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by ollieshmollie 7y ago
I remember finding an article on HN about a developer for FreeBSD going to work on Mac OS[1], before returning to work in open source. Isn't the Mac OS user space an example of what you describe? [1] https://www.wired.com&#
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by ollieshmollie 8y ago
Saw a nice video on the dispute of apes' mastery of sign language over at NPR: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/07/25/5385804...
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by ollieshmollie 8y ago
I noticed the video described him as MBE, so I looked him up. He also invented a water filter and was named Member of the British Empire for it: https://ideas.ted.com/since-the-ted-talk-michael-pritchard-o...
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by ollieshmollie 9y ago
Reminds me of: "In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread." - Anatole France
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by ollieshmollie 9y ago
Agreed. Though this "swatting" thing is horrifying and tragic, I think the Wichita police should shoulder most of the responsibility. Am I wrong in thinking that they could have done some reconnaissance or something? In any case,
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by ollieshmollie 9y ago
I think there's at least a plausible argument to be had. A lot of bad guys get guns through holes in gun control, getting a gun out of state, etc. If it were harder for the wrong people to get guns, maybe there wouldn't be such a
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by ollieshmollie 9y ago
I agree. I took the crux of the article to be, "What's the point of smart contracts?", not "The hacker in this case didn't do anything wrong."
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by ollieshmollie 9y ago
This is a great article about an arson investigation that turned out to be bogus, leading to someone's execution. http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/09/07/trial-by-fire
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by ollieshmollie 9y ago
I think that's what the guys at Maple thought. I worked there for a bit when it started, and it seemed to me like they were growing too fast. There would be some pretty serious operational issues (from my point of view), but bang, they