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by Rod 16y ago
I am all for capitalism. But, frankly, Hayek was lightyears ahead of Rand in terms of making a strong case for capitalism and exposing the evils of socialism. Among Rand's followers we have people like Greenspan and Niederhoffer, both notor
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by Rod 16y ago
Please note: 1) I don't know who the folks at 37 signals are. Please refer to people that are widely known outside of your little bubble, please. 2) Writing a scientific paper is hard work. Writing a thesis is hard work. Writing a book is
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by Rod 16y ago
Ayn Rand was very successful at running a religious cult, I have to give her that, at least. However, despite all her love for the "productive people", I just can't think of her as one of the heroes her cult so worshipped. More to the point
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Unit 8200: the technology intel unit of the IDF's Intelligence Corps (2007)(forbes.com)
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An urgent letter to a top scientist(lettersofnote.com)
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Espionage, Cryptology and Psychological Operations(duke.edu)
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Yandex's School of Data Analysis (translate.google.com)
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by Rod 16y ago
If the (in)famous video leaked by Wikileaks showed U.S. servicemen following the ROE, why is that the Pentagon was so upset by its release? Generally speaking, U.S. citizens greatly romanticize war, and videos such as this one show the crud
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Struggle for Central Asian energy riches(news.bbc.co.uk)
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by Rod 16y ago
"I will never violate my own integrity by doing what Manning did and end up endangering more lives." Has it ever occurred to you that sacrificing some more lives is not necessarily a bad thing? As far as I know, the U.S. invasion of Iraq
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Julian Assange: the whistleblower [vid](sbs.com.au)
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by Rod 16y ago
Some more links on Bill Browder: Bill Browder at Stanford GSB (2009) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84MsRuC-1l8 An investment gets trapped in Kremlin’s vise (2008) http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/24/world/europe/24kremlin.htm The savage
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How to suppress truth: the rules of disinformation (1997)(whale.to)
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Technological aspects of Mossad operations (2001)(fas.org)
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by Rod 16y ago
LifeGem sells synthetic diamonds in the .20 to .99 carat range. Either your claim is wrong, or LifeGem are crooks,
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Best "Out of Office" Automatic Replies (2008)(daveduarte.co.za)
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by Rod 16y ago
1) I would pick no company because the SV is not a homogeneous habitat. You have capital-intensive startups founded by PhD's trying to capitalize on 20 years of research... and you have startups bootstrapped out of lunchmoney by a couple of
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by Rod 16y ago
1) since when is justin.tv representative of the SV? 2) if you don't see how minimum-wage laws, health and safety regulations, mandatory health insurance, union-friendly labor laws or environmental policies can hurt businesses, then it's be
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A closer look at Chernobyl, 24 years later(afterchernobyl.com)
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by Rod 16y ago
I am also from Portugal. After reading your post, I was wondering whether we lived in the same country. I suspect I am from a generation younger than yours, which may explain a lot. According to your rationale, oppressive regimes lead to in
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Economic Policy in the Information Age [pdf](eands.caltech.edu)
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Robert Lang on computer-aided origami(ted.com)
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Don Knuth: Computer-drawn Flowcharts (1963)(portal.acm.org)
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IBM Many Bills: a web based visualization of 2009 U.S. congressional legislation(manybills.researchlabs.ibm.com)
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Online Reputation Systems: how to design one that does what you need(sloanreview.mit.edu)
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by Rod 16y ago
Pledging allegiance to the flag of the United States is more of a ritual than anything else. Unless you're in the Military, it means very little. If a U.S. citizen can't break the umbilical cord with Uncle Sam, then he's not free at all.
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by Rod 16y ago
Since when are the citizens property of the state?
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by Rod 16y ago
If Chu-Carroll displayed some humility, I'd cut him some slack. He has become increasingly arrogant over the years. Financial contracts per se are amoral. Chu-Carroll claims that a naked CDS is immoral, which is ridiculous. He shows tha
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by Rod 16y ago
Mark Chu-Carroll, the self-important math blogger, keeps on writing on stuff he clearly has no clue about. Nothing has changed. Bankers are "evil". Bankers are "greedy". Yada yada yada. A lot of name-calling, but no content. Nothing to be l
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The Second Law of Organization(edge.org)
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