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Seriosly, some of that was pretty funny... At a superficial level, I think I would notice extra chips/wiring/HD showing up on a naked Mo-board. Going further, as you wish to approa…

And I thought I am cynical enough to no longer be surprised by GOV's process to circumvent the Constitution and make nineteen eighty-four the reality. I was wrong. As a long-time I…

And from my perspective, they don't care. While part of the EU, GB has yet to move off the GBP for the Euro. Also, it looks like Brexit will kill the LSE-DB merger. With LSE slated…

Ugh. Should read, "One semester I told my students at the beginning of the semester..." Sorry.

When I first started teaching (university level), trying to come up with what I thought would be acurate grades would keep me awake most nights. Asking fellow faculty revealed that…

Exactly. And when FeeBees "ask" it is, ultimately, at the point of a gun.

Yes, but it would violate HN policy/use guidelines...

Good Grief. For a lot less than an F-35 program, they could install a TSM rig, with off sight backup. Ours (at a state university) deals with petabytes of data. We've had to escala…

Shouldn't the year the article was written (2014) be included in the title?

That is exactly what I had in mind re: my original comment. Seeing from other comments there would be an earnings threshold. That, to me, is not "unconditional." I'm probably runni…

Not happy with the headline. They voted no for an "unconditional" basic income. I think that is a huge difference, especially when a majority of the voters also want immigration re…

Looks like something of an update to Stephenson's Mother Earth, Mother Board (and way overdue). Hoping the arstechnica article is as good.

Cash is not going away anytime soon for at least a couple of reasons: Trust (Account Overloards say I have 100 USD in my account when I actually have 1,000), and cash is a very han…

If you want to watch the sausage being made in real-time, there are a couple of channels of C-SPAN.

In other words, Bob is not a Prophet. Bob is the Profit Margin. Cheers to the Newlyweds. May their pasta bowl never be empty.

Corpratists.

Sigh. No, I did not suggest that all other initiatives should be put on hold. The pivot, fulcrum, etc. for my comment was the use of the word "audacious" in the article title. Sinc…

Audacious plan? That would be getting their 1.2 Billion people reasonable access to fresh water and indoor plumbing.

I find this data breach staggering. With your friend's comment, clearly there is a cultural vector I am completely missing. Also, please expand on their comment re: the event helpi…

Simplify filing? How about going back to not taxing wages, and for those that would still have to file, simply input the info directly on the IRS website?

While I find your vitriol refreshing, I would suggest a change in your reading list. For those that want to examine the economics of IP vs. The Record Business, I would first read …

GOV absolutely knew what the consequences / ripples of Choke Point would be. They knew that it would generate support amongst the Vice Hating Crowd, allowing GOV to address the two…

A Content Creator is first creating _the master_. Copies are what happens after. Unless you are talking about serial editions, etc.

I'm a little surprised that neither side of the interview brought up J.G. Ballard's collages from the 1960s. Sorry for the lack of link. I know some are included in Re/Search #7/8.…

The article content does not match the title. Lots of talk about how the guy grew up, what shaped his outlook, etc. I saw nothing about how he is building a "small, waste- and carb…