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Several good points of clarification. My own phrasing leaned heavily on "abstract".

Your substitution... - passing around butt-plugs and dildos to my students + [giving] out sex toys to kids ...is an example of exactly the kind of transcription error via which con…

The first part of this sounds very closely related to something called Rogerian argument [1] which aims to find new opportunities for consensus by building on views already held in…

It's nighttime and there is no wind. That's the downside of extrapolating from real-time data. A couple of highlights from Australia's energy transition story in the last few days,…

> big companies like google or facebook (which, according to the website, do not support net neutrality [why would they, right?]) It doesn't quite say that. It says[1] that they di…

Heh, probably not the best example of cheap TV. $3.8m wouldn't even pay for a single House of Cards episode.[1] But it still works as a good example of the economics: "With Netflix…

A compiled cache of common javascript libraries. Benefits: speed, privacy (less interaction with CDNs).

I found this article to be more informative: http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/02/giant-leap-for-nuclea...

> Who says this? Since you jogged my memory, here's one person who has said it: Richard Clarke, U.S. National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counter-terro…

The personalisation idea sounds a lot (but not exactly) like what Hubski[1] is trying to do. There is still a certain amount of manual work involved in 'following' individuals and …

Heh, I like that.

Is there a way to subscribe to change notifications on ToS docs from a specific company?

Surprised Ars didn't mention this: "Microsoft switched to Word (from Internet Explorer) as its rendering engine with the introduction of Outlook 2007 and hasn’t looked back (errr, …

Sorry but that's bullshit. What you've said is that the guy simply got caught and therefore this was not a case of responsible disclosure. The letter doesn't say that. No other sou…

An admission in writing is not the same thing as a disclosure. You're using uncorroborated dates in a document that's clearly worded to paint the student in the worst light possibl…

The letter says no such thing. I don't know why you've taken the trouble to post this falsehood twice in a short thread. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5096170

Actually the letter says nothing about detection and all other sources[1][2] about this matter agree that the 'detection' took the form of a voluntary disclosure, which was rewarde…

1. It's a fact that there are many competing theories about why the DoJ were so passionate about this case. 2. There are also many competing opinions on which reforms would be appr…

Thanks. > being an anonymous organization It isn't. It has a very public and (quite deliberately) accountable director who has made several detailed statements about the purpose an…

Wait a minute. Your claim is this: 'Aaron really doesn't need the association with Wikileaks'. In support, you offer only 'especially as his supporters attempt to portray his work …

So... you are implying a contrast or not?