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by _red 10y ago
This hysteria exist mainly because most people are led to believes "genes" are something that they are not. They are not "blueprints" much less some sort of engineering document. More realistically, they are a simple lis
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Why is this website activating my microphone? (According to Microsnitch)(independent.co.uk)
1 points by _red 11y ago|0 comments
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by _red 11y ago
Exactly, for a company like Walmart, they know that (a) small competitors are not as efficient has they are, (b) small competitors will not able to invest in large scale capital projects to ameliorate wage increases (eg. robotics, self-chec
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by _red 11y ago
One quibble about RIM/BB. The thing is they didn't at all continue on their "business device" strategy, they got suckered into trying to match Apple - they tried going touchscreen crazy and it cost them their core market
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by _red 11y ago
One of the aspects rarely mentioned is: navigating public transit is hard. Have you ever tried to read a bus schedule? They are not the most user friendly documents and require some effort to parse correctly. Its certainly not something you
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by _red 11y ago
So laws which create artificial scarcity lead to an increase in prices. Wow, color me surprised.
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by _red 11y ago
Without miners there would be no certification of the blockchain. This is pretty much the central point of the technology. Calling them middlemen couldn't be more wrongheaded. Its like calling farmers "middlemen" because afte
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by _red 11y ago
True, but do you think that sort of analysis has stopped people from buying a Prius?
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by _red 11y ago
"Acidification" is a purposely alarmist term. (ie. oceans are turning to acid). The pH is slightly moving towards neutral from an alkaline base. I wonder if the continued use of this term by the "climate change industry"
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by _red 11y ago
Ma Bell? You are actually trying to use that as an example of a "free market created monopoly"?
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by _red 11y ago
Yes, trying to give any sort of nuanced answer to a reporter is almost hopeless. For instance if you say: "Plan ABC is good, however the specific concerns are X, Y, and Z. If care is not taken in how these issued are addressed it will
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by _red 11y ago
Corrupt regimes always get the intelligentsia on its side either via threat or in this case bribery.
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by _red 11y ago
Well its sorta self apparent. I mean, if she had signed away control of her streaming rights, how would she ever been able to "pull her songs" off of iTunes (or Spotify as she did the previous year). She would've been in viol
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by _red 11y ago
I agree. However a counter-point is that its quite possible that they are trying to pivot reddit into a mainstream site, and thus are more than willing to burn most of the current user base. They don't need/want hard-hitting quest
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Amazon Echo Released(amazon.com)
117 points by _red 11y ago|183 comments
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by _red 11y ago
Actually, you're wrong, she's not "whining after the fact" Taylor Swift did not agree to the contract. Hence why she is withholding her music. Unlike many other artist, she holds the right to negotiate her streaming co
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by _red 12y ago
Anecdotal. But when I was young I suffered from intense ear-aches. Eventually my Mom capitulated to my Grandmothers suggestion and put garlic cloves in olive oil and poured into my ear. Within a few hours of treatment those ear-aches would
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by _red 12y ago
What independently testable, reproducible effects can you ascribe to "hyperstring theory" or any other postulations of modern theoretical physics? Is even "big bang theory" (although imminently logical), actually testabl
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by _red 12y ago
I think you are misinterpreting what is meant by "force of consciousness", in that it doesn't necessarily imply an observer in the colloquial sense. Its not meant to imply any supernatural or otherwise mystical existence - no
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by _red 12y ago
This is known as the "von Neumann–Wigner interpretation" its not feel-good pseudo-science no matter how strange it may sound.
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by _red 12y ago
Its possible the confusion is not understanding what consciousness is. The common accepted notion is that reality is made of small pieces of matter (ie. atoms), which in turn when then combined sufficiently gives rise to consciousness. Ther
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by _red 12y ago
>after a number of suits prior to the act, built on flimsy evidence, the vaccine manufacturing business in the U.S. became unpalatable Thats a funny way to say "big pharma bribed politicians". Its amazing that the US was able t
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by _red 12y ago
No, its called I got the name of the Act wrong. Do you deny the primary point? That its illegal for you to sue vaccine makers?
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by _red 12y ago
Yes, the difference what year it was passed completely invalidates the point. Moreover, this is not about "can't sue in case of national emergency". You can't sue period. Other countries don't do this, why the US? T
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by _red 12y ago
You do know that vaccines makers have legal immunity, right? One of the little quirks of the Patriot Act was to make it impossible to sue vaccine makers -- which is exactly why since 2001 you've seen a proliferation of every grocery st
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by _red 12y ago
DMCA is more than copyright....its also about "Anti-circumvention", the idea that a supposed secure connection being circumvented. For HIPAA: What happens when you search google for your healthcare issue that they intercept? Since
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by _red 12y ago
Nice idea, but the final effect will be higher prices across the higher-ed system.
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by _red 12y ago
I agree, but I think "budget" is the wrong concept. It should've been "simple smartphone". 5 big buttons on the screen: (a) Phone, (b) Text / Email, (c) Music (d) Pictures, (e) Shop (each of those apps linked i
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by _red 12y ago
Seems like someone should instigate a class-action lawsuit against them for DCMA / HIPPA violations.
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by _red 12y ago
English does use tones: "Going to the store" (rising = question) "Going to the store" (flat or descending = statement)

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