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by zipwitch 10y ago
Those who say that the TSA is just a jobs program are missing the point. The TSA is a constant reminder of government presence and the security state, it's effectiveness at security or a jobs program is a minor concern compared to its
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by zipwitch 10y ago
Which is why the real-world version version of said clock derives its essential motive power from temperature changes: http://longnow.org/clock/
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by zipwitch 10y ago
There was an interesting and informative blog post along similar lines (that I think was linked here not that long ago), on, "Using Metadata to find Paul Revere". https://kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/201
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by zipwitch 10y ago
Science fiction author Keith Laumer had a few ideas along these lines as far back as the 1960s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolo_%28tank%29
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by zipwitch 10y ago
This continues a process that began over a year ago, with King Salman and his son Prince Mohammed consolidating power around themselves and away from other branches of the vast royal family. http://www.platts.com/latest-news
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Tucows to end malicious ads on its download site(tucows.com)
1 points by zipwitch 10y ago|0 comments
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by zipwitch 10y ago
The system cringed as its owner brought forth the open-source tool. "I am a production server!" it cried indignantly. "How dare you test me before my time! Guards!" it called. "Guards!" Admin installed the open
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by zipwitch 10y ago
It doesn't seem at all absurd to me that an expert at any subject, speaking to someone else they believe is another honest expert, but who is actually an experienced con-artist / fraudster, can be fooled. Don't think of it as
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by zipwitch 10y ago
For any sufficiently motivated person or group, it won't take a SpaceX Falcon to get a payload of extremophiles to Mars. A Cubesat (or other cheap, small satellite) on the Interplanetary Transport Network could work. https:/&#x2F
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by zipwitch 10y ago
But with your cheap solution, how do you avoid running out of space? (And if your space can grow, don't you still end up needing more hours of work to manage the ever-growing collection and more money to just physically maintain the la
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by zipwitch 10y ago
Great piece! It's a nice reminder that the real world was a lot more fantastic and steampunk-like than a conventional presentation of history would lead one to believe.
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by zipwitch 10y ago
Yes. Here come the ractors. Just one of a great many points of correspondence between the present day and cyberpunk dystopian fiction. (Technically, I think Diamond Age is post-cyberpunk.) Over at Naked Capitalism, the daily news rundown ha
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by zipwitch 10y ago
Ascending isn't particularly difficult, it's just that it requires levels of attention to detail and preparation that verge on tedium for some. One example: in order to pass through the Elemental Plane of Water on the Astral, you
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by zipwitch 11y ago
I speed read pulp novels, and have for decades. From Doc Savage to Honor Harrington's recent outings, sometimes you just want the the combination of that literary equivalent of zoning out in front of the TV, combined with finding out w
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by zipwitch 11y ago
The server was packed even (perhaps especially) in its final moments, with the kind of crowds the official version never sees anymore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y86hk_93d4c
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by zipwitch 11y ago
Do you mean, "this is a honeypot put out by the NSA, to see who wants this"? Or do you mean, "this is an attempt by the developers to see how the NSA tries to subvert, sabotage, or otherwise compromise their project"?
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by zipwitch 11y ago
>I'm sure if pocket enigma machines were around They were. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_disk
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by zipwitch 11y ago
Sure! Would you mind fixing my revenue generator for free while you're at it?
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by zipwitch 11y ago
Pretty sure the large crowd are the people who built the rocket, which somehow makes it okay in my book.
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by zipwitch 11y ago
LeechBlock for Firefox won't quite let you do that, but seems like it might do some of what you want. http://www.proginosko.com/leechblock/
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Ceramic and Metal Foam Armor Stop Armor-Piercing Rifle Rounds(popsci.com)
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by zipwitch 11y ago
By getting a small subset of players to buy premium cosmetic content and in-game gold. Blizzard came up with a clever mechanism involving game time and other players for the latter, both in order to obfuscate what they were doing somewhat a
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by zipwitch 11y ago
The PaleMoon fork of Firefox is still quite useable.
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by zipwitch 11y ago
Back in 2012 coral reef zoologist / mathematical ecologist Roger Bradbury, argued that the coral reefs are already "zombie ecosystems" and we're better off focusing our efforts on trying to understand what happened, rath
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by zipwitch 11y ago
Agree. Once you've put in the requisite learning time, ascending with even the more difficult classes is just a matter of time and preparing for the most deadly encounters and RNG outcomes, while avoiding inflicting YASD on yourself.
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by zipwitch 11y ago
Higher-end cinemas like Alamo Drafthouse are already adapting to this. Designated seating, tight controls on audience behaviour to create a more reliably pleasant experience, extra little perks like their great pre-movie content, plenty of
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by zipwitch 11y ago
It's actually less safe. People will think their data is secure, but it won't be. The government always leaks keys. Sometimes literally. http://www.wired.com/2015/09/lockpickers-3-d-print-tsa-lugga... h
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by zipwitch 11y ago
I've no idea where we can draw a line on "sentience". But when it comes to creatures that seem highly likely to be on the same side of the line that we are, I think its far better to err by being too generous with our definit
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by zipwitch 11y ago
Also, much of the MH370 search area includes some very rugged seafloor. If or when it sank, the wreckage may be located in the underwater equivalent of very mountainous terrain. Just like above water, it's a lot easier to find somethin
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by zipwitch 11y ago
Will she include a special provision in the bill, penalizing companies if they help the government spy on Congress? http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/13/politics/feinstein-cia-snoopin...

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