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by cam_l 12y ago
"strong anonymity tool and GPG" just thinking, the problem, it seems, is that end-to-end encryption is not really end-to-end. the user is the endpoint, not the computer. from a ux point of view, a dongle between screen / keyb
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by cam_l 12y ago
Touch can work with the right setup. Know a guy who sells bathroom mirror and splash back setups, along with custom android & Apple interface.. Works pretty well, looks amazing.
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by cam_l 13y ago
Most sensible response here. Google created a win-win relationship for advertisers and consumers where the consumer / seller relationships run in both directions.. with themselves in between. As long as they maintain a level of imparti
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by cam_l 13y ago
Yeah, that wood looked like stiff butter. I used to split ironbark logs to sell for firewood. Your aim had to be pretty accurate, first marking a groove with an axe and then a few good hits with a log splitter. If you hit a knot the bloody
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by cam_l 13y ago
broken clock etc..
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by cam_l 13y ago
fully agree. personally, I think this is an issue only because of cheap, crap architecture. open planning requires careful consideration, not just stuffing in as many seats as possible. look at the work of Herman Hertzberger, for instance..
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by cam_l 13y ago
> What's your business plan? Thanks, this is is a point I do not see expressed enough. Regulatory capture just one expression of a 'free market'. When you are a non-moral entity, free to do business however you want, you w
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by cam_l 13y ago
surely this would be technically feasible with a mechanism similar to a bearing [1] but with teeth on the inner and outer and cogs in place of the bearings (through which the shaft would pass)? the difficulty of course would be to tune the
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by cam_l 13y ago
I rather think the point is startlingly profound. Though at times it did read like a database dump (albeit a fascinating one), the intricacy of the background of theories and history is all in service to the ridiculousness of the plot. With
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by cam_l 13y ago
It's not like you have another life to hedge against. what sort of life have you led if you have never pushed or tried or taken a risk. is it riskier for your kids to grow up thinking life is playing it safe.
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by cam_l 13y ago
First off, thanks for replying. I don't really understand where you were going with your first paragraph. My point was there should be a damn good reason, and damn good protections, for the use of public data if it has the potential to
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by cam_l 13y ago
"a person with privileges, rights, and responsibilities" I don't actually think that privileges bear any relationship to rights or responsibilities. If you had suggested that their rights increase in line with their respons
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by cam_l 13y ago
"Food, clean water, and basic shelter have never been cheaper." Lack of these things are, and always have been, mere symptoms of powerlessness. And though nature played a larger part in this powerlessness in the past, it is largel
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by cam_l 13y ago
This is the crux of the matter. A world in which people have power over others, moreso where people want power over others, will always devolve into suffering. As per Lord Acton.. power corrupts.
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by cam_l 13y ago
It is funny though if you think about it. Of all the comments in this thread, i think you are the only one to pick up on the fact that NC was actually just making small talk. He obviously felt put on the spot when he had to enlarge on his i
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by cam_l 13y ago
Not deriding them , just deriding a particular point of view.. and doing so with humour. See above re: relativity.. plus I would note that the very definition of extremism means it is only relative insofar as it is a long way from everythi
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by cam_l 13y ago
This is not about truth or absolutes, relativity is just not relevant. It is simply that where the line between sarcastic or extremist points of view is indeterminable, they necessarily tend toward the facile and/or ridiculous - and th
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by cam_l 13y ago
Ha, I think I actually disagree with each of your points individually. But it is a persuasive argument, because the idea is always only as good as the outcome. Derision is not extremism, that is to bastardise the meaning of both words. If t
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by cam_l 13y ago
I would like to make an addendum to Poe's Law - a formal accepted response / solution to the dilemma. An extremist point of view should always be taken as sarcasm (or more accurately, as pisstake). Extremism should be derided as f
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by cam_l 13y ago
"seems to be rewarding deviousness" There is a common misalignment of values, between that which is 'practical' and that which is 'right'. You see this with arguments about such things as safe injecting rooms o
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by cam_l 13y ago
Good response to this article with, like, facts and that.. http://theconversation.com/its-not-even-debatable-saturated-...
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by cam_l 13y ago
Responsibility is not a binary proposition. And I would argue the moral paucity in the story is more of a 'death by a thousand cuts' sort of thing.
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by cam_l 13y ago
WTF? The term 'tragedy of the commons' was coined at the time of the biggest transfer of land from common ownership to private interests in the history of GB. It describes the very benefits the businessman in the OP describes - th
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by cam_l 13y ago
At what point, when you become aware of the results of your actions do you take responsibility for them? If you deliberately avoid determining the results of your actions, though you have the capacity to learn, are you still responsible?
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by cam_l 13y ago
ianap but loved the visualisation space imagined / implemented for excel calculation paths in this recent submission.. i wonder whether a similar idea (ie. for viz.. not replacing an editor) would have mileage here, or would it just be
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by cam_l 13y ago
I love walking around in the city. But by the time I get there I find all my money has been spent (fee) on transport, and I have to choose between window shopping (unpaid work) or jumping on another bus (client) and hope it goes past my ori
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by cam_l 13y ago
I always thought the reason capital gains are taxed (and more importantly, should be taxed higher) is that most capital gains are essentially rent-seeking in nature. As in, they add no further wealth to the system but through successively
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by cam_l 13y ago
Fair point. As a counter, I would say it is sometimes important to fully define something before you seek to implement it - particularly if that thing is subtle or complex or difficult to grasp. And often the person who defines something is
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by cam_l 13y ago
Sure, on the other hand pg could give a little more trust to the community and crowd-source a fix. Institute, for example, a flag and a vote on articles which have had a name change. Just spitballing, but if they did not meet a certain vote
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by cam_l 13y ago
http://imgur.com/3v3lj9E Here is a piece of tar being snapped in half.. it just makes sense, you know you like it. You can have this one.. its yours. If I were your designer-for-a-day, for 500 bucks i would do a few itera

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