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entelechy0on The Grand Illusion: Why consciousness exists only when you look for it (2002)

There is no continuous consciousness. It is the result of unconscious processes culminating into individual perceptions of consciousness, making it appear like we are experiencing one continuous reality, when in reality, something far more complicated is driving us behind the scenes.

entelechy0on The strange fate of a person falling into a black hole

From her perspective, you and the rope would burn up against the fire wall

entelechy0on The strange fate of a person falling into a black hole

> "Yes there are things we don't know, but we should try to come up with precise questions, not to ponder about the meaning of black holes in philosophical way."

This, itself, is a very philosophical suggestion.

entelechy0on Why PHP is obsolete (2014)

I don't get why so many people seem to be biased against PHP. It isn't an awful language or anything.

entelechy0on Why PHP is obsolete (2014)

I'd like some citation on the claim that Ruby and Rails is taught "usually" in University web programming courses.

entelechy0on DopeLearning: A Computational Approach to Rap Lyrics Generation

My jaw dropped. Omg. Someone beat me to my rapbot idea

entelechy0on Death Note Anonymity: L, Anonymity and Eluding Entropy

I am an anime zealot, and Death Note is really high up on my list of "best series"

entelechy0on Show HN: Monodraw, an ASCII Art Editor for Mac

Dude this thing is super cool! I can see myself using this a lot! Thanks!!

entelechy0on It’s Not a ‘Stream’ of Consciousness

Just because a stream of water is composed of particles called water molecules doesn't make it any less of a stream.

entelechy0on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Government Surveillance [ft. Edward Snowden]

This was excellent. Thank you for sharing.

entelechy0on Ask HN: Why do you code?

Fun and profit. Simple enough, yeah?

entelechy0on Things I wish people who write job postings would stop writing

There are some days (like today) where this is the norm at my company...

entelechy0on Simplicity and Utility, or Why SOAP Lost

Thank you.

And believe me - it was certainly not my choice.

entelechy0on Simplicity and Utility, or Why SOAP Lost

Heh...we're using SOAP and WSDL for this current project...

entelechy0on Apple Deleted Rivals’ Songs from Users’ iPods

Who is standing up for Apple in this instance? Or others, for that matter?

entelechy0on Your brain makes decisions while you sleep

They might be involved in lying to yourself in order to justify acts you perform that fall outside of your belief-spectrum ;)

entelechy0on OS X Auditor

nono, that was originally asterisks but apparently hacker news replaces those with an empty string. that is weird, but unrelated to my problem

entelechy0on OS X Auditor

I'm getting an error after running it:

[INFO] Users' LoginItems [INFO] 's LoginItems [INFO] /Users//Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginitems.plist [INFO] Cannot parse /Users//Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginitems.plist (Binary or JSON plist may FAIL)

Traceback (most recent call last): File "osxauditor.py", line 1702, in <module> Main() File "osxauditor.py", line 1651, in Main ParseStartup() File "osxauditor.py", line 550, in ParseStartup if "SessionItems" in LoginItemsPlist: TypeError: argument of type 'bool' is not iterable

entelechy0on "We need a pony. And the moon on a stick. By next Thursday."

You are all fools! THIS IS THE SINGULARITY. WE ARE INSIDE OF IT RIGHT NOW!!!

entelechy0on King.com, makers of Candy Crush Saga – Trademark Trolls with a Double Standard?

Too much "pay to win" shit. That stuff is literally killing mobile game potential.

entelechy0on Frontend developer career advice?

I recommend not focusing on that frustration because it will only hold you back. Things will become more "smooth" as you advance in ability. Practice makes perfect, as they say.

entelechy0on Frontend developer career advice?

Hello. I'm 28, and currently on the job hunt myself. I have a Bachelor's in Computer Science, and I've done everything from the lowest to highest levels of development.

I got into this tech stuff mainly to develop games, but I later became interested in compilers, language-design, system administration, and security.

If you'd like to see my resume/cv: http://mikebell.in/pub/curriculumvitae.pdf

My advice: ditch the .Net stuff unless you're just in it "for the money". Open source tools are kind of invaluable for our future.

In the interim while looking for work, grind on new stuff as HARD as you can. Make things. You should already be putting all of your "time and passion" into "learning how to develop amazing web apps". That is part of my problem - I'm not building enough in my spare time.

Diversify your skill set, but stick with learning the basics until you've gotten a solid grasp. Once you can code anything you feel like in one set of tools (personally, I use html5/css/javascript, php, and mysql a lot for webdev), then you can move on.

Programming is more of a way of thinking. Most of it translates into other languages well enough, but certain tools are better for certain jobs. You wouldn't want to bring a sledgehammer where a saw is needed. That analogy might be bad but think of these languages and things more like tools.

Once you learn HOW to learn how to use your tools, you'll be good to go. Formal Computer Science education helps A LOT, so I recommend either going to school or going onto Coursera or Khan Academy and grinding on programming fundamentals.

The biggest thing is whether or not you enjoy what you are doing. If you don't enjoy it, you will never be good. Period.

entelechy0on DECEMBER 23RD 2013: BITCOIN'S HYPE AND PAST CRASHES

http://epiphany.ghost.io/testing-greetings/