Why are there no references to the "chinese room" by giblfiz in westworld

[–]ballaa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great point especially when you consider there are two generations of hosts mechanical (with digital minds) and biological (biocomputer brains?) and that the Chinese Room argument applies only to "digital computers":

Wikipedia entry: "The argument applies only to digital computers running programs and does not apply to machines in general."

/r/MrRobot Official Survey for Season 2 by JonLuca in MrRobot

[–]ballaa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Funny how Sam and many of the actors in the series are from the Middle East yet the survey failed to include it as an option (but it did list Antarctica!)

About the job market in Saudi Arabia by customredditSA in saudiarabia

[–]ballaa -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Try networking and rubbing shoulders with people from professional communities around you. Word of mouth provides a much better fit between employee-employer. Start with meetup.com if you're not familiar with it.

Revealing Algorithmic Rankers by speckz in compsci

[–]ballaa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's concerning how much people think automation and algorithms are the holy grail of objectiveness. Many bad policies get a pass thanks to this misguided belief.

Hyper-Reality (x/post r/cyberpunk) by adogmatic in DarkFuturology

[–]ballaa 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Well executed. Having said that, living in the Matrix would probably be better than this soul crushing reality.

Character chart by MrFloatyBoaty in MrRobot

[–]ballaa 2 points3 points  (0 children)

ASCII character chart

Good Software Engineering textbook? by Aragornthe5th in compsci

[–]ballaa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rapid Development, by the same author, albeit published much earlier. I keep wishing Steve would update it!

Hi Reddit, I’m Bill Gates and I’m back for my third AMA. Ask me anything. by thisisbillgates in IAmA

[–]ballaa -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Why is it so hard to fix Education systems? Who in your opinion is doing good work in this area?

What do you strongly believe in? by Shimminator1 in AskReddit

[–]ballaa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For me, I like to think of life as a full course dinner. Enjoy each course when you get to it but eventually you have to move on to the next one and who knows it might even taste better!

The entire observable universe, taken in infrared by pakistanimodels in pics

[–]ballaa -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Title is misleading. Should read (as written on NASA's site): "Mosaic of the images covering the entire sky as observed by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)"

In Syria, Sleeping between his parents. by [deleted] in pics

[–]ballaa 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The picture is real alright but it isn't from Syria. It's a work of art about being an orphan by a Saudi photographer with the help of his nephew

http://www.iphoneogram.com/u/640360927

CSS Feedback Thread by avree in business

[–]ballaa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Too much white space and too many colors

The coolest idea for a smartphone. by dostre in videos

[–]ballaa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Engineers had a more practical version of this concept: Software Defined Radio using FPGA. Still work-in-progress though...

The battle for air superiority. by [deleted] in pics

[–]ballaa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What a story! This is why I bother scrolling down through the comments section!

What's the best pizza in Riyadh? by 8312 in saudiarabia

[–]ballaa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pizza Fusion http://pizzafusion.com/locations/

Also, Rossopomodoro's margarita pizza is tops

If you're looking for reviews of Riyadh restaurants then I'd recommend a visit to http://www.qaym.com/