downer87

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by downer87 13y ago
The headline is link bait. That article involved neither murder, nor suicide.
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by downer87 13y ago
Bah! I feel the extreme total opposite. When he kicks the robot, I'm deeply disturbed by the fact that the robot is undaunted. I've always chalked it up to an uncanny valley reaction. The buzzing noise of the on-board 2-cycle engi
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by downer87 13y ago
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by downer87 13y ago
...and besides, any self-respecting movie buff knows that all the best movies are shot in anamorphic widescreen, with no less than a 2.35:1 aspect ratio.
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by downer87 13y ago
I often find myself typing "ducksuckgo" or "suckduckgo" on soft keyboards, and I smile every time...
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by downer87 13y ago
If it was Hal Finney, then we'd actually know who it was. There would be a degree of closure. Without that closure, there's a mysterious gaping black hole that only adds to all the other uncertainties that come naturally with a ne
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by downer87 13y ago
Not only that, why should bitcoin be enshrined as the only special crypto-currency worthy of recognition? Not until we know who Satoshi Nakamoto is. Until then, bitcoin is just another internet clusterfuck. Don't tell me it's not
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by downer87 13y ago
I can't claim to know anything about naval nuclear engineering. My intuition tells me that avoiding runaway criticality and avoiding crew contamination are high priorities. Based on this I can think of 4 significant questions off the t
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by downer87 13y ago
So what's the baud rate? I might guess something like one bit, every 10 seconds?