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by serge2k 10y ago
> hugest blow open source received in recent times was Minecraft being bought by Microsoft Minecraft is and always was entirely proprietary and closed. People reverse engineered java bytecode to get what they wanted, but that doesn'
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by serge2k 10y ago
Yeah but the FOSS guys decided it would be too hard on companies to make the AGPL provisions part of the GPLv3. I think that makes them hypocrites, but oh well.
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by serge2k 10y ago
We'll fix user facing issues once we have users is self-defeating.
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by serge2k 10y ago
the variables are named for the registers they represent, it's not single letter variables for the sake of compactness.
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by serge2k 10y ago
Not really, you still have to deal with loads of city regulations and a large infrastructure investment. You also have other things the FCC controls. Like allocation of radio spectrum.
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by serge2k 10y ago
> I do not think government elected officials should have any say over how the internet or consumer communication infrastructure is run Yeah, we don't need any regulation for this sort of critical infrastructure. Not like the compan
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by serge2k 10y ago
The argument would be that he was hedging his bets so either way he could say "oh I predicted the clinton win" vs "Oh well, I gave trump a good chance". Anyway, the problem was the actual companies conducting polls.
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by serge2k 10y ago
The scandal is because certain states have repeatedly tried to pass laws that are totally for preventing voter fraud but just happen to disproportionately target minority voters. Meanwhile the evidence says that voter fraud isn't reall
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by serge2k 10y ago
> Instead of complaining about ID laws which help protect legitimate voters (and prevents their votes from being suppressed) Protect them from nothing, while effectively disenfranchising others.
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by serge2k 10y ago
Gerrymandering does nothing about presidential elections, which is what this is talking about. The bigger problem is voter suppression through things like ID laws, eliminating early voting, and eliminating or moving polling places.
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by serge2k 10y ago
Does Nate Silver have any credibility left when it comes to adjusting numbers based on assumptions? Considering how drastically wrong they got things.
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by serge2k 10y ago
because stalling shipments of food or medical supplies is a big problem. because you could be costing companies that have no direct relation to the dispute lots of money. So the courts have some power to say no, get back to work. if the con
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by serge2k 10y ago
Oh right we need "substantive comments". How about "Not every damn problem in the world is solved by liberal applications of blockchains and ML".
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by serge2k 10y ago
> The only exception I know of is Google's 20% program Is that an exception? Letting people work on whatever, for the company, is different than letting them work on whatever then walk off with it.
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by serge2k 10y ago
FYI, if you click on the <x> minutes ago link above the post you can get a reply box even on new posts. When I worked for t-mobile it was last 4 of the social unless the customer requests otherwise. Few requested otherwise, and usuall
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by serge2k 10y ago
The don'ts list is pretty much a christmas present from NIST. I hate all of those things. Worst is the stupid security questions.
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by serge2k 10y ago
> I can buy an american made guitar and tube amp from the late 60s for under 500$ that blows away anything under 3k made today I call BS.
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by serge2k 10y ago
This is why tabs are doing badly. Really think it's a dumb move to sue people for putting out tabs, but there you go .
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by serge2k 10y ago
> Endless learning of grammar doesn't make one a good author Being able to write out passages from your favorite book doesn't either. Even if you can write out Ulysses from memory. Having a strong knowledge of the rules of lang
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by serge2k 10y ago
> That means more apps, more connected devices, and a newfound focus on helping folks learn how to play their guitars Rocksmith got me back into guitar after playing on and off for my teens. and I bought an american deluxe tele earlier t
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by serge2k 10y ago
What about 0-100? 60-100? 100-150?
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by serge2k 10y ago
http://bipartisanreport.com/2016/11/21/breaking-fec-rocks-do... presented as "BREAKING: FEC Rocks Donald Trump With BIG Fraudulent Donation Scandal (DETAILS)" you can find loads of this shit from bo
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by serge2k 10y ago
They are giving an audience what they want. The people reading and commenting on their articles aren't doing anything more than reinforcing their current beliefs.
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by serge2k 10y ago
Uh huh. Or you know, he's already rich.
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Poor polling data doesn't mean you are publishing fake news.
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by serge2k 10y ago
> Breitbart and classifies it (arguably correctly) as fake news Yeah, fine line between fake news and something that is just extremely slanted. where that ridiculous stuff about the podesta "spirit dinner" fall? Where does some
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by serge2k 10y ago
I don't think a comment is unsubstantial just because it's potentially inflammatory.
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This is why their should be regulation. Email should be on par with telephone service.
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by serge2k 10y ago
> as it replaces the super-popular Command Prompt heh. heh heh heh. hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
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by serge2k 10y ago
> Silicon Valley’s foreign contingent needn’t consider Canada Well fuck you too bloomberg. What if I don't want to go live in a country with an oppressive regime?

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