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It is also just plain old human nature.

The inherent problem with AV software is that they require deep system access, thus if they get compromised the system is absolutely screwed. So the question becomes "Is the operat…

I'm talking about the commentariat as a whole. It has become polarized and negative and absolutely infused with groupthink, which is a very specific concept. Too bad you can't acce…

FF on Debian and Ubuntu.

Not on my boxen. Never again.

What was old is new again, embrace and embed may succeed where extinguish failed.

Dunning & Kruger's work is far from petty; I merely gave him a dose of his own "How's that for nuance" attitude. He is wrong and his confidence is perfectely explained by D&K's gro…

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And the result is that the comments are really of very little use anymore. Time was they used to be enlightening. Too bad Paul Graham doesn't give a rat's ass. He has the opportuni…

The negativity on this site towards people who express any opinion beyond the herd is making this site a groupthink echo chamber. This karma system has failed.

So Microsoft has the chutzpah to create a github repository trying to dupe people into contributing enhancements to components of their for-profit spyware?

Only a fool thinks that America's participation in WWII was unnecessary. ETA: You're full of shit. You are saying that participating in WWII was not an act of compassion. What, are…

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And related: "Know your enemy."

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I didn't say any previous time period was better than today; I said that our societies being created by the most ruthless is absurd, and it is. Humans at their best work cooperativ…

The corporations have bought our governments and are destroying the environment for their short-term enrichment. The obvious positives of technology and capitalism must be weighed …

What if we all treated each other with respect and compassion? What if creating happiness in others was our fundamental objective as individuals and societies? Only with compassion…

That's a really nice try. I'm sorry no one has ever told you a joke that made you laugh or treated you with concern and kindness when you were down or gave you a gift. The chain on…

Because our Creator is the ultimate loner, utterly peerless, absolutely Unfathomable. We alone can choose to contemplate It and Its incredible Majesty, and we, as creatures, can on…

One can't be a Scotsman if one's ancestors don't come from Scotland. There are things that are true because they fit the proper description and there are people who use "No True Sc…

No, in the US. It's a crappy small cage, maybe 20' square.

He mentions in the Horizon "Fermat's Last Theorem" documentary that Taniyama was "not a careful person as a mathematician. He made a lot of mistakes, but he made mistakes in a good…

The excellent Horizon documentary, "Fermat's Last Theorem", about Wiles' proof has some great interview footage with Shimura where he even discusses his sadness and being perplexed…