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Automakers Trying to Prevent Hackers from Commandeering Cars(nytimes.com)
20 points by shahryc 11y ago|27 comments
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by shahryc 11y ago
"Intelligience sources say a covert campaign to attack nuclear weapons programme was stymied by North Korea’s isolated communications system..." --- It seems like "process isolation" for an entire country.
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NSA tried Stuxnet cyber-attack on North Korea five years ago but failed(theguardian.com)
73 points by shahryc 11y ago|28 comments
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by shahryc 11y ago
I don't think that correlation is due to the cost of gas & Tesla's demographic of car buyers (the wealthy). They are are not as sensitive to changes in the oil price (ie. they at 3 vs. 4 @ the pump, a given wealthy person wil
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by shahryc 11y ago
this was the best resource for Philosophy 101!
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by shahryc 11y ago
good call re: spoiler alert, sorry about that
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"It’s only six episodes in, so you’d be excused if you haven’t heard of it yet. And it’s on USA, which is an even better excuse to not have heard of it. "
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Mr. Robot is the best show on television right now (spoiler alert)(randomnerds.com)
12 points by shahryc 11y ago|6 comments
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"Since then, the program has largely been presented to the public only through posts on government surveillance/conspiracy forum..." ------ I guess the conspiracy theorists weren't that crazy after all.
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by shahryc 11y ago
I strongly disagree with your assertion. The real question is —— all things being equal (equivalent monetary amount, recruitment pool, legitimacy, etc.), for a given start-up today: would it be better to join YC or a given universities part
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by shahryc 11y ago
"Why give half of the money you raise to your university when you can rent lab space for hundreds of dollars a month?" --- very good point!
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by shahryc 11y ago
I was expecting the exact opposite. Very cool!
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"Members of this year’s graduating class left their campuses owing an average of $35,051, about twice the levels borne by their counterparts two decades earlier (after adjusting for inflation)."
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We’re Making Life Too Hard for Millennials(nytimes.com)
3 points by shahryc 11y ago|1 comments
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"Collectively, a16z says, these three trends will lead to an 'explosion' of experimental biology and digital health startups..."
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Is Andreessen-Horowitz Right That Software's Poised to Eat Healthcare?(forbes.com)
1 points by shahryc 11y ago|1 comments
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U.S. Fears Data Stolen by Chinese Hacker Could Identify Spies(nytimes.com)
1 points by shahryc 11y ago|0 comments
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by shahryc 11y ago
"...announced a line of GaN transistors and power electronic circuits that promise to cut energy usage in data centres, electric cars, and consumer devices by 10 to 20 per cent worldwide by 2025."
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MIT researchers announce new transistors(indianexpress.com)
1 points by shahryc 11y ago|1 comments
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Pablo Escobar’s Favorite Hitman Is on Facebook and Spilling Dirt(thedailybeast.com)
1 points by shahryc 11y ago|0 comments
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by shahryc 11y ago
awesome!
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by shahryc 11y ago
"Cheat, Lie, and Steal" --- they've merely redefined the rules in their own favor, and in the long run I believe that's a good thing because they'll be able to compete with YouTube. YouTube is essentially a monopoly
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by shahryc 11y ago
"USA did a survey when our show premiered, targeting millennials, and asked if they could go back in time and start over, would they join Facebook. And I think, overwhelmingly, most people said no, which is great."
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'Mr. Robot' creator on the evils of Facebook and hackers in Hollywood(engadget.com)
20 points by shahryc 11y ago|13 comments
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by shahryc 11y ago
In reference to the YC Fellowship, Altman said, "If this works, I ‘d like to scale it quickly to a thousand a year.” (8:33)
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Interview With Sam Altman [video](recode.net)
2 points by shahryc 11y ago|1 comments
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by shahryc 11y ago
Re: “Cowen is merely repeating the talking points of the propaganda campaign against the estate tax planned in the mid-90s…” Cowen’s argument is not the same. 1) Cowen is saying that the rich engage in tax avoidance. While, in the article M
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by shahryc 11y ago
This paradox is explainable because there's a gap in the signal. It usually takes a considerable amount of time/experience to specialize in high skill labor markets (ex. Doctor, lawyer, etc.) ---- therre is a gap in the signal (
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by shahryc 11y ago
I think the idea that “Tech industry's persistent claim of worker shortage may be phony” seriously misses the point. First, since it usually takes a considerable amount of time to specialize in high skill labor markets (ex. Doctor, law
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by shahryc 11y ago
Although I understand your argument, I don’t think” 1) death taxes “ or 2) “Keeping necessities in life equal access” actually help maintain societal equality re: death taxes, Tyler Cowen writes in the WSJ, “ It isn't clear that the es

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