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I worked in the nuclear industry a long time ago. The reason some parts are expensive is the documentation (chain of ownership) and testing involved. Some parts must be flame teste…

PGP is fine. People aren't using it correctly. The point of Web of Trust is to only trust keys that other people you know have also signed. Everything else is garbage until proven …

It might be tinfoil, but it makes one wonder why a significant net neutrality opponent (Verizon) is considering purchasing the largest (monetary) proponent (AOL). Granted VZN and A…

Economic and environmental collapse is the frequent Tragedy of the Commons consequence of unregulated human activity (markets)... Cannery Row, Easter Island, Silphium, Raphus cucul…

In order to be successful, as mentioned in other comments, such a project would need more end-users as active co-designers / field testers. Otherwise, it's a pure "design for desig…

Bezos could refocus on DIY, hobbyists and maker culture... classes (or sponsorship thereof) would be a good direction to get the cash register filling. It's hard to compete with on…

An apropos quote in-lieu of comment for obvious reasons: "Nuptial love maketh mankind, friendly love perfecteth it, but wonton love corrupteth and embaseth it." ~ someone that hail…

I'm an American with a passport who has lived and grown businesses in Europe. (I attended private and public schools only in the US and half-heartedly finished a top 50 uni because…

Sad to see another awesome bookstore go. First Bogey's Books in Davis, then even Borders. :( From what I heard at the time, Powell's (one of the bookstore others would sell their i…

Yea, if there were a Go teaching site beyond Go tour http://tour.golang.org/ , that would be something. Regardless of language, https://rubymonk.com is one of the nicest interactiv…

Large shops have huge bull's-eyes painted on them. If they act in bad faith, they will eventually lose reputation and business, spectacularly. This is why top VC's aren't going to …

Nuclear weapons and forgetting parens (in Perl) http://www.foo.be/docs/tpj/issues/vol2_1/tpj0201-0004.html Also, Castle Bravo was ~3x bigger than predicted because of a failure to …

I would argue from a productivity perspective: yes. If you were like me, you would get bogged down "in the weeds" fixing every single little bug encountered, no matter the time inv…

Another interesting bit: "Perl and Nuclear Weapons Don't Mix" If fired, they would have missed their destination by thousands of miles. http://www.foo.be/docs/tpj/issues/vol2_1/tpj…

Meta: automate things that are frequent, not things that are risky; hence: no WOMPR, Wing Attack Plan R or "Big Red Button."

2 Qs: How have tiger-human relations/(co/non)existence changed in the last few decades? Are there more/different interactions in rural, suburban, urban (?) settings? (Anyone from/i…

From considering the demand-side point-of-view only, I would tend to agree. It gives content distributors a false sense of control at the expense of complicating the average custom…

A book about the related, long-term trend of decrease violence explained with different angels: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Better_Angels_of_Our_Natur... (Religious extremist…

Currently, https://disconnect.me/ browser extension says https://www.healthcare.gov/ uses: - 0 Facebook, 3 Google, 0 Twitter - 0 Advertising - 6 Analytics: 1 ClickTale, 4 MixPanel,…