modzu

126 ms·

811.
by modzu 8y ago
to be fair, the claim is, "supported by...". this is not the same as equality.
812.
by modzu 8y ago
but the list of mailinator domains is easily looked up and blacklisted by most major sites. the op's insight is that sites won't blacklist gmail
813.
by modzu 8y ago
"the first thing that made me smile about the U4919DW wasn’t even the screen itself, it was the buttons" ok then...
814.
by modzu 8y ago
it is absolutely on purpose. a workaround is you can set pins on the map. instead of a list, you have to zoom out of the map, but then you can click a pin, for example for quick directions to your home address.
815.
by modzu 8y ago
tldr: - its as old as civilization (examples from babylon) - the quakers popularized it in america (supplanting the bow)
816.
by modzu 8y ago
let the downvotes begin, rain them upon thee! am not looked to get myself banned but the parent comment is as outright an original, authentic, relevant comment you will find here. yet there it is, too light grey to read. serious question: w
817.
by modzu 8y ago
seeing a comment like this downvoted to the bottom.. i just.. miss the old HN
818.
by modzu 8y ago
im not justifying it, but its easier to do research at a place like FB than in a university these days
819.
by modzu 8y ago
i agree its not justice, but the answer is because they have power. you could download the vpn and then try to press charges. hope you have lots of money.
820.
by modzu 8y ago
im sure a disclaimer is in the eula (boo).. but if it were deemed illegal, i suspect fb would just pay the fines, or more likely, be given time to come into compliance with the law..
821.
Production begins of new strategic nuclear weapon(npr.org)
2 points by modzu 8y ago|1 comments
822.
by modzu 8y ago
and if you're wondering, that's probably 100% for us canadians lol
823.
by modzu 8y ago
see also: is everything a computer? (putnam's idea): https://philosophynow.org/issues/124/Is_Everything_A_Compute...
824.
by modzu 8y ago
reference: https://www.zdnet.com/article/firefox-tests-cliqz-engine-whi... ugh.. why mozilla, why??
825.
by modzu 8y ago
no, its worse than that. everything you do [period] will be available to the public. the reason the twitter story is news is because they were private tweets. yes on an "internet service" but do you think your operating system i
826.
by modzu 8y ago
thank you Dr. Loeb for giving this the attention it deserves. oumuamua demonstrated that we aren't equipped to respond fast enough to these types of objects. we need plans in place that addresses the latency of fast moving objects so t
827.
by modzu 8y ago
wait its not growing in a sample of regolith? i thought that was the point of the experiment (gravity experiments with plants have been done on ISS, no?)
828.
by modzu 8y ago
um, no, it sure looks like the electric car is already taking over...
829.
by modzu 8y ago
the headline is clickbaity but the gist of the article is different: even if its a long way off or even if it might not work, its very important to try
830.
by modzu 8y ago
true weather is open source: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.conceptual... and love for those who still use desktops too: https://conceptualspace.net/trueweather/
831.
by modzu 8y ago
ah ok, yes i agree
832.
by modzu 8y ago
maybe another way to challenge your perspective is to think of a robot: in the case of a robot, you can explain how it senses whats going on around it, learns things, and takes actions. but is the robot conscious? is it ok to kill it? thi
833.
by modzu 8y ago
that's behaviorism (not the same thing as experience) and as a theory was refuted in the 50s by chomsky: https://chomsky.info/1967____/
834.
by modzu 8y ago
if consciousness were anything but what the brain does, how would you know? we don't really have a means to check for consciousness other than asking someone. that's pretty weak! because there isn't a consciousness test, phil
835.
by modzu 8y ago
sabine seems to be a physicist without much knowledge of the philosophy of mind (hence why they "just discovered" panpsychism). a shame because if her characterization of panpsychism were correct we would have a tidy little refuta
836.
by modzu 8y ago
its arbitrarily blocking opera :(
837.
by modzu 8y ago
the last sentence from jim lovell is not something i'd heard before and makes you think. on his view of the earth from the moon (wow): "When I looked at the Earth itself... I started to wonder why I was here, what's my purpos
838.
by modzu 8y ago
it would be cool to see the source for the project, like what triggered the cloud uploads or how the gps data was mapped
839.
by modzu 8y ago
it's surprising and sad how 'average' the thieves all seem to be; i expected to see somebody down on their luck, not a guy in a lexus or with a $2000 bike in his room. im trying not to jump to conclusions about humanity. plea
840.
by modzu 8y ago
that's a bit disingenuous: the issue here is that even if you turn off activity tracking, activity is still tracked if you have error reporting enabled, a setting that is much less explicit about what it is collecting.

More ›