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   by asciimo 13y ago

   The quality of the beef isn't the point. http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/too-mu...
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   by asciimo 13y ago

   I sent an e-mail to that address as instructed and haven't received a response yet.
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   by asciimo 13y ago

   How much of that demo video was made with the product? 100% would really impress me.
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   by asciimo 13y ago

   Endoscopy, fertility treatments, and pregnancy assistance are consensual. Forced insemination is not.
5. 425.▲
   by asciimo 13y ago

   I just signed up and was placed near 12,000 in the queue. That's a surprisingly large number.
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   by asciimo 13y ago

   I disliked the narrator, too. They should get Jeff Bridges. He made me fall in love with batteries.
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   by asciimo 13y ago

   Thank you. Contributing to OSM will be much more gratifying than contributing to Google via Ingress was.
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   by asciimo 13y ago

   He's paraphrasing Alan Blinder's 1995 testimony in the context of the history of virtual currencies. It is more accurate to say, "In 1995, Alan Blinder stated that virtual currencies hold long-term promise, particularly if..
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   by asciimo 13y ago

   Are there any Android or iOS apps that allow the user to submit corrections to the OSM database?
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    by asciimo 13y ago

    I'm a Bitcoin believer but I feel a little embarrassed after reading this. I'm impressed that Marc Andreessen can get an entire Dealbook page to advertise a pet technology without any fact checking. (Is that the point of Dealbook
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    by asciimo 13y ago

    This article coincides perfectly with the online Stanford Crypto class that just started up: https://www.coursera.org/course/crypto We just covered the principles of good encryption, and this is a great exercise to wi
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    by asciimo 13y ago

    I'm not sure that PHP done like Java is "right."
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    by asciimo 13y ago

    The Bitcoin network doesn't require CEOs to burn jet fuel to visit their associates for catered meals; it doesn't require metal to be pressed into little discs, or trees to be pressed into little rectangles, and then distributed v
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    by asciimo 13y ago

    I feel like any one of those people on Hoarders when they must choose the first thing to let go of. Not pretty.
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    by asciimo 13y ago

    The link to BTC value comes from the author's speculation that miners will be willing to pay 90% of that value to mine it. So at $1000 USD, a miner will be willing to use $900 USD in energy. (Unless I missed something he completely i
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    by asciimo 13y ago

    I agree, and I remain skeptical that this is a trivial or common hack: > But researchers figured out how to reprogram the chip inside the camera, known as a micro-controller, to defeat this security feature. Aren't Mac firmware upda
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    by asciimo 13y ago

    This is one of the very rare HN contexts in which a comment like that is spot-on.
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    by asciimo 13y ago

    Putting ethical and philosophical issues front-and-center, absolutely. Why is this a difficult argument to make? It's our disease. It affects our bodies. If we want a cure then we should put our own skin in the game.
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    by asciimo 13y ago

    Thanks, Crito. I glad someone else sees the absurdity of drinking another animal's milk.
20. 440.▲
    by asciimo 13y ago

    Unfortunately, cow milk is only useful as a human beverage.
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    by asciimo 13y ago

    Are you saying that Steve Jobs died of a plant-based diet? Citation, please.
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    by asciimo 13y ago

    For some animals, killing is necessary for survival. For humans, it is optional. Arguably recreational.
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    by asciimo 13y ago

    You presuppose that torture is always willful. In the context of human-scale meat production, it seems unavoidable. Yet we accept this, as it is necessary for consumer demands. The employees of factory farm facilities may very well suffer
24. 444.▲
    by asciimo 13y ago

    If we have the right to kill, why don't we have the right to torture?
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    by asciimo 13y ago

    In case anyone didn't make it to the last paragraph, the bra device was a previous iteration. They have moved toward bracelets suitable for everyone. (Well, everyone with hands.) > Since conducting this research, the team has move
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    by asciimo 13y ago

    The metric of "legitimate transactions" is interesting, but I don't see an easy way of tracking it. http://coinmap.org/ tracks brick-and-mortar retailers that accept bitcoin. Maybe there should be an opt-in r
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    by asciimo 13y ago

    The HIV problem in humanized mice is such a difficult problem. Even if we overcome the technical challenges of mass-producing tiny condoms, and the logistical challenges of distributing them, mice simply do not use them. The cultural and e
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    by asciimo 13y ago

    I agree. Carmack's enthusiasm about this project is infectious. My heart rate increased at least 20 bpm by the end of that video, and I only understood fragments of what he was talking about.
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    by asciimo 13y ago

    Congratulations on your massive profit, and thank you for stimulating the Bitcoin economy! However, I think that you will eventually regret this decision.
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    by asciimo 13y ago

    I command-F'd for "music" but I see no hits. I think that the music in FTL is great, especially for coding. Here's a link to the FTL soundtrack and other great stuff by the artist, Ben Prunty: http://benprun