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Cyberscare: Ex-NSA chief calls transparency groups, hackers next terrorists(salon.com)
294 points by exit 13y ago|177 comments
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by exit 13y ago
i see people writing tests for the structure of returned objects type annotation tests that at compile time
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by exit 13y ago
do you see that in this document? i can't find it anywhere and wonder if the guardian subsequently redacted it: http://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/jul/31/nsa...
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by exit 13y ago
could someone run an isp with a completely public inbox, so that they couldn't receive a FISA without it becoming public? are companies obligated to have a private means of contacting them?
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by exit 13y ago
is it hard to "stay in the game" unless you're giving it 110% of your energy?
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by exit 13y ago
> So sick of non-economists advocating economic policy which they don't understand. tell us about your credentials as an economist
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by exit 13y ago
reminds me of the berry paradox from wikipedia: "an expression like 'the smallest positive integer not definable in fewer than twelve words' (note that this defining phrase has fewer than twelve words)"
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by exit 13y ago
> The researchers are now looking to determine the origin of the bursts. A precise position would enable them to "count" the number of electrons in the Universe, which would be a tremendous breakthrough for cosmology. can any
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by exit 13y ago
we should all dedicate a percentage of our bandwidth to spewing random numbers at random listeners providing endless cover to actual chatter a crypto tithing
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by exit 13y ago
performance isn't the only dimension along which things can move forward
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by exit 13y ago
can you explain why? patents incentivize innovation (supposedly). no one invents their own genes. if someone wins the genetic lottery and has a gene that confers immunity to X, they get to monopolize the distribution of that immunity? why?
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by exit 13y ago
hey, maybe he has some bitcoins
283.
by exit 13y ago
growing up, i liked startrek as vision of the future i can't follow this kind of fetishising of an outdated vision
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by exit 13y ago
google should advertise the sheer technical depth of the stuff they do make search sound like scotty explaining a warp core on star trek
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Surviving solo in the Fukushima evacuation zone. [video, 18m17s long](youtube.com)
1 points by exit 13y ago|0 comments
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by exit 13y ago
yeah, and by extension i'm asking why enough readers of hn considered it interesting.
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by exit 13y ago
self-driving car systems are going to eliminate human operators in a few years anyway, no?
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by exit 13y ago
is this on the front page of hn because jolie starred in hackers?
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by exit 13y ago
thanks for explaining full disclosure, i live in germany and can't arrive at an essential characterisation of the people here
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by exit 13y ago
> It has been theorized that a self-replicating starship utilizing relatively conventional theoretical methods of interstellar travel (i.e., no exotic faster-than-light propulsion such as "warp drive", and speeds limited to an "average
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by exit 13y ago
why would the ai be millions of generations smarter? what if it only means we can run existing human algorithms on faster and faster hardware? maybe the future belongs to recognisably human cognitive processes, which experience the universe
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by exit 13y ago
you should read the work of "greg egan" in particular his novel "schild's ladder", in which space travel mostly involves digital brains being transmitted by laser between physical outposts sometimes "people" send along specifications for bi
293.
by exit 13y ago
'columbo' didn't say uploading would never happen, just that uploading in order to explore the universe doesn't make sense
294.
by exit 13y ago
what makes this characteristically german?
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by exit 13y ago
"- that, instead of handing out prizes to customers, gave customers the ability to award prizes to employees who treated them well..." that's how we ended up with the patronising bullshit called tipping.
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by exit 13y ago
it makes a lot of sense, and i answered your question already, > whether you expend equal energy on both causes is up to you.
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by exit 13y ago
okay, but if you campaign for the well being of women by appealing to notions of gender equality, you must ultimately equally believe in the well being of men. whether you expend equal energy on both causes is up to you. it may say somethin
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by exit 13y ago
i see, but i imagine that would get you banned for spamming around here :\
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by exit 13y ago
yes :) at least until i need a house or something expensive.
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by exit 13y ago
spend my bitcoins? no. nevertheless, i'm curious how this would work. a command line utility you connect to your wallet, which looks for addresses in user profile "about" sections? i'm not sure what "bot" signifies then.

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