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New comment by Crito in "The Lucas-Penrose Argument about Gödel's Theorem (2012)"

Crito — Tue, 30 May 2017 15:57:51 +0000

Franky it's irrelevant. Penrose's insistence that the human mind isn't algorithmic in the Turing sense is born from his human insecurities. But if the human mind isn't bound in such a way, than any man-made computer need not be bound either. Penrose's argument falls short of being a proper dualist argument. Furthermore Roger Penrose has not proven his claims, and they are not supported by mainstream neuroscientists. He appeals to quantum woo that he pulled out of his ass.

New comment by Crito in "The Lucas-Penrose Argument about Gödel's Theorem (2012)"

Crito — Tue, 30 May 2017 15:52:40 +0000

> I know that he disagrees the human mind is bound by physical laws.

Last I heard, Penrose appeals to quantum woo to claim that the human mind isn't strictly algorithmic. But sources of quantum randomness isn't enough to push you into dualism, quantum shit is part of our physical universe and while there is no proof that the human mind critically exploits quantum phenomena for it's computation, we can certainly build machines that have RNGs exploiting quantum randomness.

New comment by Crito in "45000 years ago in Ethiopia humans built a paint workshop; used it for millennia"

Crito — Thu, 25 May 2017 17:11:01 +0000

>So, they are arguably the same species, though arguably not.

Nature has no respect for our discrete classifications.

New comment by Crito in "Helping a Million Developers Exit Vim"

Crito — Tue, 23 May 2017 22:37:56 +0000

Changing the subject? Oh, I'm sorry. I could have sworn I was replying to you saying:

>Many of us get dropped into vim by accident.

>> It's not just for programmers, though. Vim is perfect for all kinds of text editing, from composing email to editing configuration files.*

can be used for anything != should be used by everybody

>It is used by the general public.

Laughable.

New comment by Crito in "Helping a Million Developers Exit Vim"

Crito — Tue, 23 May 2017 18:12:10 +0000

That's your distro's problem, not vim's. There is no reason to fuck up vim just because distros are poorly configured.

New comment by Crito in "Helping a Million Developers Exit Vim"

Crito — Tue, 23 May 2017 18:05:59 +0000

If you took the modal interface away from vim, you wouldn't have vim anymore. If you don't want a modal interface, don't use vim.

You may as well expect Porsche to move the 911's engine to the front.

New comment by Crito in "Helping a Million Developers Exit Vim"

Crito — Tue, 23 May 2017 18:01:26 +0000

What interactive terminal programs exit using ^C? Nano doesn't, top doesn't. There is no standard for interactive terminal programs. Furthermore ^C doesn't fit with the rest of vim's control schema, so you wouldn't really be doing anybody any favors in the long run.

New comment by Crito in "Helping a Million Developers Exit Vim"

Crito — Tue, 23 May 2017 17:54:27 +0000

>they ended up in vim by accident.

Sounds like a distro problem.

New comment by Crito in "Helping a Million Developers Exit Vim"

Crito — Tue, 23 May 2017 17:53:25 +0000

Why solve a "problem" that no actual user of the software has? It's not an iphone, it isn't meant for use by the general public.

Use nano if that's what you want. There's no reason to fuck up vim for people who actually use it to help the people who don't.

New comment by Crito in "Uber gets sued over alleged ‘Hell’ program to track Lyft drivers"

Crito — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 23:43:15 +0000

Do society a favor and remove yourself from the industry.

New comment by Crito in "Is Facebook capable of adapting to the world it created?"

Crito — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 19:31:14 +0000

Zuck lacks more than just charisma. He lacks social competence. He'd be more like Jeb than Carson. He falls to pieces when he gets flustered, worse than most awkward autistic teenagers in front of a crowd of judgmental peers. Shit, Jeb might just make Zuck look smooth.

New comment by Crito in "Uber gets sued over alleged ‘Hell’ program to track Lyft drivers"

Crito — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 08:54:41 +0000

Wow, you're a real piece of work.

New comment by Crito in "Juicero's CEO responds"

Crito — Mon, 24 Apr 2017 20:54:46 +0000

Throw in some ice. Juice isn't rocket science, I'm sure you can figure this out if you really apply yourself...

New comment by Crito in "We’re dropping Google Ads"

Crito — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 04:55:13 +0000

>it'd be wrong to hire a dude to clip out all the ads

>hire

Well I'm not paying for my adblocker. What if this dude volunteers? What if I'm doing it for my family members? This isn't a hypothetical.

New comment by Crito in "We’re dropping Google Ads"

Crito — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 04:53:04 +0000

Here's a digital analogy for you. Suppose I:

1) Disable my ad blocker.

2) "Open Link in New Tab"

3) Wait for my browser to finish requesting that data from the server

4) Close the tab without ever looking at it.

Is that unethical? Is it unethical for me to decide I don't want to read a webpage after requesting it? Should the "open in new tab" feature always force a tab switch against my wishes, so ensure I'm not ripping off some website by requesting their data but not looking at their ads?

New comment by Crito in "We’re dropping Google Ads"

Crito — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 04:44:04 +0000

When I was a kid, my dad used to rip the advertisements out of magazines as soon as they came in the mail. That's a practice I've carried on, despite getting far few magazines these days... My family also used to mute the advertisements on TV, though I don't think any of us still watch it.

So when I see people claiming that adblockers are immoral, it always gives me a good chuckle. Is ripping the ads out of a magazine immoral too? Is the mute button on my remote a ethnical crime against poor hapless television companies?

New comment by Crito in "America's biggest new reading trend: obsessed with multitasking via audio books"

Crito — Sat, 08 Apr 2017 02:04:58 +0000

Wow, incredibly rude. What ever happened to HN civility?

New comment by Crito in "America's biggest new reading trend: obsessed with multitasking via audio books"

Crito — Fri, 07 Apr 2017 20:38:27 +0000

TTS is what I use. I picked up a used old kindle keyboard, one of the versions that still had the feature. I slip that into my jacket pocket when I go on walks. It's nice because you're not limited on selection. The robotic nature of the voice fades away after an hour or two of listening to it.

New comment by Crito in "America's biggest new reading trend: obsessed with multitasking via audio books"

Crito — Fri, 07 Apr 2017 20:32:55 +0000

Unless you're an unskilled driver, driving becomes "automatic" in much the same way that riding a bike does. When you ride a bike, are you concentrating on not falling over? Maybe for the first week or so that you're learning...

New comment by Crito in "Uber's experiment in behavioral science to subtly entice drivers"

Crito — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 03:50:07 +0000

That's a form of institutionalized hazing. Probably unethical, but I've seen behavioral science defenses of it.