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by comstock 9y ago
It might help alter people's viewpoints more efffectively if you linked to debunking.
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by comstock 9y ago
It's a not unreasonable point of view. But it's worth noting that if this were the case we'd be deprived of almost all of Kafka's work, including The Trial. He requested these works be destroyed, unpublished after his de
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by comstock 9y ago
Right, but most academic institutions would hire lab technicians to do those jobs. Actually, you probably wouldn't even trust a PhD student or junior postdoc to setup lab equipment...
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by comstock 9y ago
According to this study: http://www.networkworld.com/article/2229029/data-center/comp... Which states that of all the energy used by a laptop (both during use and manufacture) manufacturing represents 70% of
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by comstock 9y ago
I'm trying to be at least somewhat rational. A better way to respond, would be with data. However, you talk about letting the market decide. But what your asking for is the opposite of letting the market decide. Apple have decided, tha
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by comstock 9y ago
I was thinking about this, but I don't really think it's a good argument. Most Apple devices can already be securely erased, many laptops can easily have hard drives removed. I think the argument only works for totally non-functio
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by comstock 9y ago
It's not totally clear to me that shreding older models of MacBooks isn't the environmental sound thing to do. Laptops have become massively more efficient and consume significantly less electricity. It some cases it must be bette
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by comstock 10y ago
I've met someone who claimed he believed in the flat earth theory. I see no reason to believe he was misleading me. Not massively educated, not really interested in analytical games. I've met people who believed they could communi
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by comstock 10y ago
One per theory I have is that humans optimize for a certain amount of risk. If roads get safer (straighter, wider, slower?, better road markings) they pay less attention, meaning that risk ultimately remains the same. There is apparently so
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by comstock 10y ago
It would be interesting to hear the rest of the story as I guess it was registered eventually: https://www.whois.com/whois/fuck.com
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by comstock 10y ago
If you think it would be an interesting experience, or like the people, or think it's a fun problem it makes sense to take a pay cut. If you're thinking increased equity will compensate for reduced salary in the vast majority of c
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by comstock 10y ago
This is true. For many startups the technical issues are not even the most significant problem they face. It's more about marketing and business focus.
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by comstock 10y ago
Increasing equity is great, but in general my view is that increased equity does two things: 1. It compensates for the increased risk of working for a startup (you don't have as much runway as google, might fail to raise your next roun
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by comstock 10y ago
I think there's a general popular misunderstanding of the process of science as it is generally practiced. A single paper isn't as meaningful as you might think. It's more like an interesting blog post. You might use it as a
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by comstock 10y ago
Another idea: Split your data into ping packet sized chucks and throw them out on the Internet. Keep all your data bouncing around on the Internet and use that as your storage provider. Not really practical, but a neat idea. Saw in the exce
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by comstock 10y ago
Hmm I wonder only the better students apply for these kinds of job? Or perhaps your university is just good? :)
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by comstock 10y ago
Clearly copyright violation has an affect on all parties involved. But I don't understand your comment really. Law shouldn't reflect the will of a powerful minority, it should reflect what the population in general finds acceptabl
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by comstock 10y ago
Hmm I'd quite like to try drugs and am also quite discontent with life. To be frank, I think most people are discontent. It's the human condition. I see this on a personal level, but there seem to be some polls to back it up [0].
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by comstock 10y ago
I'm curious about this. If there was a public poll, my guess is that the public would be overwhelmingly against sending people to prison for copyright violation. There's some evidence to support this [0]. In fact, I think it'
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by comstock 10y ago
Right, but is there any way to enumerate the top 1%? Or a proxy for it.
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by comstock 10y ago
Technical eevblog FAQ on the feasibility: http://www.eevblog.com/forum/projects/the-ubeam-faq/
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by comstock 10y ago
Does anyone have a list that reflects this? It doesn't seem to be the case in the Forbes 400: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Forbe... But perhaps that's biased?