IntronExon

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by IntronExon 9y ago
Now let’s just apply some regional filters there, so that skyrocketing benefits for a minority don’t play statistical games with the majority.
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by IntronExon 9y ago
Not what they’re signaling... https://www.38north.org/2018/03/yongbyon030518/ ...just what they’re selling. This is the usual cycle of trying to look good internally by squeezing concessions out of the rest o
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by IntronExon 9y ago
This sort of rhetoric is borderline insane, though. Yes, bad things happen even with tech. But they are typically far less dramatic than what happened before the tech. Oh totally, war was much less dramatic before atomic bombs. /s Ed
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by IntronExon 9y ago
The answer is obvious, but not easy or likely. If Google stood to lose their workforce as a result, this would not be happening. Of course people like comfort and money too much to do that, and they’ll tell themselves it’s not their respons
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by IntronExon 9y ago
...for some. It’s a bit less clear if you’re a kid mining cobalt in the DRC, right? The wonders of tech probably don’t matter to teen who is doxxed and bullied until they take their own life. Tech might not have improved the lives of people
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Satellite Lonks to Optimize European Airspace(bbc.com)
1 points by IntronExon 9y ago|0 comments
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Elon Musk Fans Targeted in Cryptocurrency Scam(bbc.com)
2 points by IntronExon 9y ago|0 comments
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The Story or the Internet as Told by Know Your Meme(theverge.com)
1 points by IntronExon 9y ago|0 comments
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One of US SOC’s Newest Spy Planes Are Hunting Terrorists in Libya(thedrive.com)
1 points by IntronExon 9y ago|0 comments
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by IntronExon 9y ago
Asteroid mining and orbital construction would require trillions in investment, and years of focused work by a number of institutions. As far as I can tell, Musk uses that rhetoric for PR, and it works. So far an electric car company and ro
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by IntronExon 9y ago
You're in pretty dangerous territory when you start to justify censorship because the right people are getting censored. Censors, be they government or not, never think they're censoring the wrong people, they always think they&#
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by IntronExon 9y ago
They do very little that want previously covered by other, better sources. As a bonus, I don’t have to sift through a mess for that information. Sadly, Ars has mostly become a sort of digest for tech/science. So for me, they’re not wor
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by IntronExon 9y ago
That first thread is a train wreck; here is a guy who has no idea what real accountability looks like. It’s kind of amusing when you consider Reddit’s broader ambitions, because someone like Spez is going to be first on the chopping block.
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by IntronExon 9y ago
A few years ago I would have thought Ars was worth it, but it has since slipped below the “worth my time” threshold, aka “not even for free.” I’m glad that they finally realized a significant portion of their audience use script and ad bloc
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China Tests Tiant Air Cleaner to Combat Smog(nature.com)
1 points by IntronExon 9y ago|0 comments
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Chemical Sleuthing Unravels Possible Path to Life’s Building Blocks in Space(eurekalert.org)
1 points by IntronExon 9y ago|0 comments
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by IntronExon 9y ago
Translation: They’re willing to see how much they can get for promising to do things they have no intention of ever doing.
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How a Tiny Wisconsin Island Became the World’s Biggest Consumer of Bitters(atlasobscura.com)
1 points by IntronExon 9y ago|0 comments
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by IntronExon 9y ago
Ever since I turned on “show dead” I’ve noticed that too. Of course the sheer volume of spam that’s intercepted thst way is impressive too. The mods are so responsive that I think on balance, it’s a very good sauce.
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by IntronExon 9y ago
I totally agree, and besides if it’s on Phys.org, they ripped it off someone else to begin with. By the way, your comment was dead again, you might want to email a mod?
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by IntronExon 9y ago
If he’s not incentivized by all of the high ideals he claims, plus $20 billion, then he’s broken.
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by IntronExon 9y ago
I’m not sure why, but your comment was dead, so I vouched for it. To your point, you’re right, but the title is still quite misleading and doesn’t have to be.
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Porn Check Critics Fear Data Breach(bbc.com)
1 points by IntronExon 9y ago|0 comments
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Tree Loss Pushing Beetles to the Brink(bbc.com)
1 points by IntronExon 9y ago|0 comments
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B-21 Raider Officially Heading to Edwards Air Force Base for Testing(thedrive.com)
1 points by IntronExon 9y ago|0 comments
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by IntronExon 9y ago
That sounds like both cases are a function of both aesthetics and the tech. I’m looking at my iPhone SE, and I’d kill for a notch in a bigger screen, that maintained the overall form factor of the existing phone. Right now about two finger-
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Ominous Biosecurity Trends Under Putin(nature.com)
4 points by IntronExon 9y ago|0 comments
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The Analgesic Effects of Dancing in Sync(improbable.com)
1 points by IntronExon 9y ago|0 comments
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New Giant Viruses Further Blur the Definition of Life(quantamagazine.org)
150 points by IntronExon 9y ago|105 comments
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by IntronExon 9y ago
It certainly changes it, although I’d be far more likely to compare this case with you giving me a car with instructions telling me to pick certain people up and drop them off at certain times, or you’ll take the car back.

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