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  1. Re:Damn... on No More "Asperger's Syndrome" · · Score: 1

    You obviously don't understand genetics and seem to be part of the mentally unwell. Good luck.

  2. Re:Damn... on No More "Asperger's Syndrome" · · Score: 1
    The 'unwell' are a byproduct of the society that generates them, hence the reason different cultures have different diagnostic manuals.

    The 'unwell' will be with us as long as we have sick societies where other things are more important than health and happiness.

  3. Re:mutable state on Auto-threading Compiler Could Restore Moore's Law Gains · · Score: 1

    Ah, true. I'm used to Lisp so the pieces aren't all the same, I forgot to translate.

  4. Re:Did Zuckerberg ever have to get past HR? on Just Say No To College · · Score: 1
    'THEY' is not equivalent to "I".

    'Something' does not automatically equal outside of college/university, especially given the fact you are talking about people who went to university and have debt.

    What is it with USian's and their constant interpretation of everything as an attack on them and everything viewed as black and white opposites? That and the constant interpretations of statements made by a person as equating that persons beliefs?

    You totally missed the point, so maybe your education isn't something to be so proud of. Life is compromise, some people choose different priorities. Your answer to your life isn't the be all and end all for other people, because they have different priorities... being a stick in the mud not being one of them.

  5. Re:mutable state on Auto-threading Compiler Could Restore Moore's Law Gains · · Score: 1

    If a variable had only one meaning and one value it wouldn't be a variable, it would be a constant.

  6. Re:Or.. teach devs to use threading as appropriate on Auto-threading Compiler Could Restore Moore's Law Gains · · Score: 1
    I'm not sure there's much difference to the two approaches. In the Lisp case, the code is still being hand-optimized, it's just being put into the compiler where it belongs.

    Not sure if Lisp qualifies exclusively as a high level language. I'll dissassemble my functions all the time (it's built into the language) to see what assembly is being generated. If I wanted to, it's trivial to jump to the source where a compiler decision is made or a virtual operation defined and tweak it... not that I have.

    Lisp is high level when in the development stage, but you can pretty much get as close to the metal as you want.

  7. Re:mutable state on Auto-threading Compiler Could Restore Moore's Law Gains · · Score: 1

    Lisp looks horrible dressed like java.

  8. Re:Sorry, but... on McAfee Was Not Captured · · Score: 1
    um, learn to use google.

    Then learn that your lay understanding of paranoid schizophrenia has nothing to do with paranoid schizophrenia, well, at the very least nothing to indicate that in his blog that can't be confused with other diagnosis or just a geek under real stress. Have you ever been persecuted falsely by the government when you haven't done anything? It's not fun. Less so in less civilized countries.

  9. Re:Damn... on No More "Asperger's Syndrome" · · Score: 1
    No, I don't know where you're going with that. It's not necessary to distort the facts just to fit your viewpoint. Psychiatry is a specialization on top of a medical degree. At least in Canada that means 5 years of schooling AFTER a medical degree.

    Truth is always a more effective weapon than a lie or distortion, problem is, it's a two-edged sword. So you have to wield the proper truth. If you want to go after them, you use the most inconvenient truth for them. Mainly, studies have shown that on par, psychotherapy, drug therapy, psychology, and talking to a good listener, are all equally effective 'treatments'.

    It cuts both ways. Psychs are NEEDED in our society, because we've created a society where we can't be bothered to listen to each other or to talk to each other. One need only look at how many drugs a society takes just to cope with existence in that society to see how sick it is.

  10. Re:Did Zuckerberg ever have to get past HR? on Just Say No To College · · Score: 1

    Dude, are you baked? That sounded like Zippy's presentation of what I did over the summer holidays.

  11. Re:Great potential on Auto-threading Compiler Could Restore Moore's Law Gains · · Score: 1
    (with-parallel-tasks

    ((task-1 ....) (task-2 ....) ..task-n ....)))

    Making macros in Lisp to deal with setting up parallel tasks isn't too difficult. Maybe even use the map syntax:

    (map-pl #'task-command (list dataset-1 dataset-2 ...dataset-n) :key 'hourly)

  12. Re:No excuse? on No More "Asperger's Syndrome" · · Score: 1
    Sorry, wrong game. Notice I didn't write 'ENT?'. Given the context of Autism, the most logical use of NT would be for NeuroTypical.

    Actually, vortex and I were a lot alike, very similar style of interaction.

