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by jfasi 13y ago
I could be wrong here, but from my reading of the source this doesn't look like an A* search algorithm. For starters, the search space is nondeterministic, and since you can only explore in one direction, you're not really perform
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by jfasi 13y ago
Don't celebrate. However ridiculous they might seem, defending against legal actions like this takes time, money, and focus away from efforts that will actually drive the EFF's mission forward. Instead of patting the EFF on the ba
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by jfasi 13y ago
In anticipation of a slew of "this is so obvious" comments that quote from the brief, I urge you to remember that there's an opposing side to this argument: no matter how compelling or obvious this brief's arguments may
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by jfasi 13y ago
Thanks for the link! I've updated my comment. True, this post contains speculation on some matters, but if a professor at Cornell whose work focuses around distributed systems who authored the selfish mining attack isn't an "
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> At the start of February 2014, illegal access through the abuse of a bug in the bitcoin system resulted in an increase in incomplete bitcoin transfer transactions and we discovered that there was a possibility that bitcoins had been il
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by jfasi 13y ago
I disagree in terms of regulation: there is plenty of regulation on broadband internet, except it tends to discourage competition against broadband providers. This isn't a problem that is going to be solved by placing regulations on th
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by jfasi 13y ago
I view the broadband industry as a fascinating example of what happens when an infrastructure industry meets the technology industry. TWC and friends were established to enact a business plan that's been viable and profitable for centu
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by jfasi 13y ago
Acquisition fever is certainly a force pushing innovation downward, and I think the argument this article puts forward is sound. On the whole, however, I think innovation in the technology sector is driven by other factors. In particular, t
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by jfasi 13y ago
Just to be clear, this approach is awesome and completely correct. However, it's important to remember that this policy isn't stable. It's liable to change with the FCC chairman. Should the next administration choose to regul
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> The FBI already owns 5 to 10 percent of [bitcoins], which are now out of circulation. Given that money laundering and drug transactions have become major parts of bitcoin's current use case, law enforcement's tendency to seiz
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by jfasi 13y ago
This implies a somewhat one-way relationship between companies and their engineers: engineers give their time and talents, and in return companies give their money and equity. Under this system, why not be selective about who you hire? If y
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> if people are going to turn down the certainty of a huge salary at Google, they should get a reward for taking that risk. I often see a disconnect between perceptions of expected success of founders and engineers. I've observed th
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My god.
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You're right, I did slightly misinterpret the post. I've removed it and supported my argument in a different way. Also I don't appreciate the implication that I don't write software on a team for a large project, because
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by jfasi 13y ago
This is a fascinating example of the power of biased randomness. The gameplay challenges this article points out are notable because they require sequences of inputs that are both specific and lengthy. Even if the input stream were random,
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by jfasi 13y ago
I find it fascinating that that the consensus among the responses in this thread seems to be somewhere between Li Ka-Shing being a hypocrite, that buying food for people richer than you is crazy, that his advice is useless, etc. Sure, there
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by jfasi 13y ago
> The day of reckoning still looms – it’s just been pushed out as the major Internet players have developed ingenious ways to stretch those available numbers. To me, this indicates something either broken about IPv6 or a lessened severit
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by jfasi 13y ago
The author asserts that "more ads, fewer users, lower revenue, more ads" is an unavoidable death spiral. In actuality, any property owner with a rudimentary awareness of the concept of diminishing returns will understand that ther
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by jfasi 13y ago
Read on, I promise I raise a good point. As for losing credibility, I suggest you might find discussions more meaningful if you focus on the argument presented rather than an inferred standpoint of the author.
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Sorry, I somehow missed that site from reading your docs. I'm willing to chalk this up to my own mistake rather than bad design on your part.
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This is very interesting. Do you have any insider experience on the way music promotion happens that you could share?
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> The "position would be different" for links that bypass a paywall. This is interesting. It seems there is a growing burden on consumers of information to understand the intent set up by website owners and technology maintaine
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by jfasi 13y ago
Recommendation: I have the feeling your sales would be significantly boosted if you added some sort of tiered service plans on top of your free tier, instead of requiring the frictionful process of reaching out to a sales address.
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This is interesting. IP address databases are typically bought and sold for figures in the thousands. This service presumably purchases one or some of these and attempts to make up the cost by providing it on an as-needed basis. I wonder if
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Namecheap is pretty great. The going rate for .io domains is about $80, and when I last checked they let you register them for something closer to $55.
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It's interesting how the trend among big-time compiled languages seems to be implement statically-analyzable versions of key features from functional and dynamic languages. C++'s auto keyword and lambda functions makes a world of
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by jfasi 13y ago
I consider this post part of a nascent trend to de-bullshit the startup and technology scene. For years the narrative has been "we in the tech industry are standard bearers leading society into a bright new tomorrow." The recent p
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Here's my thinking about the decision on the part of an artist to release their entire catalog to the public for free: if digital distribution has rendered direct sales to the customer significantly less worthwhile than it once was, th
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> Healthcare takes place between doctor visits Just to let you know I like that quote a lot and I'll be using it myself.
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The author argues that nine out of ten bad customers will self select during the trail period, but does not offer any indication for how to positively verify that. Perhaps those asking for discounts are doing so not because they are problem

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