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bedane··on Should We Loosen the Restrictions on Psychedelics?
After being prescribed benzos, SSRIs, etc. for years for coping with issues a single dose of psilocybin managed to wipe out in 3 hours, I say yes.
bedane··on When You Watch Sports, Your Brain Thinks You’re Playing
OK What about porn?
bedane··on Researchers find IQ scores dropping since the 1970s
Some french scientist makes a compelling case for correlating this drop with the generalization of TV presence in homes. Found him : Michel Desmurget https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xpjec4
bedane··on Ask HN: Which are the most damaging books you've read?
a kids version of the bible when I was 9
bedane··on Decentralization in Bitcoin and Ethereum
Same issue using geth. Switched to parity and it worked.
bedane··on Christopher Nolan: The power of people and why 2001 should be preschool viewing
No idea about virtual reality hardware, but some chemicals will definitely help a lot
bedane··on Experimental UI framework running .NET in the browser via WebAssembly
same here

install log: 05/07/2017 14:16:10 - System.IO.FileNotFoundException: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\ at System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo(String fileName) at VSIXInstaller.SupportedVSSKU.get_VersionWithBuildRevisionInfo() at VSIXInstaller.App.IsValidSKUForExtension(SupportedVSSKU supportedSKU, IExtension extension, List`1 validSKUs) at VSIXInstaller.App.ShouldAddSkuToValidSkuList(SupportedVSSKU sku, IInstallableExtension extension, List`1 validSKUs) at VSIXInstaller.App.GetInstallableData(String vsixPath, Boolean isRepairSupported, IEnumerable`1& skuData) at VSIXInstaller.App.Initialize(Boolean isRepairSupported) at VSIXInstaller.App.Initialize() at System.Threading.Tasks.Task`1.InnerInvoke() at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Execute()

bedane··on Bitcoin an enabler of cybercrime
cash - an enabler of crime

The sentence : ...[bitcoin] is only superior for criminal uses... shows a lack of knowledge about the technology and economics involved imo.

bedane··on The Brilliance of Dwarf Fortress (2011)
You'll have to invest a couple of evenings reading the tutorials/installing the right stuff/setting up a playable world/getting lost in the awful menus/etc. before you get to have fun, but it is worth it!
bedane··on Ask HN: Is Xamarin worth learning?
Xamarin is only worth it if you already have lots of C# code you need to reuse in mobile apps(our formerly windows-only company had to)

As a day to day user, I quite dislike it. But rewriting our business code was not an option.

bedane··on Microsoft no longer allows admins to block Windows Store access in Win10 Pro
This reminds me of the mandatory updates for the cheapest windows 10 version.

In the era of bloated/invasive OSes and arbitrary pricing according to the customer's profile rather than according to the value of the product, you don't pay more for more features.

You pay more for the right to deactivate the unwanted features.

Some day you will have to pay for disabling all the "telemetry" and "unique advertiser ID" stuff. Or maybe that's already the case, I didn't bother checking.

bedane··on European Parliament Says Snowden Should Be Welcomed in Europe
Reminder: the last time European authorities thought Snowden was in Europe, this happened: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evo_Morales_grounding_incident

Illegal, Insulting for a friendly country and 100% rumour-based, it nevertheless happened and we all know what would have followed if Snowden was actually on that plane.

So, yeah, talk is really cheap.

bedane··on Adobe issues emergency Flash fix
I miss it when I'm looking for porn to be honest, but not much else.
bedane··on Forex Investors May Face $1B Loss as Trade Site Vanishes
"1% per day average, no risk of deposit loss. "

I already thought forex trading individuals weren't the sharpest, but COME ON PEOPLE.

bedane··on Sendwithus (YC W14) Announces $2.3M to Humanize Transactional Email
You mean I'll have to read through marketing BS when I need an important piece of data in an email I just received? Wow, can't wait.
bedane··on The Wyvern Programming Language
"The Wyvern project is supported by the National Security Agency lablet at Carnegie Mellon University. "

This is gonna end well.

bedane··on S.&P. Says Argentina Has Defaulted
To the more knowledgeable people around: can this trigger a credit default swaps crisis? Are all the Argentina CDS bought in the last decade really known to the public?
bedane··on Russia Moves To Ban Online Services That Don’t Store Personal Data In Russia
No, because the EU states with decision-making power are USA vassals since 1945
bedane··on Swift, and why it hurts you (from an GNUStep developer)
Fix your title : Swift, it hurts you (and I'll let the reader figure out why)

Did you seriously expect Apple to ship a cross-platform development solution ?

bedane··on Introducing Socket.io 1.0
Excellent news, looking forward to using it. socket.io is awesome !
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