"Many of the hospitals that participated in the study rely on the device manufacturers to maintain security on the machines" Have they tried designing the hardware with a built-in read/write switch the prevents the…
"Kekulé had another dream, in which he saw atoms dance around, then form themselves into strings, moving about in a snake-like fashion." https://web.chemdoodle.com/kekules-dream/
@Chris2048: "conscious[ness] is a disputed work, and things like "Have scientists discovered the secret of consciousness" etc all the time. Until the definition, and underlying semantic assumptions, are clear, don't…
@BeetleB: "I remember as a teenager eagerly anticipating reading Dune. And was totally disappointed. There's nothing SF about it." To whomever modded down the above, care to offer a reason as to what you find…
> Not to take anything away from Microsoft's accomplishments, but the latest chrome canary has a speedometer score of 140 (70% faster than Edge). I don't agree with that statement and can't refute it, but I'm going to…
> Murdering people is considered acceptable by Islamic extremists, as long as they are non-believers Silence, I kill you !!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBvfiCdk-jc
Wife beating is considered acceptable in certain traditions, as long as you don't hit her in the face.
> TL;DR 6000 rambling words .. I am in total agreement .. I couldn't help notice, but all these articles are written in a style so similar they could have been produced by the same author or group of authors. Nothing…
@PhasmaFelis: "Probably the part about ICBMs being controlled by civilians, which is definitely not true." You contradicted me so I am going to vote you down :( reply
> Let's reductio ad absurdum: what if one of your friends was a literal nazi. Never gassed any Jews, but thought it was a good idea. Wouldbe okay with that? Well put, I wonder would the signers be so vocal in support if…
Pray tell what was objectionable about this comment that it got voted into invisibility? @ritzw: "The possibility of preemptive nuclear strike is still looms. There is also the possibility that the person with their…
"Weeds Your Way" – Organic Farmers Share Secrets of Herbicide-Free Farming http://www.ofrf.org/news/weeds-your-way-%E2%80%93-organic-fa...
Terence McKenna, he of the DMT induced Machine elves :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THa7kpuVwO4
@alphapapa: 'Honestly, more than 50% of the downvoted comments I see on HN do not deserve to be downvoted'.. They've even downvoted that comment :)
Do you figure computer security has been deliberately broken by the various security services to protect us from the terrorists or to more easily spy on their own citizens.
> When I observed my management "re-interpreting" their goals .. Wow, you actually know what your management goals are, instead of having to find out by reading in the trade papers that the company is now totally X Y Z…
"In addition, there are people out there who are constant scaffolding to everyone else." I assume the use of 'scaffolding' here, means an average programmer who through personal skills, raises the performance of the…
'Someone is putting lots of work into hacking GitHub developers' only if they use Microsoft Windows as their development platform.
"the increasing number of developers considering a move from Mac OS because they find the MacBook Pro underpowered for their needs" Why the need to insert anti Mac FUD into a technical article? "via a pico driver with…
CIG, ACG, RCE .. I thought DEP and ASLR was supposed to have already cured RCE. Lets face it, when are they going to admit that the Windows memory model running on Intel hardware is defective. Lets see how long this…
How exactly does Precision Landing Modes [PLM] make landing on an aircraft carrier easier?
Was mixing msOffice and iExplorer code, so the one couldn't be removed without breaking the other, one of the strategies discussed? "The battle we are fighting is over who controls the next generation applications and…
> Why are there no chinese or russian leaks? Because the ruskies aren't dumb enough to keep their secrets on a computer connected to the Internet. Because the Chinese aren't dumb enough to keep their secrets on a…
Pardon my cynicism but is there any actual verifiable third party evidence for this.
If I were given to cynicism I would suspect it as being an attempt to favour Intel and wrong-foot AMD. It must be the fastest a processor has been rendered obsolete in the history of hardware.
"Many of the hospitals that participated in the study rely on the device manufacturers to maintain security on the machines" Have they tried designing the hardware with a built-in read/write switch the prevents the…
"Kekulé had another dream, in which he saw atoms dance around, then form themselves into strings, moving about in a snake-like fashion." https://web.chemdoodle.com/kekules-dream/
@Chris2048: "conscious[ness] is a disputed work, and things like "Have scientists discovered the secret of consciousness" etc all the time. Until the definition, and underlying semantic assumptions, are clear, don't…
@BeetleB: "I remember as a teenager eagerly anticipating reading Dune. And was totally disappointed. There's nothing SF about it." To whomever modded down the above, care to offer a reason as to what you find…
> Not to take anything away from Microsoft's accomplishments, but the latest chrome canary has a speedometer score of 140 (70% faster than Edge). I don't agree with that statement and can't refute it, but I'm going to…
> Murdering people is considered acceptable by Islamic extremists, as long as they are non-believers Silence, I kill you !!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBvfiCdk-jc
Wife beating is considered acceptable in certain traditions, as long as you don't hit her in the face.
> TL;DR 6000 rambling words .. I am in total agreement .. I couldn't help notice, but all these articles are written in a style so similar they could have been produced by the same author or group of authors. Nothing…
@PhasmaFelis: "Probably the part about ICBMs being controlled by civilians, which is definitely not true." You contradicted me so I am going to vote you down :( reply
> Let's reductio ad absurdum: what if one of your friends was a literal nazi. Never gassed any Jews, but thought it was a good idea. Wouldbe okay with that? Well put, I wonder would the signers be so vocal in support if…
Pray tell what was objectionable about this comment that it got voted into invisibility? @ritzw: "The possibility of preemptive nuclear strike is still looms. There is also the possibility that the person with their…
"Weeds Your Way" – Organic Farmers Share Secrets of Herbicide-Free Farming http://www.ofrf.org/news/weeds-your-way-%E2%80%93-organic-fa...
Terence McKenna, he of the DMT induced Machine elves :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THa7kpuVwO4
@alphapapa: 'Honestly, more than 50% of the downvoted comments I see on HN do not deserve to be downvoted'.. They've even downvoted that comment :)
Do you figure computer security has been deliberately broken by the various security services to protect us from the terrorists or to more easily spy on their own citizens.
> When I observed my management "re-interpreting" their goals .. Wow, you actually know what your management goals are, instead of having to find out by reading in the trade papers that the company is now totally X Y Z…
"In addition, there are people out there who are constant scaffolding to everyone else." I assume the use of 'scaffolding' here, means an average programmer who through personal skills, raises the performance of the…
'Someone is putting lots of work into hacking GitHub developers' only if they use Microsoft Windows as their development platform.
"the increasing number of developers considering a move from Mac OS because they find the MacBook Pro underpowered for their needs" Why the need to insert anti Mac FUD into a technical article? "via a pico driver with…
CIG, ACG, RCE .. I thought DEP and ASLR was supposed to have already cured RCE. Lets face it, when are they going to admit that the Windows memory model running on Intel hardware is defective. Lets see how long this…
How exactly does Precision Landing Modes [PLM] make landing on an aircraft carrier easier?
Was mixing msOffice and iExplorer code, so the one couldn't be removed without breaking the other, one of the strategies discussed? "The battle we are fighting is over who controls the next generation applications and…
> Why are there no chinese or russian leaks? Because the ruskies aren't dumb enough to keep their secrets on a computer connected to the Internet. Because the Chinese aren't dumb enough to keep their secrets on a…
Pardon my cynicism but is there any actual verifiable third party evidence for this.
If I were given to cynicism I would suspect it as being an attempt to favour Intel and wrong-foot AMD. It must be the fastest a processor has been rendered obsolete in the history of hardware.