JonSkeptic

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by JonSkeptic 13y ago
How long till we see the "SteamOS on Raspberry Pi" threads?
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by JonSkeptic 13y ago
>there's something to be said for everybody pitching in, even if just a little bit. I'm not sure how clicking links on youtube could ever, in any reality or worldview, be considered "pitching in" in any significant wa
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by JonSkeptic 13y ago
>"Our conclusion then is that life is continually arriving to Earth from space, life is not restricted to this planet and it almost certainly did not originate here." >"If life does continue to arrive from space then we
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by JonSkeptic 13y ago
That shouldn't stop you from finding it hilarious though.
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by JonSkeptic 13y ago
I agree with all of your post except the first sentence. I do not think this will be a popular post, but still I will try to articulate my disagreement in a readable manner. People seem to confuse 'rationality' with 'scientif
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by JonSkeptic 13y ago
>Even Facebook, that great time suck of FarmVille, not farmers, seems to have suffered a head injury and is now imagining itself as Mother Teresa. After reading the FB propaganda, that's a fair statement.
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by JonSkeptic 13y ago
>Anger spreads faster than joy on social networks. News like this really pisses me off.
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by JonSkeptic 13y ago
A progressive and long running iteration of bad decisions != set up to fail.
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by JonSkeptic 13y ago
>TL;DR: Detroit was set up to fail. ... The nation's 10th largest city was set up to fail? Did the Illuminati do this, or was it an inside job? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit
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by JonSkeptic 13y ago
>Detroit’s leaders engaged in a billion-dollar borrowing binge, created new taxes and failed to cut expenses when they needed to. Simultaneously, they gifted workers and retirees with generous bonuses. And under pressure from unions and,
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by JonSkeptic 13y ago
This is a really cool idea. Thank you for coding this.
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by JonSkeptic 13y ago
Microsoft: Commoditizing the shaft since 1975.
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by JonSkeptic 13y ago
The article is from Stanford, so I don't doubt it's legitimacy. That said, the title sounds like the most ridiculous collection of scientific buzz words. All they are missing is "big data" and it will be complete.
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by JonSkeptic 13y ago
My mustache grew two sizes just from reading that!
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by JonSkeptic 13y ago
I'm not sure the NSA can do a lot to restore trust, I think they just have to hope that most people forget about it.
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by JonSkeptic 13y ago
Half-jokingly, I will posit an alternative theory: The NSA is still the largest (has the most personnel), they just pay their people crap compared to CIA.
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by JonSkeptic 13y ago
>The company has managed to add some color to its technology. With those digital price tags, for instance, there will be a red e-ink option to help draw attention to sale items. I did not know that color had been a possibility with eInk
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by JonSkeptic 13y ago
Agreed. I think having more than two parties to choose from would resonate with many Americans. Currently we have only to choose between a douche and a turd. It would be nice to at least get different shades of douche and turd to pick, an
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by JonSkeptic 13y ago
I have a hard time believing the authenticity of this, I didn't even see one insult or curse word.
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by JonSkeptic 13y ago
If you bought TSLA stock last year or before, he may very well be your financial messiah.
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by JonSkeptic 13y ago
Actually, rather than a violation of privacy, this may be a great victory for accountability. I say this because I do not believe that anyone expects privacy for an action that they perform within the sight of a cop: if a cop is there, you
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by JonSkeptic 13y ago
"While your car starts, please enjoy this ad."
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by JonSkeptic 13y ago
Some would argue the desire to censor is a disease of the mind. Or perhaps, a symptom of a mind plagued by fear of the unknown and shaken by the threat of new information.
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by JonSkeptic 13y ago
Tea isn't everyone's cup of .... nevermind
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by JonSkeptic 13y ago
After the above comments about phone sex and prostitution I found this comment made me smile =) So how much would you pay for just 1 hour of 'consultation' with a YC partner?
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by JonSkeptic 13y ago
>Inter alia the following conditions must be met: -Initial capital of 730.000 Euros -Management must be professionally qualified -A detailed business plan must be submitted -Capital adequacy standards must be met -AML mechanisms must be
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by JonSkeptic 13y ago
>The Federalist Papers were basically a propaganda effort to try to get the public to go along with the system. But the debates in the Constitutional Convention are much more revealing. And in fact the constitutional system was created o
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by JonSkeptic 13y ago
>Yet economic policies have changed little in response to one electoral defeat after another. The left has replaced the right; the right has ousted the left. Even the center-right trounced Communists (in Cyprus) – but the economic polici
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by JonSkeptic 13y ago
>The Story About Ping has earned a place on my bookshelf, right between Stevens' Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment, and my dog-eared copy of Dante's seminal work on MS Windows, Inferno. Who can read that passage on t
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by JonSkeptic 13y ago
I read the title and I think, "Obama says lots of things." http://www.politifact.com/personalities/barack-obama/

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