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improv32··on Myrddin: a systems language that is powerful and fun
"Why? Hurd will be out in a year"

Funny thing about that....

improv32··on TrendMicro Node.js HTTP server listening on localhost can execute commands
What an absolute clusterfuck. I work at a multinational company who's IT department (over my objection) installs Trend Micro on all user end points. I'll be sending this the department head's way, Trend might lose some business over this
improv32··on Why Some Physicists Are Saying Consciousness Is a State of Matter (2014)
Are you totally sure that you're an indivisible whole?

http://www.meltingasphalt.com/neurons-gone-wild/

improv32··on A blind woman who switched personalities and could suddenly see
You're gonna love this: http://www.meltingasphalt.com/neurons-gone-wild/
improv32··on Self as Sovereign: Where do we get the notion of mind as separate from body?
If you found this interesting you'll get a proper mindfuck out of these essays: http://www.meltingasphalt.com/mr-jaynes-wild-ride/ http://www.meltingasphalt.com/neurons-gone-wild/
improv32··on A tumor stole every memory I had – what happened when they came back
Check out Memento, total mind-fuck of a film, it's about a man who has short-term memory loss like OP, and to keep the audience on the same page has him the scenes in the movie go in reverse order. Sounds weird but it works VERY well.
improv32··on The Night They Drove the Price of Electricity Down
Lot's of people do this, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumped-storage_hydroelectricit...
improv32··on Show HN: Democracy.io by EFF – Write to your representatives
I had a similar first impression aswell
improv32··on The man who saw time stand still
SWIM has experienced his perception of music warp from slow to fast repeatedly on 450ug of LSD. With concerted mental effort SWIM could slow the music by what seemed to be a factor of 2 and hold it there for several (real-world) minutes.
improv32··on Ask HN: I'm in SF for the next 2 days and want to geek out. What should I do?
This is exactly what I was looking for, thanks :)
improv32··on “There Is Only Awe” – on Julian Jaynes
Melting Asphalt has a great little essay series on Jaynes' Origin of Consciousness here: http://www.meltingasphalt.com/series/ It's fairly brief and well worth the read.
improv32··on Announcing a specification for PHP
Honestly the reference passing quirks you mentioned behave exactly as I would have assumed, am I alone in this?
improv32··on SecureDrop
So is the rest of the URL, it could just as well be https://washingtonpost.com/securedrop
improv32··on Is the Universe a Simulation?
I'm not sure the GIT applies here, it is my understanding that the GIT says that for any formal system (i.e. sentences derived by repeated application of rules of derivation to axioms) that is able to represent the Peano arithmetic, has no deterministic decision procedure, due to the ability of a sentence to self-reference. Is that accurate, or is GIT broader than I thought?
improv32··on Flappy Space Program
Anyone else getting "The developer has not uploaded a game yet..."?
improv32··on I Got Myself Arrested So I Could Look Inside the Justice System
It's an inconvenience, but the thing that makes me most averse to that system is that it presumes guilt. Here in the US, cops are not allowed (though enforcement is lax) to detain you for any reason without reasonable suspicion that you've committed a crime.
improv32··on Nonplussed
No, its fundamentally impossible: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_hole
improv32··on Free Software Foundation issues statement on new iPhone models from Apple
No, it's that they don't use Free Software. The FSF is not the only Free Software organization.
improv32··on Try Bitcoin
It's giving me weird upside down text. http://i.imgur.com/ikTne52.png Arch Linux, Chromium 29.0.1547.62 (219432)
improv32··on Inventing Favicon.ico
Why does this link to the blog and not the article referenced in the title?
improv32··on Isaac Asimov's predictions for what the world will be like in 2014
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?t=crmtb01&f=ob&i=can%20en...
improv32··on The limits of Google’s openness
> Because it's their product. They're permitted to do whatever they want with it.

No, they're not. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_antitrust_law

improv32··on The limits of Google’s openness
What does the app being written in HTML5 have to do with Google changing the API? The app would still have to be updated when the API changes. Additionally, if that were a concern of Google's, why aren't their apps written in HTML5?
improv32··on Forebruary, an endless wall calendar
On the first of every month you drag it so that the number 1 lines up with the current day of the week
improv32··on Ask HN: How does one create a fake identity?
You're mistaken, the SCOTUS ruled that in order to invoke your right to not self incriminate, you must state directly that your are invoking the 5th amendment only in VOLUNTARY conversations.
improv32··on How well do you know HTML?
Blackscreen on Chrome, Ubuntu. Works fine on Firefox
improv32··on City of Boston drops Microsoft for Gmail
He means that the source for GDocs is private.
improv32··on Google Maps One-Hand Zoom on iPhone
I actually do this
improv32··on Worst CAPTCHA Ever
Or when you enter bad login info, and the site doesn't tell you if it was your email or your password. But on the reset password form it tells you when you put a bad email in.
improv32··on Official Steam client for Ubuntu released
Direct link for the lazy: http://repo.steampowered.com/steam/archive/precise/steam_lat...
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