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by mathetic 11y ago
Bill Gates led a company that shipped products with poor security for decades just to maintain their first mover advantage. He actively and deliberately took part in abusing the fact that security is not the first thing assessed in a produc
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by mathetic 11y ago
Depends on what you are doing. If you're trying to teach Van Emde Boas trees, then yeah without coding no one will like to work on that, but there are so many insightful topics. One example would be modal logic. There is something inhe
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by mathetic 11y ago
I have more than enough friends, even good friends, working for them. The answer is they are not political at all, the problems company working on appeal to them, and the pay is unmatched.
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by mathetic 11y ago
There is a four part documentary (40ish minutes in total) by Kirby Ferguson called "Everything is Remix." [0] It discusses patents in addition to copyright as well. It highlights in numerous ways why public domain is essential for
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by mathetic 11y ago
Well, if you go to your local store and buy the album, you can listen to it as many times as you want and not keep paying the artist.
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Harvard Law Review Freaks Out, Sends Threat Over Public Domain Citation Guide(techdirt.com)
4 points by mathetic 11y ago|1 comments
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by mathetic 11y ago
Maybe Orwell's vision wasn't accurate. The title suggests Huxley got it right.
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by mathetic 11y ago
No need. If that sequence is not random, quantum mechanics is in big trouble.
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by mathetic 11y ago
And let's not forget GHCi, which you get when you install Glasgow Haskell Compiler. It's a REPL and one of the best ways to play with Haskell.
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by mathetic 11y ago
Long story short, the article is weak because a sample of one means nothing . The real reason why things are gonna be end-to-end encrypted from now on is because we can and there is nothing anyone can do about it. Technology > policy.
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by mathetic 11y ago
It is hard to look at this post and its results and not remind ourselves Lady Lovelace's quote from nearly 200 years ago. "[The Analytical Engine] might act upon other things besides number, were objects found whose mutual fundame
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by mathetic 11y ago
So?
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by mathetic 11y ago
Well, the title literally says "world's fastest computer."
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Richard Stallman: “A Systematic Effort to Attack GNU Packages”(phoronix.com)
7 points by mathetic 11y ago|0 comments
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by mathetic 11y ago
>> They were referring to how dramatically and chaotically it changed before the first stable release. Exactly.
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by mathetic 11y ago
I think your post gives away the answer and you're only looking for confirmation. Honestly, I can't give you advice financially as I am roughly your age, but if I were in your position I would follow my dream without any hesitatio
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by mathetic 11y ago
Extension of that logic requires closing all R&D departments across all industries. As outlined in the manifesto it is a long term investment.
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by mathetic 11y ago
I get it, it's a great article but I don't think we need to share the same article and discuss it annually. 2 years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5519158 3 years ago: https://news.ycombinato
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by mathetic 12y ago
Indeed, why use a hammer to hammer a nail when a big rock can achieve the same! I agree calling it better than any other editor is erroneous. There is emacs too, but that's about it.
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by mathetic 12y ago
I don't understand why you're being so rude while trying to make a point. The thing is technology companies, unlike pharmaceutical companies, automative companies, defence companies, or any other direct application of hard science
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by mathetic 12y ago
The title needs "in the US" at the end to be more descriptive.
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by mathetic 12y ago
>> The future is digital, they cannot and will not step down while other countries, basically everyone that is capable to do it, will do it. I can't disagree more. Just a few centuries ago slavery was not only ubiquitous but it w
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by mathetic 12y ago
>> If everyone is shouting that you're bad, the most basic human instinct is to shout back even louder. Citation needed. Even if this is the case, then it is lucky that we developed cognitive tools that allow us to reflect on our
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by mathetic 12y ago
The smallest implementation of full chess is an irrelevant question. It all depends on the underlying machine and how the instructions are designed. At one extreme, a closed circuit with no programming interface but with the ability to play
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by mathetic 12y ago
This is vigilante justice. No authority held Lenovo accountable for their blatant and repulsive disrespect for their customers privacy, so someone else did. Vigilante justice is bad, but lack of accountability for corporations when they pul
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“Suspicious male in possession of flight simulator game” lawsuit moves ahead(arstechnica.com)
12 points by mathetic 12y ago|0 comments
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by mathetic 12y ago
I like how you conveniently ignored the parent's comments about cartels. Also I don't understand the use of "pseudo-libertarian" here? Drug usage is a personal decision and it's none of state's business. That i
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by mathetic 12y ago
> "Do you know who did 9/11?" Taken totally aback, I answered: "Osama Bin Laden." Then she asked me if I knew what language Osama Bin Laden spoke. "Arabic," I replied. "So do you see why these card
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by mathetic 12y ago
Now, this is a statement of fact, which is always nice but I don't see what is the point being made here. Is it that LSD is a concern for public safety? If so this incident puts it in the same category as drunk driving, texting while d
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by mathetic 12y ago
Care to elaborate?

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