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Re: Hackers vs. suits: Why nerds become leakers

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Post by rfnslyr » Fri, Jun 14, 2013, 2:16 PM UTC

jholman wrote: post #157

sliverstorm wrote: post #114

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I thought the free electricity was only for people who bought the most expensive model of the Model S?

All existing Tesla vehicles that can use the superchargers can use them for free. Unfortunately that means no Roadsters, for reasons involving AC-vs-DC charging (c.f. Q&A at the 2013 shareholder's meeting). You also only get the supercharger gear for free with your car if you buy one 85kWh models (which does necessarily not mean the most-expensive... 85kWh models start at $72.4k but go up from there, into six-figure…

This is what comments are for! Now I know.

Re: Hackers vs. suits: Why nerds become leakers

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Post by peterwwillis » Fri, Jun 14, 2013, 2:30 PM UTC

benaiah wrote: post #154

peterwwillis wrote: post #137

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I agree the BMGF has done wonderful things. But what specifically are you saying they have offset, and how? I am not very aware of anything they do other than working on malaria and perhaps food/aid assistance. The PC industry has kids living in toxic waste dumps and farms are growing crops and animals with high levels of toxic substances, to say nothing of cancer killing off families in droves.

Malaria killed 660,000 people last year alone, with 219,000,000 cases. From the WHO 2012 Malaria Report: > Between 2000 and 2010, malaria mortality rates fell by 26% around the world. In the WHO African Region the decrease was 33%. During this period, an estimated 1.1 million malaria deaths were averted globally, primarily as a result of a scale-up of interventions. [1] Malaria is a far bigger problem than e-waste. I…

Clearly, then, malaria is a much bigger problem than e-waste. Kudos to BMGF for tackling this deadly issue.

So there are many issues, such as malaria, that would benefit greatly from good hackers working on them for the public good instead of for private wealth. BMGF is unfortunately a very rare case of a technologist doing good for humanity's sake instead of his own.

Re: Hackers vs. suits: Why nerds become leakers

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Post by benaiah » Fri, Jun 14, 2013, 7:22 PM UTC

peterwwillis wrote: post #162

benaiah wrote: post #154

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Malaria killed 660,000 people last year alone, with 219,000,000 cases. From the WHO 2012 Malaria Report: > Between 2000 and 2010, malaria mortality rates fell by 26% around the world. In the WHO African Region the decrease was 33%. During this period, an estimated 1.1 million malaria deaths were averted globally, primarily as a result of a scale-up of interventions. [1] Malaria is a far bigger problem than e-waste. I…

Clearly, then, malaria is a much bigger problem than e-waste. Kudos to BMGF for tackling this deadly issue. So there are many issues, such as malaria, that would benefit greatly from good hackers working on them for the public good instead of for private wealth. BMGF is unfortunately a very rare case of a technologist doing good for humanity's sake instead of his own.

Yeah - I do agree with your main point, it was just the malaria thing that bugged me. Saying that hackers can't be effective in the public sector, whether as hackers or jut as people, seems myopic to me, which we appear to agree on.