losteric

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by losteric 9y ago
It might not be positive, but we are making a difference
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by losteric 9y ago
Direct vs indirect utility. Janitors are directly beneficial to a small number of people. The typical Google engineering is indirectly and marginally beneficial to millions.
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by losteric 9y ago
Their goal is to increase the supply and diversity of good engineers, likely decreasing salaries in the long run. It's about damn time!
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by losteric 9y ago
If you already have a good stack that you're very effective, the switching cost may not be worth it. However, if you're more algorithmically focused, python is a great DSL
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by losteric 9y ago
I'm not this kind of engineer, but couldn't the pylon problem be addressed by a sliding rail mechanism between the pylon and the sealed tube? Or replicating the station mechanism at each pylon? Maybe I just don't see the prob
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by losteric 9y ago
> Section 2. The Constitution is based on the indissoluble unity of the Spanish Nation, the common and indivisible homeland of all Spaniards To me, this is also bananas. As well as the US equivalent (more perfect union). It doesn't
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by losteric 9y ago
We need people like this running for office. Not Elon specifically, politics would only get in his way, but inspiring yet pragmatic visionaries... willing to make mistakes, challenge common beliefs, and build the future.
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by losteric 9y ago
In my experience, smaller flatter organizations rarely require a synchronous large meeting for those issues.
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by losteric 9y ago
Competent self-managing sub-organizations. Big corporations do require bureaucracy, but smaller entities use bureaucracy as a substitute for competency and autonomy.
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by losteric 9y ago
Have you ever been robbed? Tell the wrong person you don't have money, and they'll attack just to make sure.
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by losteric 9y ago
The news looks bad, but reality is worse. Remember that huge trove of NSA hacking tools and exploits that dumped last year? And the numerous follow-up dumps? There are LOTS of new weapons in the hands of everyone from everyday script kiddi
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by losteric 9y ago
When has 2fa stop a bullet or knife? Very little cash is stolen by pick-pockets or home burglars. People open their wallets because they fear pain, it doesn't matter how many locks are on the wallet. relevant xkcd: https://x
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by losteric 9y ago
Bitcoin is more analogous to gold bricks or cash, not credit cards. Credit cards are built on underlying currencies, offering easy short-term debt and a simpler payment process (compared to check/cash)... I expect that bitcoin credit c
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by losteric 9y ago
> Snopes has been around as long as I have been on the internet. Their DNS whois is protected. Who are they? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snopes.com
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by losteric 9y ago
> VP's, Directors, Managers are all trying to build their status, and they 'push to hire'. > When big, lumbering companies start to wane, well, they can't afford all the graft and have to start letting go. The thin
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by losteric 9y ago
> I'm not sure "centrist" is really a thing because I'm not sure voters fall on a simple left/right spectrum "Centrist" is simply the idea of focusing on agreements, areas where there exists broad conse
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by losteric 9y ago
> i find it amazing that in 2017, a time when the internet has been fully realized and adopted by millions of people, there is no open source, universal textbook hosted anywhere. most people say that there is, and that its called wikiped
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by losteric 9y ago
> Does the economy of scale factor in here? Yes. Current pricing is based on the number of people paying for the provided service. The marginal cost per subscriber is negligible so it's fair to assume the price would go down if thos
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by losteric 9y ago
Climate change is a mind-bogglingly large-scale problem. We've known that for decades, fossil fuels was energy expenditures that accrued debt for short-term growth... it's not going to be cheap to fix. Actual wars are a better pla
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by losteric 9y ago
No, I think you're confused. I pointed out that: * NSA is a top-tier state-sponsored actor. * NSA doesn't leave chat logs, bitcoin transactions, or email logs lying around to be hacked. * Another top-tier state-sponsored actor wou
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by losteric 9y ago
I know. My point is that is largely meaningless * "Racists march in racist territory to intimidate people elsewhere" * "People elsewhere goad the weak cowardly racists" Uh, obviously? I'd be surprised if that didn&
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by losteric 9y ago
> I'm referring to dumps of the hackers themselves, detailing their chat logs, emails, bitcoin transactions, ssh traffic, etc. Not just the exploit-based traffic. Do you think this is how the NSA operates? They have that big ol&#x27
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by losteric 9y ago
One operation from over 50 years ago is your example? Back then the spooks were doing far worse, conducting operations against domestic civil rights groups. That's a little different than a public DNI statement on behalf of 17 differen
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by losteric 9y ago
This image is really the best metaphor for our current political climate: https://imgur.com/TxJ7iEi Mass media just magnifies the angry 1%, creating mountains out of molehills. eg the Bay Area has maybe 100 BLM/Antif
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by losteric 9y ago
You're right... it's just like how early commercial computers were productivity gains for large corporations. New tech is expensive and not very good - only big businesses see positive ROI. As some technology matures, it becomes a
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by losteric 9y ago
Not invented here, not relevant! /s
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by losteric 9y ago
I am interested to see how the pest ecosystem evolves in response to robotic "predators"... Can insects evolve effective camouflage? Will weeds evolve to mimic cash crops? How will fungi/bacteria/viruses respond to a la
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by losteric 9y ago
I've wondered the same, from a different angle: What happens to the structure of society when a larger fraction of intelligent people have access to higher education, the ability to easily relocate, and a financial incentive to work in
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by losteric 9y ago
No, that's just the media inciting tribalism for profit. People across the political spectrum are sick and tired of our absurdly expensive and destabilizing foreign wars and international policing. Republican politicians are escalating
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by losteric 9y ago
Brilliant, plant it by the smoking areas where there's captive targets

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