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Re:Of Dharma and Doom: A translation revives the ending of the Mahabha...
on Wednesday September 21, 2022 @10:35AM (#32925772)
Her translations are ignorant at best and malicious at worst. Not a serious academic
https://swarajyamag.com/longform/a-critique-of-wendy-doniger...
The Network State: How to Start a New Country
1729.com
Summer of Math Exposition by 3b1b
Re:Top navy admiral wants rust-free ships
on Saturday April 30, 2022 @09:02AM (#31215734)
If I were to ask 10,000 people selected randomly from outside the US. What percentage do you think would be able to name the naval commander of the US? I'd bet it's very close to zero.
Re:Indian cows and buffaloes are going online
on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @10:25AM (#31167837)
A big challenge would be to solve for cattle smugglers in some states.
Re:Back to India
on Saturday April 09, 2022 @04:14AM (#30966146)
What are you adding to the conversation with this comment? HN isn't the place for such remarks. Consider posting to the 100s of websites where comments like this are incentivised and not here.
Re:A database for 2022
on Saturday April 02, 2022 @02:18AM (#30886206)
What does that mean? Can you explain?
Re:Ask HN: Which book can attract anyone towards your field of study?
on Sunday March 27, 2022 @02:21PM (#30822625)
Chaos by James gleick for multiple fields in physics
Re:Octopuses, crabs and lobsters to be recognised as sentient beings u...
on Monday November 22, 2021 @12:22AM (#29303050)
Very pleased to see this comment here :). I would definitely recommend his essays and especially his book infinite jest, if you have the stomach for it.
Re:My Hacker News knowledge assimilation stack
on Sunday November 14, 2021 @10:45AM (#29217862)
I just use materialistic app on mobile and the website on other devices. I can save the posts on the app and for the website i just save it all as a list on dynalist that I have open all the time.
George Hotz on Class Warfare
Re:Ask HN: Non fiction books in English well-written?
on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @11:58PM (#27684707)
Anything by James Gleick.
Re:A Breakdown of AI Chip Companies
on Friday June 18, 2021 @12:35PM (#27552135)
No, I believe this will be like how Tesla made a chip of their own.
A Breakdown of AI Chip Companies
Re:Geohot hops into the briar patch with Corey and Dixon
on Monday March 22, 2021 @03:33AM (#26537792)
Show notes:
Geohot hops into the briar patch with Corey and Dixon.
Check out Comma AI's work on the Android of cars:
Hotz's SXSW talk:
Geohot hops into the briar patch with Corey and Dixon
Re:Honda's now selling the first production car with level 3 self-driving
on Thursday March 04, 2021 @11:04PM (#26352535)
Openpilot by comma.ai is what the comment refers to
Re:Myths about how the brain works
on Thursday March 04, 2021 @11:13AM (#26344220)
I feel like it was greatly due to the WWII. Those and so many other discoveries were the direct result of programs like project manhattan.
Maybe the human species really needs to be pushed to extinction to further tξhe human enterprise or maybe it was just the crazy funding similar to bell labs.
Re:Beej's Guide to Network Programming (1994-2020)
on Thursday February 11, 2021 @02:53PM (#26106267)
You have touched so many people and have created real value with your work