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by jsmcgd 12y ago
I'm not sure. It depends on how it's done. Poisoning the intended schematics would probably be discovered, although I'm not entirely convinced by that, but It seems it would be almost trivial to introduce hardware MITM compon
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by jsmcgd 12y ago
Agreed. Sad to see that it hasn't been upvoted much. To me the article was a very clear warning on the horrific state of software security and that no one should be under any illusions of how little protection they have. My tangible ta
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by jsmcgd 12y ago
Does anyone else think that they've lost control of this vehicle and that's why, despite it having re-entry capability, it isn't doing a lot of re-entering?
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by jsmcgd 12y ago
I think most cryptocurrencies will begin to shed their blockchains. They're beginning to get unweildly, especially for Bitcoin (17GB). There's no need to retain a list of all transactions. You only need a consistent set of balance
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by jsmcgd 12y ago
You've posed some interesting questions. > Then again, if an AI system can't understand how itself works, is it really intelligent? This question is particularly interesting as it can be applied to us as well.
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by jsmcgd 12y ago
I think AI might well be a product of evolution. Having virtual organisms competing in an environment that rewards ever greater problem solving ability may lead to organisms that fear their own death and view other organisms as potential th
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by jsmcgd 13y ago
Pretty cool. Is it possible to have the sentiments ranked by frequency?
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by jsmcgd 13y ago
Hierarchy may be superior but I think it might be a bit early to declare holacracy a failure. Presumably there are a multitude of successful holacracies that we aren't hearing about because they are actually working.
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by jsmcgd 13y ago
It will be interesting to see statistics on law enforcement expenditure in Colorado.
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by jsmcgd 13y ago
I think you've missed the point which is to ridicule the criticism of crypto-currencies, not cash. Also the article talks about the properties of cash in general, not central banking.
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by jsmcgd 13y ago
The differences between the successes of north and south America has been explored by economists. One significant factor was the lack of property rights of south Americans. Basically traditional serfdom was exported to south America, wherea
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by jsmcgd 13y ago
Just to be clear, he took an oath to defend the constitution and he appears to be one of very few people actually doing that.
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by jsmcgd 13y ago
Just to muddy the waters further, most people are at work when the sun is strongest leading some to recommend that home PV arrays should be orientated towards the evening sun. Of course if your home and work electricity grid is connected th
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by jsmcgd 13y ago
At the very least it looks like it is now essential to manually secure your router from firmware backdoors: http://cryptome.org/2013/12/Full-Disclosure.pdf
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by jsmcgd 13y ago
Totally agree. This figure is ridiculous. I actually laughed out loud when I read it. Like anything the price is based on supply and demand. The supply is fairly predictable. The demand is a complete guess at the moment. A maximum market ca
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by jsmcgd 13y ago
A QR code is a nice idea. Another solution could be to take a picture or a short video of the place you want the drone to leave the package. Machine vision technology is easily sophisticated enough to translate this into an accurate 3D mode
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by jsmcgd 13y ago
Also I would imagine that the drone could be transmitting a live video feed. Anyone trying to steal/attack the drone would be recorded trying to do so.
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by jsmcgd 13y ago
If range is a problem (and I have to assume that Bezos and team are aware of the performance characteristics of current/near term drone tech) they don't have to limit themselves to batteries.
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by jsmcgd 13y ago
I (like many people) have had this idea an energy storage mechanism. Unfortunately gravity batteries have an extremely low energy density for weight [1] or volume and so are only really a valid choice for something that operates at the sca
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by jsmcgd 13y ago
This method would still preserve a free market and not require top down control. In fact it could remove a great deal of government/bureaucracy. I think the key would be to make sure that people are paid not too much so that the low pa
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by jsmcgd 13y ago
The graph of library growth is stunning: http://modulecounts.com/ For all of JS quirks it is clearly getting something(s) very right.
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by jsmcgd 13y ago
I think a major reason for the indifference is ignorance. Many people here in the UK are not well informed on this issue. I'm shocked at how many people I've spoken to about this and they're only hearing it for the first time
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by jsmcgd 13y ago
I never clicked with Unity so I tried Linux Mint with Cinnamon. Don't regret it one bit.
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by jsmcgd 13y ago
A great way to expedite that transition is to disrespect them, treating them like your enemy when they're still your ally.
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by jsmcgd 13y ago
The US public expects the NSA to devote its resources to protecting it from foreign threats, like terrorists, not its allies.
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by jsmcgd 13y ago
True, but there are things that governments can do to influence how infationary/deflationary their currency is. Bitcoin by design cannot be influenced in this way. Once the production of new bitcoins end (which is guaranteed by its alg
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by jsmcgd 13y ago
Sorry to be a grump but I think we're actually worse off for having these very shallow and simplistic analyses of data. Also, patent != innovation. That being said aesthetically it's very pleasing and with some rigour there might
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by jsmcgd 13y ago
If we do, we need to make sure there are clear limits to their powers, which are respected and enforced.
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by jsmcgd 13y ago
Who cares what percentage of the total internet traffic is monitored? This is a totally disingenuous metric to put forward. Most of the traffic on the internet is not meant to be private. Most of the traffic probably even isn't created
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by jsmcgd 13y ago
I find it weird how this story/event/business is positioned. Basically Zynga is a collection of mostly similar games. All popular games follow the same life cycle. If a game is good, people play the game. The game becomes popular.

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