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by cliffy 9y ago
There are adults who are illiterate and still resist the idea that they would be better off if they learned how to read. I agree there's a level of proficiency that, once reached, seems to be sufficient to tackle most reading challenge
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by cliffy 9y ago
Are you saying the current research argues against teaching children the ability to read at a young age? While forcing children to learn is not ideal, sometimes intrinsic motivation doesn't flourish in the individual naturally. How w
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by cliffy 9y ago
Can you unpack 2 for me? How can there only be finitely many axioms if NBG is 'equivalent' in proving power to ZFC?
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by cliffy 9y ago
"Most bare metal providers bill by the month." Maybe you mean dedicated hosting providers? Any provider letting you spin up bare-metal through an API almost certainly bills at much finer grain than monthly, although they may quote
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by cliffy 9y ago
How? 1. Lack of automated unit tests covering the code in question. 2. Lack of automated functional tests running through scenarios of setting up an encrypted volume with or without a hint. 3. Lack of strict review process for the disk util
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by cliffy 9y ago
The use of force to detain someone suspected of graffiti is disproportionate to the crime. Especially if the use of force could foresee-ably result in death.
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by cliffy 9y ago
Closed-source just ups the uncertainty about security. I'm not saying open source is a panacea, but I think in general it increases certainty about security to some extent.
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by cliffy 9y ago
Why do you say its unrealistic? Eugenics has been seriously considered in the past, and is likely to be seriously considered in the future. If genetic modification and control becomes 'easy' and relatively safe I don't see wh
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by cliffy 9y ago
That second paragraph makes it sound like you picked up some of those psychopathic tendencies. It doesn't seem healthy to play those types of games with people, as harmless as it may be. Yes, the reality of life is that it's not a
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by cliffy 9y ago
Can anyone who has actually read NKS comment on the value of its contents? I've seen a lot of criticism[0], most concerning being the lack of mathematical rigor in the work[1]. Seems damning considering the author's background in
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by cliffy 9y ago
If your job doesn't offer remote, then put ONSITE.
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by cliffy 9y ago
This is likely true, and I've actually been told that directly by a company's recruiter. They wanted me on-site to mentor and guide other developers. A good video chat system and IRC can substitute well enough though.
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by cliffy 9y ago
I've had really good experiences working from home, and awful ones too. It usually comes down to having a distributed-first mindset among the team and management. The ideal would be to have an office with a super short commute when I n
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by cliffy 10y ago
What is awful about: foo = [transform(bar) for bar in baz.list() if condition(bar)] ? Seems very readable and expressive. Or are you complaining about how they execute? Also \ used judiciously with proper indentation can break statem
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by cliffy 10y ago
Have there been any leaks showing TLAs using Intel's ME or AMD's PSP as a means to compromise a target?
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HyperNormalisation (2016) [video](thoughtmaybe.com)
301 points by cliffy 10y ago|136 comments
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by cliffy 10y ago
Civil penalties would be fair. Any criminal penalties, such as jail time, are insane.
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by cliffy 10y ago
I obtained my current position through a "Who's hiring" post, back from around the fall 2014 time frame. I currently work as a full-time remote software developer for Rackspace's OnMetal product ( https://www.r
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by cliffy 11y ago
Isn't it a bit naive to assume that companies don't share and aggregate data? Which internet search provider knows you're into hobby bonsai? You're 100% sure that data will never be shared?
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by cliffy 14y ago
You can replace their router with one of your own. On my ONT there are two ways of connecting to the Verizon service: 1) Ethernet. If you connect this way then running your own router is trivial, but by using Ethernet you lose some services
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by cliffy 17y ago
Yes, but if they determine punishment based on the value of 'goods' 'stolen', then hopefully they would get an accurate estimate of their value, not values inflated by law enforcement.
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by cliffy 17y ago
These are crashes occurring in the wild, on users machines.
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by cliffy 17y ago
You'd think that a self-professed hacker would know about password safes.
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by cliffy 18y ago
You could make it very onerous to move around the site even if you're logged in. For example, after every few links you follow you have to pass another Turing test. That would be completely unreasonable though. I think once a user is logged
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by cliffy 18y ago
Is there an equivalent utility for Windows?
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by cliffy 18y ago
Why is this being voted up? He advocates downloading Leopard from the pirate bay. The only 'Mac' thing about this computer is the OS and he recommends stealing it.
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by cliffy 18y ago
I thought he was saying the lesson he learned from signing up for all those email newsletters was that it was a waste of time and ended up clogging his inbox. He won't make the same mistake when using social networks like Facebook.
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by cliffy 18y ago
I recall a quote: 'Progress is made one death at a time.' but I can't remember who said it.
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by cliffy 18y ago
So do nuclear weapons I suppose.
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by cliffy 18y ago
I see this blog on here every so often and as soon as I get to the word 'adVenture' I just stop reading.

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