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bagsvaerd70 commented on Steve Jobs on why Xerox failed m.youtube.com/watch?v=_1r... · Posted by u/tosh

MperorM · 7 years ago

Thanks, I'll make sure to read that. Generally I am greatly frustrated about how little I know about 'physical things'. Like all my effort has always been poured into philosophy, mathematics, economics, and computer science, never leaving any time to appreciate physics, chemistry and engineering. Just the title of that paper has three words I don't know what mean!

I moved to Copenhagen, but I guess that qualifies as the area :P

bagsvaerd70 · 7 years ago

It definitely does, a very nice area overall!

bagsvaerd70 commented on Ask HN: High-Quality Online Degree for Mathematics? · Posted by u/sreeramvenkat

bagsvaerd70 · 7 years ago

If you don't find any official degree online you can always stick to a bootcamp course that is similar to Harvard Math 55. It has had several forms. The most interesting ones being either Halmos + Rudin (plus many aids such as Gelbaum & Olmsted) or just Hubbard & Hubbard. Either way you will get a very solid introduction to mathematics that covers algebra and analysis, in a really rigorous way.

However, being a computer scientist I think a different approach to mathematics can be more enjoyable and also much more useful for many theoretical and practical developments that are yet to come. The downside is that materials are a lot less cohesive (any other references appreciated!). I'm talking about an approach with a focus on the foundations of mathematics, emphasizing logic, category theory and type theory.

Some links:

http://www.paultaylor.eu/~pt/prafm/

https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/computational+trinitarianism

https://softwarefoundations.cis.upenn.edu/

http://adam.chlipala.net/frap/

http://concrete-semantics.org/

bagsvaerd70 commented on Steve Jobs on why Xerox failed m.youtube.com/watch?v=_1r... · Posted by u/tosh

jf- · 7 years ago

We don’t, the latest commercial technology consists of disposable sensors that require a probe to penetrate the skin. Whoever brings something non-invasive (and reusable) to market will be raking it in whether they’re apple or not.

bagsvaerd70 · 7 years ago

PKVitality has a sensor array that is pretty much non-invasive: https://www.pkvitality.com/ktrack-glucose/

There's also an alternative using radiofrequency: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4641327/

bagsvaerd70 commented on Steve Jobs on why Xerox failed m.youtube.com/watch?v=_1r... · Posted by u/tosh

MperorM · 7 years ago

Could you provide a source on the last claim? I am generally quite skeptic whenever I hear anything in food science as being represented as well-established.

Also, love your username, I grew up there!

bagsvaerd70 · 7 years ago

Sure. This recent Nature Reviews Genetics paper should describe the basic associations between DNA methylation and glucose levels, as well as point you towards more specific literature:

http://173.239.45.5/~joshmitt/data-beta/Horvath-NatureRev201...

Bagsvaerd is great. I was living in the Lyngby-Naerum-Birkeroed-Farum area for many years, working in formal methods. I hope to be back soon! Are you still in the area?

bagsvaerd70 commented on Steve Jobs on why Xerox failed m.youtube.com/watch?v=_1r... · Posted by u/tosh

bjoko · 7 years ago

For Tim Cook it would be a good idea to take a closer look at this video...

bagsvaerd70 · 7 years ago

I'm not a big Apple fan. I've bought some of their laptops after the transition to Intel, but slowly switched away when macOS became less of a priority.

That said, I think Apple is sitting on top of another blockbuster, similar to the iPhone in terms of impact, if they know how to play it well. I'm referring to the Apple Watch equipped with a non-invasive glucose sensor.

I realize that they have a bit of a regulatory battle to fight before releasing it. But the potential is immense. It will change how people eat, not just diabetics. It's pretty well established science now that if we reduce the area under the glucose curve (read minimize glucose spikes), we will age more slowly and we will reduce metabolic disease enormously.

bagsvaerd70 commented on Letter from Tim Cook to Apple Investors apple.com/newsroom/2019/0... · Posted by u/minimaxir

wilkystyle · 7 years ago

For me, this is the #1 reason. Sure the Apple ecosystem is fantastic (lastpass on my iphone can prefill passwords on my apple TV!) and the level of polish and quality is high, but the one single solitary thing that would truly prevent me from moving to Chromebook or a pixel is the privacy aspect.

