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megamindbrian2··on Intelligent, devoted, alien – parrots are unlike any other pet
That's nice, but birds are not monogamous. Everyone thinks they develop to like one person (their owner) and that's not true.
megamindbrian2··on Another Week with Bad Software
I see these issues everywhere also, it is really worrying. Especially since our entire food and supply chain is starting to depend on it.
megamindbrian2··on So You Want to Go Off-Grid
Going off grid.

https://www.google.se/amp/s/amp.reddit.com/r/phoenix/comment...

megamindbrian2··on So You Want to Go Off-Grid
It's outlawed in Arizona
megamindbrian2··on Show HN: Dear universe
I ask questions like this. Usually people just get annoyed or tell me I'm crazy.

I like what you said about emotions. There's this idea that we should "control our emotions". Sorry, but it isn't that simple. Why would we have emotions evolutionarily if they aren't beneficial?

megamindbrian2··on A new antenna using single atoms could usher in the age of atomic radio
We can create life in a lab. And we also create new realities on a computer. How long before we create a new reality in a lab and life on a computer?
megamindbrian2··on Inside the Dramatic, Painful, and Hugely Successful Return of Reddit's Founders
Maybe we could help determine opinion from referencial material so that we can speed up verbal communication rather than trying to evolve it.

YouTube and Wikipedia working together are good strides. LinkedIn offers suggestions on how to respond to people, then the new Gmail came out with that same feature, I hope Airbnb does too.

Maybe, when using curse words/slang AI could suggest something more intelligible?

If we connected our brains to an emotional evaluator, we could include all the necessary emoji automatically, so we don't accidentally forget that winky face when point out an irony or satire (satire; often mistaken for sarcasm due to different emotional attachments).

megamindbrian2··on Ask HN: Why did your startup fail and what did you learn?
I wrote a rigid system. Investor fatigue.
megamindbrian2··on Ask HN: Deleting HN comments
Thank you for the pleasantries gentleman. You've all responded in way to avoid any risk of possibly wanting to delete your comments in the future. How very diplomatic.
megamindbrian2··on Is Social Influence going to be a must have skill on your resume in a few years?
It just feels too much like that first episode of season 3 of Black Mirror. Where your status in society is determined by other people's perception of your happiness.

I guess I would be like the truck driver that's lives completely out of mainstream. "Even your credit score will someday be controlled by how much people like you." Sounds horrible. That is the opposite of the future that I want.

Maybe some people don't work well with others. Has society already deemed these people unproductive/unnecessary? Social influence is just like any other magnanimous recognition; few and far between.

It seems like there is this trend where LinkedIn bloggers pick out the 7 best attributes from their role models and suddenly everyone has to adopt that mindset or you are shamed out of your "influential" position. Just because Arianna Huffington did it, doesn't mean we all have to.

What is "cross-cultural competency"? Does that mean I have to give up my office with a window so my Muslim co-worker can pray before he eats his lunch alone every day? Or does that mean it is OK to be late for meetings like in many Asian cultures? Buzzword bingo.

megamindbrian2··on Is Social Influence going to be a must have skill on your resume in a few years?
I hate everything about this but I still up-voted.
megamindbrian2··on Our Rapidly Aging World
Some countries pay you to have children there.
megamindbrian2··on Generative Art Finds Its Prodigy
This gives me an idea. What it game textures for 3D models were entirely made up of shaders/generative algorithms. The entire game could be rendered with an equation and never have to load assets.
megamindbrian2··on Swarms of Octopus Are Taking Over the Oceans
Needs charts and pictures. Too humorous without.
megamindbrian2··on Paranoia Is Now a Best Practice
Maybe we've just redefined what constitutes privacy. If we are all suffering from the same condition, why do we need to be secret about it?

If the entire world caught the exact same flu at the same time, would we only trust our doctors? Why are people so concerned with the privacy of their medical records? What good does this information do in the hands of criminals? The only reason medical records are private is so you can hide ailments from insurance providers. One broken system feeding off another.

