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by cptaj 8y ago
The implications that any advanced civilization would have Dyson Spheres, that these are in any way detectable and overall that the civilization would be unwilling or incapable of hiding themselves; are entirely based on speculation as well
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by cptaj 8y ago
Hah, I do see one heck of a problem. Specially how he describes squatting in such a positive light. You're fucking stealing. Its not positive. Housing policy can be fixed without normalizing stealing.
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by cptaj 8y ago
Why is the future of housing always having less?
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by cptaj 8y ago
I wholeheardtedly agree. He should definitely focus on SpaceX. Lots of stuff to solve there. They need to optimize falcon 9 reusability (24hr turnaround is possible), get starlink up and running, Starship and booster development, ISRU devel
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by cptaj 8y ago
Love it
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This has nothing to do with cyber warfare. Its just pushing the envelope towards full censorship of the internet. They get the systems in place, they run drills to get the population used to the idea, then they close specific sectors, then
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by cptaj 8y ago
I'm a Venezuelan myself and while I haven't migrated yet, I have tons of friends who have. The claim is probably true but the timelines I've heard are more around the 3 weeks mark. I feel the point still stands though. Migrat
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by cptaj 8y ago
Definitely. Public funding should come with proper licensing restrictions that force open source.
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by cptaj 8y ago
There is definitely not enough evidence to be pretty sure every other celestial body is not an alien artifact. Just a few weeks ago New Horizons was doing a flyby of kuiper belt object Ultima Thule. Before the flyby, this object was merely
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by cptaj 8y ago
I'm with you on this one. Podcast ads usually are tasteful, non-invasive and moderately used. The trouble with the rest of the online ad space is that they destroy performance and are VERY invasive. Tracking and malware are serious iss
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by cptaj 8y ago
Its a meme. Started a few years ago.
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by cptaj 8y ago
Also C: Its a christmas movie if we all decide it is. If it becomes one more of the christmas-centric traditions, then it becomes a christmas movie.
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by cptaj 8y ago
I think he means the inevitable failure of all storage devices. They will eventually break down like anything. If they could be replaced, the machine would keep on living.
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by cptaj 8y ago
Which is a great way to do science
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by cptaj 8y ago
I agree that 90% of app should be written this way. I think the problem is that clients think of software development as something analogous to design or architecture. If we took a more utilitarian approach to software and a more expert-dr
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by cptaj 8y ago
>Americans don't want to do back-breaking manual labor for a living This makes me wonder... Autonomy is the biggest hurdle for these technologies and manual labor is the reason they are needed. Why aren't we meeting halfway and
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by cptaj 8y ago
I absolutely agree with you about infrastructure. Its definitely coming and will cover most use cases. But I do wonder how we're gonna cover that last mile. Adding hundreds of miles of range to an ICE car is hilariously simple, just a
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by cptaj 8y ago
Man, I read butthole and thought this was a totally different kind of project.
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by cptaj 8y ago
It all depends on execution. I'm sure they said the same thing about good old games trying to carve a niche in a steam world.
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by cptaj 8y ago
Its just 6 buses or so. This isn't challenging at all for government logistics. Heck, its peanuts for campaign event logistics. I really don't see any excuse. And even if it WAS somehow challenging, tough shit, man. The state is r
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by cptaj 8y ago
Am I the only one that doesnt really care about quality? I want cheaper flights and thats it.
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by cptaj 8y ago
They're testing the cart pulley system in space. Sure, the cable itself is the core technology needed for this, but you still have to work on the rest of it. These nanosats are a good, cheap way to move the TRL forward a bit.
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by cptaj 8y ago
I experimented with anki in law school one semester. I decided to feed all the concepts of my criminalistics class into the program and only study that way. The class contains a lot of procedures and tidbits you kinda have to memorize (It w
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by cptaj 8y ago
I live in Venezuela and I would say definitely beware of populist rhetoric and communists trying to change the world. I don't have a country anymore because people believed in that.
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by cptaj 8y ago
That gave me absolute chills. I can't help but think of a platform like that but international and for all jobs. Hellish reality.
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by cptaj 8y ago
And they should. We are fast approaching a world where all markets are walled-in by a few international companies. I've had clients of mine go under because Amazon decided to close their accounts and they depend on the platform to sell
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by cptaj 8y ago
Don't be too quick to call academics pedantic. You're probably missing some key facts of the argument that make the distinction relevant.
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by cptaj 8y ago
Does the permission model even work at this point? The vast majority of users just accept whatever the app asks for without a second thought. The rest is bullied by platform monopolies. There is very little real choice for users.
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by cptaj 8y ago
I disagree. It depends on where you draw the line and that is entirely subjective. For you, its when no textbooks are written, but for the purposes of this discussion I think it would be more useful to talk about fields that are not so main
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by cptaj 8y ago
On one hand you have free journals out there and on the other entertainment companies producing billions of dollars worth of content for less money charged to their consumers. These people spend 0 on content and their infrastructure is easi

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