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I read all the small print on the internet and it made me want to die(theguardian.com)
5 points by hdivider 4y ago|0 comments
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by hdivider 4y ago
To the founders and contributors of Atom: thank you. Your work made more impact than you can possibly know. Atom became my absolute #1 editor. For code, and notes of every possible kind. As an entrepreneur, it carried me through so many adv
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Byzantine Fault(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by hdivider 4y ago|0 comments
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Guns versus Butter Model(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by hdivider 4y ago|0 comments
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Letters of last resort(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by hdivider 5y ago|1 comments
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by hdivider 5y ago
Extreme scifi-level scenario: could the Russians commandeer the ISS and use it as an impactor weapon on US or Allied soil? My guess not; super hard to do, and impact doesn't release that much energy anyway. Any space expert opinion?
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DARPA developing new cognitive science tool to identify those at risk of suicide(federallabs.org)
31 points by hdivider 5y ago|53 comments
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by hdivider 5y ago
Agreed -- and I should point out I don't personally support this piracy idea at all. Just 1) entertaining, 2) intellectually interesting to see how old school, Blackbeard-style piracy with letters of marque is actually still a possibil
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Calling all pirates: This US lawmaker wants you to seize Russian vessels(militarytimes.com)
75 points by hdivider 5y ago|85 comments
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Why crypto won’t save the Kremlin from sanctions(atlanticcouncil.org)
6 points by hdivider 5y ago|0 comments
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by hdivider 5y ago
Agreed -- some resistance, because military investment can easily break out of proportion. Right now though, I believe for the most part, European investment is not sufficient. Considering the NATO target for countries to spend 2% of GDP on
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by hdivider 5y ago
"Can be a net positive, if we also start to really stand by our principles of democracy and equality. The EU and NATO have a less then stelar track record on those for quite a while." Absolutely. Our values are the engine of this
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by hdivider 5y ago
One positive side effect: this result, in the context of an ongoing land war in Europe will finally help to rattle us Europeans out of our traditional resistance to defense and military investment. (I'm both British and German.) Strong
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by hdivider 5y ago
Some quotations I took from Columbo, to try to gain some insight into his methods: "I like to get that background information very precise if I can." "You know what it's like; you get hold of half of something, and you c
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Plasma Propulsion Engine(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by hdivider 5y ago|0 comments
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by hdivider 5y ago
With PCI cards like from Id Quantique [1] which generates true random numbers using quantum optics, isn't true random number generation a solved problem? Guessing the quantum mechanics predicts true random numbers, but the messiness of
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by hdivider 5y ago
Forget arithmetic; I remember conversations with exceptionally capable academic mathematicians who in many cases couldn't count without making mistakes. The likely reason: every number triggers a symphony of mathematical results and
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Averroes's Theory of the Unity of the Intellect(en.wikipedia.org)
3 points by hdivider 5y ago|1 comments
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by hdivider 5y ago
So it's impossible to design such planetcracker weapons, even in principle? Since the possibility of such design is all I claim.
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by hdivider 5y ago
In the early nuclear age, DARPA had proposals for a 10,000 megaton thermonuclear weapon [1]. In principle, we can design weapons horrendous enough to crack this entire planet apart forever. Four billion years of life up in smoke (or out in
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by hdivider 5y ago
I would bet Socrates is the strangest in that bunch, since he claims to possess no knowledge ( episteme ) at all. At one point, he says he is therefore the wisest of all, even though he sees wisdom ( sophos ) as something that humans can on
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by hdivider 5y ago
Here's three: 1) "All things are ready, if our minds be so." - Shakespeare 2. Holon para ta moria (ὁλον παρα τα μορια). From Aristotle's Metaphysics . The whole is something beyond the parts. Commonly mistranslated as
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Uranium Glass(en.wikipedia.org)
104 points by hdivider 5y ago|74 comments
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Google Maps to show the lowest carbon route for car journeys(theguardian.com)
1 points by hdivider 5y ago|0 comments
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by hdivider 5y ago
Re: your last paragraph: that sounds awesome! Anything you can share on those texts? Sounds like a great idea.
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Chiastic Structure(en.wikipedia.org)
41 points by hdivider 5y ago|12 comments
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by hdivider 5y ago
PCIe and USB cards like this are available, generating TRNs using quantum optics: https://www.idquantique.com/random-number-generation/product...
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Can AI Make a Better Fusion Reactor?(spectrum.ieee.org)
1 points by hdivider 5y ago|0 comments
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by hdivider 5y ago
Agreed, it's just not the same. I bet the effect is present for the younger folks, or even exaggerated because so much of a younger person's life depends on serendipitous interactions. We don't get those with scheduled digita
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Virtual contact worse than no contact for over-60s in lockdown, says study(theguardian.com)
23 points by hdivider 5y ago|6 comments

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