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by benpbenp 14y ago
A fun thought experiment. Suppose someone invents a time machine that gives the correct price of all securities at all future points in time. 1) Would it be against current rules to trade on this information? 2) If someone did use this mach
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by benpbenp 14y ago
I'm imagining a completely modular hospital composed of detachable rooms and corridors made of fabric, such that each room can be torn down, hard boiled, and replaced after every patient/procedure/day. The same for corridors every week, ent
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Metamaterials perform image compression before light reaches the sensor(arstechnica.com)
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Genetic evidence suggests that, four millennia ago, Indians landed in Australia(economist.com)
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Europe and US agree details for Orion astronaut spacecraft(bbc.co.uk)
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Biggest Thing in Universe Found—Defies Scientific Theory(news.nationalgeographic.com)
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'Doomsday asteroid' Apophis much bigger than first thought(indianexpress.com)
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Dr. Nakamats, the Man With 3300 Patents to His Name(smithsonianmag.com)
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The Red Flags That Were Obvious — To Some — In the HP-Autonomy Deal(allthingsd.com)
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Jobs’s Spaceship-Like Apple Offices Completion Meets Delays(bloomberg.com)
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How Star Wars Nearly Destroyed George Lucas(tnr.com)
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by benpbenp 14y ago
Not meaning to open a "classic flamewar topic", but when you say, scientifically untenable positions about evolution, global warming, vaccinations/autism, abortion What is the scientifically untenable position about abortion? As far as I
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New York Times blocked by China after report on wealth of Wen Jiabao's family(guardian.co.uk)
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Wary Swiss Banks Shun Yanks(online.wsj.com)
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Facebook Shares Soar After Beating Estimates on Mobile(bloomberg.com)
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BT and Virgin Media oppose Birmingham broadband(bbc.co.uk)
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Microsoft Plans Large Volume Production of Surface(blogs.wsj.com)
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by benpbenp 14y ago
I agree that humans discuss consciousness and qualia because these things really exist. So yes, in my philosophical opinion, this is an effect of consciousness on the world. However, first, this phenomenon is not guaranteed to occur with al
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by benpbenp 14y ago
What are the effects of consciousness, exactly? Is there a procedure to determine whether a given human possesses consciousness as you yourself, do? Is there a procedure to determine whether an AI possesses consciousness as you yourself, do
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by benpbenp 14y ago
Or perhaps some eHarmony and LastFM employees used sensitive passwords for their LinkedIn accounts.
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by benpbenp 14y ago
I don't follow. If validation of the 5 day week implies the validation of the 4 day week, then... well, I am sure you see where this is going.
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Eduardo Saverin Renounced US Citizenship last year ahead of Facebook IPO(forbes.com)
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by benpbenp 15y ago
Here is a crazy theory that I don't necessarily subscribe to, but perhaps it is what you are looking for: They are doing this to crush the smallest players in the education business.
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by benpbenp 15y ago
I am more or less in agreement with you. However, (and although IANAL) I think it worth pointing out that your "best friend from high school" investment is probably fine under rule 505 of regulation D: http://www.sec.gov/answers/rule505.ht
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Steve Jobs Vowed to 'Destroy' Android(telegraph.co.uk)
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Regulators Raid Google Seoul Office(online.wsj.com)
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The genius who lives downstairs(guardian.co.uk)
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by benpbenp 15y ago
Couldn't they see patent reform as a way of avoiding having to spend billions more in the future? I suppose it depends on whether each company sees the patent game as a cost or a profit center.
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by benpbenp 15y ago
You may be surprised to learn there was debate on this topic from at least the high middle ages. A quick Google search found this write up, which seems to be a pretty good summary. http://vox-nova.com/2009/10/10/on-multiple-worlds-and-mult
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Google Acquires Over 1,000 IBM Patents in July(seobythesea.com)
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