Erlangolem

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by Erlangolem 8y ago
I believe FB makes something like $6.50 per user. Obviously Google makes money from users too, and given overlap it seems likely that one user is worth quite a bit annually. Average that out over lifetime value, and we’re talking thousands
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by Erlangolem 8y ago
I agree. Now what about engineers at Google, especially with their drone program partnership with the DOD? How about engineers at Uber making cars that are unfit for the road?Engineers in general need to either grow a spine and a conscience
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by Erlangolem 8y ago
In the US and most Western countries, it takes a lot of work to do what you’re describing, and there would be pushback. Going after a few people is no problem, but a whole population? No. China can do it because it’s an autocracy, with a lo
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by Erlangolem 8y ago
Safartic or Ashkenazi? Both are Jews, only one is st risk of passing on Tay-Sachs. Which is the “race” hm?
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by Erlangolem 8y ago
Ironically it’s just these kinds of laws which may finally create a broader popular drive to re-decentralize. Those people looking for sex and drugs and whatever else aren’t going to just say, “well shit, the government said no, let’s head
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by Erlangolem 8y ago
If you think it’s an appeal to emotion, make a real argument in that direction, don’t bluntly state the contents of your head and move on. As it stands, you just appear morally bankrupt. I’m strongly inclined to believe that’s the case, an
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by Erlangolem 8y ago
In a lot of ways I envy these people; there's a lot of hardship they face with the lack of permanent address, and I can't imagine that RV living is incredibly pleasant nor cheap compared to more conventional house, but they'
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How Much Can a Mouse Truly Reveal About Autism?(theatlantic.com)
1 points by Erlangolem 8y ago|0 comments
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by Erlangolem 8y ago
I thought the point of SDV’s was that they would be radically better than human drivers? You can’t have it both ways.
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by Erlangolem 8y ago
HN is selling HN, their associated startups, job postings, and so on. Edit: who are they selling to? Would-be founders... you understand how the VC model works, right?
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by Erlangolem 8y ago
If helping the US government refine their drone strike capabilities didn’t make them realize, I think it’s fair to say they’re totally self-interested. If you want to get their attention, go after their personal bottom line.
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by Erlangolem 8y ago
I get this, and I’m sure if my kid was in this situation I’d feel the same way. For all of the kids who aren’t mine though, I can see the other poster’s point. That’s just as much a part of being human as being attached to your own offsprin
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by Erlangolem 8y ago
You say parody, I say honest representation voted to the top of the page, on article that was knocked off the front page by flagging or mods. Part of the problem is that quite a few people here are representative of the broader industry whi
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by Erlangolem 8y ago
They call them ethical standards, and if you’re being reduced to a purely semantic argument, why not just pack it in?
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by Erlangolem 8y ago
Silicon Valley, and software engineering in general needs regulation, but it also needs to regulate itself. The whole Libertarian wet dream is fine when you’re in college, less so when you’re building self-driving cars or surveillance netwo
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by Erlangolem 8y ago
In the same way that correcting a headline seems to hurt media.
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by Erlangolem 8y ago
Unless you use one of the free options to block them, like uMatrix. It’s easy, it requires little or no effort. My bigger concern with FB is what they learn about me from people other than myself; I can’t control thst at all.
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by Erlangolem 8y ago
I think it’s safe to say the trust is dead. Moreover, the media has taken a huge hit over the years because of Facebook, and if you think they haven’t been sharpening their knives for this day, you haven’t been paying attention. He played a
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Harpooning Space Junk Isn’t as Crazy as It Sounds(atlasobscura.com)
1 points by Erlangolem 8y ago|0 comments
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by Erlangolem 9y ago
Fine, I'm being pointless and stupid. But if you don't care who you're giving your data too then don't expect me to care next time it ends up with someone you didn't want. I’ve never had a Facebook account, yet fr
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by Erlangolem 9y ago
I think the scandals will keep coming, the media will keep banging the drum, and I think people will demand regulation. A few techie libertarians won’t even be heard amidst that noise. People already have had serious reservations about how
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US Training for Arctic Nuclear Satellite Disaster Amid RU Weapons Developments(thedrive.com)
1 points by Erlangolem 9y ago|0 comments
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Facebook Vigilantism Is a Scary Thing(theatlantic.com)
4 points by Erlangolem 9y ago|0 comments
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by Erlangolem 9y ago
Silicon Valley needs tech, not the other way around. Tech needs investment though, and often flocks to where the money is. Right a lot of people are throwing a lot of money around Silicon Valley, so a lot of tech (or bullshit masquerading a
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by Erlangolem 9y ago
It’s not done because software development is an unregulated shitshow full of wildly unethical companies scrambling for the bottom. It’s not unlike early aerospace, or early medicine, or any frontier which develops rapidly before legal fram
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by Erlangolem 9y ago
Bad example for two reasons. First: Although the NTSB investigated the accident, it was unable to conclusively identify the cause of the crash. The rudder PCU from Flight 585 was severely damaged, which prevented operational testing of th
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The Nerve Agent Poisoning in England Was a Message to the Rest of the World(theverge.com)
23 points by Erlangolem 9y ago|12 comments
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by Erlangolem 9y ago
That sounds like the market correcting itself, while you want to protect the likes of Uber from market forces, with new laws. Putting that aside though, good luck trying to get re-elected after passing a law like that. Few people are techno
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by Erlangolem 9y ago
What software developer would ever sign on to a project where they could be held criminally liable for a single bug? Do you want software development to turn into healthcare, where every developer needs millions of dollars of malpractice i
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by Erlangolem 9y ago
The answer to your first “question” of course is that it depends on the machine, how it’s built, programmed, and the context of operation. Machines can have much faster reflexes, or they can freeze.

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