News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on I Add 3-25 Seconds of Latency to Every Site I Visit. Parent comment

Re:I Add 3-25 Seconds of Latency to Every Site I Visit by curuinor on Thursday February 13, 2020 @01:15PM (#22319945)
Lots of things that look like hierarchies are more like stuff distributed ~ power law. Certainly wealth, but I think actual needs are pretty distributed ~ power law.

Breathing looks hierarchically more important than self-actualization but it's just that a material portion of your entire ensemble of needs is just breathing - completely not optional.

Given that, you can futz w/ stuff and see if the levy-stable structure of this sort of thing will allow you to fold over different stuff

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:I Add 3-25 Seconds of Latency to Every Site I Visit by highfrequency on Thursday February 13, 2020 @01:57PM (#22320320)
> Given that, you can futz w/ stuff and see if the levy-stable structure of this sort of thing will allow you to fold over different stuff

Your writing alternates between being overly complicated and being so casual that it's vague. Can you rephrase in plain language?

[ Parent | on HN ]