postoak

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by postoak 5y ago
I tried too and the same thing happened. But it doesn't start until tonight (really the first talk is tomorrow) so maybe that is why?
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by postoak 5y ago
I use the Library Chrome Extension. If you look up a book on Amazon or some other book search sites it will add a info box about whether libraries that you have added have a book available (or all checked out) and the estimated wait and nu
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by postoak 5y ago
That is interesting, how would the employee trust that the criminal organization would indicate the correct address (that triggers the smart contract) to the hostage company?
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by postoak 5y ago
Yes, there in smart contracts there are things called "oracles" which are like 3rd party indicators or sensors that something happened. I don't see how anyone besides the hackers could indicate that.
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by postoak 5y ago
Are you asking me to marry you?
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by postoak 5y ago
I thought it was kind of funny that the author said Taxi companies are only one app away from feature parity with Uber. That is a pretty important feature that they aren't likely to develop quickly if they haven't been bothered t
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by postoak 5y ago
If we hire everyone to be a people inspector we can use the employment records as the census.
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by postoak 5y ago
The problem is that you have to trust their description when the technology is a black box. And trust that it won't change in the future.
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by postoak 5y ago
I'm guessing they aren't saying the light is necessary for school/learning, but that it is unknown whether it is needed for human development. Most of the time mammals and humans evolved they probably spent a substantial amo
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by postoak 5y ago
That is a funny quote, but I don't think it's the same as questioning the idea that everyone needs to have kids. Going to the dumpster is a bad idea if you value your health for everyone, but not having kids isn't clearly bad
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by postoak 5y ago
Or don't have them =)
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by postoak 5y ago
I agree with you, but in evolution there are also power differentials due to organism size/features or population leading to some organisms/species having an advantage at a certain point in time. I think this could be considered a
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by postoak 5y ago
Humans evolved to allow hunger to override the rational thinking part of the brain. The older parts of the brain can basically shut off the newer (logical thinking) parts. So even if you know you have to eat less to lose weight, often if
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by postoak 5y ago
Although I think covid vaccine hesitancy is dumb at this point (yet don't think you can punish hesitant people) - Why should only those groups be hesitant? Anyone who can read history can see that happened even if it didn't affec
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by postoak 5y ago
Yes, but when the insurance company controls the appeals process, they will likely deny it.