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by Strshps1MoreTim 14y ago
Good think people like Isaac Newton (standing on the shoulders of giants) did not know about IP, or the humankind would still live in caves.
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by Strshps1MoreTim 14y ago
You can take any complex web site or app and say it has functions beyond some math theory. But just hacking around is often enough for a good enough solution.
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by Strshps1MoreTim 14y ago
I've talked with 50 or so US marines (used to live near a base), most of them grew without father for different reasons, usually jail.
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by Strshps1MoreTim 14y ago
I'd guess in those states there are not that many private prisons.
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by Strshps1MoreTim 14y ago
Facebook has money and time. Plus a few hundred of the very best engineers in the valley, that joined pre-IPO.
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by Strshps1MoreTim 14y ago
Not sure about that. A social network can collect a huge amount of information about a user and in the future with better algorithms offer very valuable ads. Helping the user to keep up with fashion, tech, etc. To keep your analogy, Faceboo
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by Strshps1MoreTim 14y ago
The so called anti-piracy groups are the real pirates - just a bunch of old, evil, filthy rich owners and CEOs, that would destroy the lives of countless young people without blinking. Every single successful civilization/culture/religion i
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by Strshps1MoreTim 14y ago
Marijuana is never gonna be legalized in US. The current private prison system, the ghettos, supplying soldiers (most with fathers in jail) for the military, etc. works too well for the elite to be messed with.
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by Strshps1MoreTim 14y ago
US and China politicians/government/bureaucrats are exactly the same, the more power they have, the less freedom is left for us - the people.
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by Strshps1MoreTim 14y ago
Hah, so naive. You're assuming the TV&Games owners and managers want people to be able to read. Which would just create competition for their products.
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by Strshps1MoreTim 14y ago
Or even (()) :D
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by Strshps1MoreTim 14y ago
Another factor is Opera's very low system requirements. In poorer countries people have less powerful hardware, not targeted by the big browser vendors.
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by Strshps1MoreTim 14y ago
Where to? What is a good discussion site similar to HN nowadays?
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by Strshps1MoreTim 14y ago
The income of the "unwashed masses" in the developed countries hasn't increased since the early 70s. Despite the new tech, that replaced rooms of typists and drawers, slow mail, accountants, etc. The profits from the increased productivity
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by Strshps1MoreTim 14y ago
The enormous increase in productivity since the early 70s (PCs, mobile, satellites, better batteries, etc.) have been cashed by the top 1% only.
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by Strshps1MoreTim 14y ago
In case you're afraid of real hacking ... FTFY ;-)
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by Strshps1MoreTim 14y ago
Interesting. Do you know why is that? Does it have anything to do with the Lisp roots of Amazon technical might?