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Comment · 8 years ago
> AT&T does have a plan where any provider can sign up to pay for their customers' data use, which is different from waiving costs for certain large, established sites.

Wait, how is that different?

Comment · 8 years ago
I always thought Russell's paradox was basically just a formulation of the Liar's paradox in the language of set theory at the time, and that this was no secret. Its significance was not that it shed light on fundamental questions of philosophy, but rather that it poked a hole in what was supposed to be a foundation to all of mathematics.
Comment · 8 years ago
Is there a formal theorem making this precise?
Comment · 8 years ago
Fair enough. The horrifying part to me was not the moment the shots were fired, but the escalation and screaming of inconsistent instructions by an unmistakably bloodthirsty officer to a man who was clearly scared out of his mind and literally begging for his life.
Comment · 8 years ago
That video is sickening. That man was murdered.
Comment · 9 years ago
Alternatively, do the same thing with Twitch.

I watched some random streamer with 3 viewers play Skyrim an hour or so a day for several days, asking him what he liked/disliked about it, before purchasing it.

Comment · 9 years ago
I feel like this is a very recent change; I've definitely created "burner" gmail accounts in the past and I don't remember providing my cell phone number.
Comment · 9 years ago
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Comment · 9 years ago
Good point, though I'm not convinced Hilbert really avoids this. For example, look at n=3 here:

http://www.texample.net/media/tikz/examples/PNG/hilbert-curv...

This might lead to say

. . . . . . . .

1 . . . . . . 2

4 . . . . . . 3

. . . . . . . .

when

. . . . . . . .

1 . . . . . . 4

2 . . . . . . 3

. . . . . . . .

is more efficient.

Generally speaking, it seems this is basically TSP.

Comment · 9 years ago
Yeah sorry I meant like snaking back and forth, which you're right is not the same as pure lexicographic.
Comment · 9 years ago
Yeah, sorry I meant like lexicographic on x, then swapping between lexi and reverse-lexi on y. Basically snaking back and forth.
Comment · 9 years ago
Why is the Hilbert Curve any better in this situation than say lexicographical order on (x,y)?
Comment · 9 years ago
Is there an extension that can display tab history as an actual tree?
Comment · 9 years ago
Perhaps for now, but the ubiquity of smartphones could also bring them back in new and interesting ways. The most recent runaway hit was Pokemon Go, and though it was clearly a fad, it may have had more staying power if the social aspects were stronger, e.g. direct PvP battling.

Caveat: Take what I say with a grain of salt; I've never built a game in my life.

Comment · 9 years ago
This might be naive, but I wonder if the essential part of mouse data could be compressed if only we understood it better.

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