dekervin

there is some kind of implied machine capability that a layman assign to a computer. If a task is culturally ( through movies , series, ... ) though to be within that implied capability people will be comfortable. ( cf automatic trains, ... )

I would love to exchange with you about it, is there an email or a twitter somewhere ?

did try a couple of guesses; definitely fun !

Thanks for your reply ! Well, I found your comment extremely relevant, and delivered in a very succint (albeit tongue in cheek ) way.

A greater share of the HN readership was already having a quarantine friendly work/lifestyle, than the general population. Due to underlying macro-trends (technology, mobile consumer internet, entrepreneurship...).

And one of these macro-trends, the fragility of our hyper-reactive interconnected world, was illuminated by the covid crisis. I will try to reach you on twitter, to not pollute this thread further.

I am genuinely curious of what triggered the downvote. It makes me feel as if I didn't express myself correctly. If anyone has an idea ?

Let me fix that : In short, HN readers were already living in the future pre quarantine. Basically applying one of PG maxims in "How to Get Startup Ideas"[0]: "Live in the future, then build what's missing."

http://www.paulgraham.com/startupideas.html

Is there a way to contact you via email ?

An exogenous shock is almost alwyas needed. It provides energy for a system to move into a new equilibrium.

Machtgelüst might be the word you are looking for https://fnietzsche.com/will-to-power-appearance-of-the-conce...

I don't know the specific of the Newton case and am not really vested in the issue. But I am midly amused by your definitive statement on cultures' take on interpersonal competitive issues over the course of mankind history.

While we are living in an era where what you consider actual standard are not uniformely regarded as such on the surface of the globe.

I am genuinely interested in knowing how you could arrive at such an opinion ? ( regarding They were not culture where this was considered "good" and these interpersonal competite issues were considered ethical issues by them. )

What part of his life was terrible ?

"the inclination to spend on novel non-established products" is the key competitive advantage of the american market. Everything else are just compounding factors.

Yes it works with https [ https://datapeek.org/ ]. There was a some instability when I updated it a couple of minutes ago but it should be fine now.

I want to say thank you, from the bottom of my heart. I just assumed that the explanation for atrocious conversion number was bad layout. ( Note to myself: check your website forms every couple of days. )

Side topic, I remember a HN post about a checklist for launching a project. If someone remember it, I would love find retrieve the link.

EDIT: It should work now !

In the spirit of interesting way to browse Hacker News: http://datapeek.org/ ( Hacker News comments backed by data )

I worked on a website that aims to foster data-backed debates online. It builds a feed out of hacker news comments backed by data. [0]

The reasoning behind it is twofold: - They are people who (due to their through their startups, side-projects, thesis, hobbies,...) are familiar with interesting datasets. - With a tool that allow them to spot places on Hacker news where data are discussed, they will be incentivized to contribute and experience less friction.

I hope it increases the frequency of arguments linked to data and give more visibility to projects working with interesting datasets.

I am also looking for people who have projects, however small, where they see interesting data. It is for an ongoing interview serie.[1]

[0] http://datapeek.org/

[1] http://datapeek.org/interview/alfadata

the 3d visualization makes it appealing to modelling mechanistic phenomena. But the area were widespread simulation woudl be impactful are in social sciences.

I am genuinely curious, what hobby of yours makes you track volcanic eruptions regularly ?

And yet, perhaps the most breathtaking display of football dominance I saw from that Germany team, was from their 2016 Euro semi-final against France. It was way more impressive than their brazil dismantling. Their control of the game was out of this world.

Football is "unstable" as a game. To dominate in a consistent way, you actually need to be overwhelming superior to your opponent in many different stages/aspects of the game. Any weak link and you are at the mercy of fate.

In the same vein, but with a more statistical oriented take on european football you can check https://www.alfadata.xyz/blog.

And here is an interview of the founder about his experience building the service and data infrastructure behind it http://datapeek.org/interview/alfadata

A hardware focus provides a low pass filter to find engineering driven projects, at least for now. You should browse. One should probably browse https://hackaday.io/ every so often for inspiration.

Just took a tour on http://hackaday.io, it's refreshing to browse through what feels like genuine innovation.

Embarassing is an understatement. It is one of those cases where people don't know what they don't know ( unknown unknowns ).

Reading you, I wonder what would be the collective psychological effect if the relative risks were correctly assessed in our day-to-day routine.

What kind of categorization do you have in mind ?

I am hacking on http://datum.alwaysdata.net/ . It's a feed built out of hacker news comments containing links to data, using Natural Language Processing.

Over the years spent reading HN, I noticed that some comments with the best information ratio, were the ones based on data. I wanted a way to quickly find them, otherwise I would miss them.

Surprisingly, reading that feed has started to be part of my daily routine. But I am still toying with features I have in mind. Feedback would be appreciated !

I think listening to audio is more conducive to "drive by learning". It allows your eyes to get distracted and you can maintain some level of attention for a longer period. Our brains are also simply better at picking clues signalling the important stuff, when listening to someone speaking.

I have turned HN into a personal data-oriented wikipedia and I want to test consuming the resulting feed through audio (like a npr for data-based facts) [0].

If some of you would like to take part into the experiment, leave a comment below !

[0] http://datum.alwaysdata.net

I am surprised there hasn't be a bigger spotlight shed on the concepts developped by Michel Foucault around Biopower [0] and the genesis of the modern state. See for example this excerpt of Discipline and punish [1] on what quarantine was like:

"First, a strict spatial partitioning: the closing of the town and its outlying districts, a prohibition to leave the town on pain of death, the killing of all stray animals; the division of the town into distinct quarters, each governed by an intendant. Each street is placed under the authority of a syndic, who keeps it under surveillance; if he leaves the street, he will be condemned to death."

[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biopower

[1]https://foucault.info/documents/foucault.disciplineAndPunish...

It seems The future has arrived, and now it is on a forced march to reach us all

Axioms:

-The most important quality to succeeds is the ability to perform in high stakes, inter-personal, coopetitive, status-seeking, small world games (politics).

-One of the most powerful tools to achieve results for an individual (and for a group ) is through the mastering of abstractions.

Puzzle:

-There seems to be a negative correlation between the willingness to engage in political games and the willingness to engage with abstractions despite the advantages both procure. (see the "Nerds" essay by Paul Graham [0]).

Funny hypothesis:

-Politics is the most dynamic, reflexive games there is. Abstraction handling requires (whether consciously or not ) to substract oneself from the world. Those two activities tend to exclude each other, or to consume a lot of energy when both running at full speed. ( they are polar opposite in 2x2 quadrant of [static,dynamic]x[contemplative,reflexive] )

-The silver linings is so much value can be created from mastering abstractions, that a small change in the conditions of the political field (by improving one's attention to it, or by limiting artificially the field like in a elite school) is enough to tip the balance.

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[0]http://www.paulgraham.com/nerds.html