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Encryption systems on borrowed time as quantum computing power grows(irishtimes.com)
2 points by scandox 4y ago|1 comments
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by scandox 4y ago
Yeah I think one could quibble on the exact age...I think even up to 4 it would be OK. After that I think a more stable setup is definitely positive. I would say though that a stable environment where they get little attention from parents
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by scandox 4y ago
This is absolutely fine for a young kid. Kids are way less conventional than adults at that age. If a kid gets food, warmth and attention they're basically golden.
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by scandox 4y ago
I'm not currently an employer. I think over time remote is going to lose. Once the revolution is over and things mature remote working will become far more invasive and controlling than it is now. Then on-site companies will start out-
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by scandox 4y ago
I think your comment is a great expression of what I'm referring to. I've always considered that the way the result is being produced does matter. That intention is significant even when the result cannot be distinguished. Of cour
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by scandox 4y ago
Perhaps a good example of a case where a reductive approach is necessary in order to identify something sufficiently well to talk about it? I'm not sure how better I could have expressed the question in a way that would allow for a dis
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Ask HN: Does the HN commentariat have a reductive view of what a human being is?
107 points by scandox 4y ago|122 comments
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by scandox 4y ago
Article scrubbed including from Google cache. Looks like maybe someone didn't get a lot of corporate love for this.
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by scandox 4y ago
Well yiz only gave women the vote in 1971...so the reactionary backlash hasn't yet had time to work itself out.
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by scandox 4y ago
> the infosec community may be ahead of society at large in understanding change, nuance, and complexity. I think almost everyone outside of tech knows all about change, nuance and complexity. And every time they mention it we tell them
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by scandox 4y ago
I've always talked about shitty optimism which is being optimistic about things where the risk to oneself is minimal. I'm often guilty of it without even noticing.
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by scandox 4y ago
Compliance and real security are two different things.
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by scandox 4y ago
I don't think it's sad. We all change and some of us also grow up. Older people and parents find violence in general harder to take as entertainment. It's part of your brain changing over time. I would say that isn't an
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by scandox 4y ago
I think the horror element in T1 that is particularly striking is the invasion and destruction of the police station. I recall the power of that as a kid: the dismissal of the concept of a safe place. I think it shows the idea-power that ho
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by scandox 4y ago
The plot is a very close take on Solider by Harlan Ellison: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soldier_(The_Outer_Limits) I don't think they needed to steal it from anyone else :)
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by scandox 4y ago
It's interesting how information bubbles up. Our daughter has asthma. When we were away for 2 months from our home it cleared up substantially. So, we got an air quality monitor (after pretty careful study) last year. Everything was ro
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by scandox 4y ago
> There's no amount of money that Microsoft could throw at Sam to convince him to sell. Every experience I ever had of people who achieve power and success tells me that you are wrong. His own wealth is irrelevant. His beliefs are a
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by scandox 4y ago
> However, by championing this seemingly admirable ideal, these techno-boosters are at the same time reproducing some of the most atavistic features of American society, especially those derived from the bitter legacy of slavery. Their u
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by scandox 4y ago
Thumbs superior for some reason
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by scandox 4y ago
It is perfectly possible to construct a false narrative with true facts and to tell a true story which is entirely fictional.
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by scandox 4y ago
Slightly OT but dish washing proved to me the existence of a purely physical boredom in which the body itself expresses a purely mechanical revulsion for some repetitive task and finally refuses to accede to further commands no matter how e
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by scandox 4y ago
My Medieval History teacher always said they were called The Dark Ages because the volume of primary sources were fewer - i.e. because they were dark to us.
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by scandox 4y ago
We had a salad like that for a while but I think it was in danger of becoming a serious health risk after a week or so.
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by scandox 4y ago
The Earth is rock is like saying a computer is a plastic and metal box. True but lacking in usefulness. When most people talk about the Earth they mean a living ecosystem of biological organisms. The Earth in that sense also doesn't ca
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by scandox 4y ago
Well as Ngozi Adichie says we must reestablish good faith as the default position. If we jettison good faith and always assume bad faith then indeed asking questions becomes impossible. But I'm sure that's not what people want. Sh
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by scandox 4y ago
Craig Strete[1] has a short story about "womb-cops" that patrol the streets from the safety of a command centre and "burn down" people who break the law. I think the likelihood of increased use of deadly force in a remot
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by scandox 4y ago
> Narcissism is a just a term in pop-psychology for someone who is doing something we don't like. Nobody who has lived with this type of person would agree with you. Yes for scientific or legal purposes one may require a high burden
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by scandox 4y ago
Indeed. I saw this at a rather too early 12 but it definitely influences my behaviour at work.
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It's sometimes very lonely hearing everybody say only positive things about something which you not only do not connect with, but which you also think has objectively bad elements with respect to its art form. It makes you feel like ma
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by scandox 4y ago
Reminder of the difference between a cult and a mere religion: a religion only wants 10% but a cult wants it all.

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