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by cbs 14y ago
Because of that, peer disapproval already is not working in this environment; peers simply aren't disapproving. Yes, they are. Its just that any one isolated indecent of disapproval doesn't get much attention compared to incidents of scu
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by cbs 14y ago
Wherever that discussion shakes out, anybody who has ever been knows that DEFCON isn't exactly a conference. Sure there are talks, but kids don't run away from home to attend Black Hat Briefings.
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by cbs 14y ago
>Is defcon a conference or a party? Its a party with technical talks to listen to while you pre-game. Once the talks are over there are defcon sponsored concerts, a handful of events at the conference venue, and events aimed at defcon a
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by cbs 14y ago
Pies and cactus. Jackalope. If you read the above as anything other than a nuanced and well reasoned response thats your mistake, not mine.
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by cbs 14y ago
Actually, yes, it means exactly that. neilk incorrectly used a comparison operator to try and point out the logical fallacy known as affirming the consequent. But thats not what was said. At least thats what I think is happening here. I c
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by cbs 14y ago
But in dealing with language here, there are subtle differences in connotation between the two options. We're not dealing in language, formal symbols exist to remove the ambiguity of language. Plain and simple, the symbols used don't mean
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by cbs 14y ago
>I'm less sure that reading them specifically via git is a major revolution. You're very right. The hard part is knowing where to look in the documents, not where to go to find the documents. In a former life I spent a bit of time with
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by cbs 14y ago
>Don't ask any more questions - just try it out! Not even these question: Aren't we as tech people completely and utterly failing the world at large when the best possible response to this story is to turn on 2 factor auth on one of the
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by cbs 14y ago
>it's why it doesn't happen more often? It does. It happens all the time . Most victims don't have the luxury of writing a wired article about it and are stuck picking up the pieces on their own.
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by cbs 14y ago
Why are people discussing this for so long? Because it's fascinating. Its not the same old bullshit minutiae over-hyped as the latest and greatest thing, it's honestly a feat of human achievement. It means different things to different p
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by cbs 14y ago
What strikes me as interesting regarding Google's automated approach to community regulation is the effect of focusing on action rather than intent What's interesting about that? We're all guilty of putting action over intent. Look at A
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by cbs 14y ago
Hey kids, I hear your parent died? Great! You owe us 500 million dollars, get to work. Hey kids, I hear your parent died? Great! You get to keep half their of their shit that you did absolutely nothing to earn for yourself.
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by cbs 14y ago
But it’s the only place in the world where most rich people don’t really flaunt it. Also: If someone isn't flaunting their wealth, they're by definition blending in. How the hell is Arrington supposed to find the non-flaunters in the wor
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by cbs 14y ago
>This seems like very compelling content to me. Very compelling content, everyone knows here isn't the place to talk about it. You have to keep in mind, YC points to HN as the place to go show off for PG. It literally says that on the
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by cbs 14y ago
An article is critical of something the HN crowd tends to like. Why must the people giving this points come from reddit? Is anyone who questions the system not true enough of a Scotsman for you?
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by cbs 14y ago
Zed, I think you're making the same mistake I did when I started reading hacker news. Passion means willingness to work your hands to the bone for the startup. Nobody here actually gives a shit about the craft itself. The only aspect of a
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by cbs 15y ago
This comment could easily end up generating 50% of the comments here, while adding nothing new that hasn't been said before, just the same old accusations and defences. Would that really be signal? Or noise? And does this pompous letter f
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by cbs 15y ago
>Men should be allowed o have there shirts unbuttoned down to their chest because their chests are hot from all the hair? We can, and I do. There are very different showing-chest expectations from us, we can even show our nipples in no
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by cbs 15y ago
This is exactly how most websites using javascript feel to me.
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by cbs 15y ago
You know, the website that's popular this week. Thats all anybody uses anymore.
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by cbs 15y ago
I found the same thing, the whole article is incredibly weak. He asked with a sort of cocky, corporate assumption that I too was as appalled as he was at the blantant disregard for security [...] it was clear from the way he was talking ab
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by cbs 15y ago
>I'm sure they just include the voip servers on that list. That traffic is often provisioned totally separately (outside of your commit, possibly to a separate mac) But I don't use Comcast's VoIP service. And if they whitelist SIP traf
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by cbs 15y ago
>Your repeated emails and messages left for him obviously informed him. We’ll have to agree to disagree about what constitutes responsible journalism with respect to “trying to interview him.” Journalists are used to having to do real l
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by cbs 15y ago
My experience, in three parts: 1) JQuery scrolling this could be neat opens web page 2) OK, lets see this in action. Hits page down That seemed normal. Hits page down again Half the text of this part is outside the view port. Page do
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by cbs 15y ago
People seem to forget he is an idealist. If he thinks free software is the most important social issue of our time, don't be surprised his other beliefs flow from it. I think his role as an uncompromising figure is important to maintain t
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by cbs 15y ago
Then you have an existential problem kernel development won't help you solve.
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by cbs 15y ago
Do you have a message about that you're not articulating, or is this just some good 'ol pedantry?
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by cbs 15y ago
Its not like assistance tools don't exist, but by squishing all the information in an image into a smaller visual space that I can distinguish, it makes everything look worse. Which is fine because I only really need to be able to distingu
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by cbs 15y ago
Maybe, but how could we ever know ;) Unless you're the one defcon guy who's business card I've still held onto, with the hilariously vague job title of "scientist".
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by cbs 15y ago
It wasn't just two things that happened. I think he is saying that through the namelessness experiment, he gained the insight that made him decide not to pitch. It didn't physically stop him, but it was a necessary precursor.

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