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computerwizardon Burn the Programmer

I think about this a lot. To control atoms and construct new systems using language and thoughtforms alone seems as close to magic as you can get.

computerwizardon Record surge in atmospheric CO2 seen in 2016

I've thought the same thing. It would make sense but would be great if someone with real knowledge could respond.

computerwizardon A Social Network Doling Out Millions in Ephemeral Money

I started working on a Hacker News interface for Steemit a while back. https://steemh.com/

computerwizardon ML Basics: K Nearest Neighbors in Ruby

Ruby is so expressive it's a shame it isn't used more for ML and AI.

computerwizardon ReactOS 0.4.6 released

Will it ever be able to run Adobe Creative Cloud programs?

computerwizardon Headless mode in Firefox

I wonder if this will work with the iMacros addon?

computerwizardon Ask HN: Blogging?

Take a look at https://steemit.com It's a blogging / social media platform built on a blockchain that rewards quality content with cryptocurrency.

Some people make hundreds of dollars per post.

computerwizardon Hacker Steals $8.4M Worth of Ethereum from Veritaseum Platform

Anyone make else make a bunch on scooping up cheap coins on etherdelta then selling them the next day?

computerwizardon Ask HN: Which book had the biggest impact on your personality?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kybalion

computerwizardon Move Over, Bitcoin. Ether Is the Digital Currency of the Moment

Ethereum has over 4.5x as many full nodes as Bitcoin, how is it more decentralized?

computerwizardon Is DMT the key to hacking reality?

There is definitely a possibility DMT takes you to another dimension.

computerwizardon Introducing Token

Did anyone else register a bunch of 'leet' usernames?

I wonder if they will reset the usernames when it gets put on livenet because it kind of seems unfair.

computerwizardon Autodraw – Fast Drawing for Everyone

I thought the same thing. SVG would be killer!

computerwizardon Ethereum price goes up nearly 50 percent in under a week

Checkout Byteball. I think it has a strong future and the technology is novel. https://Byteball.org

computerwizardon Deep Voice: Real-Time Neural Text-To-Speech

I have A LOT of pdf's I'd much rather listen to than read. Can't wait for this!

computerwizardon H.R.899 – To terminate the Department of Education

Sounds great if they terminate outstanding student loans as well!

computerwizardon Byteball – decentralized storage and transfer of value

Price is over $100

computerwizardon Byteball – decentralized storage and transfer of value

People will soon realize the advantages of DAGs over Blockchains.

computerwizardon LibreTaxi – A free and open source alternative to Uber and Lyft

Byteball is the future.

computerwizardon TruffleRuby Status

What about using Mirah ( http://www.mirah.org/ )? Performance should be the same as Java.

computerwizardon PhantomJS 2.5.0 beta

Happy to see this project updated! I use it regularly and currently there's just somethings it can't handle, maybe it can now.

computerwizardon Ask HN: What is the best Linux distro for a development laptop?

Ubuntu with the i3 tiled window manager. You can make amazing and efficient use of the screen and the keyboard shortcuts are so smooth.

computerwizardon Ask HN: Does anyone here have an art degree?

I was a few credits from getting my BFA in Graphic Design but I dropped out. After a couple years I got a job at a company doing retail arbitrage on ebay doing listing design. I saw how terribly inefficient their processes were and decided to teach myself Ruby. The whole company now works on the systems I've built and we did 3 million in revenue this year.

computerwizardon A neural link between affective understanding and interpersonal attraction [pdf]

Exact same experience here.

computerwizardon Spark, New Markets, App Messaging, and Bitcoin Changes

This makes me sad. RIP Circle.

computerwizardon ReMarkable Paper Tablet

I want this too... It's almost 2017 how do we not have this yet???

computerwizardon Keybase chooses Zcash

I recommend supporting Zclassic also ( http://Zclassic.org ) It's the same exact code as Zcash except there is no 20% "genius" tax for 4 years. It's the fair choice and even has the blessing of Zcash developer Zooko.

computerwizardon The Zcash Open Source Miner Challenge

I sure hope someone releases a good public GPU miner in time for launch, otherwise the distribution is going to be quite unfair.

computerwizardon A Brief History of Who Ruined Burning Man

Burning man was pretty awesome this year. Can't wait for next year :D