Jack Christopher

"Two old threads on HN about this: Ask Eliezer Yudkowsky: How did you convince the Gatekeeper to release the potentially genocidal AI?: http://news.ycombinator.com/item... My theory on Eliezer Yudkowsky's AI-Box Experimenthttp://news.ycombinator.com/item..." - Jack Christopher

"I criticize by creation, not by finding fault. - Michaelangelo From this HN thread on criticism: http://news.ycombinator.com/item..." - Jack Christopher

"Servers seem to be melting at the moment. Here's the Google cached version: http://74.125.47.132/search......" - Jack Christopher

"His criticism is more about what he sees as the blogosphere's negatives than about blogging in general. But I agree with it. There's immense pressure for people, particularly newbies, to do the kind of blogging he's talking about. In effect it's become an expected part of "playing the game" in the medium. Of course, you can ignore it. But you'll probably be ignored." - Jack Christopher

"Play it now. Here the Java Web Applet, that can also be downloaded: http://symbolaris.com/applet..." - Jack Christopher

"There's value in reimplementing the same idea a different way. Whether it's RSS-like or not, it could still potentially bring value." - Jack Christopher

"> mightn't the earth work better when it is warmer? The majority of history has seen a warmer earth. Warmer is more life-friendly. I just worry that we fail the transition. Here's a good argument for warming: http://timtyler.org/end_the..." - Jack Christopher

">Saying "I wrote an awesome program recently" ... makes people think your dishonest Not only that, but it's an insult to my intelligence. That's not a big deal, it's not something I appreciate either. To me, a self promotional sentence like that implies you think I can't evaluate your work myself. Apparently, you thought I had no thought of my own to add. I want to say subtly and civility is on the decline, particularly online. But I doubt it. But sometimes sure seems like it." - Jack Christopher

"There's a great (long) video about Linus and Linux history Watch the whole thing, but after the 40 minute mark is the best part: http://www.youtube.com/watch... In it someone asks (@55:00):"What editor and mail reader do you use?" "The editor is microemacs, the best editor ever made. And vi and GNU Emacs suck, suck." - Linus Torvalds" - Jack Christopher