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This convo reminds me of .. “my contention is that prior to the Revolutionary War, the economic modalities—especially in the southern colonies—could most aptly be characterized as agrarian pre-capital —"

https://genius.com/Good-will-hunting-good-will-hunting-bar-s...

lol


Any discussion of a model for consciousness that doesn't include Daniel Dennett's take is a bit lacking from the get go.


In an ideal world, maybe. In the US, where business mostly already owns government, this decision will further erode the little control citizens have over them.


A philosopher who appreciated engineering. RIP Daniel Dennett.


Another feature that make birds really remarkable, if not mistaken, is that they take in oxygen when they inhale AND exhale. Feathers are great, but a creature such as B6 still needs a lot of energy to fly for 10 days straight.


It's more that their respiratory system is kinda circular. When we exhale, there's still a bit of gas in our lungs, and that reduces how efficiently we can extract oxygen. But the oxygen extracting parts of a bird's lungs are more like a heatsink, with air rushing past it in a consistent direction, rather than back and forth.


Bird lungs have separate pipes for inflow and outflow, while mammals use the same pipe for both. Bird lungs are also relatively rigid, and they use separate air sacks to do the pumping


So human lungs are piston engines whereas bird lungs are turbojet engines.


It's interesting that mammal lungs are inefficient for the same reason two-stroke piston engines are.


I live in the New Jersey area where all of this happened. I wish someone could recall and mention the actual diner where UTF-8 was supposedly designed :-)


Corner Café in New Providence, New Jersey.

From Rob Pike’s blog: https://commandcenter.blogspot.com/2020/01/utf-8-turned-20-y...



This is awesome. Thank you!


> they fail the "normal human being" test

Hahah


This story will naturally separate the young Hacker News readers from the older ones .. lol


Wars between developed states, who can more easily afford this stuff, are gradually becoming (have become?) a thing of past, and thank goodness.


Go haters are in full display with this one. LOL

"go run" is yet another wonderful feature of an awesome language.


Maybe.

Now, go run.


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