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by mLuby 7y ago
Furthermore, while human life was "nasty, brutish and short" dying "in a blaze of glory" made some sense, trading just a few years. But as we live longer and and happier lives, that trade will be viewed as pathologically
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by mLuby 7y ago
Because powerful software can still be created by an individual. As with authors, artists, and composers, that lends itself to the heroic tale, of a lone genius toiling in secret to reveal a stunning breakthrough to the world. Physical indu
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by mLuby 7y ago
Spacefaring is more likely than multi-planetary. Do you disagree with any point below? (1) We use factories and raw materials to build space station modules. (2) We create and expand space stations in Earth orbit by launching modules via ro
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by mLuby 7y ago
And the number of people who could be addressed at once was once limited to an auditorium. Rockets to Earth orbit are the bootstrap stage, like electro-mechanical relays are to transistors. We will have orders-of-magnitude more efficient me
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by mLuby 7y ago
Yes, and we should strive to use all tools for a defense in depth of our rights. Laws are the first line of defense, then politics/media, then technology from software to hardware, and finally trust in our fellow humans and ourselves
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by mLuby 7y ago
s/politicians/executives and you'll see that good decisions can be made by non-technical people, as long as they have been adequately informed by technical folks.
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by mLuby 7y ago
For those of us who didn't know about this: >The Office of Technology Assessment's (1972-1995) purpose was to provide Congressional members and committees with objective and authoritative analysis of complex scientific and tech
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by mLuby 7y ago
You make a good point. Because most people don't do interesting things until they're out of their 20s, it makes those who do unusual and therefore newsworthy. But being newsworthy has (monetary) value so this list, which used to
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by mLuby 7y ago
2019 [reality]: peripherals use USB, USB-C, HDMI, 3.5mm audio. - Apple: you get USB-C and a bucketful of dongles. - Others: we'll make machines with all those ports. 2024 [the dream is realized]: peripherals use USB-C exclusively.
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by mLuby 7y ago
Facebooks' lawyers are not sane. ^__^
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by mLuby 7y ago
You make a good counterpoint: it's awesome that this can be done concisely enough these days to fit in a hobby blog post. That's new and demonstrates the approachability of these tools. At the same time, OP is right: a business
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by mLuby 7y ago
A hero of the Soviet Union, if not officially. Please add the publish date (September 18, 2017) to the title; it's called Hacker News not Hacker Archives.
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by mLuby 7y ago
Perfect use for tech—bravo! Can you do this with airplanes too? Might be fun to "see" where they're from/going.
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by mLuby 7y ago
Immigration isn't mentioned at all; that's shocking. Assuming talent seeks opportunity to express itself, places looking for success (=talent*opportunity) should to make it easy for talent to move there. For the US, let students w
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by mLuby 7y ago
A gag order can be reasonable: "give us what you have on user John Smith birthday 1/1/1950 but don't tell him anything" makes sense if you're, say, investigating a criminal ring John is part of. What is unreas
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by mLuby 7y ago
Why do you think he'd be out right now? Manning got 35 years, was only out due to a pardon, and is right back in again. Also consider that he's been able to advocate for privacy for years now, something he couldn't (easily) d
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by mLuby 7y ago
Why aren't they using ducted fans? I thought they're more efficient than naked props and they certainly look more safe.
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by mLuby 7y ago
I like how simple it is—best of luck! (BTW I think your demo video can be shortened in the middle; after 6 selectors it's clear how that works.) 1. How hard would it be to do inputs ? That is, there's a form that I have to fill o
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by mLuby 7y ago
Would love to use that if/when you get it working.
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by mLuby 7y ago
Check out Starship Theory on Steam for something close to FTL. Personally I found Starship Corporation (no relation) to be the best ship design "game" I've yet seen.
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by mLuby 7y ago
Lot of talk about how 1. a Moon elevator is pointless without an Earth elevator, and 2. we can't build an Earth elevator with today's technology. However we can build an orbital ring around Earth with today's technology, an
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by mLuby 7y ago
Just run the rail gun in reverse! (Just no fragile humans please unless it's a very long barrel.)
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by mLuby 7y ago
In human systems (which software now enables) like oppressive government and corporations, often things do suck and vast powers are arrayed against the individual activist. In peace and science, social justice and medicine, things have neve
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by mLuby 7y ago
Try deploying a simple server (eg a dog API) on Heroku. Then back it with a database. Then add a web or mobile app. Then do it on AWS.
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by mLuby 7y ago
In contrast, his (counter-)interviewing skills are impressive. Thoughtful and unflappable.
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by mLuby 7y ago
100% agreed
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by mLuby 7y ago
Setting aside anything Russia might have gained, there was clear harm done to the reputations of US intel agencies (and US more generally), as well as minor but directly consequent limits placed on their abilities. I don't know if you
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by mLuby 7y ago
Corollary: make sure your logo isn't easily sexualized. http://blog.wanken.com/9115/uncomfortably-sexual-company-log...
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How's that? There are ways to post content anonymously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20220048
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by mLuby 7y ago
"Houthi rebels have been using drones in combat since the start of the Saudi-led war. The first appeared to be off-the-shelf, hobby-kit-style drones, but later versions have been nearly identical to Iranian models. Tehran denies supply

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