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by crystaln 9y ago
I've always thought Aubrey de Grey was a fountain of nonsense hiding behind complexity. He's like the nonsense research paper that gets published because it sounds smart and no one wants to admit they can't understand it.
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by crystaln 9y ago
Stating what happened is not blaming language. Characterizing the act as "unlucky" is excusing language, just as bad as blaming language. Assigning an error to mystical forces is unhelpful. Simply stating that the person entered t
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by crystaln 9y ago
Until password managers are ubiquitously integrated with mobile apps, we are forced to use the clipboard to transfer passwords. Unfortunately, any app can access the clipboard, revealing passwords. Copying passwords from 1password always fe
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by crystaln 9y ago
I'm still fine with this threat vector. The idea is to prevent casual intrusion, not premeditated intrusion. If I put my phone on the dinner table, no one is going to send text messages.
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by crystaln 9y ago
There are all sorts of reasons fingerprints are not a highly secure authentication mechanism. Just as there are all sorts of reasons passwords and other techniques are imperfect. Password entry can be observed. Chosen passwords are frequent
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by crystaln 10y ago
Turns out selling real things is good for business, that's why the black market is filled with real things.
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by crystaln 10y ago
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wikileaks released information the timing of which was clearly meant to influence the US elections in a very particular way. Secondly, Assange issued statements clearly indicating his intentions to harm Cli
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by crystaln 10y ago
Thiel is not supportung Trump because of Trump's racism and sexism. He is supporting Trump because of his policies and disruptive capacity. This is the difference between supporting a candidate and attributing everything a candidate do
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by crystaln 10y ago
Can you really look at the circus Assange is creating, and the way he plans to dribble out documents starting a month before an election, and conclude he is acting ethically and altruistically? No. Yes wikileaks has done very good things fo
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by crystaln 10y ago
Did I miss the part where they answer the question?
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by crystaln 10y ago
Yeah, I can't believe they didn't use responsive CSS in 1999. Such ignorance.
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by crystaln 10y ago
That's silly. "Simple" in this context is an entirely human construct. Matter and energy just are. They have no sense of their own complexity. If quantum effects exist, they are equally as accessible as macro-classical effect
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by crystaln 10y ago
Why would anyone ever assume that biology obeys an entirely artificial distinction between classical and quantum mechanics devised from human ignorance billions of years after evolution began?
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by crystaln 10y ago
Ethereum might have something to learn from the conclusion of the council which tried to establish illegality: no rules had been broken, the lottery was ill-devised. The winnings stand. Better luck next time.
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by crystaln 10y ago
This seems to violate yc and Paul Graham's general disdain for sarcasm.
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by crystaln 10y ago
Markets factor in growth.
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by crystaln 10y ago
Any information on the contract with Lockheed or the consequences of catastrophic failure?
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by crystaln 11y ago
Also the name of a popular silent disco company in San Francisco: https://www.facebook.com/ZEROdBsf/ Clearly not overlapping business though.
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by crystaln 11y ago
This is a great indicator that Paul Graham's oft displayed obliviousness to issues of morality and fairness in capitalism is being challenged within YC. Good news.
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by crystaln 11y ago
I imagine anyone writing these reviews from within the prison might anticipate them being read by prison staff, regardless of whether they were faxed to the prison.
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by crystaln 11y ago
What is a "state of matter" other than an emergent property of quantum behaviors? States of matter are merely a construction to simplify those behaviors, and there is nothing inherently flawed with viewing consciousness this way.
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by crystaln 11y ago
The idea that induced demand entirely compensates for new road capacity is ridiculous on its face. This would only be nearly the case if the road infrastructure is vastly behind what's needed. Even then, much of the newly accommodated
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by crystaln 11y ago
I'd happily pay $15 a month for a note taking application as powerful as Evernote, that was also more usable. Unfortunately, this does not address the core usability issues with Evernote.
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by crystaln 11y ago
Must have been very fun and rewarding. Are you suggesting this is how humans should live?
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by crystaln 11y ago
If you find out someone who has used your computer was involved in an act of terrorism, then delete evidence of their guilt, I'm not sure I understand why that would not be a crime. This guy was not prosecuted for deleting his browser
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by crystaln 11y ago
Without evidence to the contrary, let's stick with the most probable explanation: The device didn't work.
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by crystaln 11y ago
As long as you work on your own time, equipment, and ideas, why would this be a problem? Seems like an invalid limiting belief.
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by crystaln 11y ago
That, or AWS drives an enormous amount of internet and an even larger portion of startup services, and those here are very interested in what Amazon is launching.
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by crystaln 11y ago
Biotech? Nanotech? Transportation? Software? Information accessibility? Social technologies? Genetic engineering? Space travel? Artificial intelligence? We do a lot more than processors these days.
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by crystaln 11y ago
Perhaps we should call it all Big Bang energy. I agree this is silly. Harnessing the radiant energy of the sun is categorically different from converting wind or carbon into usable energy. Trying to group these into one category seems out o

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