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by SoftwareMaven 11y ago
Mark Ritter, who oversees scientists and engineers at IBM’s T.J. Watson Research Laboratory, wrote: "I believe we’re entering what will come to be seen as the golden age of quantum computing research." Golden age of quantum comp
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by SoftwareMaven 11y ago
It's a valid question, but most people I know (including my boys) identify far more with the guys on Big Bang Theory than Bruce Willis in Die Hard, and those guys are every negative archetype of maleness (sexist, unable to care for one
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by SoftwareMaven 11y ago
The demonization of all things male has had a pernicious effect on boys and men over the last 20 years. I've seen it negatively impact friends and, worse, my own boys. Oone of the best things I ever did was cut the live TV feed and the
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by SoftwareMaven 11y ago
It is completely outdated. Everybody today stores a very large amount of a their "papers and effects" online, storage that is provided by third parties. The transfer of those papers and effects brings more, unknown, third parties
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by SoftwareMaven 11y ago
It's all about "if somebody has something I don't, I'm worse off as a result". It's the same psychology that leads to people telling a lunch lady she can't make such good food because their kids' lu
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by SoftwareMaven 11y ago
Marlon Jones (the Deupty Fire Chief mentioned) had "a double-knee replacement in 2009 and had been dealing with chronic back pain since 2000. His three doctors prescribed different painkillers and muscle relaxers."[1] That was eno
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by SoftwareMaven 11y ago
According to the order of dismissal, the state admitted that it had “insufficient evidence to establish the culpable mental state of the Defendant beyond a reasonable doubt, and that dismissal prior to trial is in the interest of justice.”
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by SoftwareMaven 11y ago
Can somebody explain how a constitutional challenge could be dismissed under the pretext of "it was authorized by Congress"? Isn't the whole point of a constitutional challenge to address things illegal things authorized by t
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by SoftwareMaven 11y ago
It wasn't even like Sky and Skype are directly competing with one another (VoIP/Chat/Video over Ip Vs. Satellite TV). That's what I thought, too, until a co-worker corrected me. Sky does have phone service, though[1].
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by SoftwareMaven 11y ago
At least the headline wasn't, "He started SpaceX. What he did next made me want do dance."
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by SoftwareMaven 11y ago
Facebook and Reddit both have large communities of people centered around various illnesses and disabilities. Introducing yourself to groups like that (being genuine and engaged; not just a drive-by) can be a great way to get the word out.
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by SoftwareMaven 11y ago
Bollocks. Maintainable code is maintainable. Unmaintainable code is unmaintainable. In 20 years of writing software, I've dealt with Java code that was impossible to understand which made it painful make even simple changes, and I&#x27
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by SoftwareMaven 11y ago
If this was done by China, would TLS everywhere really have prevented them from performing this attack? Couldn't they perform a TLS MITM, spoofing Baidu to people outside the GFoC. They would have the ability to modify the DNS records
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by SoftwareMaven 11y ago
Yes, which, by itself, would not be a problem (of course, you would need to watch closely for conflicts of interest clouding the issue). No, the real problem is that the drug companies do not have to release all of the data associated wit
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by SoftwareMaven 11y ago
I think this would fall into the category of "picking up the dance". For some software, people don't want the performance to end, so they bring the performances to new stages, but, as soon as they stop actively "performi
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by SoftwareMaven 11y ago
All those tax dollars, bought for around $100M/year[1]. I wonder if they are seeing exponential returns on their lobbying investment, and that's why it went from $25M to $100M in less than a decade, or if it is an attempt to staun
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by SoftwareMaven 11y ago
I wouldn't be surprised if they are eventually replaced for a system that's more of a search than anything. There's no need to replace anything. Nobody[1] uses domain names any more to browse the web. That's what Googl
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by SoftwareMaven 12y ago
Those aren't costs I pay. Anything it costs Amazon is absolutely meaningless to me; I've already paid for it in my Prime membership, and I already brought up the point about the intangible costs.
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by SoftwareMaven 12y ago
This is the same reason I have a difficult time really worrying about waste production and energy use in my household[1]. Residential energy use amounts to between 10 and 15% of US energy use[2]; from what I remember, waste is about the sam
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by SoftwareMaven 12y ago
With Amazon Prime (required for this, at least for now), you pay one time per year and get free two-day shipping for the year (along with other benefits like Amazon's Netflix-like video service and free delivery of diapers/nappies
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by SoftwareMaven 12y ago
It sucks. I live right in between Provo and Salt Lake City, and I can't get it. sigh
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by SoftwareMaven 12y ago
For a private repo with just yourself, why not use BitBucket? You don't need any of the social features of Github in that case.
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by SoftwareMaven 12y ago
I'm very happy about this. I got to around chapter 85, but, due to the author's time constraints, I put it down at that point. I'll have to pick it up and start over. It is well worth the read.
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by SoftwareMaven 12y ago
So how do you handle a growing population size with an ever-shrinking job base? Do you force birth control on people who do not meet a certain level of financial independence? Do you take kids away from parents who lose that financial indep
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by SoftwareMaven 12y ago
The "evidence" provided was pretty weak, IMO. I think the last option, a basic living allowance, is something we, as a country, are going to have to come to terms with. As manufacturing continues to automate, even the low skill jo
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by SoftwareMaven 12y ago
It costs a lot to move, especially when you are unskilled and have no idea if you will be able to find employment wherever you end up. It is made worse when you are participating in any sort of social safety net because you don't know
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by SoftwareMaven 12y ago
We don't understand the brain well, and we understand how to make changes to it even less (at a very minimum, the blood-brain barrier makes things very difficult). As a result, all neurodegenerative diseases are extremely troublesome t
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by SoftwareMaven 12y ago
I think the initial tests would be computer models. Take models of how the earth's core and mantle work (or the Oort cloud) and intersect that with models of how dark matter is spread through the galaxy. Are there inputs where the mode
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by SoftwareMaven 12y ago
Which is probably why GCHQ was the one doing the actual hacking. NSA just got a share in the prize.
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by SoftwareMaven 12y ago
You don't own the copyright without a model release, but, in many (but not all circumstances), you can sue for renumeration if your likeness is used without your permission. With the exception of some work-for-hire scenarios, copyright

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