Hacker News: andi999

New comment by andi999 in "21st-century editors should keep their hands off of 20th-century books"

andi999 — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 20:37:44 +0000

Read my lips: Han. Shot. FIRST.

New comment by andi999 in "Learn enough C to survive"

andi999 — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 08:07:48 +0000

I am listening...

New comment by andi999 in "Learn enough C to survive"

andi999 — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 08:07:05 +0000

Thats interesting, are you saying there are serious people who claim that the wrongness of theft depends on the emotional frame (and havent been paid by russia over the last decades with the intention to subvert western society?)

New comment by andi999 in "Learn enough C to survive"

andi999 — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 08:03:28 +0000

Yes. If you use e. g. numerical libraries, and wonder what really does this algo do often you look at C. If you dig too deep then you look at fortran though...

New comment by andi999 in "Ask HN: Books that teach you to think"

andi999 — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 21:02:17 +0000

Serge Lang, Undergraduate Analysis.

New comment by andi999 in "AI better at creating fragrances than professional perfumers"

andi999 — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 20:51:42 +0000

A) define better

B) the article doesnt really say that

New comment by andi999 in "Chaos Computer Club saves the German healthcare system 400M Euros"

andi999 — Sat, 15 Oct 2022 10:04:27 +0000

Isnt the stereotype 'deutsche Gruendlichkeit' which is not efficiancy but thoroughness, which just mean that a few thousand pages need to be filled out, signed and countersigned for the 400 mill order.

New comment by andi999 in "‘The Socratic Method’ Review: Let Us Reason Together"

andi999 — Sun, 26 Jun 2022 19:59:42 +0000

Are you ever proven wrong as the questioner. The original method consist of extending the argument so far that at some point some contradiction will show up. Instead of blaming it on the extension then one claims victory and that the original statement was wrong.

New comment by andi999 in "Life is not short"

andi999 — Sun, 26 Jun 2022 18:35:37 +0000

In the sense that the whole is more than the sum of its parts? Of course!

New comment by andi999 in "Who is going to replace Google for us?"

andi999 — Sun, 26 Jun 2022 18:06:43 +0000

Lopsided economic system is not a problem, it is a feature.

New comment by andi999 in "Life is not short"

andi999 — Sun, 26 Jun 2022 17:15:14 +0000

Society can only give what it takes (from you and others).

New comment by andi999 in "Who is going to replace Google for us?"

andi999 — Sun, 26 Jun 2022 16:47:24 +0000

Na, just introduce a social safety net, like most of europe had for some time.

New comment by andi999 in "How do poor countries get rich?"

andi999 — Sun, 26 Jun 2022 15:42:40 +0000

Yes, but this was not asked for, isnt it. (especially since china was mentioned)

New comment by andi999 in "How do poor countries get rich?"

andi999 — Sun, 26 Jun 2022 15:26:25 +0000

Define western nations. Looking at the hdi (and experience), I think both countries qualify (of course they dont top it) . https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Development_Index

New comment by andi999 in "‘The Socratic Method’ Review: Let Us Reason Together"

andi999 — Sun, 26 Jun 2022 15:15:26 +0000

Well, any position becomes indefensible when the socratic method is applied to it. So it doesnt seem too useful.

New comment by andi999 in "How do poor countries get rich?"

andi999 — Sun, 26 Jun 2022 14:39:41 +0000

Malaysia and Thailand are also not poor anymore.

New comment by andi999 in "Why I still recommend Julia"

andi999 — Sun, 26 Jun 2022 06:33:48 +0000

What is your evidence? Especially machine learning is done a lot in industry and I think nobody has even heard of Julia outside academic circles.

New comment by andi999 in "What's wrong with wanting a “human in the loop”?"

andi999 — Sat, 25 Jun 2022 16:58:27 +0000

If you look at the promo videos of boston dynamics one can gauge the progress, which is not classified

New comment by andi999 in "What's wrong with wanting a “human in the loop”?"

andi999 — Sat, 25 Jun 2022 14:57:45 +0000

You need a human in the loop, otherwise there would be no legal recourse on war crimes.

New comment by andi999 in "What's wrong with wanting a “human in the loop”?"

andi999 — Sat, 25 Jun 2022 14:56:22 +0000

I think currently no other country is even close to the level of autonomous weapon systems the US is developing. An arms race where you are miles ahead cannot be used as a reason why you have tonrun faster.