    However, here i'm playing the classic mirror foil. I mentionned a viewpoint that is diametrically opposed to his, yet exactly the same. Each feels the merit of their own viewpoint but really can't grasp the other and so views it with disdain (everyday human rationalization). The seeming opposition makes it feel oppressive. Here, your Muad'Dib quote is relevant, and really it's the only reason I'm explaining myself. I like the quote, i've never read Dune (i'm assuming), however the way I say it is "How you define yourself is how you divide yourself." My one sentence communicated all the same thing as your post and a bit more, it was just encoded for his viewpoint.

    As for the corner thing. It's a vague reference to an esoteric understanding of archetypal groupings. The simple explanation being wholeness leads to happiness and movement is the heart of change. ...ok, that last bit is transvision vamp, should be movement is life.

    And yes, you were butting in where you weren't needed. Then again, that's your predilection isn't it?

  13. Re:this is great news on Scientists Develop Sixty Day Bread · · Score: 1

    I'm being nice today. Reread what I wrote. Take it in context with the post I replied to.

  14. Re:Damn... on No More "Asperger's Syndrome" · · Score: 1
    You are the observer. Spirituality solved this years ago.

    Let us say that personality is a byproduct of tuning the human machine to a specific purpose and then leaving it frozen there.

    Growth is a continual expansive renewal of who we are. Is there a wrongness to the seed turning into the flower?

  15. Re:No excuse? on No More "Asperger's Syndrome" · · Score: 1
    What's so funny is it seems like you think I'm an extroverted NT.

    We would all be a lot happier if we didn't think we have to be confined to one corner of the world.

  16. Re:No excuse? on No More "Asperger's Syndrome" · · Score: 1
    I find it ironic that you think it's ironic. I'm interesting in communicating with outliers, a one to many approach is the only logical solution. In fact, I believe one to many should be the basis for all data communication. Nothing in my statement contradicts that.

    I said interaction. Just because someone else uses a construct it is not interaction with the creator of the construct. Furthermore, socialization has nothing to do with exchange of mental constructs, that's culture, it has to do with realizing and providing what humans need as physical entities and not detached minds.

    The cool thing about interaction is that it's all about patterns. Dance is a perfect example. Challenging and interacting with, maybe even changing a persons physical or emotional patterns is a heaven on par with mental patterns. You see, the real fun begins when you've attained enough mastery to understand your incompleteness.

  17. Re:Real bread goes stale after 1 day on Scientists Develop Sixty Day Bread · · Score: 1

    Context, idiot.

  18. Re:Sorry, but... on McAfee Was Not Captured · · Score: 1
    No, no, I expect that.

    I'm just not used to people actually reading the article or summary and being incapable of comprehending it. It's as if when they took down the 'News for Nerds' all the stupid people came flooding in.

  19. Re:this is great news on Scientists Develop Sixty Day Bread · · Score: 1
    FFS

    google? define:demulcent

  20. Re:Sorry, but... on McAfee Was Not Captured · · Score: 1
    um, the local and international news media?

    Next time, try reading all the words and then add in the comprehension step, it's vitally important.

  21. Re:Did Zuckerberg ever have to get past HR? on Just Say No To College · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Or maybe they think the present and doing something they enjoy is much more important than a dollar figure in the future?

  22. Re:I know how to do this on Scientists Develop Sixty Day Bread · · Score: 1
    Not all breads are the horrid stuff sold in the US. Energy sources are good for when you need energy, not when you sit on a fat ass all day long. Fermentation actually increases bio-availability in most cases and creates beneficial enzymes and bacteria.

    Didn't know monkeys cook and preserve their meats. btw, you know you're getting the wrong kind of salt with most bacon, eh?

  23. Re:this is great news on Scientists Develop Sixty Day Bread · · Score: 0
    Really? Like, seriously?

    Sigh, which damaged education system are you from? It comes from God ok. Got puts in the sugar when you don't.

    Here's a hint, you're an idiot. Tell me, what does something artificially refined like sugar have in common with starch/carbohydrates like, say, wheat? BTW, you can have sweet flat-breads, and you can have leavened flat breads as well. Go forth and learn more before you make more of a fool of yourself.

  24. Re:Change the definition, no more problem! on No More "Asperger's Syndrome" · · Score: 1
    This. ( look i've adopted a social custom)

    There's nothing more irritating to have somebody say 'oh, you're a natural' when I've spent over 3 decades trying to gain conscious control over individual muscles so that I can walk or sit without looking like and being a gimp.

  25. Re:No excuse? on No More "Asperger's Syndrome" · · Score: 1

    Some people find interacting with other humans more time-worthy than playing with theoretical constructs in your head alone.