jokermatt999

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by jokermatt999 8y ago
Does anyone here have any experience in getting photos off of old RAZRs? I have a similar phone that (I believe) uses the same firmware. It looks like the software to do so (Motorola Media Link?) was offline, or at least I couldn't loc
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by jokermatt999 8y ago
Did you miss the indictment of the DNC hackers that also detailed the DC Leaks being registered by GRU? You should catch up on that if so.
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by jokermatt999 9y ago
Valid criticism. I posted emotionally. I will further educate myself on actual statistics and put together better edited and sourced posts in the future rather than knee jerk rebuttals. I appreciate you even using the repetition in calling
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by jokermatt999 9y ago
Maybe this time it is different. Maybe the massive capabilities of modern robotics and AI are more transformative than the assembly line and sewing machines. Maybe our society isn't ready to handle mass unemployment from entire categor
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by jokermatt999 9y ago
To save others from panicked searching, Stewart Brand still is not a naive utopian; he has not died.
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by jokermatt999 9y ago
Naively, yes, yes I did. Dammit Facebook. There's a reason why I changed the settings. I figured it was like browsing the new queue here.
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by jokermatt999 9y ago
Good news! http://cubicle7.co.uk/our-games/the-laundry/
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by jokermatt999 9y ago
Am I the only one who views Facebook by Most Recent? They don't make it easy, and I don't think you can default to it, but I just point all my bookmarks to https://www.facebook.com/?sk=h_chr Still though, Facebook
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by jokermatt999 9y ago
Fair enough, perhaps not "cosplay" as a broad definition, but in the sense of modern fandom organizing "cons", I found it interesting it went back decades earlier than I'd assumed. I knew there were Star Trek conven
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by jokermatt999 9y ago
Ok, fine. They still have to inherit that money. But as they grow up, the rich baby will have access to better nutrition, better education, a less stressful environment, etc compared to the poor baby. That's without considering fetal h
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by jokermatt999 9y ago
Asteroid mining would disrupt the market for many rare elements, but I think it could be less chaotic than people think. It's not going to be like the Gold Rush where a deposit was found and prospectors flocked to it. It'll be a
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by jokermatt999 9y ago
Along similar lines, The LA Times' series on opioid addiction was gripping. It offers a story of how some people fall in to worse and worse spirals. http://www.latimes.com/projects/oxycontin-part1/ I hadn&#x2
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by jokermatt999 9y ago
I'm not sure I've got a fully formed concept here, but I'm throwing it out in case someone finds it interesting. Re: long-tail movements and switching contexts between work and home, I wonder if a better example isn't mu
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by jokermatt999 9y ago
A business supplies you with currency to trade for the basic necessities. A farm can provide those directly.
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Hit list exposes Russian hacking beyond US elections(apnews.com)
2 points by jokermatt999 9y ago|0 comments
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by jokermatt999 9y ago
An attempt to convey a message to extraterrestrials based on mathematics and physics. Regardless of one's opinions on the probability of intelligent extraterrestrial life, it's interesting to consider the challenge of transmitting
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[pdf] Dumas-Dutil Interstellar Message(plover.com)
1 points by jokermatt999 9y ago|1 comments
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by jokermatt999 9y ago
"Sarcastic" would probably be the best fit. Good point also.
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by jokermatt999 9y ago
What are the foreign policy implications of this? Every single other country's reaction that I've seen has been to beg the US to stay in the accord.
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by jokermatt999 9y ago
I believe flags push content from the front page. I went to check Lists > Active to see if there was an HN thread on this, because I expect politics to get flagged off the front page of Hacker News. (Granted, I just think this is "p
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by jokermatt999 10y ago
Giuliani literally said on Fox News. Watch the actual video, don't just complain about media bias. The evidence is right there in the linked article. “I'll tell you the whole history of it,” Giuliani responded eagerly. “So when [T
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by jokermatt999 10y ago
Honestly, even as a former Bernie supporter, I don't know if political analysis that indicated it can still be called reliable. I've heard his team produced data showing Bernie would win versus Trump, but most polls also thought i
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by jokermatt999 10y ago
What lessons would you like to include on such a site? Off the top of my head, my favorite things about Hacker News: high level civil discourse, lack of humor (no, seriously, humor easily crowds out good discussion on other sites), excellen
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by jokermatt999 10y ago
Because I have a habit of browsing NYT first thing in the morning, I tend to use Incognito mode. Never had it go through the nag screens then, but part of it may be ublock origin.
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by jokermatt999 10y ago
I'm pretty sure Muta flocks were a winning strategy of Starcraft 1's AI tournament, actually, so good call.
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by jokermatt999 10y ago
While it is "just how things work" (both meanings intended), it goes against a core ideal for the United States. I'm not sure if "class mobility" is quite the term I'm looking for, but basically the idea that t
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by jokermatt999 10y ago
HN also seems to dislike the New Yorker's writing style. They tend towards more narrative than informative/dry.
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by jokermatt999 10y ago
You may want to look more into communes ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commune ) to see what does and does not work about this arrangement. Unfortunately, most of these examples are going to be skewed because of the sel
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by jokermatt999 10y ago
I'm surprised the term "disparate impact" hasn't come up. I'm too well versed in anti-discrimination law, but it seems like this is the term for exactly what they're trying to avoid. https://en.wikip
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by jokermatt999 10y ago
You're getting downvoted because this article is actually not an example of the NYT's slanted coverage. Don't get me wrong, they've had some shamefully distorted articles (especially the infamous updated Bernie article),

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