Apple has done well to make privacy one of their prime offerings.

bagsvaerd70 · 7 years ago

If you are willing to take total control of your mobile environment, Android can give you very good privacy. Arguably better than Apple.

Simply buy a Pixel (or any other device that supports AOSP). Build your own AOSP image (which is quite easy). And you are ready to go. Use applications from F-Droid only.

Admittedly it's not as straightforward as running your favorite Linux distro, and there are some caveats, but it's quite close.

bagsvaerd70 commented on Ask HN: What’s your plan in 2019? · Posted by u/sunasra

alphagrep12345 · 7 years ago

I am completely clueless and confused.

I’m 23 yr old working in a dead end job at Oracle. Each day of my work just makes me feel more drained and irrelevant. I’m unable to change company because of visa (I’m on l1). I am split between changing the team or leaving USA for London/India for good.

Leaving USA is a risky career proposition - which also pulls me towards doing a masters so that I can stay in US few more years and work on OPT without restrictions. However my friends who are currently pursuing masters are not getting jobs easily, which makes me wonder again. All these worries never give me enough time to pursue my dream of enterprenuership and starting up something seriously.

So many considerations, so many thoughts and a very confusing year ahead for me.

bagsvaerd70 · 7 years ago

Why don't you try a good MSc program, perhaps in Europe where you can find great places with free tuition?

bagsvaerd70 commented on How Facebook tracks you on Android [video] media.ccc.de/v/35c3-9941-... · Posted by u/gala8y

freedomben · 7 years ago

This 100%. It will also make your web experience a lot better because so much of the javascript out there just does things you don't want anyway, such as loading ads and displaying popups.

If you are a web developer or are familiar with web terminology like origins, domains, frames, XHR, etc on the web, and are willing to put in some time learning how to use it (15 mins for a seasoned web dev, maybe 30-60 mins otherwise) get uMatrix (https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix). It will change your life! If not, use ScriptBlock on Chrome or NoScript on Firefox. Block all scripts (and if using uMatrix, cookies, XHR, and frames) by default and whitelist as you go for sites you trust (or want to use bad enough to potentially open yourself up for tracking).

bagsvaerd70 · 7 years ago

Thanks. Care to share a uMatrix setup that reports a non-unique fingerprint on https://panopticlick.eff.org ?

bagsvaerd70 commented on How Facebook tracks you on Android [video] media.ccc.de/v/35c3-9941-... · Posted by u/gala8y

blfr · 7 years ago

While you make good points about mobile apps, don't be too spoiled by the privacy offered by destop browsers. Because of their configuration and various APIs, they're almost as easy to fingerprint as mobile devices with advertising IDs.

EFF has had a proof of concept online for quite a while https://panopticlick.eff.org/

And HN users are probably even more vulnerable since we will have customized our software making it stand out.

bagsvaerd70 · 7 years ago

Do you have a recommended setup to tackle fingerprinting?

I'm using a VPN + ublock origin + https everywhere + temporary containers + don't track me google + chameleon + canvas blocker + custom user.js (that disables e.g. webgl).

It's pretty good to address many tracking methods (e.g. cookies, IP) but fingerprinting is remarkably hard to prevent.

bagsvaerd70 commented on Ask HN: Where's the best place to work remotely? · Posted by u/MilnerRoute

bagsvaerd70 · 7 years ago

I love working remotely from a home office in some sunny spots of the Mediterranean. If you choose well, you can find cheap places with great weather all year round, quality food and very good services (including healthcare).

For me nothing beats a quiet home office as I need to do really deep work in probability & logic.