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by qopp 11y ago
Whether or not this would be helpful is discussed here: http://doc.pypy.org/en/latest/faq.html#would-type-annotation...
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by qopp 11y ago
How could you even tell the user that. The average user doesn't know what curl is so all they'd see is: "!!!! Your computer is infected with MALWARE download this software now! !!!!"
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by qopp 11y ago
I wonder if this kind of thing is starting up more simply due to the rise in the age of first marriages? http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0005061.html
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by qopp 11y ago
The paper mentioned in the article shows how a few complex steps reduces to very large polynomial time, most of which can be precomputed given "45 million computer-years", the rest computed on a per-session basis very quickly.
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by qopp 11y ago
They are probably using virtual machines anyway, so it's not hard to set it up to simply load ram state for each new page they are crawling. This sidesteps the security issue (as long as there's no sandbox escapes). It's poss
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by qopp 11y ago
Isn't this good for startups in general? Every time a startup IPOs the investors now have a chance to exit and re-invest in other startups with the fresh capital.
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by qopp 11y ago
Here's the actual price data of U.S. cities compared to the midwest: http://www.bls.gov/regions/mid-atlantic/data/AverageRetailFo...
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by qopp 11y ago
I wonder what will happen once citizen fingerprint data is stolen. How much has to be stolen before fingerprinting is no longer reliable in csi?
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by qopp 11y ago
Not really, a site can just proxy ad content through their servers. How can an ad-blocking service tell the difference between an image needed for the site and an image that's an advertisement?
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by qopp 11y ago
Of course 16Gb is an "uncomfortable" user experience. It's supposed to be. It's about market segmentation. It's not cost. 32gb memory units in bulk are like $1 maybe. Apple charges an extra $100 because they are usi
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by qopp 11y ago
Love this response in the comment section by Jacob Eliosoff: > My point isn't who's right and who's wrong. It's that well-informed publications like Bitcoin Magazine have an important role to play here in spelling out
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by qopp 11y ago
That raises orphan rates: https://www.reddit.com/r/bitcoinxt/comments/3jziu5/satoshi_c... For "faster transactions", even a 10/8 min is too long and people would still have to rely on memp
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by qopp 11y ago
The yearly numbers are more impressive/important: 2013 $235,254.39 2014 $778,528.80 2015 $870,000.00 (est.)
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by qopp 11y ago
Thanks, this is much better/on topic. There's not much I can add in rebuttal without just re-iterating previous points. One thing I was thinking about based on your points now and previous, is that wouldn't you want to block
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by qopp 11y ago
(Fails to make the claim that many (but not all) websites shutting ) -- Not the intended claim. Kants 1 deals with "universalizability principle" (See other comment) Kant's 2nd Imperative -- Incorrect perspective. Analyzing w
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by qopp 11y ago
I'm saying you should try and it see if you feel guilty. You might or might not. What I feel is not relevant since I'm the one trying to make the point. They aren't rationalizations, they are accepted standards for analyz
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by qopp 11y ago
Ethics is always a subjective science, but these ethical models provide a fair and structured approach to looking at it. Kant 1. Doesn't ask "what's best for society"? It asks about the "universalizability principle
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by qopp 11y ago
"What, then, is ethics? Ethics is two things. First, ethics refers to well-founded standards of right and wrong that prescribe what humans ought to do, usually in terms of rights, obligations, benefits to society, fairness, or specif
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by qopp 11y ago
In the US, for public figures at least, to prove a libel charge you have to prove that the individual knew the claim was false. EFF can make any claim they want as long as they're not aware its specifically untrue. See: New York Time
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by qopp 11y ago
Doesn't this go against what Kickstarter is about? Will other projects feel pressure to refund if they don't pan out?
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by qopp 11y ago
5) The Bitcoin mining thing is a bit of a historic artifact, today you could barely achieve a cent per month on even the very fastest of cpus
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by qopp 11y ago
It's an analogy, though I'm sure it's offensive to you
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by qopp 11y ago
Maybe for money?
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by qopp 11y ago
The distinction is arbitrary. The only difference between the spirograph and the robot is you are touching the spirograph while it's operating.
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by qopp 11y ago
In the big picture an arrest and the subsequent legal proceeding isn't a big deal in someone's life if they are exonerated. We shouldn't short-cut the legal process with a quick, possibly faulty process.
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by qopp 11y ago
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire
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by qopp 11y ago
The practical effect of this ruling is that: instead of spending time in prison or paying a large fine and having a misdemeanor on record-- you just have to spend a night in a jail and go to a few court hearings.
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by qopp 11y ago
Politically correct is a pejorative term, you must use the word benevolent or words "socially progressive" /s.
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by qopp 11y ago
It can scale: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Scalability
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by qopp 11y ago
It's implied/addressed in the employee handbook. Basically the studio doesn't have fixed roles but roles are allowed to naturally emerge around projects and may shift at any time. I don't think they are against people as

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