yann2

Animal testing is regulated activity. Do you know why?

This is a social science experiment with 3 billion guinea pigs.

Every time you rerun it, if someone somewhere (and the people connected to them get effected) how many attempts do you get?

Its not easy at all. Try it out with your family on your LAN.

People are used to so much convenience, its easy to brush under the carpet, just how much work is happening behind the scenes. Just coming up with a basic list of 3 mordern conveniences you want to support for your family will be non trivial.

In fact, just try supporting one.

(Worked as an RA in a distributed systems lab back in the day, and just getting everyone who proposed the algos and systems to use them was a nightmare)

No one worked in isolation in the past either.

Move Newton, Faraday, Maxwell and Einstein 10kms away from where they were born, surround them by a different set of chimps and the story doesnt end the same way.

A good book from Niall Ferguson - the Sqaure and the Tower - makes the case tradionally Historians have studied individuals instead of groups because its easier to collect data on one chimp versus the entire troupe.

Can we get a rule where the adjectives like startling, striking, profound etc get applied after an application has been demonstrated. Speaking as someone who suffers from adjective overload.

The key is finding the "right" people and proving to them you can be useful. That opens doors to all kinds of opportunities.

I had subscribed to a local newpaper and an article showed up where a govt official was complaining about how most of the historic local budget data was still in paper or pdfs. I found the pdfs and converted them to csv and excel files. Found the contact info of the guy complaining and sent him the data. He was so happy about that, he put me on a mailing list where there were a bunch of serious people talking about local issues. That was the big door opener for me.

Facebook will collapse the same way Lehmann and the Afghan army did. Just a few more nudges. And it all falls down.

The question is totally irrelevant without knowing what your need is from the software.

Different people have different needs. So completeness will always mean different things. You worry about what you need out of it and whether you are getting it.

There is nothing to discuss if you dont have rank.

They are big enough to take the loss. No harm in trying.

The elite use facebook?

You feel this is causing great chaos in the world because...

How many hours are people working? Its the biggest signal of faith in the project and ability to generate faith in others.

wut? People are getting tattoos to get laid now?