indrax

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   by indrax 13y ago

   But this isn't a case of them being criticized when they try to make an /improvement/ in their behaviour. They would always sell Lego to any girl who can pay for them, the bad behaviour in in marketing specifically to boys an
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   by indrax 13y ago

   We have a right to speech, we don't give it up when we go online. We also have a right to speak privately. To say that I could choose to simply never pass data through any American company is merely silencing. 'legal requirement&#
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   by indrax 13y ago

   Is 5 minutes the maximum? Consider extending that option. Bullying and Police abuse situations can last longer than 5 minutes before someone can be safe enough to activate the saving.
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   by indrax 13y ago

   Unless the real message is "Yes, we will touch the media." which is relevant given the timing.
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   by indrax 13y ago

   Yes. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/joeyh/git-annex-assistan...
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   by indrax 13y ago

   Gmail uses https by default now.
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   by indrax 13y ago

   Thank you, edited.
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   by indrax 13y ago

   ETA: I agree with mvanveen's comment below. As Georgia says, her duty is done. My confusion should be taken as my own failure to relate. Our duty is to fix these problems. I'm confused by the attitude of (maybe I'm reading
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   by indrax 13y ago

   Well, we have a lot of metadata...
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    by indrax 13y ago

    I think these campaigns are great, both for giving these people a chance and drawing attention to cryonics. But it can't go on, this is not a stable or reliable way to fund cryonics. Sooner or later the novelty will wear off and the mo
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    by indrax 13y ago

    >there was a physical altercation between police and 26-year-old Gerardo Diego Ayala that ended with a fatal officer-involved shooting. That doesn't necessarily mean the officer was shot.
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    by indrax 13y ago

    Apple is not an innocent victim here. They could fight the DMCA on a number of levels. Instead they implement their own DRM (e.g. for iTunes) and invent whole new kinds of locked-down platforms. (App store) They talk about smashing big brot
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    by indrax 13y ago

    Possibly related to operant conditioning with intermittent reinforcement. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinforcement#Intermittent_rei...
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    by indrax 13y ago

    Falling Hair: http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#9,4,5,3,0,1,1,2,4,3,0...
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    by indrax 13y ago

    Blowing sand : http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#4,3,2,2,3,3,1,3,1,2,3... Wind Tunnel: http://www.wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#4,3,3,1,3,2,1,3,3... I think this becomes strangely stable: http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#4
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    by indrax 13y ago

    http://www.scribd.com/doc/140471313/Letter-from-Department-o... The letter references a number of items besides the printable gun, including "125mm BK-14M high-explosive anti-tank warhead" Which sounds rather closer to matching the intent
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    by indrax 13y ago

    I predict a Facebook meme urging people to post pictures of their keys.
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    by indrax 13y ago

    That's not how Logic works. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marginal_utility
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    by indrax 13y ago

    I am not a sociopath. I ask myself if I want to save lives or if I want to feel better. I get that a motivated attacker is a more alarming threat, but that is because we didn't evolve with chemical plants and car accidents. If you just want
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    by indrax 14y ago

    By that logic anyone who didn't buy bitcoin a few weeks ago lost a lot of money. No one should buy anything but bitcoin. Anyone who buys with bitcoin can replace their bitcoin with dollars, if they want to stay invested in bitcoin.
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    by indrax 14y ago

    All currencies can be valued in terms of other currencies. Bitcoin can also be valued directly against goods. (as can other currencies) The price of most goods is currently tied to some other currency, because most businesses have expenses
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    by indrax 14y ago

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LaNiJR2F6c At the 24 minute mark he talks about a program to collect trash from inaccessible places. They gave people food to bring collected trash to a central spot.
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    by indrax 14y ago

    "Die on mars" does not mean "die soon". This proposal is not a suicide mission.
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    by indrax 14y ago

    But you try to keep your private keys private, and give your credit card info to every business you pay.
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    by indrax 14y ago

    Wikipedia works even though everyone can commit by default, anonymously. Obviously there is some difference when people are downloading code and running it, and Wikipedia has its own kinds of problems with edit wars. Collaborative software
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    by indrax 14y ago

    Too much fun. Setup a simple 'chess puzzle' website that grabs a captcha every time someone wins, forward the result and you get to post.
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    by indrax 14y ago

    It looks like this is currently built for an infinitely distant light source. The sun might work, but you'd need mirrors to get the 3-shadow effect. Fortunately, it should be relatively easy to tweak the shape for light sources at various d
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    by indrax 14y ago

    Amazon is at the other end of the spectrum: randomly breaking things so that everything has to be fault tolerant. http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2011/04/working-with-the-ch... This only happened because nobody even asked "What happens i
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    by indrax 14y ago

    Can we export the trained model back out and use it, or only query it with the API?
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    by indrax 14y ago

    >Imagine, for example, an Intel based android powered tablet that can run stock Windows in a VM or emulate windows and can run most windows applications and perhaps even games, while also being able to run all android applications. If w