Ask HN: What are your favorite books on the history of ideas and inventions?
I read Dealers of Lightning some time ago and I find myself wanting more (not necessarily in the field of computing). Any recommendations?
filippp
Re:Engineer has built and programmed a terrifying all-robot band
on Thursday January 12, 2023 @11:29AM (#34356045)
But we already have Kraftwerk...
Re:I don't want to go to Chel-C
on Saturday June 11, 2022 @12:06PM (#31705541)
There's also a The Smiths reference right at the beginning.
Re:Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episode of 2021?
on Monday December 27, 2021 @12:54PM (#29704800)
Jordan Peterson's interviews with Roland Griffiths and Iain McGilchrist.
Re:What Does It Mean for AI to Understand?
on Thursday December 16, 2021 @12:54PM (#29581324)
I think neuroscience could in principle show that phenomenal consciousness is an illusion, by giving a full account in terms of the brain of why it seems to us that we're conscious. Whether it will is another question.
Re:Economist Bob Mundell has died
on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @07:16AM (#26723205)
It seems utterly weird that only dictators wouldn't let themselves be murdered.
Re:Economist Bob Mundell has died
on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @04:38AM (#26721937)
What? Did they try to assassinate Olof Palme? Also why would only the dictators survive?
Re:Economist Bob Mundell has died
on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @04:02AM (#26721695)
But the cases where the leaders were murdered are not the ones which are cited as failures.
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2017)
on Monday January 02, 2017 @01:40PM (#13303295)
Location: Łódź, Poland
Remote: yes
Willing to relocate: yes
Technologies: Scala (learning), OCaml, C, Haskell, Lisp, Python, Linux
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