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811.
by lukifer 11y ago
Thanks for the tip! I frequently prune task processes manually, and I didn't know that killing all helper processes was safe to do. :D
812.
by lukifer 11y ago
I own one of these, and it's super-useful, but I still want a NexDock. The ports are awkwardly placed, requiring weird adapters (I had to shave off plastic to get both HDMI and USB to fit at the same time.) The USB port is also powered
813.
by lukifer 11y ago
Let's assume that's true for the sake of argument. Then why stop there? Why not monitor all communications to also catch murderers and rapists and tax cheats? Why have a 4th amendment at all? What makes "terrorism" subst
814.
by lukifer 11y ago
This is an important point, but it's worth noting that the relationship between social beliefs and personal benefit exists in countless other domains: company stock price, religious groups, political movements, adoption of a particular
815.
by lukifer 11y ago
I'm no fan of fiat, but your statement is tautological at best: the fiat currencies that have collapsed, collapsed. Communications tech and electronic fiat make the future anyone's bet.
816.
by lukifer 11y ago
Counterpoint: physical security largely works this way too.
817.
by lukifer 11y ago
At last, we've found the counter-example to Betteridge's Law of Headlines.
818.
by lukifer 11y ago
My hunch is that they've got something brewing that is optimized for a post-SATA, SSD-only world, and they won't release it until that describes most/all of their product line.
819.
by lukifer 11y ago
Totally agreed that the issue is one of customer transparency. "Click Agree to this incomprehensible EULA" is completely unacceptable.
820.
by lukifer 11y ago
I think it's worthwhile to unpack exactly what "owner" means; I don't think it's purely binary. In our current society, I can own land, but still be restricted by HOAs and zoning laws. I can buy a piece of software,
821.
by lukifer 11y ago
I feel the same way. However, it is interesting that effectively zero Chrome users complain about auto-updates, presumably because they are stable, seamless, and very conservative with user-facing changes. What I would prefer to see is seam
822.
by lukifer 11y ago
What would you consider the line to be? What if he had donated to a organization against interracial marriage? What if he had donated to a Neo-Nazi group? There are many consider causes against same-sex marriage to be equally morally repugn
823.
by lukifer 11y ago
Thanks for sharing, all sorts of good finds in this thread. :) Allegaeon is perhaps my favorite metal band, and their songs frequently revolve around physics, biology, sci-fi, and futurism: The God Particle: http://youtu.be/
824.
by lukifer 11y ago
Money is a curious sort of behavioral information network, in that the information is destroyed at every hop. If you pay five dollars at my hot dog stand, I accept the exchange in value without the slightest clue if the money came from tuto
825.
by lukifer 11y ago
There are mental gymnastics involved anytime the umbrella term "drugs" is invoked; the behavioral differences between cannabis, LSD, PCP, heroin and crack cocaine are so staggering, it's absurd to talk about them lumped toget
826.
by lukifer 11y ago
The reality is that war is an effective means of population equilibrium, and it's no coincidence that its' enthusiasts skew heavily male. Genetically speaking, it offers a good deal: eliminate competitor males, and if you survive,
827.
by lukifer 11y ago
The thing to remember is that space isn't flat. Gravity warps it, like a bowling ball warps a flat bed sheet, but in 3 (technically, 4) dimensions. A black hole is a warping where instead of a gradual dip in the sheet, there is a cone
828.
by lukifer 11y ago
This is already possible (if awkward) using iTunes Home Sharing and a dedicated media server. I wouldn't call it good, but it's good enough. It remains to be seen if it made the cut for the ATV4 (or whatever we're calling it)
829.
by lukifer 11y ago
It's a little roundabout, but I use AirVideo HD [1] with a separate iOS device to get around this. My media server recompresses content to MP4 in realtime, which then bounces to the AppleTV via AirPlay, which all works seamlessly for b
830.
by lukifer 11y ago
You are right that the analogy breaks down at the assumption that humans would allow the paperclip machine to run amok; human wants do powerfully change and influence the market machine. At the same time, the abyss gazes into us, and human
831.
by lukifer 11y ago
Implicit in the statement "giving people what they want" is a set of assumptions about what "want" means. Do I want life-saving medicine? Do I want a soul-sucking job that pays the bills? Do I want to be de-facto-require
832.
by lukifer 11y ago
I find the psychology of voting fascinating. Most people are unwilling to vote for a third-party/longshot candidate, as their vote would be "wasted", despite the fact that their single vote is guaranteed not to matter. I thin
833.
by lukifer 11y ago
Whoops, overlooked that in your post! But I think it bears repeating. :)
834.
by lukifer 11y ago
Just for once, I want to hear a truly honest conservative politician: "We need to drastically shrink the government, which is why when I'm elected, one-eighth* of my constituency will be immediately unemployed!" (Not that the
835.
by lukifer 11y ago
Another overlooked right-leaning perk of UBI: depending on the details, it could allow reducing or even eliminating the minimum wage. This means that labor would be free to seek its true market value, resulting in more total jobs, and reduc
836.
by lukifer 11y ago
I mean by default. There are tools available for all platforms, but the user has to seek them out.
837.
by lukifer 11y ago
It may be a distraction from the larger, quite-real problem of sexism in tech, but I do wonder if there are sometimes perceptual misfires of bias that are byproducts of generalized arrogance. I have a bad habit of overexplaining or talking
838.
by lukifer 11y ago
I consider it an OS-level deficiency that clipboard copy is destructive by default. The fact that no major OS has multi-clipboard out of the box in 2015 is shameful.
839.
by lukifer 11y ago
Knee-jerk tin-foil response: anyone of sufficient influence is already under explicit or implicit threat of having their secrets outed if they challenge the system; and/or, they currently benefit from backdoor access to the secrets of
840.
by lukifer 11y ago
"Because it was easier" is not a good reason for Pocket to be internal. It should have been an extension, which gives the user more control (ie, to completely remove the bits from the system). I have no problem with Pocket or incl

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