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811.
by plg 12y ago
As with most basic science research today in neuroscience, at least, many of the TDCS studies are based on small sample sizes and many of the effects, although "statistically significant" are in fact modest effects. So I guess the
812.
by plg 12y ago
neuroscientist here. just so you all know the science behind TCDS (i.e. why and how it works) is ... almost entirely unknown. We have no idea why and how it does what it does. (and no idea what else it might be doing also). Zap at your own
813.
by plg 12y ago
What if we had a system where there was a constant stream of random bytes coming to/from every IP address out there... and when you wanted to send actual information, you always sent it encrypted ... then everyone would be an extremist
814.
by plg 12y ago
I sort of like the design. Too bad google's business model is still offensive though. At least with iOS I know the deal is: I give Apple money, they give me a widget. With Google the deal is they give me services, I give them ... gobs
815.
by plg 12y ago
I guess I'm installing Lightroom now
816.
by plg 12y ago
"your thermostat will start to heat up or cool down your home before you even step out of bed." umm in my house, in the winter, that would mean lying in bed awake for 30 min waiting for my house to heat up
817.
by plg 12y ago
handheld vending machine
818.
by plg 12y ago
So if I take the latest Lady Gaga mp3 and look at the stream of bytes, and if I can find that identical stream of digits in the digits of Pi, does Lady Gaga (or her record company) "own" that portion of Pi? If yes, then WTF!?!? If
819.
by plg 12y ago
I guess one answer is the following: that "academic freedom" (which is one of the motivations for tenure, i.e. it protects one's academic freedom) applies not only to research but to teaching activities as well... but again,
820.
What's the best book/website/app to learn chess?
1 points by plg 12y ago|0 comments
821.
by plg 12y ago
"Users will notice your emails have some fancy security-related icons and curiosity will eventually prevail." I wish this were true
822.
by plg 12y ago
It's true, S/MIME would seem to be a more convenient method for wide adoption...
823.
What will it take to get people using PGP for email?
28 points by plg 12y ago|49 comments
824.
New Bug Found in Widely Used OpenSSL Encryption(bits.blogs.nytimes.com)
49 points by plg 12y ago|13 comments
825.
by plg 12y ago
Kudos to them for doing it even though it goes directly against their business model (mining your information). I guess they're betting that the vast majority of people won't use this.
826.
by plg 12y ago
how many people can join a video chat room at once?
827.
by plg 12y ago
Is the balloons playground he demoed in the keynote available for download?
828.
Are there any demos/tutorials on using the Swift Xcode playground with cocoa?
3 points by plg 12y ago|4 comments
829.
by plg 12y ago
Unlike some other companies (FB, Dropbox, Google) Apple's business model doesn't depend on sniffing your personal information.
830.
by plg 12y ago
oops I was looking in the Literature section
831.
by plg 12y ago
they are missing W.O.P.R. from War Games (1983)
832.
by plg 12y ago
I think this is not a bad thing actually. Think of the iPod. Lots of devices pre-dated the iPod, in fact I got a Diamond Rio ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_PMP300 ) for a wedding present. It was horrible. I had a por
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Apple: Always ‘Late’. Never the Bridesmaid(mentalfaculty.tumblr.com)
2 points by plg 12y ago|2 comments
834.
by plg 12y ago
CV Dazzle explores how fashion can be used as camouflage from face-detection technology http://cvdazzle.com Anonymous releases how-to instructions on fooling facial recognition (VIDEO) http://rt.com/usa/vide
835.
by plg 12y ago
"Finally the Apple Magic Trackpad works everywhere." Is this solution something mint-specific? e.g. can I install whatever makes this possible on an Ubuntu or Debian distro?
836.
by plg 12y ago
I would be interested to know the cost function... i.e. the function relating extra space to additional ticket cost.
837.
by plg 12y ago
...so now it devolves into a fight between who gets the upper deck and who gets the lower deck ...and what happens if the person on the lower deck wants to move their arm? they bang into the other person's arm how about airlines actual
838.
by plg 12y ago
I know with google apps you don't get served ads ... but nevertheless, doesn't part of google's business model still depend on them mining the content of your emails? Or to put it another way: does google guarantee that with
839.
by plg 12y ago
"IMAP was working less reliably and I felt more like the product than the customer" This is the key for me. (1) IMAP not working well and in particular, (2) feeling more like the product than the customer. With fastmail.fm their b
840.
by plg 12y ago
sure I agree with you there... but I guess my point is that our threshold for being "beneath" us is presently way too high (at least in north america)

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