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by jpttsn 9y ago
Sure would. But if you told me chemtrails was behind it, I might ask you to show your working before focusing my worries on that.
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by jpttsn 9y ago
Attribution would appear central. I'd find it worrying if Voldemort was behind this, but I don't see how I could be worried about that possibility without attribution.
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by jpttsn 9y ago
I'm excited too. Let's not say technology is moral though, because that backfires later when we want to make the case that "it's just technology, and can be used for bad or good."
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by jpttsn 9y ago
Our expectations have since increased. I wouldn't want to go back to the GDP I thought was fine ten years ago.
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by jpttsn 9y ago
However, the title appeals only to my curiosity about what "the worst Humanitarian crisis since [Godwin's Law]" might refer to. Leaving that out baits me into clicking.
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by jpttsn 9y ago
A lot of unstated dubious assumptions. Is the headline decisive? I bet these headlines were accompanied by pictures; maybe that's the signal.
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by jpttsn 9y ago
Bitcoin hasn't enabled ransomware. There was ransomware before.
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by jpttsn 9y ago
What makes a natural monopoly different from a monopoly? How did Google displace previous search engines?
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by jpttsn 9y ago
Choice beyond using something other than Google? If I buy all my tech at the Apple Store, am I still entitled to a choice among various manufacturers?
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by jpttsn 9y ago
Can you deign to explain why you think so, or is it so obvious that I should just be ashamed for not seeing it?
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by jpttsn 9y ago
Not counting fraud, I don't believe there is.
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by jpttsn 9y ago
Are you saying someone else can deliver the same value as TK (so Uber is fine), or are you saying Lyft just got their opportunity (so Uber is not fine)?
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by jpttsn 9y ago
It's probably not only one. But maybe it's not quite seven billion.
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by jpttsn 9y ago
Bayes would like to see you in his office
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by jpttsn 9y ago
When the costs of hiring for the position are much higher, "need to hire" can start to look fuzzy. Just like the "need to buy a soda" is different at $2 and $20. Demand for labor is at least somewhat elastic.
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by jpttsn 9y ago
What makes you think it would?
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by jpttsn 9y ago
That's certainly one perspective. But some people see it as less of a "get yours"/"hope"/"pray" game, and then the US system can be cast in a different light.
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by jpttsn 9y ago
I think the two might be linked. Maintaining world domination via the military effects the demand for engineering talent. It's not always direct; consider what Silicon Valley today would be if there hadn't been a DARPA etc.
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by jpttsn 9y ago
You do reap what you sow? Or you ought to reap what you sow?
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by jpttsn 9y ago
Great practice if you're making day-to-day decisions for hundreds of thousands of households!
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by jpttsn 9y ago
Are you saying it's impossible ? Or just not fair?
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by jpttsn 9y ago
If it's so ethical, why "provide" and "let"? Can't you trust people to do the right thing ? If not, how do you know it is in fact the right thing ? If you prescribe and enforce your ethics, I think you'r
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by jpttsn 9y ago
I think that's just something we tell each other so the children can sleep at night. Of course we exacerbate information asymmetries. That's what we do. That's why the neanderthals are in our museums, instead of the other w
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by jpttsn 9y ago
I'd guess it makes reference to UITableView, a piece of the UI framework most people use to code iOS apps.
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by jpttsn 9y ago
Rational decision-making involves second guessing or even countering your genetic programming. The "my genes made me do it" argument is no less flawed in a discussion about terraforming than one about what to order at McDonald&#x2
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by jpttsn 9y ago
People have genes for all sorts of things, from over-eating to cheating on their spouse.
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by jpttsn 9y ago
It's pretty circular to give group-level reasons for why individuals should "identify globally."
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by jpttsn 9y ago
Floppy disk days, no big thing. But practical enough to work in the wild. RSA bruteforce is (I hope) impractical on a different level.
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by jpttsn 9y ago
Buy a surprise gift for someone who shares your bank account.
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by jpttsn 9y ago
There used to be ransomware that demanded cash by mail. RSA analogy? Way too harsh.

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