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> How do they store their data? SQL. > How do their different applications talk to each other? Proprietary APIs. > How do they scale their systems to work for millions of users? T …

Because, quite frankly, parts identified by hashes is not all they see. If you're monitoring and logging the traffic then it's trivial to not only determine the filename of a bitto…

Oh god... you're not under the impression that bittorrent is a secure or anonymous protocol, are you?

> ...and it's nice to have 110% of your maximum expected needs covered rather than 80%. That depends very much on the person. For someone with no kids and that needs to move very l…

Depends on the speed you most commonly drive. For urban drivers, they spend a lot of time at slower speeds where aerodynamics is less critical. Also, even pickup trucks are designe…

Ha! I didn't even think of that. :) We're talking about a vehicle that's not really even relevant to the question of why different countries prefer different four-wheeled vehicles,…

> I think you're implicitly talking about a classic style 2-door pickup truck, but most consumer trucks these days seem to have four doors. Replace the shortened bed in the back wi…

Because the pickup truck form factor is the most efficient and inexpensive one there is. No really, hear me out! I see this asked all the time, but you're actually asking the wrong…

Lots of people, including far too many families with children.

I'm just a few pages in to the tutorial and I already want to try it out myself... but how? Where's the link? Is this not available to the public yet?

Almost the exact same situation here, except that it was closer to 28 years ago. :)

He's being downvoted because there has never been any evidence for any significant amount of voter fraud whatsoever, though many have looked carefully for it. It's not just thought…

Has that always been? Were the first engineers regulated and licensed? By whom? Perhaps we're just looking at a category of engineering that is not yet at that level of maturity.

Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

> How can we possibly create a healthy food-replacement system if we don't fully understand what makes food healthy? Well, in order to finally achieve that understanding, what are …

> I found US public school education was not about learning and mastery. It's about conformity and obedience. Bingo. There has been much improvement in curriculum over the years, c…

If this technology is being made available to consumers now, that means it's existed before now, probably for years, outside of the public's awareness. Makes you think. What's been…

Which is vastly superior to the alternative, which is taking on the liability myself and facing the possibility of being financially devastated by fraud and/or theft.

> People who go into the military are more conservative than liberal, on average. In-group loyalty is paramount to conservatives. Family and community first, and all that. > They a…

Ah, yes, if only the British had responded to the American rebellion by "not allowing it", then the US would have never existed. That sounds reasonable.

> Perhaps, but remember militaries train discipline and chain of command for a reason. Indeed, and that's why its so significant that Californians make up such a large portion of t…

On the other hand, a very significant number of military bases (packed full of military weapons and equipment) are in California, and thanks to California's out-sized population a …

That Venn diagram has little to no actual overlap at all. The objectivists just find it to be to their advantage, these days, to make it appear that they might. The controversy tha…

One super cheap idea that might be worth considering: clear shrink tubing. You could put whole trays of them at a time in your oven, just make sure the tubing is the right length a…

Currently the typical solution on Hyperboria is indeed the current internet DNS system, primarily for lack of a widely accepted decentralized alternative. A truly decentralized alt…