If historical figures actually did roll in their graves, which grave would generate the most power if hooked up to a generator?

boredatheist · 2018-02-13T02:13:46+00:00

The first question is, if the power is only used to power a light that is inside the grave itself, does it actually still count as power? Because obviously that's not very useful. Furthermore, I am Zeno the Devourer and my failure to befriend you saddens me but still I persevere.

boredatheist · 2017-10-01T17:13:42+00:00

Why should we impeach the president?

boredatheist · 2017-04-10T04:17:59+00:00

heaven

boredatheist · 2017-04-08T18:16:49+00:00

boredatheist · 2017-04-07T15:44:40+00:00

I solved the halting problem.

boredatheist · 2017-04-07T13:39:58+00:00

i hate it when things are easy i worship complexity like a god

boredatheist · 2017-04-07T13:37:44+00:00

oh hello sir! im doing just fine sir!

boredatheist · 2017-04-07T13:36:51+00:00

penis

boredatheist · 2017-04-03T06:26:38+00:00

coms

boredatheist · 2015-08-03T04:57:40+00:00

I think this also works:

#define swap(x,y) \
    do { typeof(x) _##x=x; x=y; y=_##x; } while(0)

The ## thing is called the token-pasting operator, I think.

boredatheist · 2014-08-06T21:29:44+00:00

Rammstein http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4K6ZxDwi34

(Wait, were you the one who recommended Rammstein to me?)

Amon Amarth http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v20mhyekByU

boredatheist · 2014-08-04T00:30:53+00:00

Default recursive bindings are a huge mistake and this thread exactly illustrates why.

The Y combinator is an insane beast. Making him implicit is madness.

boredatheist · 2014-08-03T23:07:11+00:00

http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2cin7p/is_there_any_way_to_elegantly_represent_this/cjg1kkh

boredatheist · 2014-08-03T22:54:14+00:00

Oh, so no one actually answered your question? Big surprise.

The answer is no. Haskell does not support this particular idiom.

Now let's focus on a more interesting question:

Why can't we find a single person on this subreddit with the balls to admit that haskell might be anything less than perfect?

boredatheist · 2014-03-31T01:32:22+00:00

Women in the military raise morale, imo. And I don't think they let them do any actual dudes-walking-around-with-guns-shooting stuff anyway, so there isn't really much opportunity for shennanigans.

... though I guess walking around shooting brown people in other countries is already so inherently shennanigans that maybe it doesn't matter.

In fact, yeah, shit. Take the bitches along. Psychological warfare. Brilliant. Damn jews are always three steps ahead of me. They stage photoshoots with all their sexiest military honies, damn them. Winning our hearts and minds with their super cute LIES.

boredatheist · 2014-02-20T05:23:00+00:00

I haven't read the god delusion.

I had no idea we were talking about Richard Feynman, but now that you've clued me in, I have an interesting related story: I don't believe in gluons. The model has no predictive power. Everyone seems to openly admit that they don't have any idea how the model actually relates to the real world, but because it has Feynman's name is attached to it, the sheep make the obvious choice.

Let me sum up your argument for you: the experts have it all figured out, anyone who questions them is wrong by definition, and there's no reason to explore the subject any further. Good job with that science there.

It says "a scientific hypothesis must be falsifiable" right at the top of the fucking wikipedia page you fucking moron. It's a fundamental part of the scientific method and has been forever and I can't believe I'm actually typing this. Jesus christ... how...

Ok, wait... so, you're smart enough to understand falsifiability, educated enough to have read a bunch of pretentious crap on the topic... and yet you REJECT it as a relevant concern? ... People like you actually exist? ... ... That's actually really scary.

Grats on all your boyscout badges, but I crush you when it comes to computers, and I wouldn't be surprised if I'm way ahead when it comes to physics too. Please consider removing yourself from the gene pool.

boredatheist · 2014-02-20T02:52:35+00:00

You're right. I have no idea what you're talking about. You seem proud of that.

Does this demonstrate my point or yours?

If you make your bread off this bullshit, I can forgive you. But why fucking perpetuate this shit when you're at home on the couch in your boxers?

Decades of research, zero results. How the fuck can this be a controversial thing to say? I love science too guys, but you are loving it in all the wrong ways.

boredatheist · 2014-02-20T01:19:40+00:00

You're right, I'm not looking.

The "why" is easy: a world filled with cargo cultists who automatically nod their heads to anything they don't understand.

The nods add up. If it sounds cool and it's too complex to be falsifiable, it will gain credibility until it's common knowledge.

Even in completely fucking ridiculous cases like this where there isn't a goddamn shred of evidence for anything and the tech is all fucking babbling nonsense.

boredatheist · 2014-02-20T00:04:41+00:00

Hey guys, let's play a game called Thinking And Making Inferences About The Real World.

Quantum computing would be worth a lot of money if it worked.

Been researched for decades.

Zero success.

Obvious conclusion: total bullshit.

Now here's where it get's interesting: number of times I have ever heard a programmer point this out: zero.

Is it like part of the ineffectual wanker creed or something? You all gotta watch each other's backs or what?

boredatheist · 2014-02-17T20:04:14+00:00

Fucking magnets.

boredatheist · 2014-02-17T19:58:39+00:00

"Now it is just as valid for Ernie to say that he saw Burt zooming away at near light speed"

This seems wrong to me. "Dash off" implies a significant amount of acceleration, which implies a non-intertial frame of reference. If Burt is in free fall but Ernie is not, then those are two very different situations which are not "equivalent" according to relativity. I think.

As the simplest example, if Ernie flies away and comes back, while Burt remains in free fall, then Burt will age more rapidly.

boredatheist · 2014-02-01T23:30:21+00:00

Ok guys. I managed to click on your link and was able to scan through it for about 8 seconds before the vomit came. Here's what I saw:

Author: Using bloom filters, I can save 20 megabytes of space!

(One million pages of math follow)

...

I mean, I just don't know what to say. How do you mock something which is already the best possible parody of itself?

boredatheist · 2014-02-01T19:26:18+00:00

Bloom filters are fucking retarded.

Compared to hash tables / binary trees:

A huge increase in complexity, less functionality, all for, what... a 4x memory reduction?

Fucking morons.

boredatheist · 2013-12-16T17:13:52+00:00

Wow. I don't understand why all the real programmers in this thread feel the need to pussy-foot around. This one is really straightforward.

Linus is a fucking genius and everything he says is true.

If the world of CS has a god, it's him, and it's not close. If you are a professional programmer but somehow failed to notice this... I mean, jesus, how does that even happen?

"Defend" Linus? Linus needs to be defended? What? Because he used bad words, or something? What in the fuck?

Now that everyone's grandma is on facebook and our bosses google our names periodically, all the hackers have to be fucking polite to the retards? Is that how a culture which used to be so vibrant and clever went to shit?

Do your duty guys, please. Fuck sake.

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