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IANAL either, but there's a difference between not falling into a trap and deceiving the authorities. To continue the analogy, it would be more akin to telling the officer that you…

1) makes sense if Levandowski did it over the company internet connection. There could be a record of his unusual requests (software download, software update). > they can infer th…

I feel like "biological Turing test" is a bit clickbaity. Bacteria aren't going to make cognitive decisions. In my mind, being able to communicate back and forth with bacteria is m…

> I could see students skimping on that and no realizing the implications They weren't students. Roger was a game developer while Valerie was a post-doc. They just happened to live…

There are 250 million neurons in the corpus callosum, each with a diameter on the order of microns. Individually, each one transmits a very primitive signal (think biological bit) …

Warrant canaries are a thing [1]. For example, see Reddit's one which disappeared last year [2]. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrant_canary 2. https://www.reddit.com/r/worldne…

"When two-thirds or three-quarters of the CEOs in Silicon Valley are from South Asia or from Asia" What version of Silicon Valley is this? "Ascend, an Asian-American professional o…

I'm not using the service either, but I noticed this comment [1]. It's not the first time that a DNS server has been DDoS-ed, so it has been discussed before (e.g. [2]). At minimum…

When your service literally says it exists to help provide uptime, redundancy makes sense.

> The Department of Homeland Security told CNBC that it is "looking into all potential causes" of the attack. http://www.cnbc.com/2016/10/21/major-websites-across-east-co... Is thi…

Well, Uber did try to sabotage Lyft on multiple occasions [1]. The real story is a bit muddier, since Uber claims that Lyft also tried to sabotage them. 1. http://www.theverge.com/…

Hey, placebo effect is good enough. The placebo effect works even if you know it's a placebo.

"Edit by Clem: We shut down the server until we find the source of the second intrusion (probably something left by the first)." http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2994

Nope. However, it is more cumbersome unless tailored to voice. For example, saying "-r" versus "-R" or pronouncing something like "ioctl".

So recognition doesn't work if it was calibrated while you were wearing different clothing? That kills some of the use cases.

There is no difference. I just ran a diff. https://web.archive.org/web/20150522105521/http://www.huffin...

I don't get the point of discussing a two-year-old article about an event that also occurred two years ago. Can someone enlighten me? Has something changed? Edit: You can check for…

There's also this arcade-style shooter which kills a random file for each enemy. A bit riskier. http://www.stfj.net/art/2009/loselose/

I do something similar in concept. I start off with a base password with numbers, letters, and symbols (to fit most website requirements). Then, I generate 2 random words based on …

What did the parent comment originally say? For the record, Brennan has admitted that 8chan has boards for sexualizing minors (which is legal) though he doesn't support them. " Unf…