CmdrSprinkles

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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
I thought we weren't supposed to make generalizations here. Gasp, shock, horror! Also, are you really taking the correlation route in the pseudo-intellectual argument for why there is a ban? Because if we are just going by correlation:
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
As others have mentioned, it is a narrow definition. The idea is that the only fluctuations occur due to uncontrollable factors (weather) which, in all fairness, do impact carbon-based power too (to varying degrees). So a war in the middle
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
And the problem isn't politics. It is someone posting the crap that spews out of their mouth. I have seen just as many "Jesus H-Dawg Christ... do they actually believe that?" posts regarding the navel gazing that is "Oh,
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
A big problem is that a lot of this is driven less by people who have a genuine need for encrypted communication and more by people who want one on principle. And the latter tend to include the people who are more likely to try The Next New
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
On a completely unrelated note: While I do feel that political discussion is a necessity for any site that claims to be about cutting edge technology and ideas, there are also times you just should not engage. A good rule of thumb is that i
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
And with the world we live in: Understanding that someone is always watching IS a good thing to teach. Teach your kids that anything they do online can have repercussions. And if they are doing something where they absolutely would be screw
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
Again, the strawman is that parents will watch every five seconds all day long. Yes, some will, but they already have Again, if anything, this gives MORE leeway. My sister pings her kid's location. They have five minutes to approve or
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
That isn't what was said at all. What we have is a future president (ugh...) who has repeatedly shown himself to change his mind at the drop of a hat, be easily engaged and enraged on social media, and who has a long career (since long
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
> don't kids have a right to not let their parents know? Quite frankly: no. As a kid, you aren't mature enough or developed enough to be trusted to make reasonable decisions. That is why you have a guardian and that is why you
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
The structure of my post could probably use some work. The first paragraph is background on Hotz to give context. The second was what he did at comma and why it was pseudo-open sourced. The third was why it will be effective, and the fourth
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
It is an incredibly vague rule that probably just means "If this offends someone we want to do business with, we'll nuke it" But it is no secret that US conservatives are a lot more pro-fossil fuels and US liberals are less a
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
It is also worth noting that there is a difference between discussing white nationalism itself and discussing the impact of it and if it needs to be curtailed. For example, let's look at Google's Trusted Contacts. For obvious reas
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
While possibly too political to discuss on HN, Hotz is a Brand. His claim to fame was rooting an iPhone and later showing the world why we can't have nice things (showing that OtherOS was a security hole and making Sony disable it) Thi
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
So I assume this means that yc is now concerned over alienating a certain political party/faction that tends to have a lot of money but not a lot of support among college grads. And as many others have said, this is a horrible idea. ES
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
If you buy anything that isn't doje coin or whatever, you are effectively converting to fiat, buying something, and obligated to pay capital gains. As for how to avoid The Man: Take a look at India. They lived that dream and likely wil
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
Solves problems that don't exist: Letting people split the fee on tickets so that one person doesn't have to buy everyone's ticket. Check Acts as though providing the same service as competitors is novel: Almost the entirety
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
The secret is to hate the environment and just use the plastic/paper that is already there. For me: When I am doing my weekly food shopping, I just use plastic. When I am grabbing something I forgot or picking up beer or something duri
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
And by the final saturation point the value should be known well enough (and the other infrastructure aspects I mentioned will be in place) that lost coins will be a negligible concern. An expansion of "exchanges" will help a lot
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
These days: not reasonably (more on that later). The computations are the kinds that traditional computers just don't do great on (intentionally, in both directions). In the past: Yup. That is why many server admins for the big cluster
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
While not an expert (and actually something of a critic): I think the idea is that new bitcoins will be mined at a rate that will outstrip those lost. A LOT of the early coins were lost because they basically had no value. That was when min
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
At that point: Theoretically nothing. At that point the currency is stable and its value adjusts to very small degrees (if any) and it is no different than dave and busters money. You're taxed on your income and all you are doing is ad
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
It is. Not a lawyer, but my understanding is that it is handled as a capital gains tax. So you buy some bitcoin, it fluctuates wildly over the course of a week, and you convert back to fiat. You then pay taxes on any earnings from that. So
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
Already done and has been for a while. Here is a quick wiki article on the subject/an example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small,_sealed,_transportable,_... Plenty more can be found if you have access to read act
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
And people have spent years learning how to check facebook. The problem with this pitch is that it doesn't understand the distinction. By a lot of people's standards, I am a scientist (just not a domain scientist). I spend my life
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
This is also a largely solved problem in the form of self contained plants https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small,_sealed,_transportable,_... Basically, the idea is that you remove the human factor where possible (and mod
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
We probably will. Figuring out the actual time until Chernobyl is safe is pretty difficult as most resources are highly politicized (I wonder why...) and there are certain REALLY hot spots, but considering the high profile nature of it: eve
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
Oh, there are plenty of examples of traditional fossil fuels failing due to human error or just being built in really stupid locations. But I was specifically referring to the idea that Katrina was completely different as there was no human
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
Similarly, one is about flying in a controlled manner that is comfortable for passengers. The other was basically a giant pipe bomb.
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
Building anything that would be hazardous if destroyed on a below sea level area that is known to be hit by hurricanes was. But you are somewhat right. Katrina is a better comparison with Fukishima which, to my knowledge, was a combination
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by CmdrSprinkles 10y ago
As mentioned in the other path, it is partly about tripping people up. The diplomat already provided a list of all known foreign nationals that is supposed to be kept somewhat up to date. If foreign nationals are known that aren't on t

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