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irvingprime (35)in #technology • 8 years ago
RE: Should Robots Be Programmed To Feel Pain?
Physical pain can be used to discourage unwanted activities. Emotional pain can help them learn empathy and keep them under control - or twist them into bitter monsters. With…
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irvingprime (35)in #generals • 8 years ago
RE: Generals of Napoleon (1) - DUROC - “The shadow of the Emperor”
An interesting man. It makes you wonder how Waterloo would have gone if Duroc had still been alive. What more can you tell us about him? Did he marry? Have children? How did his…
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irvingprime (35)in #science • 8 years ago
RE: How Autonomous cars will revolutionize the world
Governments like self-driving cars because they can be forced to obey traffic signs and police directives. However, without revenue from tickets, governments will go to a…
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irvingprime (35)in #life • 8 years ago
RE: The cafe where I write ...
A pen and paper? In my day we used a chisel on a good, honest, reliable clay tablet. You just don't know what you're missing with your new-fangled technology.
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irvingprime (35)in #story • 8 years ago
RE: IMPROMPTU HAIKU 2 (Reader Participation Requested)
You are absolutely correct about haiku helping to learn to "condense" expression. It is very good practice for distilling thoughts down.
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irvingprime (35)in #story • 8 years ago
RE: IMPROMPTU HAIKU 2 (Reader Participation Requested)
Sorry but I have to respectfully disagree. The restriction on syllable counts is largely a myth, probably caused by poor translation from the original Japanese. Instead of…
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irvingprime (35)in #news • 8 years ago
RE: Greek statues were ugly as hell, according to SCIENCE!
The interesting thing about those colors is that it makes you wonder if those were just artists' imagination or if they actually dressed like that?
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irvingprime (35)in #sci-fi • 8 years ago
RE: From Pen to Paper, From Paper to Reality: How Science Fiction Inspires Real Change
It seems to me that NASA has on a couple of occasions recruited science fiction writers to help them imagine what comes next. I always wanted to be in that league but I would…
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irvingprime (35)in #anarchism • 8 years ago
RE: Peaceful Revolution: A principled rebel
You missed the connection. Sorry for being unclear. When you say it is "based on confidence" you are incorrect. The Secret Service taking action to protect the integrity of the…
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irvingprime (35)in #anarchism • 8 years ago
RE: Peaceful Revolution: A principled rebel
Are you actually claiming that having armed people drag you away for forging USD is an illusion? I never knew illusions could be so dangerous!
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irvingprime (35)in #anarchism • 8 years ago
RE: Peaceful Revolution: A principled rebel
The only difference between these two notes ... is that one is backed by the full faith and credit of the United States government (for whatever that is worth) and if you try to…
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irvingprime (35)in #steemit • 8 years ago
RE: Using Machine Learning to Fight Plagiarism
There has been some research along these lines. Part of the problem of using machine learning to find someone's "writing fingerprint" is that you need enough of a corpus to train…
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irvingprime (35)in #comedy • 8 years ago
RE: My Comedy Bit - Henny Youngman Would Have Been On Steemit and Mad Fun Of All Of Us!
I think you meant Gary Shandling (not Handling). Damned autocorrect!
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irvingprime (35)in #story • 8 years ago
RE: Our friend and colleague patrol dog (Original story)
Mark is a beautiful dog. It should be noted that it probably takes as much training to make a good handler as for the dog. Thanks for sharing this!
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irvingprime (35)in #life • 8 years ago
RE: Order Is But An Illusion, Chaos Is All There Is
Incorrect. Order is a localized statistical anomaly. As conditions change, it degrades, creating the illusion that it is an illusion.
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irvingprime (35)in #poetry • 8 years ago
RE: To be a poet (#1 in a possibly infinite series)
Is that a good or bad wow?
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irvingprime (35)in #life • 8 years ago
RE: Free society and implementing a free economy
"We have been brainwashed to believe the South African rand is weaker than the US dollar. " Actually, the value of one currency relative to another is dictated by the same…
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irvingprime (35)in #life • 8 years ago
RE: Hyena Steals Soldiers flashlight in Ethiopia! The start of an unusual friendship...
In the documentaries, hyenas are usually shown running from lions or fighting over some carcass. The view is nothing like this! Thanks for sharing these interesting videos!
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irvingprime (35)in #ethereum • 8 years ago
RE: How I learnt to code Ethereum smart contracts
Thanks for sharing this. I read some blogs by a guy in Hong Kong (I think it was Hong Kong) who says one reason why Javascript is good for smart contracts is because it is…
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irvingprime (35)in #science • 8 years ago
RE: The glorious dawn of a post-scarcity world is arriving.
Taking into account the complete failure of current "Artificial Intelligence" (really it's just statistics), the amount of rice (the most common staple on Earth) needed to feed a…
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