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by Smoosh 7y ago
This is what concerns me - either a tragedy of the commons as multiple companies and countries rush to be players in this market, or a monopoly for the first mover. I would prefer some sort of global co-operative effort with standards and o
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by Smoosh 7y ago
Yet, so many people have made plans for what they will do when they win the lottery.
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by Smoosh 7y ago
One could only hope that ICANN is one of the organisations so targeted.
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by Smoosh 7y ago
I have some spiked hard plastic balls which I think were intended for the dryer. They were about $5 for two from some chinese online retailer. I sometimes use them in the wash (with detergent) when I'm trying to clean particularly filt
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by Smoosh 7y ago
It's interesting then, that the new Peugeot 208 range has identical bodywork across the range regardless of whether they have electric, petrol or diesel drivetrains. Personally, I'm disappointed when a car isn't designed fro
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by Smoosh 7y ago
> Nothing is really secure anyway, except the stuff that matters. This is the key, I feel. Just enough CYA while still doing BAU (which includes security agencies snooping on people). Governments think they will be able to secure thei
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by Smoosh 7y ago
Beware the unintended consequences. Australia is still ruing the introduction of the cane toad, which was introduced to the country as a biological control mechanism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cane_toads_in_Australi
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by Smoosh 7y ago
> Hard to believe it's even the same author. I had the same thought when I read Zodiac, after first reading his later novels. It makes Snow Crash more clearly part of a progression.
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by Smoosh 7y ago
Zipline are already using small drones to deliver medicines in Africa: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/apr/25/m...
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by Smoosh 7y ago
> left wing ignorance Please don't be that guy.
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by Smoosh 7y ago
I think it is Sahara to the Amazon: https://www.wired.com/2015/02/sahara-keeps-amazon-green/
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by Smoosh 7y ago
What if we write a powerful AGI, but it just isn't interested in this problem?
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by Smoosh 7y ago
It is illegal in all of Australia, and also in: England Scotland Wales Italy Austria Switzerland Norway Sweden Ireland Denmark Finland Slovenia Brazil New Zealand Serbia Montenegro Macedonia Slovenia France Germany Bosnia Malta Netherlands
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by Smoosh 7y ago
Well, in the mainframe world, people don't typically measure in MIPS or FLOPS for day-to-day work. It's all about efficiency and throughput. We care about actual elapsed time, and resource consumption rather than some abstract ben
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by Smoosh 7y ago
I don't think it is "MOVE NEXT SENTENCE". The NEXT SENTENCE clause is part of an IF statement. COBOL is usually coded with every statement a sentence, terminated with a period. The exception is nested statements (such as IF
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by Smoosh 7y ago
Whatever happened to the plasma furnace for waste disposal touted a few years back? Here's an article I found on a quick search: https://www.wired.com/2012/01/ff_trashblaster/
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by Smoosh 7y ago
The tragedy of it is that we are technologically better placed than ever to make and mend items which will last a lifetime, and beyond, but consumerism and never-ending economic growth mean that instead we have planned obsolescence, and alm
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by Smoosh 7y ago
Humans are bad at distinguishing small but close from large but far away for abstract ideas like climate.
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by Smoosh 7y ago
Yeah, so I just completed an Australian Government security clearance application. After filling out the details online, they are downloaded on forms for you to print out, sign and have witnessed. You then scan and email those forms, with
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by Smoosh 7y ago
What concerns me is that I haven't seen any sort of dust filter on this box with high volume fans. That seems to be a recipe for rapidly dust-coated components.
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by Smoosh 7y ago
There may have been extenuating circumstances in the ZTE case: https://www.businessinsider.com.au/trump-zte-order-after-chi...
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by Smoosh 8y ago
There is also a risk that they will endanger the future of the entire "foldables" market by releasing a product which should still be in the prototype stage.
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by Smoosh 8y ago
Here in Australia they have 5 year unlimited km warranty.
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by Smoosh 8y ago
Could be. I've had emails from other services which were clearly fishing for me to respond to an account registration that was "accidentally" sent to my email address, probably hoping that I'd take on the account or see
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by Smoosh 8y ago
I keep getting SMS text messages from TikTok several times a week even though I have never used the service. They are in the format: [#][TikTok] 1234 is your verification code aBcDefGhij1 At first I assumed these were someone accidentally o
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by Smoosh 8y ago
Also, a complete lack of understanding of the problem and/or wilful ignoring of the effects of the proposed solution.
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by Smoosh 8y ago
How about this one? https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/5/15/17355202/t...
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by Smoosh 8y ago
There seems to be a very real danger that Facebook, powerful as it is, may decide that it needs to protect itself, and start doing political deals. I assume there's no need to spell out how dangerous this would be. https://w
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by Smoosh 9y ago
I like the term "shooting brake" - seems crazy today, but makes sense when you know the history.
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by Smoosh 9y ago
The President has no direct role in building a wall on the Mexican border. But I do believe he has some influence over the matter...

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