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by ruytlm 9y ago
Because being on the receiving end of a public broadcast does not give you the right to re-use the content. The content owner, for better or worse, typically retains the exclusive right to use or broadcast the content, regardless of how man
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> Yes, tons of jobs are going away (although I think it'll be 10-20 years for most of these, not 3-5 years like many seem to think), but what new sectors, opportunities, jobs, etc. will be created? How many of the people whose jobs
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by ruytlm 9y ago
This strikes me as a rather ingenious way to target schools, and I feel like there's going to be some really interesting indie applications developed, particularly when combined with 3D printed parts. I hope they keep it a reasonably
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by ruytlm 9y ago
Pump and dump schemes, among others, are a good example of why unregulated does not necessarily mean good.
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by ruytlm 9y ago
Some previous discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15648746 I agree with the top comment there; it's unsettling to see one company pushing the disease and the cure at the same time; their other product
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by ruytlm 9y ago
Reminds me of the Londoner who commutes from Barcelona: https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/aug/11/commuting-fro... I struggle to see how these are signs of a healthy system.
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by ruytlm 9y ago
Machiavelli is massively misunderstood. 'It is better to be feared than loved' is not the real message to be taken from that chapter. A different phrasing would be "you are better to have a promise from another for which you
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by ruytlm 9y ago
r/politics isn't a great example: it's always been left-leaning, and from what I saw at the time, efforts appeared to be focused on motivating the Republican base to vote for Trump, and to drive Clinton voters to apathy or co
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by ruytlm 9y ago
Presumably related to Cloak and Dagger attacks? http://cloak-and-dagger.org/
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by ruytlm 9y ago
Ah, apologies, I misunderstood. I don't recall seeing anything usefully quantified in the article about the effects of tax incentives, though there was a comment somewhere there about negative gearing, quoting David Llewellyn-Smith: &q
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by ruytlm 9y ago
From the article regarding cranes: "According to the Rider Levett Bucknall Crane Index, in Q4 2017 between Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, there are now 586 cranes in operation, with a total of 685 across all capital cities, 80% of whi
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by ruytlm 9y ago
As a long time Nexus user (back to Nexus S), the clean OS and updates were always the selling points for me. With Pixel now dropping the headphone jack, I'm starting to look elsewhere. Here's hoping I get some more life yet out of
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by ruytlm 9y ago
Yes, there's always an element of that; there's the classic Socrates* quote to fall back on. That said, there does appear to be a noticeable shift in children's upbringings, away from the unsupervised 'free range' a
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by ruytlm 9y ago
Not sure how highly I would rate crystalinks.com as a source, given that they also talk about how viewing repeated digits 'activates' your DNA... http://www.crystalinks.com/11.11.html
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by ruytlm 9y ago
Nutrition labels treat the symptom, not the cause. IMO the root cause is a neglected and underfunded education system, that does not adequately prepare people for the levels of psychological manipulation the will experience in the form of m
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by ruytlm 9y ago
Yep, that's exactly the one I was thinking of. Thank you!
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by ruytlm 9y ago
Interesting stuff, though I could have sworn I'd seen something similar before, to do with the waste draining being one of the reasons we need sleep (i.e. the body needs time to drain the accumulated waste products). Anecdotally, whene
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by ruytlm 9y ago
In light of this comment, the sibling comment with the joke link to a space-sim video game cargo scanner seems fitting; pretty sure in-game piracy is the primary use of a cargo scanner in that fictional world, and I wouldn't be surpris
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by ruytlm 9y ago
Looks like the sort of operation that tries to capitalise on the meme of the day for a quick buck. 'Nice Garry' was a bit of a meme in Australian sport at the start of the year[0], and this group registered it as their business na
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by ruytlm 9y ago
It makes sense while the coins have value; I wonder what value they would retain if every website started doing this. Also, I question whether it's a sensible use of electricity on the whole.
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by ruytlm 9y ago
That report also highlighted that piracy is in many cases a service problem - the legal means are slow, awkward, or unreasonably expensive, so people pirate because it's just easier. "Timely and cost effective access to copyright
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by ruytlm 9y ago
Is this a standard setting that can be managed?
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by ruytlm 9y ago
When someone identifies themselves, yes; what about when we identify others through biometry? The scene I'm reminded of is the on in Minority Report(?) where the main character is walking through a bank of bio-sensing ad displays, and
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by ruytlm 9y ago
I'd argue that what passes for best practice (i.e., symbols, numbers, upper/lower case) is not best practice. As always, relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/936/ For many services, I have a few 'default&#x27
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by ruytlm 9y ago
Thoroughly agree, though more from a philosophical standpoint. I would argue using biometrics as passwords removes an element of intent. A fingerprint can be used against your will; it is significantly harder to be forced to use a password
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by ruytlm 9y ago
> The OMG token sale, which raised $25 million, took place in July and initially one OMG token was worth around $0.27. Today, the value is at more than $11, giving a return of more than 40X to anyone who bought in at the ICO stage. >
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by ruytlm 9y ago
> they'll choose the cheapest flight over almost anything else Almost anything else. I agree people will eventually get over their qualms; I just think this is a big qualm to get over. Though what you've said about cheap helico
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by ruytlm 9y ago
I'm going to have to disagree with the conclusion that 'self flying aircraft may be well ahead' of self driving cars. I think automation of cars is a necessary precursor to automation of air travel. Many people have issues fl
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by ruytlm 9y ago
$86M does sound high, but glad to see the author at least acknowledge that some of this would likely have been spent on improving existing software/databases etc to support the new system. Also probably worth noting is the cost of the
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by ruytlm 9y ago
A refreshing read in an age of 'personal brands' and the like. I thoroughly hope there are others cut from the same cloth, doing the same kind of quiet good work today - not for pageviews or followers, but because it's the ri

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