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by dmfdmf 10y ago
This is an achievement.
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If you are interested in these issues a great book to read is called "Rare Earth:Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe" by Peter Ward and Donald Brownlee. They make a convincing argument (to me anyway) that bacteria and sim
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The left is in a full "smear Trump" mode now. The problem they have is anyone can do an Alphabet(tm) search and get the truth so smear campaigns don't work as well as they did in the past. Also, no matter how much they smear
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This won't go anywhere. First, Gawker is bankrupt after the ruling so they don't get to say where any money is spent and the trustee has a fiduciary responsibility to unwind or recapitalize the business and not fund vengeance laws
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Setting aside if this is true or not (and my gut feeling is that it is not), given the widespread impact of an AES or RSA crack what should one do with such knowledge? It seems irresponsible to just publish it and let the chips fall. On the
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Good luck with that.
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> maybe there isn't a need for consciousness? I absolutely agree with that and I guess my comment was not clear. It is common in AI discussions to see the (usually implicit) assumption that to create AI we have to create consciousne
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I know it feels like we are close to creating AI but it seems like nothing happens until there is a breakthrough in understanding mind/consciousness which seems farther away.
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> the thing about capitalism is that capitalism has no ideology I beg to differ. What is capitalism? http://www.amazon.com/Capitalism-Ideal-Ayn-Rand/dp/045114795... What is its ethical base? http:/&#x
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Who represents Capitalism in this country? No one.
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Step One: Define (and prove) a rational basis for morality.
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What is the proper function of government?
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Perfect. Thanks!
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> It also helps that I bought a membership in a gym 4 minutes from my house, leaving me no excuse for avoidance. Yeah, that is really nice... I once lived two blocks from a 24Hr Fatness and had no excuse not to go so that really helped.
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This is a decent list of recommended times for various actions requiring different mental and physical resources that wax and wan through out the day. But I think anyone paying attention to their productivity has found a similar pattern. Th
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So what sites have had their passwords dumped? If I'm not on any of those businesses/domains then I am not too worried about this but I'd like to see a list.
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When asked by a reporter why the tax agents raided Google he replied "Because that's were the money is".
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These are private companies so its NOT censorship. Only the govt can censor and the distinction is important because govt's can fine or jail you unlike private companies.
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LOL, "strawman". I don't think it means what you think it means. Don't think we didn't noticed that you ignored the fact that you misquoted Emerson.
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Here is a tip for those on a limited budget. Get an inexpensive telescope you can afford but can only see a few planets and the moon. Take it to a star party and set it up and aim it at a planet or the moon. Walk over to the other people wh
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"I was just joking" ...always the refrain of the scoundrel when called on their BS, at least in my experience. It is a strawman to imply that my position is that no one is allowed any contradiction or errors whatsoever. The issue
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> Only a Sith deals in absolutes. Isn't this an absolute? So you tend to disagree with yourself or do you make exceptions for self-contradiction?
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So if the Right says the sun rises in the East should I repudiate that because they say it too? The American intellectuals hate America and blame America regardless of the context. That is a fact and if you are honest you can discover that
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Do you mean the same anti-intellectual "right-wing" who thinks the USA should be a faith-based, Christian nation? You have me confused with somebody else and need to consider the fact that both the left and right are wrong.
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I have no problem with America bombing Japan with nuclear weapons. They (and Germany) deserved what they got, they started a world war and we finished it. All this American angst and apologia is coming from the anti-American intellectuals
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>...but we're better off believing in it anyway. So we have a choice? All attacks on free will are forms of self-contradiction.
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Self contradiction is a dangerous drug.
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Interesting side note. In a previous life back in the 90's, I worked in the (civilian) nuclear power industry. I came across some old company reports from the 80's for selling nuclear reactors to Saudi Arabia for desalination and
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> The authorities also said that it's not a violation of the man's Fifth Amendment right against compelled self incrimination because it's a "foregone conclusion" that illegal porn is on the drives, and that he i
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> The simplest resolution to the grandfather paradox is blah, blah, blah... The simplest resolution to the grandfather paradox is that time travel is impossible. Full stop, paradox solved. No need for quantum theories. Just because we ca

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