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There is a link in the article - http://www.nber.org/papers/w22635.pdf Seems like they used a PIK number created by the census bureau to track individuals and same address to creat…

Umm sure you can. G8 -> G7

Two obvious ones: Isaac Asimov (basically everything) and Iain M Banks (the Culture). For me, Asimovs universe was much more rewarding as it raises and explores much more ethical a…

Yes, but if your customers have a lot of valuable data in your service, cancelling would make them loose that data. You can technically use this to extort money from your users. No…

Compared to farming, this system uses a lot less water (which is basically free right now) and a lot more electricity (which is more expensive). So you can just imagine it being vi…

Thats a very narrow definition. Music is sound we interpret. There is no reason why computers cannot "compose" meaningful to us music. Of course it will probably be by happenchance…

> "Behavior straight out of genes ... is bullshit" > "Behavior is product of ... hard-wired instincts" Congratulations on contradicting yourself in two sentences! Or how do you sup…

You have to use your bitcoins someday. Either to buy real currency or real goods. Then you know where the money went TO. Tracing the transactions back (where the money came FROM) i…

Sounds great! How do I leave you an email? Not sure if I want to spell it out here =)

He already did - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8ViaskDSeI

Yes, I also got excited when I read that, but "open sourcing" means providing freely accessible information, not consulting. And they dont have any accessible information that I co…

We need open source resources on how to build and maintain farms like this. Unfortunately these guys are not sharing yet, at least I couldn't find any detailed information. I'd lov…

I believe the op is referring to the debate about wealth creation and distribution, where one could have a view that people in IT-startups like Zuckerberg are not creating wealth, …

Except in the case of pineapples, it's not because of industrialisation, but because of almost slave-labour and smart tax evasions. http://www.bananalink.org.uk/pineapples-true-pri…

Well, the endangered species are endangered either because 1. human involvement 2. natural selection So I don't see that as a valid argument for not protecting dolphins. It's not r…

Confluence + word export? For similar price you get reports plus a wiki as well. I've been using that export recently and it works awesome. You need a word template, though, but th…