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by sounds 11y ago
Ok, I apologize if it sounded like political change was the starting point. (Good! I obviously need to clarify!) Political change is definitely the result -- but media outlets frequently claim it is all four: cause, method, effect, and defi
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by sounds 11y ago
Because violating copyright is not the same as stealing (at all), or stealing a car (which the copyright industry loves to say it is), or detonating explosives in a mosque (which this article conflates it with). Radical terrorism is an enor
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by sounds 11y ago
If I may make an even stronger statement, to hopefully spark an interesting conversation: I have hope. Spontaneous cooperation between equal peers which unintentionally upsets the status quo and becomes the inflection point for political ch
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by sounds 11y ago
Yes. Signed bootloader loading signed kernel, etc.
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by sounds 11y ago
Well, you did comment on an article where many corporations view free software as a stepping stone to "attaching strings." Why can't the corporations negotiate separate licensing deals? Why do the corporations keep building t
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by sounds 11y ago
You're suggesting we fake a signal? Technically, a satellite could be parked in a Lagrange Point. But the signal would have to be very, very convincing because there will be many, many very smart people looking at it.
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by sounds 11y ago
I'd love it if you documented some of the following: • 'Our goal is to solve more of our customers problems everyday. So that they can do things that add value in the world.' • (Separately) How Microsoft is on the right track
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by sounds 11y ago
I don't think he wished anything away, I think his point is that it reduces the value for all of us. Maybe take it as an appeal to logic: if nations are to grapple with the issues raised by the NSA and her sister orgs in the five eye c
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by sounds 11y ago
It is different, right now. No source code for Swift. It's really simple: quit claiming to be open source, or actually ship the code.
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by sounds 11y ago
I have to agree. It used to be Apple who was claiming Unix's traditions. Now they use promises of a future release as PR pieces to combat existing software. (This was a Microsoft strategy several decades ago.)
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by sounds 11y ago
With the recent rise of indie games and the platforms to distribute them, has the swing back toward solo devs actually changed the industry? Or will the AAA games just continue their graphics treadmill?
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by sounds 11y ago
Ok, poor question on my part, but a great answer. Thanks! Yes, wavelength-division multiplexing can expand the capacity of a single strand. I meant, packet switching. Switching packets of photons would be done by transitioning from transpar
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by sounds 11y ago
It's a really good question and hopefully a good solution can be implemented. I always thought namecoin was onto something because whoever was willing to spend the most (run the most miners) got to control transactions, so market force
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by sounds 11y ago
You have a disclaimer at the bottom of the page. I was also confused by the help/helb thing until I saw the disclaimer.
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by sounds 11y ago
Could you clarify why splitting based on wavelength makes this useful in an optical switch? I assume it's useful in making an interferometer?
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by sounds 11y ago
I assume RMS would say that Java is non-free, and that the best move here would be to create a free compiler and runtime -- i.e. a new language. This stands to reason, as one of the first things RMS did in his efforts to advance Free Softwa
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by sounds 11y ago
Phone surveillance doesn't have to be un-blocked in this bill. It can be quietly un-blocked as a rider/addendum to some "must-pass" bill right before a long break -- de rigueur for the Senate.
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by sounds 11y ago
Can you please explain?
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by sounds 11y ago
Yes, you are absolutely right. But in case it isn't obvious to everyone already: 1. Detroit as a city, and the industry that built it, is dead and gone. Nothing will bring it back. The auto dealership network across the US has tried to
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by sounds 11y ago
It looks like from the comments on your gist, there are ways to do it. Whether it's expressive enough is subjective but it's worth pointing out that there _are_ solutions.
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by sounds 11y ago
What are the comparative advantages of Direct Metal Laser Sintering vs the more traditional CNC Milling? CNC Milling - Broader base of manufacturers who can meet specs - Lower cost? - Higher strength? - Faster essential steps (prototyping c
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by sounds 11y ago
Would a same-day delivery service change that for you? (I'm thinking of Amazon's offering but there are others.)
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by sounds 11y ago
Thank you for sharing. It takes courage to name and shame a company for bad behavior.
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by sounds 12y ago
Hi Craig! Please feel free to respond to me at your leisure, but are you * sure * we will never enter a post-cloud world? Not to say that there will be no cloud infrastructure, per se, just as mainframes still exist today. On the other hand
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by sounds 12y ago
> 1) Microsoft mandates that PC vendors allow Not in Windows 10 anymore. And while we're talking, Microsoft has always mandated that Arm vendors disallow it - in other words, mandated a lockdown. http://arstechnica.com&#x
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by sounds 12y ago
Do you mean Java annotations?
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by sounds 12y ago
Could those be specified in comments in the file? Most development nowdays is done in an IDE that could intelligently "hide" the comments when you're just reading the code, and then when you're looking at optimizing the
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by sounds 12y ago
Use a lens and prism to gather incoming photons, split by wavelength, then harvest and record their intensity.
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by sounds 12y ago
In KSP, I would compare it to landing on Gilly (Eve's moon) with a solid rocket booster. Gilly is the smallest body in the program, so its gravity is so weak you can leave orbit with your space suit's thrusters.
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by sounds 12y ago
Ok! So basically, it was d) something else entirely. :)

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