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Sure your point is a good one in general, but you're combining multiple profiles to create this narrative. Dylan didn't go to Stanford, he went to Brown University. Being an intern…

> Uber has engaged in some pretty "creative" (i.e. unethical) business tactics to muscle their way into the taxi industry while avoiding both regulations and the payment of decent …

As a base law, that's helpful, but I'm wondering when it gets into cfaa territory. What if you violate the terms of service to scrape it? What if you have to implement tricks like …

What was that hobby?

This stories reminds me of the times before tech dominance, when programmers and innovators needed to get permission to do almost anything. Tech people were not allowed to run comp…

I think the procedure I described also can do this, but the 6-digit code is sent in the background. I don't see why a human has to physically write out 6 digits from phone to compu…

I"m not seeing a huge benefit of the personal device being offline, while you're trying to log into an online service. But let's say there was a need for that, what about using blu…

I don't understand why authentication usually requires you to type in some 6-digit number from your phone. From an ideal user experience point of view, why not just pop up a dialog…

Does anyone know why there has never been any breakthroughs in air conditioning for 50 years? Windows air conditioners have been incredibly heavy, loud, expensive, and resource-int…

> Note that the definition of "international student" excludes those with permanent visas. The number of foreign born PhD students is therefore significantly higher than 64%. Don't…

I didn't downvote you but your tone is overly dramatic for some simple heuristics. Specifically you're just repeating two things over and over. Here's some simple answers: 1) you'r…

Fair point, can a moderator delete my comment above? I apologize for spreading rumor.

This Reddit post offers an explanation, "From what I understand (second-hand info), personality not productivity drove this decision. He ran an unhappy lab, and he was arrogant eve…

Yes, why use the old micro-usb port? Now I would need a separate cable just to charge this.

> The article just happens to use a photo of Mayer because she was the CEO at the time Flickr was sold to SmugMug. Wait, isn't that just another way of saying that she sold Flicker…

That's a great answer. I can see it that way now. Thanks.

Pretty sure emails don't magically disappear even if you use Org Mode.

> morally invalid Genuinely curious, because that sounds so definitive; so what's the way to determine whether a viewpoint is morally valid or invalid? I'm not talking about this s…

In option 1, when does the license get invalidated? Is it invalidated in the first place because the offending software broke the license? Or is it invalidated after notification f…

The Ivy League factor plays a smaller role for CS than for other disciplines, due to less gatekeeping. Yale is about University of Minnesota level across multiple computer science …