iamsohungry

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by iamsohungry 11y ago
While I'm with you on Jared Diamond not being the best scientist, your criticism misses the mark. What you've described is part of the scientific method: you come up with a hypothesis and you test it. A better criticism of Jared D
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by iamsohungry 11y ago
> This looks like a standardization of the way that screenwriting is done, rather than a revolutionary change in the way screenwriting is done. Yes, and this is exactly how a standard should be. A markup language is the text equivalent o
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by iamsohungry 11y ago
Quotes are wrong. Should be: Snapchat's 'new' scary privacy policy.
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by iamsohungry 11y ago
Yes, I agree, I'm glad that people of the past sacrificed their dental health to build civilization to where it is now. However, that's completely irrelevant to our food choices today. Modern agriculture is quite capable of produc
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by iamsohungry 11y ago
> I assume you would take the same position in regards to internet advertising which is quite a bit more controversial. I do take the same position. If I visit a website looking for one type of content, I want to see that type of content
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by iamsohungry 11y ago
While I'm sure this is true and some hackers behave based on this idea, there are two issues: 1. "Many of these outfits" is not all: we still need a way to determine whether we should pay a ransom. 2. I'm sure I could m
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by iamsohungry 11y ago
> Unfortunately, for the individual victim, paying is usually the best of a set of bad options Is it? From the perspective of the hacker, the hacker's best move is to take the money and simply demand more. There's zero incentiv
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by iamsohungry 11y ago
> (2) once you pay the ransom one time, you can mitigate your future risk with backups and other measures. This is assuming they bother to give back your data.
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That's true from a societal perspective, but from the perspective of the victim of ransomware, "just pay the ransom" is even worse advice. Once you have paid the ransom, what incentive does the hacker have to fulfill their en
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> How do you tell between telemarketers and legit cold calls? If you're calling someone who didn't give you their phone number with the explicit intent of doing business with you, your behavior is ethically disgusting. Stop sme
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by iamsohungry 11y ago
As an aside, consumption of bread is strongly correlated with tooth decay. Whole wheat has only a slightly smaller correlation.
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> I'm not disputing that institutions carefully use the passive voice to clean their prose of negative connotations...but the two examples you mention are not "lies" Clippy says: "Hey, it looks like you're tryin
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by iamsohungry 11y ago
The best liars use the exhonerative voice to avoid telling a story about themselves at all: "Bags are subject to search" means "We will search your bags". "A shooting involving Tacoma County Police left two suspects