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by gmisra 12y ago
Maybe we should consider whether software patents are necessary at all? There are disciplines where the core content is not itself patentable (or "intellectually protectable"), primarily because obviousness is hard to prove. The m
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by gmisra 13y ago
Thanks for the clarification. I'm in agreement with your opinions regarding false promises of open source, and also that this is increasingly a problem. However, I don't think that actually applies here. Specifics: 1. Everything i
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by gmisra 13y ago
The code is all released under the Apache 2.0 license, so calling such an action "disingenuous" is itself disingenuous, (imo).
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by gmisra 13y ago
I have tried these, and they are surprisingly delicious: http://www.exo.co/ They are labelled as "Made with cricket flour", but other than that you wouldn't know it was any different from the dozens of simila
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by gmisra 13y ago
Seems like an easy way for a university-based "conscientious objector" to have this issue addressed would be to intentionally click on the spider trap link once a day?
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by gmisra 13y ago
For those looking for more information as to how personally damaging "the comments" can be, I'll just leave this here: http://www.psmag.com/navigation/health-and-behavior/women-ar... To me, it seems
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by gmisra 13y ago
Obligatory repost - "Hacking Hacker News Headlines" from May 2011, examining the significance of language in story headlines: http://metamarkets.com/2011/hacking-hacker-news-headlines/
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by gmisra 13y ago
I found this explanation, also from the same blog and also posted here, to be quite clear: http://www.righto.com/2014/02/bitcoin-transaction-malleabili... Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/i
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by gmisra 13y ago
Why are we having opinions about how other people spend their time and money? People have been contributing to open source projects without any compensation for a lot longer than any of these on-line "tip" services have existed. W
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by gmisra 13y ago
> The moment Google plays favorites manually is the moment I switch to another search engine. If you believe this doesn't already happen, then you and I must be using different internets. Simply by being selective in which aspects o
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by gmisra 13y ago
This is complicated. 1. rapgenius is probably the least spammy lyrics site on the internet, and definitely so amongst those on the first page of search results. As a consumer, I would not have a problem with Google, et al giving rapgenius r
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by gmisra 13y ago
We are the one percent? (sorry)
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by gmisra 13y ago
Are your originals actually the original files? Some people have strong opinions about data leakage via EXIF metadata, specifically location and sometimes date/time. Do you strip that information out during upload/resizing? Overal
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by gmisra 13y ago
Invert it. What we really care about is the percent of users who are experiencing a higher-than-tolerable response time, right? Why not measure that instead of using descriptive statistics whose goal is primarily to describe the entire dist
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by gmisra 13y ago
One of the biggest issues with mass-produced meat in this country is the total lack of transparency between the average case and worst case scenario. If all you take away from this is starting to believe in and supporting better food labeli
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Curiosity Finds an Ancient Martian Lake That Could Have Supported Life(popularmechanics.com)
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by gmisra 13y ago
You may want to try Luke's Local http://lukeslocal.com
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by gmisra 13y ago
I am surprised by how few people are aware of this: https://www.pwdhash.com/ Convenience provided via Chrome/Firefox extensions, portability provided by the website.
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by gmisra 13y ago
Worth re-posting here: http://www.suasnews.com/2013/11/25838/gimball-an-insect-like...
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by gmisra 13y ago
This is clearly a strongly negative experience for one individual, but probably not a shocking story. But why did this up-voted to the frontpage in a matter of minutes? It's currently in the top 10, after 40 minutes. In my experience,
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by gmisra 13y ago
In the early 1980s when NFL was enjoying it's first rise to dominance on the national airwaves, PPV was seriously considered and debated. The potential audience was one of the reasons Al Davis moved the Raiders from Oakland to Los Ange
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by gmisra 13y ago
Another good opportunity to re-post this critique of "A New Kind of Science" by Cosma Shalizi. It's not kind. http://vserver1.cscs.lsa.umich.edu/~crshalizi/reviews/wolfra...
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by gmisra 13y ago
Pretty sure each answer reveals a bit about each of our value functions (and what we read on-line). Here goes: ProPublica http://www.propublica.org/about/jobs Maplight http://maplight.org/content/j
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by gmisra 13y ago
For me, the convenience of Uber was always in the predictability of when the car would arrive. Flywheel ( http://www.flywheel.com/ ) has finally effectively solved that problem for regular cabs, after half a dozen apps tried.
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by gmisra 13y ago
My implication was that sitting through and reading all 24 pages of this review did not seem like a reasonable use of time for a non-fanboy. Taking casual cheap shots at strangers from behind a meaningless alias reflects on you as well.
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by gmisra 13y ago
Thank you for actually answering my question.
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by gmisra 13y ago
If you know of a shorter, more useful review, or are willing to tl;dr this for non-fanboys, please share.
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by gmisra 13y ago
This entire problem would go away if Gladwell's writings were classified as speculative fiction instead of non-fiction.
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by gmisra 13y ago
What behavior should he be apologizing for, in your opinion?
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by gmisra 13y ago
One of the convenient things about DDG is that if your search results aren't to your liking, it's just a few additional keystrokes to pipe your query into another search engine via bang syntax: https://duckduckgo.com&#x

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