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by mkstowegnv 10y ago
Our aggression reflects the zero sum physical resource context of our evolutionary past. Knowledge in contrast grows fastest through cooperation. As power including the power to defend oneself grows with knowledge, knowledge seeking entitie
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by mkstowegnv 10y ago
IMHO the aliens will not be specifically seeking life that is intelligent. Singularities and interstellar traveling alien civilizations share a problem. If one is in essence immortal the only purpose that can endure forever is the pursuit o
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by mkstowegnv 10y ago
Funny I saw a definite "you get what you pay for" correlation - with the "highest dollar value" states tending to align with the states with the lowest measures in health, education and other quality of life indicators.
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by mkstowegnv 10y ago
There is no point in making sweeping generalizations about any sizable human group - humans never behave monolithically. This certainly applies to Christianity and Islam with all their history of sects that have spent half their energy fig
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by mkstowegnv 10y ago
Except for Venus with .9 Earth gravity and where colonies floating above the clouds have many advantages over, and may be no more difficult to create than, colonization schemes for Mars or anywhere else in space/away from Earth. https
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by mkstowegnv 10y ago
Indigenous communities in unserved rural Mexico set up their own open source based gsm networks and successfully pressured the central government after the fact to give them permission, and their efforts are spreading virally. https:&#x2F
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by mkstowegnv 11y ago
What if you are the only child who is not mentally ill in a family where both parent have chronic illness that requires constant care and neither of them has siblings? I don't read a lot of success stories about people who spent much
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by mkstowegnv 11y ago
This is fun and informative, but as someone who also played with magnets as a child and adult, alternating poles on one surface is nothing new - most rubberized magnetic strips have created stronger "bonds" using this trick for at
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by mkstowegnv 11y ago
a little more detail here http://arxiv.org/abs/1503.07265
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by mkstowegnv 11y ago
Skepticism of individual cryptocurrencies is advisable as is skepticism of their critics. A lot of the vitriol and guttersniping is the product of rivalry between them, bitterness over the fall in value for many of them, and an almost reli
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by mkstowegnv 11y ago
I can't think of any previous historic moment in my life where a statement of solidarity was so important and yet so easy to make. Progress in the fight against prejudice is easily lost. I can't help but think about the Vienna m
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by mkstowegnv 11y ago
>with real penalties for the violation of our rights. This. The flagrant violations of our constitution that have taken place are tantamount to treason and the guilty parties deserve punishment at the level of life in prison. And I will
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by mkstowegnv 11y ago
There is a lot of activity along these lines - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_science and especially follow the "see also" links.
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by mkstowegnv 11y ago
Please expand on/ provide citations for that last thought.
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by mkstowegnv 12y ago
I agree that Mims' books are easy to understand, but for me they are boring and painfully behind the current state of the art. Horowitz and Hill's Art of Electronics (the third edition is out) on the other hand is readable and ho
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by mkstowegnv 12y ago
My favorite is Japanese sayoonara: "if it must be that way"
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by mkstowegnv 12y ago
William Blake would probably agree http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/172943 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tyger
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by mkstowegnv 12y ago
my kingdom for tree-style tabs with labelable nodes!
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by mkstowegnv 13y ago
While his essay is thought provoking and makes some valid points, he has oversimplified the moral equation in at least two ways. It is not clear that in many areas burning wood (especially using modern catalytic converter efficient wood st
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by mkstowegnv 13y ago
am I right in thinking that this could also allow manufacturers to make it harder for hackers to jailbreak devices they own (negative) and make it easier to design operating systems that would resist malware (positive)?
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by mkstowegnv 13y ago
crowdfund a new political party with pro bill of rights, anti-corporatist smaller government platform specific prohibitions for fourth amendment abuses better whistle blower protecting legislation supporting constitutional amendments for al
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by mkstowegnv 13y ago
Also highly recommended is htp://www.warmshowers.org/‎ 'a site for reciprocal hospitality for touring bicyclists ' others listed at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospitality_service#Example_web.
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by mkstowegnv 13y ago
http://www.crowdsourcing.org/ specialized but hitting all the same themes as HN. Surprising how surprising crowdsourcing still is.