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11071.
by api 9y ago
Only if we're looking that way. Space is called space for a reason, and radiation diminishes with the square of distance. Light the big candle out by Uranus and Saturn and we'd probably not see it.
11072.
by api 9y ago
I find it quite silly when after having done science seriously for less than 200 years we think we understand all of physics, especially when our models clearly have gaping holes and contradictions. Nevertheless you don't even need new
11073.
by api 9y ago
It would be easy to hide such a vehicle. Just do your final deceleration burn in the outer solar system. The gravity of Jupiter or Saturn would be useful for an interstellar capture maneuver anyway. At that distance we'd be very unlike
11074.
by api 9y ago
Hot is consistent with artificial. The second law of thermodynamics says if you are using energy you must dissipate heat. As far as we know this would still apply even with some kind of hypothetical exotic propulsion system.
11075.
by api 9y ago
The most compelling sightings are by people like pilots, multiple witnesses, or are radar confirmed. Radar+visual rules out a ton of illusions. I too place little stock in random untrained people seeing lights in the sky or lenticular cloud
11076.
by api 9y ago
Part of the problem is all the crazy mythology around the subject. But strip that off and it has always seemed to me that there is an interesting residue of facts. It's not enough to prove anything but it's enough to be intriguing
11077.
by api 9y ago
We seem to have a totalitarian left that wants an intellectual monoculture vs. a totalitarian right that wants an ethnic and cultural monoculture. I've been rediscovering libertarian ideas lately and realizing in the process just how p
11078.
by api 9y ago
That's my position as well. People and private organizations are free to ignore or exclude speech but it should never be criminalized.
11079.
by api 9y ago
The business model of the Internet is surveillance and advertising. It's incredibly hard to resist. It seems like there's an infinite amount of money available if you're willing to surveil and sell out your users.
11080.
by api 9y ago
People keep confusing extreme disapproval of ideas with censorship. If you say "the Holocaust didn't happen!" and people decide that they don't want to be your friend anymore and private organizations like corporations
11081.
by api 9y ago
There's a deeper problem. Bitcoin is very deflationary and strictly limited in supply. What happens if Coinbase cannot obtain replacement bitcoins at a price near what the insurance pays out? They can refund in fiat of course, but that
11082.
by api 9y ago
To me the most important thing is that we equalize the relationship. Right now as Altman correctly describes we are taking a subservient relationship to attention hacking bots. This is being driven by the ad industry (and governments, etc.)
11083.
by api 9y ago
The trouble is that this is only partial de-regulation. All the regulations that protect incumbent monopoly ISPs from competition are still in place.
11084.
by api 9y ago
A lot of politicians go to Washington wanting to drain the swamp. They quickly discover that it isn't a swamp. It's a jacuzzi with free champaign.
11085.
by api 9y ago
No, nor will the next congress (likely Democratic or leaning that way) be prevented from passing laws that reinstate it at the legislative level.
11086.
by api 9y ago
Those things are part of the reaction I describe. The right is also creating its own enclaves. I would not be surprised to see the United States physically fragment and balkanize in the next 10-20 years. I get the sense that some on the har
11087.
by api 9y ago
At the meta level this is a symptom of the fact that the polarization of our culture is extremely deep. We are polarized on epistemology , metaphysics , and what it means to be human , with the left favoring various forms of scientific o
11088.
by api 9y ago
Would it be fair to say that not all their possible outcomes were doom and gloom but that the media seized on that because it gets the most attention? That being said... we do know that infinite exponential growth of an economy in a finit
11089.
by api 9y ago
Nobody, hence collapse.
11090.
by api 9y ago
It's hard to question cognitive biases without invoking said bias or over-correcting. "Stop falling for the gamblers' fallacy!" "Stop calling everything with a low probability of return gambling!"
11091.
by api 9y ago
I think you really nailed it. In mature economies it's no longer about creating anything but about extracting and concentrating value through financial instruments. That is so much easier. Real invention, design, and production are inc
11092.
by api 9y ago
There is a second benefit. Right now the crypto space is like the entry point of an MMORPG. Picture a bunch of dollars entering and then walking around and trying things. "What do I do here?" "How do I play?" Obviously i
11093.
by api 9y ago
"See look at that propulsion system! I told you they were f'ing crazy. Fire the engines again for another burn, quick. Let's get some distance before they figure out that you can create a quantum singularity and the whole sol
11094.
by api 9y ago
I've actually had a bit of luck with: "brew install sbagen" "sbagen /usr/local/share/sbagen/examples/focus/focus-03-a.sbg" (Linux packages exist too.) Don't expect anything hu
11095.
by api 9y ago
Side note but: I asked here if anyone's actually using an ICO project: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15901992 Didn't get much traction. :(
11096.
by api 9y ago
This is already possible using emscripten without too much effort. Emscripten JS is basically binary code. It's also been possible with Flash for over a decade, though fewer and fewer people have that installed.
11097.
by api 9y ago
If we detected radio signals I'd be all for a crash project to do so, possibly using NERVA or some similar kind of crazy propulsion system. A possible alien artifact would be absolutely worth the risk of launching a nuclear upper stage
11098.
Ask HN: Is anyone actually using an ICO project?
2 points by api 9y ago|1 comments
11099.
by api 9y ago
Those things are choices made by ARM device vendors. There are tons of open devices like the Raspberry Pi that use ARM processors, and x64 devices can be locked down just as effectively using TPM and system management controller features an
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ARM's dominance in smart phones is rooted in the 1980s(en.wikipedia.org)
3 points by api 9y ago|3 comments

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