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by c3534l 8y ago
I see no problem with adjusting requirements, so long as standards remain high and it is fair and equally applied, to better suit the pool of people being taught. I think the more interesting takeaway is that it didn't actually work. T
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by c3534l 8y ago
I actually organize my creations by thinking about hardware architecture, too. To me, Factorio is just a pretty graphical CPU.
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by c3534l 8y ago
Even in film the convention is that if you're character is going back, standing in the way of another character moving the plot forward, or just feeling weak or uncertain, they should face the left. When was the last platformer you saw
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by c3534l 8y ago
Think of it as the difference between undergoing code review versus trying to find instances of malware and hacking on a person's computer. An auditor makes sure that when GE releases financial statements, it's the same kind of th
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by c3534l 8y ago
The whole idea behind journals is peer-review. That's very nearly a wikipedia-style open access system anyway. There's just not a great reason to keep chargind exhorbitant publishing fees when it's published online.
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by c3534l 8y ago
Reminds me of this Tom Scott video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i70wkxmumAw
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by c3534l 8y ago
A choice isn't a technology. You didn't invent anything, you made the right choice. Patents used in this way aren't rewarding invention or creative work which is being plagurized, they're rent-seeking. They're using
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by c3534l 8y ago
Is that really worse than bombing a vague area, hoping it has a lot of targets or the people you're after?
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by c3534l 9y ago
Borrow money isn't the right word. They're not creditors, they hold equity. They're the owners Musk is dismissing. The point of these calls is to make sure the executive officers are being held accountable to the owners of th
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by c3534l 9y ago
Call it hacker news style instead.
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by c3534l 9y ago
Exactly. They're abandoning the brand. Those in charge aren't changing jobs and industries.
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by c3534l 9y ago
There was an attack going around many years ago that was basically a spam email that had code embedded in it, which would hack your browser, causing you to send out more spam email when you logged into your account. I assume this is the sam
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by c3534l 9y ago
My mother went two years with a horrible stomach condition and couldn't get anyone to treat it until she wound up in the hospital and they were legally required to treat it. It was for exactly that reason: risky surgery looks bad, even
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by c3534l 9y ago
Companies can be fined for what they do overseas. A prime example is the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act which makes it possible to punish American companies for bribery overseas, even in countries where bribery isn't illegal or where th
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by c3534l 9y ago
No one will face prison for making these documents public in the first place, I'm sure.
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by c3534l 9y ago
Edit: later on in the article, it was stated that that wasn't the reason. Sorry.
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by c3534l 9y ago
This task seems particular well suited for Markov models because it actually is a Markov process underneath. Also, I don't know why, but I was particularly tickled by the sentence: > At the risk of anthropomorphizing a large table
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by c3534l 9y ago
Many programming languages have naming conventions which act as a sort of inflection. Classes may always be capitalized, whereas functions and methods not be. Constants might be written in all caps, while private variables might be preceded
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by c3534l 9y ago
"In the next 5 - 15 years" has become a trite phrase I've grown to distrust. Somehow, that timeline is never fulfilled. It seems to be the favorite of people who feel they're close to a technology, but still don't k
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by c3534l 9y ago
I don't have a problem with legitimate inquiries into crime, with probable cause, approved by an independent whose role is to safeguard against needless intrusions by the government. I don't believe in legally requiring code to be
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by c3534l 9y ago
I suppose it makes sense in weird way, since both Python and Rust have these features implemented in similar ways because it stems from more traditional functional programming. You could also compare Java to C++ on account of them both bein
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by c3534l 9y ago
That's nothing unique to legislation surrounding sex. Rebranding creationism to "intelligent design" and "teach the controversy" are great examples of disingenuous legislation attempting to create precedent and chip
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by c3534l 9y ago
I was expecting some real hightech spycraft and intrigue. Nope, the dude forgot turn on his VPN. Even well-funded state actors can be dumbasses.
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by c3534l 9y ago
I've heard similar frustrations from bug-hunters before. I don't know enough to side with anyone, but it would be nice if there were some kind of oversight body for this sort of thing, an independent third party that offered some
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by c3534l 9y ago
You realize the victims in that case is not Amazon, but customers and investors. Amazon still makes the same sales as before, it's just that your personal 401k is worth a little less now, and people who buy from Walmart get screwed.
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by c3534l 9y ago
Also, actual SEC filings. But fine, here's a paper: https://business.illinois.edu/accountancy/wp-content/uploads... I can't find it now, but I do recall the SEC itself putting the number of frauds they u
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by c3534l 9y ago
The counterpoint to that is Bernie Madoff, who was a big fish and careless and by the time he was caught there was an orgy of evidence against him. I think it has more to do with low-hanging fruit than anything else. That doesn't mean
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by c3534l 9y ago
I had to go through a bunch of SEC cases for an accounting project a while back. One thing stood out to me more than anything: the SEC goes after cases that are easy more than anything else. Multiple crimes committed with lots of evidence a
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by c3534l 9y ago
It's the difference between knowing you're hungry and knowing you will be hungry. I can tell you that if I drive a car far enough it will eventually run out of gas, so I should probably go to the gas station before a big trip. But
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by c3534l 9y ago
Even something like Civilization can be expressive and educational. I mean, I also loved Mortal Kombat as a kid, before my parents figured out it was a game where you could punch a man so hard you could pull his beating heart out of his che

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