palmer_eldritch

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by palmer_eldritch 12y ago
One day, in a decade, a century, a millennium, it will be used to make kids prettier. I don't think it will make them happier though.
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by palmer_eldritch 12y ago
> Unions do nothing to contribute to productivity (in the broader economic sense). If anything, they are a hindrance to it. Yes, unions are (supposed) to defend the interests of workers. Not to make it easier for bosses or shareholders t
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by palmer_eldritch 12y ago
Ok, I was wondering what was meant by "e-police station", basically that's their first police station with computers. So basically, it means they'll be able to take statements on computers, making them harder to "lo
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by palmer_eldritch 12y ago
> if you hold uninformed / ignorant / bigoted opinions, you are automatically an evil person and should be treated accordingly One could argue that such an opinion is in fact short-sighted and bigoted...
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by palmer_eldritch 12y ago
About coding by voice, there was an article some time ago about a programmer who developed a bad case of RSI and came up with a system to code by voice: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6203805
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by palmer_eldritch 12y ago
At least it ends on a hopeful note: "We all took the vaccine after that. I had one shot, and I still took the other one and we had all our kids vaccinated, too. After people saw how sick people got, they changed their minds."
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by palmer_eldritch 12y ago
How is using AGPL not really open source? Or do you mean it in the "open source" vs "free software" sense? Even then I don't see how it doesn't fit in the OSI definition... The AGPL is an open source license: y
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by palmer_eldritch 12y ago
But it doesn't work anymore with the correct password... I always found it was cleaner to either force (jmp) or remove (nopnop) the jump rather than inversing its condition. It's more explicit. Also, in the real world, cracking&#x
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by palmer_eldritch 12y ago
Maybe you could have digitally-signed fake CP, signed by competent authorities. Any CP real or fake without the DRM would be illegal. Only sickos who need crime pictures to get off and pennyless pedos would get in trouble with the law... No
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by palmer_eldritch 12y ago
It's probably just reverse engineers being snobs. Or journalists being journalists. Or both.
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by palmer_eldritch 12y ago
In fact, Vivaldi's founder is Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner, one of Opera's founders and ex-CEO of Opera. So I guess one could say there's a link between Opera and Vivaldi (no pun intended).
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by palmer_eldritch 12y ago
Except current France doesn't operate according to socialist logic. It's much closer to neo-liberalism too (as most of today's world). Just because the current president has the label "socialist" for historical reas
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by palmer_eldritch 12y ago
Once a technology has been invented, uninventing it because it might be used to harm people doesn't work. Especially if the people wanting to do the harm are in a position of power (like the nazis were). Wondering about the countless w
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by palmer_eldritch 12y ago
And with this added element, we got the missing link between "To Be More Creative, Cheer Up" and "Feeling Sad Makes Us More Creative". On one hand, drinking will cheer you up. On the other hand, it will also make you fee
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by palmer_eldritch 12y ago
> Perception can easily outweigh facts for a lot of people. If we could find a way to trick people into vaccinating their kids we would use it. Maybe we should try using vaccine syringes shaped like funny animals?
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by palmer_eldritch 12y ago
I'm wondering how they're going to explain that when he was arrested he had an open chat window where he was having a discussion as DPR with an undercover agent and was logged in SR as an admin. Maybe in their next move they'
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by palmer_eldritch 12y ago
Smart move, now he's going to get free publicity as a free speech advocate. When someone says something hateful, it's more effective to ignore him than to make a nation-wide scandal about it. Seriously, the guy strives on all the
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by palmer_eldritch 12y ago
Especially since Charlie Hebdo's goal has never been to offend "just for the purpose of offending". Their comics are for their readers. For most of their history (before the internet) only the few people who bought it read it
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by palmer_eldritch 12y ago
"Pope Francis suggested in a homily in May that he would baptize Martians if they landed in St. Peter’s Square and asked for it." Forget about astronauts or reality shows participants. Let's send catholic priests to Mars.
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by palmer_eldritch 12y ago
Just because some people posing as anonymous rejected the hypothesis it doesn't mean no other people posing as anonymous still accept it. Also, you seem to ignore the fact that many people posing as anonymous would take part in an acti
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by palmer_eldritch 12y ago
An IP address associated with a cyber attack, is more like someone stealing your car and using it to hit a bank than someone running through your backyard to escape the cops. And if someone went through your backyard or your garage while tr
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by palmer_eldritch 12y ago
If they released it today on that platform, it would be well known in a matter of hours.
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by palmer_eldritch 12y ago
I guess what really happened doesn't matter much, what's important is what people believe. How fun would it be if the US started an all-out war against NK (ok, that's really unlikely but let's just imagine it) and then f
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by palmer_eldritch 12y ago
Basically what you're saying is that mongodb is the mysql of nosql databases right?
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by palmer_eldritch 12y ago
Yeah, I can imagine the hackers releasing a torrent of the interview on the date it was supposed to be premiered before Sony got on their knees. With a simple message accompanying the movie: "lulz, trolled u".
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by palmer_eldritch 12y ago
Maybe Sony wasn't scared of real-world terrorist attacks on theaters but of some informations that the hackers might disclose to the world. Who knows what kind of dirty laundry ended up in the hackers' hands. Did the hackers menti
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by palmer_eldritch 12y ago
1. Before the end of century, there's probably some around the solar system 2. Never 3. Never I don't think we'll ever go beyond the solar system and that the only place with complex life in the solar system is the Earth.
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by palmer_eldritch 12y ago
Because, employers want new employees to start coding NOW.
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by palmer_eldritch 12y ago
Next trend on the internet: teens doing webcam shows for pedos so they can get bitcoins to fund their xbox accounts. The medias will love it.