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Introduction to Pop11 basics(youtube.com)
1 points by motters 15y ago|0 comments
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by motters 15y ago
Obsessions over face recognition are really a red herring compared to "warrantless wiretapping", logging of mobile phone geolocations, who has access to Facebook's database and ISP data retention. Even if face recognition were perfect and
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by motters 15y ago
As far as censorship goes, it starts with "terrorists" and the usual handful of bogeymen who only ever actually constitute a minuscule minority of internet activity, but it doesn't end there. I think the back story is that sites like Twitte
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by motters 15y ago
The NAO is nice, but rather pricey. You can do advanced robotics stuff without breaking the bank using a Turtlebot. And it's open hardware and software. http://www.turtlebot.com In some regards the Turtlebot is more advanced, since you
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by motters 15y ago
Taskwarrior. It's all you need.
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by motters 15y ago
WikiTextbook. Adopt the Scholarpedia model where there is curation of particular topics. Put it under a Creative Commons license and make it easy to download.
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by motters 15y ago
Also see Flatpress.
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by motters 15y ago
Such practices are only likely to lead to burnout, lower quality work and high staff turnover. All these are counter-productive for a company, especially if they're relying upon a high level of intellectual performance from their employees
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by motters 15y ago
It depends upon how events unfold. If some countries leave the Euro I can quite imagine Bitcoin, or a customized version of it, being seen as a temporary solution.
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by motters 15y ago
DeSOPA is a nice yet simple tool which I could recommend to others or modify if necessary should the need arise.
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by motters 15y ago
If the systems you're paying for are proprietary, then they can, and sometimes do, die the classic proprietary software death.
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by motters 15y ago
Who decides which adverts are "considered not annoying" ?
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by motters 15y ago
It seems to me that what may be happening with sites such as Facebook is behavioral sink. That is, the frequency/intensity of interactions, especially facilitated by involuntary sharing, is beyond what the biological system can handle and
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by motters 15y ago
Passwords are not ideal, but they seem to be the best compromise available. An alternative might be for everyone to carry around a USB dongle containing a private key, along with physical keys. There's always some tradeoff between securit
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by motters 15y ago
Is there anything like this for the UK?
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by motters 15y ago
This is very much in agreement with my observations about technological unemployment in the US. http://sluggish.homelinux.net/wiki/Employment_and_Productivi... Jobs in software related industries have been stagnant or in decline in the US
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by motters 15y ago
If you're just doing it for the money then you're probably wasting your life. To exist is good, but most people want to do more than that. IMHO the most mediocre software engineers who are most likely to produce undocumented spaghetti cod
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Where's my jetpack?(youtube.com)
2 points by motters 15y ago|0 comments
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by motters 15y ago
Actually I don't believe that Diaspora failed. The fact that I'm using it on a daily basis, and not using Facebook, is pretty much a win as far as I'm concerned. Diaspora still has some way to go, but it's usable.
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by motters 15y ago
Traditionally, interns and foreign exchange students are used as slave labour, then disposed of when their tenure expires. One thing that I found about business, which initially was a shock but soon became the expected norm, is that people
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by motters 15y ago
Having an over-inflated ego can backfire badly in all aspects of life. If you are involved with any aspect of engineering or delivering any good or service then as soon as you start believing that bullshit is more important than reality th
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by motters 15y ago
Not very good advice. It's basically an accountants view of engineering, which can be summarized as follows: - Only be interested in increasing profit or reducing cost - Don't care about what you do unless it conflicts with the above - Tre
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by motters 15y ago
I've had very mixed experiences with recruiters. At best they ask reasonable questions and provide informative information about companies. At worst they're rude, condescending, unprofessional and openly confess that "I know nothing about
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by motters 15y ago
I also get the impression that Google's glory days may be drawing to a close. Certainly my level of trust in their services is not what it once was.
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by motters 15y ago
Although Stallman didn't use a great deal of tact in his statement I agree with his concern overall. Software should serve the user in accordance with the ideal of individual empowerment with technology and not become a sort of jail contro
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by motters 15y ago
Nice, although you would have to be of a certain age to appreciate this. There are people out there running even older 8 bit microcomputers for single dedicated applications.
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by motters 15y ago
At first I also assumed the same. However, if it's a hoax it's a pretty elaborate one. He appears to have an online presence as a trader going back at least to 2009. My guess is that he's just making outrageous statements so that he can g
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by motters 15y ago
I wonder if this "entrepreneur" also isn't getting paid. This is the classic bad business proposition - i.e. I won't pay you now but I might at some unspecified point in future.
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by motters 15y ago
I've been in the process of minimizing my Facebook presence, but have left the account open just in case a specific need to use it arises in future. I'm already on other social networks, and Facebook is relatively high maintenance in terms
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The Stability of the Solar System(scholarpedia.org)
5 points by motters 15y ago|0 comments

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