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by pirateking 13y ago
We pretend to publish, they pretend to pay. - The Wall Street Wall
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by pirateking 13y ago
Very interesting. Sounds like DRI (Directly Responsible Individual) at Apple. Are there any manager type roles (who does the assigning of projects to engineers)?
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by pirateking 13y ago
No public speaking required - demos can be code, writing, or whatever mediums you are comfortable with. The idea is influenced by various stories I have heard over the years about Valve, Pixar, and Apple. Not sure if any company currently i
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by pirateking 13y ago
This is a difficult problem with too many complex human factors. The guilty actor may have a conscience, but without suitable creative channels, opts instead for basic survival in the organization by whatever means necessary. Or they might
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by pirateking 13y ago
Learning to code is the new State standardized testing. A checkbox occupation educators can tick while students mindlessly run through the motions. Everyone needs to learn to think and create . For that coding is a great option, but not
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by pirateking 13y ago
Very cool links, thanks. I have been on a similar journey as I also finished reading "Masters of Doom" last week. Also interestingly, John Romero made a brief appearance at the Homebrew Computer Club Reunion last month (which I at
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by pirateking 13y ago
Don't worry. We are just in the 1984 stage of dystopia. Snow Crash is coming soon though!
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by pirateking 13y ago
The core mechanics and metagame (footsies) of many fighting games are similar. But the top players that actually do well in tournaments in multiple games spend significant amounts of time studying details of game-specific culture, matchups,
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by pirateking 13y ago
I have a reference - contact info in profile.
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by pirateking 13y ago
What about any of the other infinite number of unforseen attack vectors? It is a misunderstanding that it is the communication infrastructure and technology under attack here. It is not. It is the abstract idea of Freedom that is under atta
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by pirateking 13y ago
And it is only a matter of time until McDonalds is effectively a brick and mortar sized 3D printer of food-like compounds with a Siri interface...
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by pirateking 13y ago
I hope eventually drones will just deliver raw materials and resources for product materialization (next generation manufacturing) at home or on-site, using both commercial and open source product materialization specifications distributed
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by pirateking 13y ago
Robotic sewing machines, 3D printers, downloadable textile construction packages, and motion sensors paired with modeling software to try on virtual clothes will someday end retail clothing as well. The need to sample things by taste (or ot
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by pirateking 13y ago
You take the left path. Your inventory contains: flashlight with unknown amount of battery power, shovel, binoculars, old brass ring, matchbox, notebook, pencil. 1. Inspect the wiring. 2. Continue in the dark. 3. Turn back.
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by pirateking 13y ago
Salvation is always just around the corner, but we are walking around a rotating platform struggling to even just keep the corner in sight.
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by pirateking 13y ago
Since the issue states that all reports seem to be from OS X 10.8.X on, I do wonder if it is related to changes that were introduced around 10.8[1][2]. Could FileVault or default Gatekeeper permissions also be involved? I don't know mu
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by pirateking 13y ago
My home page is currently 11 KB (no stylesheets or scripts), and any work on it can be done with one-liner scripts. I don't feel like coming back to the "modern" web again. I would rather continue experimenting with alternati
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by pirateking 13y ago
Public and/or anonymous data should be posted to a single global, anonymous, distributed storage system [1]. All other data should be stored on your personal system with 700 permissions, and require explicit pull requests from your sys
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by pirateking 13y ago
For some entertaining, game theoretic exploration of this topic, I recommend reading Liar Game[1]. [1] http://mangafox.me/manga/liar_game/
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by pirateking 13y ago
Same. I am curious to see what sort of marketing treatment the feature will get come iOS 8 (hopefully 7.X), as it potentially blurs the line between apps and could be confusing if used for deeper integration than presenting a modal.
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by pirateking 13y ago
I think a root problem here is a lack of understanding of the modern nature of information. Nobody fully understands it yet, but here is an example of some that are less aware of its properties (users of Snapchat) and something that is obfu
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by pirateking 13y ago
XPC[1][2] is a private framework in iOS. I am hoping it will be made accessible before iOS 8 (unlikely). [1] http://oleb.net/blog/2012/10/remote-view-controllers-in-ios-... [2] https://developer.ap
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by pirateking 13y ago
Style guides are the worst to me. Taking some of the small joys left in programming away, while making you feel like a cog at the same time. Especially since many are outdated or just plain wrong, and very difficult to change once establish
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by pirateking 13y ago
The 90% will get paid. Likely paid in digital currency for performing manual labor or creative work inside Virtual Worlds.
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by pirateking 13y ago
The next Constitution should be a set of mathematical proofs or computer program. At the very least, it will make sure law makers and enforcers are capable of higher order thinking. I wonder how to properly frame the problem from that appro
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by pirateking 13y ago
L. Page's Raft - where people wear antennas on their head.
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by pirateking 13y ago
I am not asking anyone to do anything. I am just saying that it is possible to communicate outside of Facebook. The choice of tools and exercise of free will that make it a realistic possibility for each individual is up to them. The idea h
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by pirateking 13y ago
Actually it does. The more or less equivalent substitute to "communicating on the internet with Facebook" is "communicating on the internet without Facebook". Facebook is a subset of Internet communication just as drivin
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by pirateking 13y ago
Who cares. There are more important things to care about than who is in your friend graph. Like the fact that you have a friend graph. I would rather have Web Rings back than join Facebook.
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by pirateking 13y ago
The argument you mention is mine, I was not directly attributing it to the comic. I mentioned the comic because I think it has many great examples of the subject being discussed (see Calvin's relationship with watching TV, in contrast

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