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by dmfdmf 13y ago
Can a WinXP mode app in Win7 be safely isolated from the network, accessing local files only so it can't be exploited?
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by dmfdmf 13y ago
If you are trying to convince me of anything then you are assuming that I have the free will to change my mind.
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by dmfdmf 13y ago
Define "cognitive illusion" without using the concept of "free will". Thank you.
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by dmfdmf 13y ago
You are really just starting your life. You will be a completely different man at 32 than 22. Accept that you are unhappy right now but this is a temporary situation that you are willing to resolve. You have a job and presumably a place to
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by dmfdmf 13y ago
How old are you? Too young to be having a mid-life crisis but too old to be experiencing teenage angst, is my guess. There is hope and something I say may help you but really the only one that can save you is your self . My reply depends o
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by dmfdmf 13y ago
http://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2009/12/how_to_create_motivat... "How's that novel coming? Almost done, I'll bet" Sometimes you just have to damn the consequences and just decide.
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by dmfdmf 13y ago
I think there is an unfounded assumption that artificial intelligence implies self-awareness. I don't think that is necessarily the case and all the scary scenarios rest on that assumption. I can't recall who (and couldn't fi
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by dmfdmf 13y ago
The meaning is clear from the context as written. I did not respond to the legal ruling but to the article's quote of what the judge actually said. You make some valid and important points here and below, but they are more germane to t
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by dmfdmf 13y ago
> U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon found that the program appears to run afoul of the Fourth Amendment prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures. He also said the Justice Department had failed to demonstrate that collecting
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by dmfdmf 13y ago
Taking a wider view... it seems the politicians have not yet figured out that the Internet is a total game changer in terms of their ability to manage the political and social agenda, spin the "truth" and the events of the day in
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by dmfdmf 13y ago
If we commit suicide by destroying the constitution and the freedoms it embodies then the terrorist goal of destroying America is achieved. I see your point though, they would not deserve credit for our failure to stand up to an internal th
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by dmfdmf 13y ago
Translation: Trust us, we are the good guys. This blog post does nothing to answer the fundamental questions that the Snowden leaks have raised. This man basically argues that, with few exceptions, everyone that works for the NSA is a true
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by dmfdmf 13y ago
I agree with Nick Lothian in this comment buried far down the list. The drop in morale is not because of shame about spying on fellow citizens but Obama's lack of explicit political support for what they are doing. The implications of
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by dmfdmf 13y ago
Like a lot of people, Simon seems sincere in his concerns about America and our future. Unfortunately, most people's sincerity isn't deep enough for them to question their fundamental moral premises. I won't argue the case fo
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by dmfdmf 13y ago
Barring some exciting breakthrough in physics that gives us either a new energy source or high-efficiency solar and the ability to store it, eventually nuclear will come back. It is the only viable civilization-scale power source that can k
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by dmfdmf 13y ago
The best deals never even hit CL as they are usually dealt to someone else before the ad ever goes up. For the SF Bay Area, where rents are outrageous, house or apartment sharing is really the only way to cut your monthly rent. So get a pl
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by dmfdmf 13y ago
Some of us just happened to be discussing this topic here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6844885
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by dmfdmf 13y ago
I think FSF has an open-source axe to grind here and this happens to be an issue they can use to bash MS. I do think MS should be praised for improving security. However, don't forget Snowden's warning -- encryption does not help
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by dmfdmf 13y ago
> What you are talking about is actually the difference between two different notions of infinity: actual and potential. I think you identify these, but do not quite separate them as much as I believe you should. I agree, this is the cru
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by dmfdmf 13y ago
>... at least on my terms This was not a cop out as you portray but recognition that many people are not familiar with Aristole's position on infinity nor is it the popular view. I defined my terms and explained my position as to wh
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by dmfdmf 13y ago
> It's not a philosophical problem at all.... Well, that was my main point. You are free to disagree. > IMO this conversation is all air until you propose your own precise set of axioms. Apoplectically, the three basic axioms are
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by dmfdmf 13y ago
I am coming at this from a philosophic perspective so I don't know how much I can explain the mathematics. I am following Aristotle who held that infinity cannot actually exist; it is a potential, an abstraction. For something to actua
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by dmfdmf 13y ago
Cantor is wrong, yes, but you won't prove that to contemporary mathematicians who believe his ideas because this is an epistemological issue and can't be resolve with mathematical arguments. This is really an age-old philosophic d
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by dmfdmf 13y ago
OTA can be tricky because its not as simple as just throwing up an antenna and calling it a day, the system has to be engineered. Check out www.tvfool.com for some great info on properly designing a system. Also, avsforum.com has some gre
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by dmfdmf 13y ago
This reminds me Atlas Shrugged.
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by dmfdmf 13y ago
You might have sleep Apnea. 8-9 hours a night seems high for a non-teenager and might be compensation for disrupted sleep which can kill your learning ability. I am not a doc, don't play one on tv, ymmv, etc. Do a Google search and th
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by dmfdmf 13y ago
I think it was Bill Walsh (yes, the 49ers football coach) who wrote about one of his keys to managing the players. He found that some people are negatively motivated and needed to be pressured to improve, some people were positively motivat
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by dmfdmf 13y ago
Best comment on reddit so far "this is a pipe dream" * I don't think the Hyperloop is viable and I hope they kill the $100B High Speed Rail (HSR) project before it ruins the SF Peninsula and budgets across the state. * Settin
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by dmfdmf 13y ago
This is a common smear spread by Rand's haters. She explained the principle in this article which the haters conveniently ignore; http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/government_grants_and_scho...
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by dmfdmf 13y ago
I have it on good word that Rand was pro health insurance.

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