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by squozzer 13y ago
Just as a humorous aside, in Ye Olden Days, when no one but a prostitute knew the going rate for a condom, the ice cream trucks only rang a bell. But the tunes bring "attention-getting" to another plane. "Jingle Bells" in July? That's when
842.
by squozzer 13y ago
I don't feel a damn bit guilty, especially when it comes to blowing off work.
843.
by squozzer 13y ago
Imagine what would happen if we had technology that made breaking the law impossible. I don't mean top-down Orwellian-style tech, but bottom-up. Behold, the Legal Singularity. Cops would probably start shooting babies in the streets.
844.
by squozzer 13y ago
Maybe we should try something a little more prosiac, such as, I don't know - forgiveness maybe? That probably sounds like some hippy-looking (or overly-meditative) founder of a major religion, so nevermind. Plan B - find the dirt that Mr. S
845.
by squozzer 14y ago
It's foolish to either ignore this stuff or to panic. Learn your lessons and continue developing technology. We'll starve in the streets before the government stops trying to develop another billion-dollar superweapon. Even if the Chinese d
846.
by squozzer 14y ago
The only thing I would change is #10 -- Don't try to be great. I would change it to "Do great things, but don't strive to 'be great'". Obsession with "greatness" has destroyed nations.
847.
by squozzer 14y ago
Nerds generally aren't any more mature than jocks. We just don't fight as well, so we (wisely) keep quiet in situations where the risk of eating a knuckle sammich is high.
848.
by squozzer 14y ago
Regardless of how our projects and lives play out, the term has become over-used. The comparison to "synergy" I would improve by comparing it instead to either "extreme" (for you older folks) or (Xenu forbid) "random".
849.
by squozzer 14y ago
All children must be broken. Especially the smart and ambitious ones.
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by squozzer 14y ago
I don't believe that right now any single Android can beat Apple in a fair fight. But it could be 1979 all over again. If Google follows in Microsoft's footsteps -- which is, to support Android in ways that 1) provide an Apple-like experien
851.
by squozzer 14y ago
I want to thank HN for possibly saving my arse. During my lunch break, I put some gas in my car. During the fill-up, I noticed the anti-tamper stickers on the pump were all broken. I paid it no mind, finished the fueling, bought some lotto
852.
by squozzer 14y ago
They say, “Peace, brother.” I say, “Bruise my feelings. Flatten my ego. Save my job.”
853.
by squozzer 14y ago
What seems at issue -- besides whether an economist's work should be accepted at face value -- is under what conditions a country should borrow or impose austerity. Here's an analogy -- When times are good, governments frequently raise taxe
854.
by squozzer 14y ago
> Any serious attempt at revolution today would be over in less than a week, the leaders assassinated by unmanned drones. To which I answer, Iraq and Afghanistan. Certainly the insurgencies there would not be considered "successful" rev
855.
by squozzer 14y ago
As much as I'd like to agree with the estimable Mr. Schneier, there's a part of me who remembers watching "Brazil" and the scene where the restaurant blows up and everyone just goes about their business. Later, if you remember, the protagon
856.
by squozzer 14y ago
The real tragedy is that it will drive mate selection further towards those qualities that are most fleeting -- looks and wealth. I will now indulge myself with a chuckle as I think of all those women who will wake up one day years into the
857.
by squozzer 14y ago
Temperature indicator stickers.
858.
by squozzer 14y ago
TOS violations can be analogized into one of several types of real-world crimes -- trespassing, vandalism, or theft. Generally all of these crimes require the victim to press charges. Except they occur through that lovely Internet, so the f
859.
by squozzer 14y ago
Pardon my naivete (and disregard for proper accent usage), but I wonder how much Google would accept for their reader service.
860.
by squozzer 14y ago
>But technologists used to work on big problems. Not First World problems, but whole world problems -- sending humans to the moon, ending poverty, ending disease. Sending humans to the Moon was (and apparently still is) a First World pr
861.
by squozzer 14y ago
You may be arguing China and India in reverse. Everybody is a hacker there because even those in charge of the systems (e.g. police) are hacking so it becomes a matter of survival.
862.
by squozzer 14y ago
They provided their parents with some happiness and peace of mind. Maybe.
863.
by squozzer 14y ago
I wonder why one would want to retrieve Voyager. 1) I think Larry Niven (who, among other things, invented a race a spare-faring carnivores called the Kzinti) once described the Voyager plaque (the one with the naked man and woman) as a "ga
864.
by squozzer 14y ago
Maybe God exists. When Scalia rules against the police, it's time for a drink, or whatever.
865.
by squozzer 14y ago
China didn't invent company-bashing propaganda disguised as "news", that honor probably belongs to the US. Exhibit A - Ida Tarbell v. John Rockefeller, The History of the Standard Oil Company. Exhibit B - Anderson Cooper v. Craigslist.
866.
by squozzer 14y ago
I like the cut of your jib, but most rules (including laws) exist to keep people in a state of fear. The people in charge don't care if you transform yourself into a robot to cope with the fear, so long as they get their pound of flesh or w
867.
by squozzer 14y ago
I think you've re-invented the Roman welfare system. Probably less vulnerable to abuse than currency-based welfare, but in the end it had sustainability problems.
868.
by squozzer 14y ago
Huh. And here I thought the reason people organized socially was to exclude the unlikable.
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by squozzer 14y ago
<fact> I went ahead and signed the petition. </fact> <opinion> The comments I've read so far seem pretty thoughtful both pro and con. And for the most part, the US government acts in good faith. BUT, on occasion we
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by squozzer 14y ago
I have a bit of a cruel streak, but I always joke about pretending the flames of hell are licking my soul as I die and scaring the bejeezus out of anyone who might be in earshot of my passing.

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