AsymetricCom

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by AsymetricCom 13y ago
Not at all, now that I've learned about your learning, we can all discuss how happy that makes us feel. It's a win-win. Wait, maybe if there was a higher context to share our approval of the article without distracting away from i
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by AsymetricCom 13y ago
RTFA
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by AsymetricCom 13y ago
Because it has dependencies on libs that are not open source, so that means "closed" as propagated across this "open" system.
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by AsymetricCom 13y ago
We should start a thread about how ignorant you were before this awesome guide. I'm sure we can talk about all sorts of stupid things people believe while managing to learn nothing beyond the scope of the very basic article.
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by AsymetricCom 13y ago
Seems kind if weird that Bitcoin (actually bitcoind) itself would be dependent on a google-developed database solution that isn't open source, and not only that, has non-determinate behavior, depending on the host system..
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by AsymetricCom 13y ago
Of course, Perl has been doing this for over a decade. Nobody thought it was remarkable enough to write an article about it though.
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by AsymetricCom 13y ago
Replace your "Chromecast" with any generic USB Linux computer and your wish will be granted.
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by AsymetricCom 13y ago
Volatile, high-profit incomes more closely matches a market based on nature or real progress. It makes sense that high-earners who do real work are doing work that is risky. What is concerning is the 'old rich' who've manag
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by AsymetricCom 13y ago
logic, math and linguistics.
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by AsymetricCom 13y ago
Yeah, writing anything that doesn't conform to typical rules of lexicography.
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by AsymetricCom 13y ago
Here's another: \\546 and another: %% etc.
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by AsymetricCom 13y ago
So?
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by AsymetricCom 13y ago
Somehow I feel safer with a random pirate having my DNA in a database than Google.
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by AsymetricCom 13y ago
The real reason is his business is probably plateauing and he didn't want to say that publicly. That would make much more economic sense as a reason to move off of AWS.
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by AsymetricCom 13y ago
Because decompiling is a lot easier when your "executable" is a high level language built on top of a well known and heavily targeted VM.
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by AsymetricCom 13y ago
Maybe it was Santa Claus and he used Iceland because it reminds him of the Arctic. During this time of year, assuming it's Santa Claus should be the default assumption. Remember that He is "making a list" and "checking
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by AsymetricCom 13y ago
Never mind that, the article is simply written horribly.
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by AsymetricCom 13y ago
I'm going to start starting
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by AsymetricCom 13y ago
It really depends on the context you read it in and how you define some of the key words.
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by AsymetricCom 13y ago
I never said taxing and banning wouldn't work. What I said is that taxing and banning will never happen because of health impact. It won't change until the health impact has a significant economic impact .
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by AsymetricCom 13y ago
Step 1: compile to local binaries. There is no step 2
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by AsymetricCom 13y ago
Interesting how the wiki version of the "Obligation of the Engineer"^1 seems to speak toward being a good steward of technology, humanity and public resources where the oath the OP quotes is more focused on delivering a good produ
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by AsymetricCom 13y ago
It's clear that 23 thinks that the FDA is incapable of enforcing their mandate and is daring them to do something about it in the media. This is just more BS spin to try to justify their bold and reckless PR maneuvering, under the gui
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by AsymetricCom 13y ago
tl;dr: how to be a good robot.
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by AsymetricCom 13y ago
I'm not certain your example of Tobacco is a success. My point stands, that Cell phones are needed by the economy so we'll have cellphones. Tobacco sales were needed by the economy and now they're not. Also, your idea that
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by AsymetricCom 13y ago
Imagine all the lives saved from killing off millions of Jews.
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by AsymetricCom 13y ago
I see these "embrace my programming paradigm via my awful, mixed-context, confusing argument" on HN more and more. Seems to me it's just some project-managment-type thinking in abstract high-level ways of how much easier his
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by AsymetricCom 13y ago
TCP/IP and telecom cos who own racks of networking equipment are two different things. These kind of distinctions are important.
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by AsymetricCom 13y ago
But our economy is already dependent on mobile data. So cancer or not, there's no stopping it. The economy decides what's safe.
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by AsymetricCom 13y ago
I'm sure working in security you can comprehend the difference between telecom companies and internet infrastructure. I'm sure you'd prefer if your customers don't make that distinction.

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