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Re:Modelling a Basic Income with Python and Monte Carlo Simulation on Wednesday November 13, 2013 @09:25AM (#6725307)
Deal: I want to investigate the case where everyone is bullied into quitting their job, by thugs who don't want laziness to stop being a social norm
Re:Modelling a Basic Income with Python and Monte Carlo Simulation on Wednesday November 13, 2013 @09:16AM (#6725258)
if you disagree, write some code

unstated assumption: and do so quickly enough for it to influence the discussion before it slips off HN

Re:Add ASCII art to your GitHub profile page on Monday November 04, 2013 @06:34AM (#6668002)
I always like to take the opportunity to plug my Chrome plugin which makes your Github landing page play Conway's game of life: https://github.com/mk270/life-contributions
Re:Ask HN: Where do you find interesting papers to read? on Sunday November 03, 2013 @10:12AM (#6663418)
Arts and Letters Daily : http://www.aldaily.com/
A couple of important distinctions between axioms and beliefs:

1) axioms are assumed to be logically consistent with each other, at least when the word "axiom" is understood strictly; it's possible that someone may believe two things that are inconsistent with each other

2) belief is an involuntary mental acceptance that a particular claim is true. You can't make yourself believe something that you know to be false

Re:The End of Files: the biggest revolution since the GUI? on Tuesday October 22, 2013 @05:30AM (#6590649)
This is just rent-seeking, right?

Get rid of files, and data is easier to lock up in a single application - it becomes harder to write programmes that interoperate without the co-operation of the authors of the original app, who might have a commercial reason not to play ball.

Re:The shittiest project I ever worked on on Wednesday September 25, 2013 @04:53AM (#6443378)
The Emperor has spoken.
Re:177 Days of GitHub on Sunday September 15, 2013 @01:20PM (#6389610)
If you ARE going to make pretty patterns on your Github contributions graph, make sure you view them with my "Conway's Game Of Life in Github Contributions Page" Chrome Plugin: https://github.com/mk270/life-contributions