Hacker News: dtby

New comment by dtby in "Wikileaks Founder: Facebook is the most appalling spy machine ever invented"

dtby — Mon, 02 May 2011 15:10:16 +0000

It's exceptionally unclear why people executes their down votes. I consider it worth my while to point out: "No you're not crazy, this really is as pointless as you think."

If it seemed like I care about getting down voted, I assure that's only ancillary.

CouchDB-OCaml

dtby — Mon, 02 May 2011 14:57:12 +0000

Article URL: http://www.nicollet.net/2011/04/2367/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2506463

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by dtby in "Wikileaks Founder: Facebook is the most appalling spy machine ever invented"

dtby — Mon, 02 May 2011 14:26:11 +0000

I didn't explain why it was (demonstrably) summarily unhelpful because I assumed it was clear to anyone with a basis in logic, without even a nod to the fact that I happen to know how it works in practice beyond the theory.

In case anyone happens to continue to be confused: see, also: No true Scotsman.

New comment by dtby in "Wikileaks Founder: Facebook is the most appalling spy machine ever invented"

dtby — Mon, 02 May 2011 14:08:04 +0000

No worries. I thought the Planet without Laughter was particularly entertaining.

It's also amusing in its own way to watch my comments get voted down.

I have, undoubtedly played more +EV games versus a casino than anyone on this site. (And, yes, I will bet on that, too!) But some sort of egalitarian sense of correctness has driven the "value" of my comments below yours.

I cared enough to make a 2nd (and now third) comment about it, but really, I don't care. So that kinda sucks.

New comment by dtby in "Wikileaks Founder: Facebook is the most appalling spy machine ever invented"

dtby — Mon, 02 May 2011 13:50:25 +0000

Hey, neat. Yet another comment where I am a demonstrable expert and I get voted to Hell like a moron. Feel free to get this one to -44, except that you can't tell any more where it lives. Best to down vote if you're unsure.

New comment by dtby in "Wikileaks Founder: Facebook is the most appalling spy machine ever invented"

dtby — Mon, 02 May 2011 13:41:32 +0000

How clever. The intent was more than apparent.

New comment by dtby in "Hacker News Analysis"

dtby — Mon, 02 May 2011 13:31:06 +0000

Also, in case it was unclear to any still reading, Democracy is for suckers.

New comment by dtby in "Wikileaks Founder: Facebook is the most appalling spy machine ever invented"

dtby — Mon, 02 May 2011 13:27:08 +0000

This comment is completely unhelpful.

JVM Concurrency and Actors with GPars

dtby — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 11:24:26 +0000

Article URL: http://drdobbs.com/high-performance-computing/229402193

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2500422

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Quincy and Scheduling in Dryad

dtby — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 05:02:27 +0000

Article URL: http://ndolgov.blogspot.com/2011/04/quincy-and-scheduling-in-dryad.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2492221

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Progamming is "Pointless"

dtby — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 09:13:32 +0000

Article URL: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ashleyf/archive/2011/04/21/programming-is-pointless.aspx

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2478559

Points: 6

# Comments: 0

Monoids for Maybe

dtby — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 11:57:41 +0000

Article URL: http://byorgey.wordpress.com/2011/04/18/monoids-for-maybe/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2476687

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Multimethods, Multiple Inheritance, Multiawesome

dtby — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 08:38:04 +0000

Article URL: http://journal.stuffwithstuff.com/2011/04/21/multimethods-multiple-inheritance-multiawesome/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2473572

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Tell Me a Story of Logic

dtby — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 09:11:55 +0000

Article URL: http://requestforlogic.blogspot.com/2011/04/tell-me-story-of-logic.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2469878

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Chasing Erlang: Profiling a Clojure library

dtby — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:51:56 +0000

Article URL: http://antoniogarrote.wordpress.com/2011/04/20/chasing-erlang-profiling-a-clojure-library/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2466818

Points: 23

# Comments: 0

New comment by dtby in "The Dangers of Relying on Facebook"

dtby — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:35:52 +0000

Like quanticle said, social networking.

My problem is that is not a real thing which can be monopolized. I promise I'm not being (intentionally) obtuse here. I don't understand which piece of an online offering requires Facebook. Maybe an example would help me.

New comment by dtby in "The Dangers of Relying on Facebook"

dtby — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:20:28 +0000

possibly because they've got a de facto monopoly for the time being

On what?

Curry-Howard for Non-Dummies – Part 1

dtby — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 03:58:00 +0000

Article URL: http://philosophymademanifest.blogspot.com/2011/04/curry-howard-for-non-dummies-part-1.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2457885

Points: 9

# Comments: 0

New comment by dtby in "What was the code quality of the initial version of Google?"

dtby — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 23:12:22 +0000

I just can't remember the name of it!

Sounds like you're talking about ThirdVoice, but I can't be certain.

New comment by dtby in "Poll HN: Is your startup equity split equally among founders?"

dtby — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 12:43:57 +0000

90% of startups fail, give or take.

You're going to need either a much firmer definition of startup or a much more defined range to make this have even the slightest bit of credibility.