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invisible_dust··on Effective Learning Strategies for Programmers
I doubt very many people on this site need to be told how to study effectively.
invisible_dust··on A Culture Against Dropouts, Deviants and Troubled Young Adults
a feminist
invisible_dust··on I am Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator – AMA
Hi Sam I've used this site forever it's cool. But I'm not like these other guys who want a job or to make a startup I just like tech news so my question is what is the best kind of coffee, as in what's your favorite kind.

My top pick is called "Black Cadillac" it's from a local shop and also reminds me of the modest mouse song of the same name.

invisible_dust··on McWhopper - Hamburger proposal for Peace
View that was a waste of time.

TL;DR: BK and McDs are getting together to sell a crappy burger for "peace day".

This has nothing to do with anything tech related.

invisible_dust··on Social Justice, Ideological Hijackings, and Ideological Security
That's only because "men's rights" are conflated with human rights. You don't have to actively define a subset of rights to a gender in order to specifically address them. It just so happens to be the case with women's rights and suffrage.

Clearly men did and do not have the ability to vote in a large amount of political climates both historically and currently.

This isn't a gender study class. The fact that someone's opinion is "extremely telling" means they are getting their point across, and as much as you would enjoy that to be a GOTCHA, it's not, and you won't be burning anyone at the stake here.

invisible_dust··on Hackers Remotely Attack a Jeep on the Highway
Hall monitors are the best way I could imagine these people being described as. I completely agree.
invisible_dust··on Public Comments on the Proposed Wassenaar Rule to Limit Export of Hacking Tools
People can make an atomic microscope at home. What makes people think that limiting "hacking tools", or basically knowledge about how hackers will attack us, will help?

Is linux a hacking tool? Wireshark? Where is the line drawn and how is it defined. This is something else.

invisible_dust··on Running a Dark Web pedophile honeypot
Good reasoning is not a blasé attitude. It's an approach of setting aside personal feelings and instead having a discussion to get to the root of the problem and discuss the merits of opinion.

The fact is that anyone who simply goes around arguing that something is morally good or bad better have solid reasons for doing so.

invisible_dust··on How Can There Still Be a Sex Difference, Even When There Is No Sex Difference?
I agree with mikeash on this. It's not the academics that are committing crimes. And anyway, I'm tired of people telling me whether a certain idea is right or wrong. I just want to hear the evidence, and I think that's how most "academics" are.
invisible_dust··on The man who saw time stand still
SWIM also agree that lsd is a time warping substance. SWIM saw and lived through thousands of years of Earth in early human civilization. I reminded me later of that Star Trek episode where picard lives someone else's entire life when that space object zaps him.
invisible_dust··on Why I faked being black for med school
Anything that is not equality based is morally offensive. There should be no racial advantage to getting into college because that in itself is racist.
invisible_dust··on US Navy Electricity and Electronics Training Series
After a time in the military myself, I find military resources to be somewhat suspect in terms of quality and accuracy.
invisible_dust··on How to Make Online Dating Work
MySpace angle, check.
invisible_dust··on What the Next Generation Needs Is Math, Not Programming
I honestly think the last thing anyone needs is more sociologists. I would prefer studies oriented around the humanities.
invisible_dust··on 1980s computer controls Grand Rapids Public School heat and AC
I'm pretty sure they could buy a $50 laptop off craigslist instead of a 1.5-2 million dollar systems upgrade. These are the morons teaching children.
invisible_dust··on OpenBazaar Is Entering a New Phase with Funding
Agnostic is a great term to use here. "We are not police free we are just agnostic towards them while building a system that will almost completely undermine all of their techniques for law enforcement."

But I'm glad to see you guys have at least thought through how you're going to avoid the SR stigma while pretty much building SR on steroids. And I'm not being sarcastic, I actually do think that's important and look forward to seeing this gig succeed.

invisible_dust··on OpenBazaar Is Entering a New Phase with Funding
what was the incentive for donating 1m if it's basically free, doesn't collect data, and is not centrally controlled?