Don't bother responding to this comment I send all of my online conversations directly to the FBI, on purpose.

megamindbrian2··on My bag of tricks – loose notes, design patterns, rules-of-thumb
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_thumb
megamindbrian2··on Ask HN: I want to be a 40h/week intermediate developer.How do I stay employable?
This describes my feelings exactly. Dang, nevermind the throw away account, let's talk about throwaway career and brainstorm on solutions for ridding ourselves of pointless jobs.
megamindbrian2··on Millennials are struggling. Is it the fault of the baby boomers?
Too bad baby boomers are now too old to care about our problems. We won't see any solutions soon.
megamindbrian2··on Millennials are struggling. Is it the fault of the baby boomers?
Millennial here. Due to childhood and social trauma I filed for disability through social security.
megamindbrian2··on How Misinfodemics Spread Disease
Good someone suggested this. When I realized that partisan politics are actually just veil to highlight social issues and we're all actually playing on the same team. It made me physically nauseous to see my friends, intelligent people that I respected, be so negative online.

It's like they lost all self control with words and could only cuss and scream but no one could articulate how they personally have been affected by the politics. Worse yet, even if people are affected by bad legislature, hardly anyone I know actually has the willpower and ability to go and do something about it.

I have an Israeli friend that protested a gas station. There was already one on the block and they wanted to put another one on a different corner. He got signatures from all the surrounding neighbors. Then presented it to City council with the argument that gas stations can only be built if they have 25 feet distance from the nearest residential house. He had both the support of the neighborhood and support of existing laws. The gas station wasn't built.

megamindbrian2··on [dead]
First post?
megamindbrian2··on Insured, but Still Owing $109K for a Heart Attack
I think it was just from the credit score side, maybe it takes that long for it to be discounted from your credit score.
megamindbrian2··on Insured, but Still Owing $109K for a Heart Attack
I've read that it can only be done once every 7 years.
megamindbrian2··on Insured, but Still Owing $109K for a Heart Attack
True. Good points, so withdraw and store in mattress. Garnishment is still an issue.
megamindbrian2··on Ask HN: Have you built a house?
Nice list, this seems like one of those GitHub projects with a bunch of resources linked in the readme.
megamindbrian2··on Ask HN: Have you built a house?
I built room on the side of the house, I worked with a journey man and everything he taught me as he gave orders, wrote blueprints I could confirm with sources online.

It's a wonderful idea to build something using modern techniques. There is a joke in engineering about the architect that doesn't know how to use a hammer.

I would be happy to generate a plethora of links to resources if you like? What is the climate for the structure? What is the ground like, rock or sand? Concrete molds are available at any mainstream hardware store or supply store. Are you sure you would use concrete above the basement and ground floor? That is heavy and it takes a while to warm and cool it which can be a benefit or a problem.

megamindbrian2··on Insured, but Still Owing $109K for a Heart Attack
Another easy solution, file for bankruptcy. No sane judge will kick a family out of their house over a medical bill. That would be counter productive to their recovery and cause undue hardship. If you don't see the utility in bankruptcy, just remember our President has used it several times over decades.

Edit: it's also known as unsecured-debt, which means the worst thing anyone can try to do to you is ruin your credit score. This isn't worth dying over and America is designed to bear the cost.

megamindbrian2··on JupyterCon: I don't like Notebooks [slides]
A few quick searches, maybe something along these lines? https://jupyter-notebook.readthedocs.io/en/stable/examples/N...

My JavaScript version I just put a simple wrapper around my print-results call to check if it is in module mode or notebook mode.

megamindbrian2··on The NSA Continues to Violate Americans' Internet Privacy Rights
Excellent. The sky I guess.
megamindbrian2··on The NSA Continues to Violate Americans' Internet Privacy Rights
The UN also states access to the internet is a human right but Zuckerberg only gives Africa free internet, why do I still have to pay for it?
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