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by trevyn 8y ago
But but metallized plastic! Yup, wiki says it can be metallized plastic: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaff_(countermeasure)
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by trevyn 8y ago
The magic word for reporting copyright infringement is DMCA. First hit for searching “etsy dmca”: https://www.etsy.com/legal/ip-dmca/
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by trevyn 8y ago
The media has incentive to report controversy. Certain other nations have incentive and experience with sowing controversy and conflict. There’s probably more incentive structures involved, but those two + a small native group of alarmists
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by trevyn 8y ago
You’re probably right, but could you provide an example of an unexpected consequence of an inserted gene?
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by trevyn 8y ago
3. And judging by history, it’s not looking so good for China!
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by trevyn 8y ago
Possibly did not want the risk of littering bullets on the runway as well; it’s actually impressive the amount of effort that goes into keeping a runway free of small metal objects: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forei
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by trevyn 8y ago
I feel like if Discord had a default white theme and took out the gaming-specific references, it could easily be a better choice for business comms than Slack.
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by trevyn 8y ago
Randall might be correct for conventional optics, but what about metamaterial lenses that break the diffraction limit? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superlens
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by trevyn 8y ago
> Isn’t reality just a holographic projection though? Isn’t time a construct of human perception? In a sense, all Amazon packages have already been delivered, if you think about it. I deeply enjoy this conclusion, and wish that the auth
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by trevyn 8y ago
Wait, what? You were approached by a CBP officer while taking a domestic flight? Which airport?
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by trevyn 8y ago
Agreed, "nuclear" is not one unique category -- modern reactor designs exist that are considerably safer in failure scenarios: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive_nuclear_safety
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by trevyn 8y ago
All the inbound customs checkpoints I've seen in the US and overseas are after you pick up your checked luggage. It sounds like this specific case was outbound, but outbound inspection at commercial airports is unusual in the US.
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by trevyn 8y ago
They can detain your phone, but if you're a US citizen, they can't detain you for very long.
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by trevyn 8y ago
> Noah had the idea to start recording all audio from his life, 24/7 Want this as a product. :)
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by trevyn 8y ago
> You can't use bank accounts: FDIC insurance only covers $200k per bank. You'd literally need 5000 different bank accounts to hold $100 Million safely. Not that it’s a good idea, but there are other ways to insure cash than t
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by trevyn 8y ago
Current drugs, even. But I would recommend just changing your neurons with your own mind — that’s a cool ability humans have! See, for example, NOVA’s “Memory Hackers” episode: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kvpX3VZMuyM
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by trevyn 8y ago
Considering the percentage of news sites that can't even scroll properly on iOS, I'm not sure this is a bad thing.
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by trevyn 8y ago
Who owns the Tetris Corporation?
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by trevyn 8y ago
Uber/Fiverr/Upwork automate the trust aspect, so I can be assured decent service or I’ll get a refund and the provider’s reputation will be dinged. Outright scams are hard to pull off in this environment. Amazon... I can only spec
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by trevyn 8y ago
Mims’ prose book Siliconnections is also a fantastic read; he talks about working in the electronics field around that time.
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by trevyn 8y ago
FPGAs are much larger (read: more expensive in volume) and slower than ASICs, so if you have the unit volume and calendar time to do an ASIC and know roughly what it needs to be optimized for, FPGAs really can’t compete. FPGAs are effecti
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by trevyn 8y ago
There are an infinite number of shades of grey between “slap brand on an OEM product” and “the full Apple”. Companies often shift their approach (in both directions!) over time, and it will vary for different product lines.
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by trevyn 8y ago
I’d bet there’s a healthy chunk of “nostalgia for times and technologies past” that is affecting your perception as well. The “default settings” are different, but nothing you can’t do in Photoshop.
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by trevyn 8y ago
They also answer the question of how we would approach the creation of sentient AI that is capable of suffering -- they switch their attention from the smartphone to a sentient being that they created that is capable of suffering.
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by trevyn 8y ago
It’s a known quantity — it’s what I’m currently using, and it works.
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by trevyn 8y ago
I state it in the spirit of helpfulness — openness itself is clearly not a compelling feature to the masses, and the masses are who needs to be compelled. So if this is your battle, perhaps a different strategy is in order?
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by trevyn 8y ago
I still see zero benefit to me, today , to use Firefox.
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by trevyn 8y ago
OCEAN is useful in predicting human behavior because there are certain common constellations of human behavior and disposition, and the meanings of the dimensions are easily understood by today’s humans. There certainly exists a more effici
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by trevyn 8y ago
Survive? Sure. Thrive by global standards with trade restrictions? Not a chance.
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by trevyn 8y ago
I think nuclear weapons have significantly changed how large nation-states approach disagreements. :) Look at how the Cold War was won, and know that these things are played out over decades. iPhones might be assembled in China today, but t

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