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by bcook 11y ago
I think this could be applied to many encounters; dating seems to be the most obvious.
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by bcook 11y ago
Clarification: I said that somebody would notice, not that somebody would care. (fact vs emotion) Cite your source. I am skeptical by relying on the "six degrees of separation" theory... I literally know nobody who has ever known
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by bcook 11y ago
Most respectable people are reliable and have numerous responsibilities. If such a person disappears, people would notice... many people.
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by bcook 11y ago
He gave a 15 minute speech on reverse engineering, then spoke for 4 minutes about self-driving cars... In such a short time, what were you expecting him to achieve? (re: "social aspect of a ton of steel moving in public")
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by bcook 11y ago
Shouldn't software (or anything else) be made optimal for the majority of people that will use it? With common apps like web-browsers, email, & chat, pushing everyone to become an advanced user is nonsense.
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by bcook 11y ago
Eh... I'll take the good with the bad. I have massive respect for the guy.
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by bcook 11y ago
Can you share a few examples? Google seems to be leaning more toward "normal users" but I enjoy the software nonetheless. Are you sure you are the intended user? Catering to a different userbase might be their intent.
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by bcook 11y ago
Being outside does not preclude internet access... :)
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by bcook 11y ago
My concerns are the opposite. I'd rather see a few Nigerian scams get through than completely miss an old friend's email.
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by bcook 11y ago
So, you'd be interfacing with a virtual world of your virtual terminals which are running on a virtual machine in the real world? I just realized I had not really considered how many possible uses VR could have.
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by bcook 11y ago
His complaint seems just plain wrong... are these VR systems incapable of mirroring the image to a TV?
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by bcook 11y ago
What was your intended use of an Ubuntu tablet? Server-farm? Gaming? I am pretty excited, but it is Linux on a tablet , which is kinda the worst of the worst from a performance perspective. Hopefully this marks the beginning of an increa
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by bcook 11y ago
You could use Terminal Emulator and run the CLI ssh client. I know CyanogenMod includes "ssh". It's probably closed-source, but I use JuiceSSH and it is great. The Pro version has a cloud backup that makes SSH migration a bre
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by bcook 11y ago
The author is complaining on the behalf of those who could use more help (the 99%). Do you honestly think that 99.9% of people "do nothing"? This world-view is flawed and self-righteous. Anecdotally, I am from a small, southern US
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by bcook 11y ago
(Agreeing with mcphage) Regarding "openly"... it's kinda funny that we encourage people to keep their darker thoughts to themselves. Learning is harder when you do not know you are "different". So racism is OK if no
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by bcook 11y ago
A complex topic. I see your point, and I even agree... but where do we draw the line where someone's words now wholly condemn the person? In your final paragraph, replace the word "slavery" with "gay marriage" or &q
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by bcook 11y ago
Condemn what the man says, not the man. He may have some interesting or insightful things to say about other topics like Computer Science. I disagree with everyone on at least one topic... throw them all under the bus because of that?
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by bcook 11y ago
Purely for personal gain... can you explain your post? Are you saying she was surprised by the news' idiocy?
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by bcook 11y ago
Science never misleads... /s I guess my primary complaint is that the author assumes the ignorant masses can learn nothing useful from "Friends". Plenty of academians have had epiphanies during a break from studying/wo
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by bcook 11y ago
Would society be better if the majority read scientific journals? I don't know...
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by bcook 11y ago
The author needs to lighten up and pay more attention to the avenues of learning he prefers, rather than what he hates. I have never seen Kardashian's ass in a respected scientific journal. Related: https://xkcd.com/603
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by bcook 11y ago
My critique was regarding tools vs skills.
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by bcook 11y ago
Speaking from experience (locksmith), you cannot download the skills required to use a slim jim. Well, you kinda can, being that there are books/catalogs that show you where the lock's internal mechanism is, but being able to mani
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by bcook 11y ago
Wet team? (Are you referring to "wet-work", aka murder?)
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by bcook 11y ago
In 2010?
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by bcook 11y ago
Presuming that we are unaware of the NSA's capabilities, the answer must be "yes".
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by bcook 11y ago
They could just contact geohot... In some ways I suspect that the FBI's arguments are a smoke-screen to keep us from talking about the fact that unknown 0-days exist and perhaps the NSA even has a few.
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by bcook 11y ago
As someone who has been through many treatments, meetings, clinics, etc, regarding addiction, you are focusing on the wrong thing. Who cares what it is called... go get help first, any help, then worry about arguing about semantics later.
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by bcook 11y ago
Generic classes/treatments/therapy on addiction already exist. Marijuana has not been proven to be physically addictive like alcohol & heroin. Psychological addiction can happen with anything, so that is why I mention generic
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by bcook 11y ago
Looking at the bigger picture (if your intent is decreasing harm), I would work on limiting the alcohol advertising before trying to hinder the already limited marijuana advertising.

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