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by lukifer 12y ago
Given the "code == speech" SCOTUS ruling, they may not be able to outlaw crypto tech itself, but they can damn sure throw you in a cage for using it, based on ISP monitoring and mandatory key disclosure. As with guns, the criminal
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by lukifer 12y ago
There might be incentives, though, for groups to collude to create artificial identities in their networks, as a form of gerrymandering.
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by lukifer 12y ago
You nailed it: Sun Tzu 101 is that information (and disinformation) is power.
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by lukifer 12y ago
That doesn't address the question. To most people, peanuts aren't harmful, but a small number of people can die due to exposure. A laundry detergent with no effect on most people may cause some to break out in hives. What do you c
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by lukifer 12y ago
Honest question: given the incredible variety of chemical compounds in nature, if one wants to describe specifically those that are directly harmful to health, or that trigger an immune response in some persons, what is the optimal umbrella
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by lukifer 12y ago
AirPlay is great, but it does have a non-trivial delay while it syncs and buffers, which becomes especially noticeable when skipping tracks.
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by lukifer 12y ago
The tricky thing with correlation is that behavior can still act as a "middle-man" for genetic correlation. For instance, a genetic susceptibility to addictive behavior could lead to higher rates of smoking, and therefore lung can
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by lukifer 12y ago
> I'm not sure how it would relate to "diplomacy, politics, finance and everyday life." Spinning narratives that reinforce what people want to believe has been a time-honored tradition since the beginning of humanity. It&#
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by lukifer 12y ago
For a great two-player game, obligatory plug for Netrunner: information asymmetry and mind-games in a Gibsonesque cyberpunk setting.
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by lukifer 12y ago
The ambiguity actually works in Uber's favor: as long as there is the tiniest thread of plausibility that you are using a similar price algorithm, they can convince a judge to tie you up in court, burning time and legal fees while the
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by lukifer 12y ago
The shared language namespace is getting awfully crowded in general. If they weren't stepping on your toes, they'd likely be stepping on somebody else's.
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by lukifer 12y ago
Homo Economicus might be fictional, but Corpo Economicus and Beaureau Econonomicus are not. Whenever individuals must make decisions on behalf of organizations (public or private), they must be able to justify their actions in the rational,
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by lukifer 12y ago
It's not a 1st amendment issue, but it is a free speech issue. Sony (and the theaters) were coerced by threats of violence.
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by lukifer 12y ago
I'm suddenly very curious about the universality of the similar "uh-huh".
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by lukifer 12y ago
Thanks!
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by lukifer 12y ago
I'm trying a bulletproof experiment after New Year's. Care to share your formula/method? The one time I tried Kerrygold in coffee, I didn't like the taste.
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by lukifer 12y ago
My understanding is that Mars has a dead core and no magnetic field, meaning severe problems with radiation, and even if we melted icecaps and thickened the atmosphere, Mars' lower gravity and lack of a magnetic barrier to solar wind w
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by lukifer 12y ago
> Besides the fact that sending humans vs sending robots isn't a zero sum game This is a good point. I'm certainly not advocating against humans going to space; I just think sending robots is a vastly better long-term ROI. And
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by lukifer 12y ago
To be clear, I'm not making the case that humans aren't "meant" to be in space. I'm referring to the practical obstacles to us both getting to space and surviving there for more than short periods, which is orders o
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by lukifer 12y ago
The blunt reality is that us meatbags are utterly ill-suited in every way to exist anywhere other than Earth (or someplace very Earth-like), and it requires a staggering amount of resources to climb uphill against that fact. I'm happy
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by lukifer 12y ago
I think the assumption is that Chomsky is villifying Einstein for not doing enough, when in fact he's villifying a culture (both in and out of academia) that punishes those who go too far afield with radical ideas. Hence, why this seem
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by lukifer 12y ago
> And it's also made me aware of the privilege that I do enjoy as a college-educated male who's the son of college educated parents. What's scary about privilege is that it's usually invisible. I think it's fair
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by lukifer 12y ago
I had an anti-Obamacare Republican canvasser show up at my door during election season, and ended up debating for about an hour on the front porch. Though it was an enjoyable and intelligent discussion (far from the stereotype of the Tea Pa
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by lukifer 12y ago
I read a fairly compelling Doctorow short (possibly I, Rowboat ?) which posited that that origin of AIs was spam filtration. By creating an ongoing cat-and-mouse game between spambots and anti-spambots, a selective pressure was accidentall
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by lukifer 12y ago
It was honestly difficult not to be distracted by that.
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by lukifer 12y ago
On the other hand: when you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is to stop digging. The broader landscape of IP is a more complex story, but when it comes to software patents specifically, they are clearly harming innovation far
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by lukifer 12y ago
> our evolution or lack thereof as a whole I agree with your broader thrust (Spaceship Earth, etc.), but evolution does not work that way.
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by lukifer 12y ago
Apologies; the social constructs of currency and property have been on my mind in general lately. And for what it's worth, I was using "knee-jerk" as imagery rather than as a pejorative; gut reactions are not inherently illeg
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by lukifer 12y ago
The phrase " my money" seems telling: some people seem to internalize wealth and belongings more than others, seeing it as fundamental to their agency and dignity, no different than their body or mind. Yet money is the product of
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by lukifer 12y ago
If the greatest warrior is the one that need never fight (due to a perceived predetermined outcome), then the most oppressive despotic regime is the one that need never oppress.

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