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by Pitarou 10y ago
I think we’re about to see an increase in interest in deniable encryption. A simple solution is to have your encryption software automatically add a large garbage file inside every encrypted volume. When you have something to hide, replace
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by Pitarou 10y ago
There’s a huge conspiracy theory brewing about the mandatory rollout of smart meters. They’re going to absolutely freak out when they learn that Google’s Deep Mind will be watching them.
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by Pitarou 10y ago
> Einstein is only 160 I don't believe Einstein is ever recorded as having taken an IQ test. In any case, IQ scores quickly lose their meaning when you get to 160 or above. Try taking a physical fitness test designed to make fine di
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by Pitarou 10y ago
It's similar to storing energy by inflating a balloon. When you inflate a balloon, you are opposed by the tension in the skin of the balloon. You could then use that stored energy to do work if you wanted. E.g. you could make the infla
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by Pitarou 10y ago
What utter garbage. Not to put too fine a point on it, this isn’t a survey of the high IQ population; it’s a survey of high IQ losers. The sample is drawn from a high IQ club. You won’t find many Nobel laureates, brilliant engineers and so
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by Pitarou 10y ago
Nice idea. By the way, are you Scottish? I don't think they use the word "without" in that way anywhere else.
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by Pitarou 10y ago
Because combining low-level performance and high-level abstraction in the same language comes at the cost of a heavy cognitive burden.
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by Pitarou 10y ago
Yes, yours is one of the use cases where C++ really shines. You really do need that combination of low-level performance and high-level expression throughout your codebase.
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by Pitarou 10y ago
C++ is usually a premature optimisation. I would use it for something like the Unreal game engine, because I know that: - performance is important in much of the project - the problem is complex enough to require high level language constru
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by Pitarou 10y ago
There was the case of the goose that somehow synthesized gold, and excreted it in its eggs.
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by Pitarou 10y ago
Asimov being Asimov, he then went on to write a story about Shakespeare being summoned from the past to take a college course on his plays. He failed, of course.
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by Pitarou 10y ago
There's something I don't get. Can someone explain to me what prevents a tan-striped male mating with a tan-striped female?
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by Pitarou 10y ago
No, you misunderstood the article.
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by Pitarou 10y ago
You make a very good point. We are straining out the gnat and swallowing the camel.
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by Pitarou 10y ago
Your analogy is inappropriate. You know as well as I do that common ingredients such as flour and milk are regulated differently from novel ones.
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by Pitarou 10y ago
There are people who believe that market forces are the only product safety regulation we need. If that's your philosophy, we're clearly never going to agree. But if you DO believe that some level of consumer protection beyond hon
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by Pitarou 10y ago
I've tried to explain in another thread why I think Soylent should be regulated differently from other food products.
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by Pitarou 10y ago
I take your point about the class-action. I also take your point about human choice, as far as it goes, but I still think Soylent is a special case. If I eat ridiculous amounts of pesto and rupture my duodenum, nobody would hold the pesto p
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by Pitarou 10y ago
In business terms, a screw up like that would rank as far worse than a data security breach. If Tesco Bank can't negotiate an insurance policy properly, it's a wonder the organisation has survived for 19 years.
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by Pitarou 10y ago
Inexcusable. The only reason Soylent have gotten away with it for so long is that the FDA rules for this category of product haven't been written yet. A product shouldn't make people sick when used as intended. So if a product is
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by Pitarou 10y ago
The financial hit needn't be disastrous. One would have thought Tesco had insurance! Tesco's strategic response will be more about reputation, branding and customer relationships than about the direct profits they earn from their
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by Pitarou 10y ago
TalkTalk's recruitment drive is a good example. I would consider taking the £50, but I would make damn sure not to put ALL my funds in there.
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by Pitarou 10y ago
Not to mention: written by someone who doesn't haven't a clue about what they are writing about. I quote: > ... although conventional batteries have a slower recharging time, the fact that they maintain their charging capacity
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by Pitarou 10y ago
I think you're misinterpreting the comment.
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by Pitarou 10y ago
Nobody is disputing that. If you think they are, you have misunderstood the article.
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by Pitarou 10y ago
Well, I clicked on the link, and it just said, "You have to log in to view this article." Are you seriously suggesting I have to register with the New York Times before I'm permitted to share an opinion? (just kidding)
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by Pitarou 10y ago
This is an interesting find, but not at all surprising. At the time the coins were buried, Ryukyu (now called Okinawa) was not a part of Japan. Until the 19th century Ryukyu was a tributary of China, and at one time it was a regional trade
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by Pitarou 10y ago
I believe the video is mostly concealing one important fact: the resolution in the z-axis is very low. That's the only way to explain the fairly high-res images in the demo when there are only 2 million voxels. I'd guess the devic
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by Pitarou 10y ago
And a strong scent of techno-bullshit.
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by Pitarou 10y ago
trump (2) verb attempt to convince an audience by repeating an assertion many times

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