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by mgamache 7y ago
I am not advocating this in the US or anywhere, but how would one disable a surveillance balloon as an act of civil disobedience if necessary (without ending up in jail)?
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by mgamache 7y ago
Not really. The FAA might have something to say about what floats around the sky. At least in the USA.
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by mgamache 7y ago
Let's get some things straight.. Did they use CVS to get the DNA sample? CVS has birth defect risks. This is not playing God, this is taking a calculated risk because you know of a 50% chance of a birth defect. It is horrible that your
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by mgamache 7y ago
Both comments are right on target. "[they] simply facilitate the buying process" and the question "how they plan to cope with not having inbound leads" are pure gold and articulate my frustration with enterprise salespe
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by mgamache 7y ago
Try and scrape scores or sports results or stock prices (and re-publishing). Pretty sure you will get a "cease and desist" if you get any traffic at all. That data is owned by corporations even if it is publicly displayed.
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by mgamache 7y ago
really? IMHO Yahoo was great only because we did't have pagerank(TM). It lead to purgatory, but produced superior results.
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by mgamache 7y ago
yes, dark grey text on light grey background
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by mgamache 7y ago
A lot of startups are consumer focused and there's a lot of 'how to your first 100 users' material, but how do you get leverage in a B2B space? Finding a customer to validate and work with your idea. Ideally, the customer is
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Ask HN: How does a technical founder find a sales partner (Enterprise B2B)?
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by mgamache 7y ago
At worst it will have no impact. But even if consumers can't negotiate the discounted price themselves they know the premium they are paying for their current plan. Right? This might encourage a single payer system (for good or bad).
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by mgamache 7y ago
rem 1990s 10 Print "Basic" 20 GOTO:10 Seriously, I was taught Basic in 1990 that ran on a VAX (BigTen University). I can't even think Basic anymore after 20+ years of C# / C / JavaScript ActionScript etc
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by mgamache 7y ago
I think part of the issue is that errors are not evenly distributed. There are many more false positives (detecting a lie when the subject is truthful) then false negatives. Most people assume errors are random, in this case they are not. O
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by mgamache 7y ago
What Chomsky points to as a cause (wealth distribution) I might argue is an effect. Those few with the ability to do so, continue the growth while others are left behind. Eventually for the wealthy too the growth will stop. This leads to vi
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by mgamache 7y ago
I am not sure "false" is enough to understand your position. The paper you point to supports my point. Is that what you intended?
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by mgamache 7y ago
Liberals have embraced capitalism leading to stagnation? I prefer Eric Weinstein's formulation of the root cause. There has been limited technological growth in almost all tech fields (except semi-conductors) from 1970 through present
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by mgamache 7y ago
Okay this may be unpopular, but I felt like Microsoft VB 3.0 (for me) was a better version of HyperCard on a worse platform.
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by mgamache 7y ago
Hey I just noticed that SuperCard is still alive and offers HyperCard migrations: https://www.supercard.us/ (SuperCard was a commercial HyperCard alternative)
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by mgamache 7y ago
I tried to get a license for SuperCard (it had color), but had to use resedit + HyperCard to add color textures... Miss those days (not so much) off topic (but same era) I loved MacProject... yet another Claris step child software. Moof! (
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by mgamache 7y ago
All depends on what your goal is. Are you looking for large scale out? Or are you iterating fast and don't want to mess with managing databases, CDN's, KV stores etc...? Note: A version of premature optimization is premature scal
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by mgamache 7y ago
People look for an answer and "once found, the disease could explain everything. It engulfed any alternative." That's the key to much of alternative medicine. Often they start with a conclusion and find supporting evidence. I
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by mgamache 7y ago
Sure, but that's a person deciding to litter instead of using the trash for a product they no longer want to use. In this case littering is part of the normal use of the product.
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by mgamache 7y ago
So the Scooter companies business model is built on a gap in local regulations allowing them to leave there products anywhere without recourse and they are now upset with another business model that found a gap in their gap? Get me some pop
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by mgamache 7y ago
We'll probably never know for certain, but we are getting closer to models that can account for abiogenesis. It might not have a tangible impact on daily life, but most people would like to know how the whole life thing got started. Is
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by mgamache 7y ago
I think spontaneous human combustion is most likely misunderstood http://skepdic.com/shc.html
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by mgamache 7y ago
I am not sure if the stories are accurate, but if they are this is exactly the kind of anti-trust activity that Microsoft was prosecuted for (under US law). This is extending market power (monopoly) from one area to another (search and ads
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by mgamache 7y ago
Right, the business model is getting nuanced with revenue from YouTube / Patreon etc... Some will continue to do it as a form of marketing. Also, there's a non-monetary social status benefit that will cause people to continue even
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by mgamache 7y ago
Peak podcast? Not sure that oversimplification makes sense. The number of podcasts may decline as a we get fewer, but higher value podcasts. I see this happening with YouTube. Higher production value shows with good content are winning.
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by mgamache 7y ago
In addition to the excellent answers from other comments, I would also say that there is a benefit to external audio devices as they are less prone to interference. On-board audio can be noisy due to improper shielding.
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by mgamache 7y ago
Yes please, a new Golden Age for Black Hat SEO!!!
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by mgamache 7y ago
And of course there are children to consider: https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/suit-alleges-am...

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