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by sillysaurus 13y ago
Actually, the scientific method is the heart of science, and the method is to check a hypothesis. When the goal is to fix yourself, the only relevant sample size is yourself. And when the problem may be psychological, then placebo effect m
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by sillysaurus 13y ago
So she did some hand waving. So what? It's not a lie to say that she's teaching herself how to code. And at least she's doing something with her time.
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by sillysaurus 13y ago
Chiropractic medicine for anything other than lower back pain and Acupuncture are two forms of alternative medicine that are well known to work off the placebo effect, yet the article mentions their use despite alleging to be a skeptic. Th
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by sillysaurus 13y ago
That's a complex topic with no clear answer. Philosophically, Bitcoin leaves much to be desired. But Bitcoin is the only realistic choice. The others (Litecoin, etc) just don't have enough momentum to be viable right now. Netw
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by sillysaurus 13y ago
SpaceX's goal is to get to mars, not to turn a profit. And that's just one counterexample of hundreds.
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by sillysaurus 13y ago
Anyone know if this was illegal, then? Or will his status as a security researcher (albeit one with poor judgement) protect him?
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by sillysaurus 13y ago
Interesting. Anyone want to weigh in on the ethicality of this? (Either side.) Downloading 100k userdata records seems quite extreme, but is it unethical for a security researcher to do so?
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by sillysaurus 13y ago
It might not have been possible for an antivirus to detect Flame, because the people behind Flame likely tested it against all antivirus software before deploying it. They were very, very careful. It's how they escaped detection for
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by sillysaurus 13y ago
Whoops. Lecture 5's link is incorrect. It points to lecture 4. Here's the correct one: Lecture 5: The Distinction of Past and Future http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ozjb6kQvBpc And thanks to fjarlk for pointing
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by sillysaurus 13y ago
This conversation was incredible !
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Which? How? Did they do a writeup about their experiences?
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by sillysaurus 13y ago
Physics is just mindblowing. When I think deeply about the fact that things that are moving will keep on moving forever unless a force acts on them, and the fact that no one knows why it's true (and that the question may not even have
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by sillysaurus 13y ago
This is great! In case anyone without telnet wants to see: here are 46 insults from that telnet service. http://pastebin.com/6SP2PucG I'm partial to "Your IQ is the same as the temperature in this room. And it&#x
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by sillysaurus 13y ago
One step further: If I'm in the "promotions" tab, then I'm actively looking for deals. So if Google can come up with promotions that interest me, then I'll welcome this new change. It's not like they're s
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by sillysaurus 13y ago
Why would the US want to kill Snowden? I think this dead man's switch is deterrent against being taken into custody. If the US tries to incarcerate him, then the switch will trip and more secret documents will be leaked. Though maybe
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by sillysaurus 13y ago
From direct experience: you can't group by age. Some older engineers are douchebags. Some are the nicest people you've ever met. Some are incredibly talented. Some aren't.
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by sillysaurus 13y ago
I was thinking mods should have the ability to kill individual threads of discussion in the comments.
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continued working on it while employed by a computer science research in the United States I was referring to this specifically, not his time at Google. His employer didn't realize he was working on Python.
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by sillysaurus 13y ago
With "100% time" you certainly cannot legally do this. I can't go to work and devote some time to some side project using my company's resources and while getting paid to be doing other work. Sure, I could put in "
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by sillysaurus 13y ago
I'm skeptical. If someone comes in at 9 and leaves at 5 sharp M-F, there's no way they'd fit in at most SV startups. You're saying they'd fit in at ZeroCater?
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by sillysaurus 13y ago
Without some sort of protection for IP, product companies rule. And when it comes to hardware products, that means companies that have manufacturing/logistical expertise rule. Well, how is that unfair? Or are you saying it isn'
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by sillysaurus 13y ago
Which of those offenses do you feel Raytheon, Rockwell, etc were guilty of?
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by sillysaurus 13y ago
I think at the end of the day, there has to be some protection against unfair competition Would you define "unfair competition"?
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by sillysaurus 13y ago
Another part of the patent game. I'm just trying to understand the incentives to play. Why care about other technology companies, unless they've patented what you're doing?
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by sillysaurus 13y ago
Seventeen thousand dollars? For one patent? (AUD $17k = USD $15.7k according to Google.) My car cost $6,500 USD. What are you buying for the price of $15,700? Just protection against competitors using your idea?
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by sillysaurus 13y ago
It's almost impossible to find canned peas without added sugar, sadly. Thanks for the list of paleo-safe foods!
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by sillysaurus 13y ago
Where do you get your pork steaks? Walmart, actually. $1.99/lb. It's all I can afford. There's plenty to feel bad about in there. Yeah, I feel bad that an animal had to die for me to live. But genetically my body freak
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by sillysaurus 13y ago
Cut the processed foods. If it comes in a box, don't buy it. If there are ingredients you have trouble pronouncing, don't buy it. I've reduced my diet to the following: apples, canned pineapple, pork steaks, canned corn, a
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Well, PRISM seems to have been created in '07. Plus Apple didn't matter very much in '06 -- not in the same way Google mattered. Apple didn't have much user data for the government to be interested in, because iPhone di

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