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So this is probably a dumb question...but is the clock at all accurate? It says it stops periodically when there isn't sufficient fluctuation in temperature so do they manually cor…

> The organisation acquired its own servers, and began encrypting its communication yikes, sounds pretty sloppy from all sides

I am also wary of the mass legalization of illicit drugs, mainly because of the already huge problem my states has with opiates. I think it's a good goal, but should I really belie…

True, but what's troubling isn't that he was fired, it's that the memo got leaked, caused a bunch of controversy and basically forced Google to take a position on whether they want…

In case it hasn't already been posted, this (apparently) is the original memo which includes sources and reads much differently. https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3914586/…

Give me a break. 1. It wasn't published anonymously 2. What he's saying is not even close to promoting slavery or legally allowing religious discrimination 3. The entire point of t…

I think we're in agreement on what the original author personally believes about diversity programs. But there is a difference between outright calling for the end of diversity pro…

Although it is tough to tell, it definitely seems like Gizmodo may have stripped out some of his sources. From Gizmodo's preamble: > Two charts and several hyperlinks are also omit…

I think he's saying he accepts that sexism is present in the hiring process, as are all biases, but the answer to that is not diversity programs. My guess is that he believes marke…

I would disagree. While he obviously sees the diversity programs as misguided, he stops short of calling for an end to them. To quote: > Have an open and honest discussion about th…

Yeah, what was up with that? I was really disappointed that stuff was omitted and assumed it was why some of the author's claims seemed so bold. Is there a link to something closer…

What I've found after living in a few foreign countries (originally from the US): If you balk at minor incidents of xenophobia and in so doing generally act as if you don't belong,…

Thanks, I forgot about the automatic increase/decrease in difficulty as miners come and go. Why won't increasing the transactions per block scale forever? I see lots of people sayi…

As someone with a basic Comp Sci understanding of crypto currencies could someone explain to me why there is a scalability problem? I thought one of the primary benefits of Bitcoin…

yeah, I think we're pretty much on the same page

Okay, but if journalists had no ethics whatsoever beyond a legal obligation, than no one would want to talk to them and we would not get to listen to people's stories. It's not so …

I don't know...Reed at one point exposes something John specifically told him to keep off the record and he writes it off for two reasons, both of which I take issue with. I can't …

I'm living in Kyiv right now and it this seems like the most reasoned response in this chain. Expats tend to have an overly optimistic view of Ukraine because they don't have to de…

Yeah, but I'm guessing they cost a lot more than a raspberry pi, they mention these systems in the article

> Recognizing the potential profit opportunity, the Nagoya merchant bought the future harvest of his region by paying approximately 10% to the farmers and writing drafts for the re…

The internet greatly magnifies the perceived prevelance of this "infantile culture". I think most people do not see this effect hardly at all in day to day life, but love to get en…

Apple says this shit every time it has a major press event. Saying it mocks poor people is digging around for something to be offended about. Is the author really offended every ti…

Regardless, it's difficult to think of any situation where a All _______ should use _______ is really justified.

I got one that was just: "write a web application". That's literally all they gave me for parameters. I decided not to be a dick and send them 5 lines of code returning http 200 so…

> Hillary and Bernie’s campaigns seem to disagree on what motivates Americans. That statement seems a bit misguided to me. It's not that they "don't agree on what motivates America…