nickolai

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by nickolai 15y ago
> So it's natural to always try to cheat, steal from "the state" and to pass these attitudes to their children Does this mean that - given the context you describe - Greece will be essentially unable to raise the resources needed to pay
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by nickolai 15y ago
If cheating one's way out of doing real work is so pervasive in the institutions training our political and business leaders, i guess the current cirsis situation is not very surprising. What kind of people would you expect at the top of a
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Breakthrough in quantum computing: Resisting 'quantum bug'(physorg.com)
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by nickolai 15y ago
Regarding compiled languages, I wouldnt really mind a poor man's workstation setup as long as * The compilation is done remotely on a beefy server with no CPU/Disk IO/Disk space issues. * I get several monitors. they don't even have to be b
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by nickolai 15y ago
I hope it stays a joke. Thats like putting a blind and deaf sailor to the rudder because you can't order him around the boat to manipulate the sails. Either position has screwage potential. Put him into some cmmi compliance group instead.
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Magnetic Microprocessors Could Approach Landauer Limit(popsci.com)
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A Mouse Can Infect Your Network(pcworld.com)
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by nickolai 15y ago
Regarding fake antivirus software : The idea itself is not that innovative. Fake medicines have been part fo the crooks's easy-money-toolbox for ages. This just applies the "you look tired and sick. buy our snake oil to cure your ills" appr
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by nickolai 15y ago
> If my doctor was leaking my medical records left and right to advertisers around town, I would sue him... at some point leaking my online identity has to have some sort of repercussions behind it besides me getting online and being op
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DRM : No "new game" button for Resident Evil: Mercenaries 3D(dvice.com)
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by nickolai 15y ago
Do you define the usefulness of a piece of work as "fulfills a percieved need for the individual paying for it" or as "brings added value to our society"? In the former case - every employee is doing useful work. The latter definition is wa
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by nickolai 15y ago
> it becomes nearly impossible to pirate that software without first hacking Apple’s data center in North Carolina. I'm not familiar with Final Cut X in particular, but most centrainsed "connect-to-our-server" software DRM services for
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by nickolai 15y ago
Your bank's manager likely has IE6, so WebGL is probably not the main security issue in that particular area.
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Firefox Strategy Is a Recipe for Failure(pcworld.com)
1 points by nickolai 15y ago|1 comments
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Inside the Mega-Hack of Bitcoin: the Full Story(dailytech.com)
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by nickolai 15y ago
You can fit any finite number of elephants with one paramter once you put it that way :)
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by nickolai 15y ago
Wouldnt a simple IR filter strapped to the camera lens neutralise the system? The filters are really not that hard to get - most cheap webcams use one because their CCD are actually very sensitive to IRs
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by nickolai 15y ago
reminds me of http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Bourne-Into-Oblivion.aspx
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LulzSec Possibly Subject of Framing Attempt(dailytech.com)
2 points by nickolai 15y ago|0 comments
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Top iPhone Passcodes Revealed(pcworld.com)
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Green Fluorescent Protein Makes for Living Lasers(scientificamerican.com)
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Massive Solar Flare on june 7th.(popsci.com)
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by nickolai 15y ago
I think you missed my point. It is not against theoretical science. It is against scientific politics that seem to dominate academia. Regarding Tim Berners Lee, he is imho all but an 'average theoretical physicist' - which further proves my
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by nickolai 15y ago
>since if it all worked like its commented then there'd be no bugs. Unless it is no longer supposed to work how it was originally written and commented. Software lives and evolves over time. All too often comments go stale. When the Big
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by nickolai 15y ago
Geeks I know value skill and creativity over knowledge. Getting things done instead of getting stuck in pointless intellectual and political considerations. There is a growing contempt for the old academic intelligentsia more concerned with
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GOP science: Wind, sun are "anti-energy"(salon.com)
1 points by nickolai 15y ago|0 comments
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by nickolai 15y ago
would it accept to print on a pdf 'printer' ?
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Pranksters hijack Apple storefront in Berlin(tgdaily.com)
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CERN Scientists Trap Antimatter for Almost 17 Minutes(pcmag.com)
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March RSA Hack Hits Lockheed, Remote Systems Breached(pcmag.com)
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