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by gnode 8y ago
Or police mob violence and prosecute murderers regardless of being inspired by rumours?
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by gnode 8y ago
I find talking to a machine uncomfortable and embarrassing, regardless of whether they work. I doubt I'm the only one who feels this way. Why can't I just turn a dial?
723.
by gnode 8y ago
> It is actually trivial. You can look up the DNA for most viruses. I had assumed here that "writing" meant engineering new code, not copying from existing viruses. Terrorists getting hold of viruses has always been possible. I
724.
by gnode 8y ago
My understanding is that in this approach, rather than producing a long sequence of DNA, they're making tiny sequences of address and data snippets, then assembling them with enzymes randomly. Containing addresses allows the data to be
725.
by gnode 8y ago
In this case, we're talking about having an automated service (Cloudflare) manage your HTTPS, not paying a human to carry out a manual HTTPS set-up. We're talking about a self-service laundromat, not a specialist dry-cleaning serv
726.
by gnode 8y ago
That's a very hypothetical question. I think the architecture of a communal website shapes its community (after all, it exists before the community). The design decisions of HN are distinct from say, Reddit: the are no subreddits, comm
727.
by gnode 8y ago
> No one is drawn to a particular website merely because of the stylesheet or UI I was. The minimalism of the site has always appealed to me. Internet forums are not only their content and community, but also their mechanics and their ru
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by gnode 8y ago
To use an analogy, this is like saying your two choices are: scrub and force your clothes through a mangle at home, or take them to the laundromat to use a machine. I don't see why HTTPS can't be both simple and in-house, examples
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by gnode 8y ago
Interestingly, the certificate Cloudflare attaches to the domain seems to contain all (or at least some subset of) the Cloudflare user's other domains in the Certificate Subject Alternative Name field. Managed to find he also owns htt
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by gnode 8y ago
I would object to the premise of the question: > I would want to build in a way for the plane to try and save itself if possible In a combat situation, I would imagine you'd want to destroy the aircraft if you lost control of it, to
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by gnode 8y ago
Electric current; net momentum difference between positive and negative charges within the plasma. I.e. nuclei moving clockwise, and electrons counter-clockwise within the tokamak, or vice-versa. The plasma may have a high temperature (and
732.
by gnode 8y ago
> We know that bad things happen to humans when in low/zero-g for more than a month. This is mainly because humans are adapted to live standing upright in gravitational conditions, with a pressure gradient across their body. If you
733.
by gnode 8y ago
Should the pensioners whose pensions are invested in index funds be sent to jail for Uber's actions? Where would this culpability end?
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by gnode 8y ago
The cynic in me can't help but expect most web companies to care more about pushing unblockable ads down everyone's throats than about the disabled.
735.
by gnode 8y ago
I had computers in the house since I was born, as my dad was a software engineer. I started programming in QBASIC, trying to make games.
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by gnode 8y ago
> Part of Sarbanes-Oxley is to make sure IT systems are not manipulated. I would expect that there are limits to this. If a rogue employee engages in fraudulent behaviour against you, using "false usernames" to subvert your sec
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by gnode 8y ago
I think anyone suggesting a technical solution to such affronts on our legal rights is either naive or has contempt for the everyman. Most people are being coerced into this and aren't savvy enough to avoid it. The only real option is
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by gnode 8y ago
I too would very much like to see a browser extension which removes all content from and links to GDPR violators such as them.
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by gnode 8y ago
Nuclear weapons have minimal potential for domestic use, short of a geographically partisan civil war. Facial recognition conversely has huge potential for domestic use, and arguably little potential for foreign use in a major conflict. If
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by gnode 8y ago
There may have been. The article speaks of the employee using "false usernames". Code review may stop some foolish person pushing broken code, but it's not going to prevent a determined saboteur who's masquerading as oth
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by gnode 8y ago
Can you explain how Sarbanes-Oxley applies to the situation of an employee sabotaging a production line? Specifically how it would inherently imply wrongdoing on Tesla's part.
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by gnode 8y ago
The primary benefit seems to be the lower cost / mass producibility. An alternative to making launch vehicles reusable, is to make their production automated and inexpensive. This is a lot more practical when they're on the scale
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by gnode 8y ago
I don't think that's true. When you get to smaller sizes, air resistance becomes the dominant factor. Ground based launch systems would need to impart ever greater velocities to be effective, and the launch vehicle capable of surv
744.
by gnode 8y ago
Similar. I'd like to see a maglev (railgun) pumpkin chuck though.
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by gnode 8y ago
Sorry, I didn't mean to imply this wasn't the case. I've edited this in now.
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by gnode 8y ago
The article is very light on details, but I believe what's being proposed is an evacuated tube with maglev propulsion, used to accelerate a rocket up to 5000mph (as stated in the article) while on the ground. The rocket is then release
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by gnode 8y ago
You seem to only be considering the fuel saving of the higher altitude. If we're considering a ground based mass driver launch, rather than a conventional rocket-only launch, then I think there would be a substantial practicality gain
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by gnode 8y ago
I would define a script as a program for automating tasks otherwise performed by a person. A scripting language such as Bash is primarily used to automate tasks which a user would otherwise manually perform on a shell. I would say that Java
749.
by gnode 8y ago
On HN, you can quote code by prepending each line with four spaces, but there is no syntax highlighting.
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by gnode 8y ago
I'm not from the US, so I'm not familiar with that system. Although I would have expected "therapist" to mean a psychiatrist in the context of attention control (as opposed to interpersonal relationships).

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