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by plmu 7y ago
Indeed, and a government regulated system would be much fairer for everyone. In most western societies (the US may be a partial exception) we don't want to see people dying in the streets, therefore there is universal basic healthcare
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by plmu 7y ago
The example might encourage other companies to do the same. Then it would have a real impact for everyone.
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by plmu 7y ago
One of the early applications was pattern matching for LHC. I was in one of the groups in which some (not myself) worked on this and put the neural networks, using the just developed theory, in hardware with FPGA's. After a few years t
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by plmu 7y ago
If that happens, facebook will be attacked from all sides (including states) and loose.
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by plmu 7y ago
But sometimes you lack the time to re-derive.
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by plmu 7y ago
What happens if someone distributes an OSS toolkit that enables everyone to easily setup an encrypted ad-hoc peer to peer network? If you want to prevent criminals from communicating safely in the long run, you would have to prohibit open i
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by plmu 7y ago
man crontab.5 is a good reminder, and faster than a web tool. In fact the "EXAMPLE CRON FILE" subsection tells enough, 15 lines including comments.
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by plmu 8y ago
Once you know that, you can resist these thoughts. The first few times I used it, it seemed like learning to drive a bycicle as a small kid for the first time. Once you learn how not too fall, it becomes trivial. If it were legal, like alco
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by plmu 8y ago
Ireland richer than Switzerland?!? In terms of GDP maybe, but not in terms of wealth amongst the population. I.e. this article is incorrect.
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by plmu 8y ago
Those that decide to stay in the race, are not necessarily the smartest. Maybe they are the most focussed, more blind to external impulses and "distractions". Plus they are more likely, being in the field, to be affected by these
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by plmu 8y ago
Why? There are sex workers, and there will always be. Even in jurisdictions where it is prohibited, it is merely pushed underground and continues, but with less protections and chance to mitigate downsides. You might as well then have a sub
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by plmu 8y ago
Another sign that health care and commerce do not mix. In some countries, there are plans to "regulate", in this case to mandate distributors to keep 4 months of supply. I doubt if that will work. Instead, like the UK NHS, where t