing email to editing configuration files.*

can be used for anything != should be used by everybody

>It is used by the general public.

Laughable.

Comment · 9 years ago
That's your distro's problem, not vim's. There is no reason to fuck up vim just because distros are poorly configured.
Comment · 9 years ago
If you took the modal interface away from vim, you wouldn't have vim anymore. If you don't want a modal interface, don't use vim.

You may as well expect Porsche to move the 911's engine to the front.

Comment · 9 years ago
What interactive terminal programs exit using ^C? Nano doesn't, top doesn't. There is no standard for interactive terminal programs. Furthermore ^C doesn't fit with the rest of vim's control schema, so you wouldn't really be doing anybody any favors in the long run.
Comment · 9 years ago
>they ended up in vim by accident.

Sounds like a distro problem.

Comment · 9 years ago
Why solve a "problem" that no actual user of the software has? It's not an iphone, it isn't meant for use by the general public.

Use nano if that's what you want. There's no reason to fuck up vim for people who actually use it to help the people who don't.

Comment · 9 years ago
Do society a favor and remove yourself from the industry.
Comment · 9 years ago
Zuck lacks more than just charisma. He lacks social competence. He'd be more like Jeb than Carson. He falls to pieces when he gets flustered, worse than most awkward autistic teenagers in front of a crowd of judgmental peers. Shit, Jeb might just make Zuck look smooth.
Comment · 9 years ago
Wow, you're a real piece of work.
Comment · 9 years ago
Throw in some ice. Juice isn't rocket science, I'm sure you can figure this out if you really apply yourself...
Comment · 9 years ago
>it'd be wrong to hire a dude to clip out all the ads

>hire

Well I'm not paying for my adblocker. What if this dude volunteers? What if I'm doing it for my family members? This isn't a hypothetical.

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