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I remember finding an article on HN about a developer for FreeBSD going to work on Mac OS[1], before returning to work in open source. Isn't the Mac OS user space an example of wha…

Saw a nice video on the dispute of apes' mastery of sign language over at NPR: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/07/25/5385804...

I noticed the video described him as MBE, so I looked him up. He also invented a water filter and was named Member of the British Empire for it: https://ideas.ted.com/since-the-ted…

Reminds me of: "In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread." - Anatole France

Agreed. Though this "swatting" thing is horrifying and tragic, I think the Wichita police should shoulder most of the responsibility. Am I wrong in thinking that they could have do…

I think there's at least a plausible argument to be had. A lot of bad guys get guns through holes in gun control, getting a gun out of state, etc. If it were harder for the wrong p…

I agree. I took the crux of the article to be, "What's the point of smart contracts?", not "The hacker in this case didn't do anything wrong."

This is a great article about an arson investigation that turned out to be bogus, leading to someone's execution. http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/09/07/trial-by-fire

I think that's what the guys at Maple thought. I worked there for a bit when it started, and it seemed to me like they were growing too fast. There would be some pretty serious ope…