ruskerdax

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by ruskerdax 7y ago
That does sound like an interesting video, and I'd like to see it if you find it (or I might search for it later). As for the Star Trek (TNG) interpretation of AGI, I suspect something like this in the real world would give rise to a k
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by ruskerdax 8y ago
Legislation about rights and digital privacy are also not answers, because they will be promptly ignored or subverted to the point of uselessness. Governments allow you to be violated, at the request of the wealthy and currently-powerful. A
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by ruskerdax 8y ago
You mean like where you're threatening people over a fundamentally peaceful activity like copying code? Yeah, definitely.
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by ruskerdax 8y ago
I don't think this is a misapplication of the term "fundamentalism," as it does fit the textbook definition of the term. The parallel of the term to radical terrorism is unfortunate, however. While I don't think it'
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by ruskerdax 8y ago
> This is true of all laws. This is how society works. If you don't like it, in a democracy you can campaign for change. I am well aware this is how laws enforced by governments work. It does not necessarily follow that is how socie
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by ruskerdax 8y ago
Proprietary software which restricts its distribution and "unauthorized" modification (virtually all of it) is the very essence of fundamentalism. It relies on a rigid and literal interpretation of what constitutes property (e.g.
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by ruskerdax 8y ago
Copyright is not a form of cooperation. It is a threat. If you copy something without permission, you risk retaliation that is, ultimately, backed by violent force. It is hardly honest to call something "cooperation" under these c
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by ruskerdax 8y ago
Employers who aren't ruled over like slaves should be able to fire or hire employees for any reason, including race, gender, or political belief. Of course, it may benefit the public to know if an employer is hiring or firing based on
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by ruskerdax 8y ago
I strongly suspect the amount of money Facebook makes utilizing that data greatly outweighs the cost incurred by the "customers" they've lost as a result of poor data handling.
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by ruskerdax 8y ago
To my knowledge there are very few negative consequences, outside of the immediate and obvious ones like reputation, that actually occur when companies leak customer data. I suspect they won't regard keeping vast troves of customer dat
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by ruskerdax 8y ago
While I don't have an in-depth technical understanding of exactly why this happens in every instance, I have definitely observed this while playing Cities: Skylines, a SimCity-like game which emulates traffic flow.
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by ruskerdax 8y ago
I actually did not intend to specifically insult the audience in this case, but I can understand why it was interpreted that way. I'll make an effort to be more civil in my future replies.
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by ruskerdax 8y ago
You're right, I have clearly forgotten the spirit of the discussion here. I apologize for that.
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by ruskerdax 8y ago
Cool, you ignored half my comment to engage in dishonest bickering filled with more assumptions as to my motivations. Are you having fun?
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by ruskerdax 8y ago
> We seem to have a difference in base assumptions. I'd like to preserve and further the technological civilization. You seem to want to shut it down. Not sure where you're getting that from. I do not want to "shut it down
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by ruskerdax 8y ago
> Show, don't tell. Sure. Should we start with the estimated 262 million counts of democide committed last century? http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/20TH.HTM Or perhaps you're one of those people who think
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by ruskerdax 8y ago
If I were a socialist who was politically opposed to the huge benefits of cryptocurrency gaining major adoption I would boil it down to "exploiting human greed" and pretend it's operating under the assumption that the energy
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by ruskerdax 8y ago
Just because you don't understand how something works or are ideologically opposed to its existence doesn't mean it's a ponzi scheme.
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by ruskerdax 8y ago
Ascribe whatever personal significance to the death of a famous person you wish. McCain's "views" and career as a statesman have little relevance to hackers and hacking except where he personally acted in ways which affect ha
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by ruskerdax 8y ago
Yeah, if hackers are known for anything, it's being big fans of statesmen, especially ones that approved the PATRIOT Act (twice), extending its wiretapping provisions, and sponsoring a bill that would let the US government detain anyon
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by ruskerdax 8y ago
Right, it's less directly subsidizing companies who then use the advantages gained through those subsidies to build factories and products at a comparatively reduced cost. It's subsidy with extra steps.
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by ruskerdax 8y ago
Doesn't seem likely that an advertisement would need to embed that kind of functionality.
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by ruskerdax 8y ago
I always have a hearty chuckle when articles like this are published. It was a little amusing when I saw people freak out when it "crashed" back down to a value over 500% of what it was just a short time earlier. Now it's eve
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by ruskerdax 8y ago
We may be a tiny minority, but the argument against libertarian anarchists is just as filled with nonsense and strawmen as it is against any other libertarian position. It's not worth trying to reason with collectivists. They see aggre
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by ruskerdax 8y ago
This is objectively untrue. You either have no idea what you're talking about and don't use Bitcoin, or you're lying. I've used Bitcoin for years for all kinds of things. I can only surmise this isn't downvoted to o
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by ruskerdax 8y ago
lmao
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by ruskerdax 8y ago
Good.
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by ruskerdax 8y ago
Perhaps the fact that the government, which both maintains its own monopolies and props up other regulators and certifiers through threats of violence, distorts this market. It's kinda hard to trust someone that's either sticking
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by ruskerdax 8y ago
I wanted to argue with you for posting this, but you're right, this is a smart way of handling API calls. It's not really addressing the whole issue of depending on third party APIs if your API is calling on them, but you are tec
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by ruskerdax 8y ago
Democracy and libertarianism are incompatible. This is because democracy is a form of statism. Consistent libertarians understand this and are working to weaken government monopolies as institutions, subvert them, or make them irrelevant ou

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