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Blame it on the programmers! /sarcasm

Agreed. However cryoshon's point is that just giving us all the data isn't going to change anything even if we have the information. i.e. our votes are irrelevant.

So even though we have a nice new site, it's a waste since the outcome is the same.

Do not downvote the posts by cryoshon

cryoshon is addressing the elephant in the room. Anybody who downvotes his/her posts is unwilling to address the elephant in the room.

This is an important topic which warrants further discussion.

They might call the tool something like rrdb - rr debugger

Just like searching google for go is pointless; instead one should search for golang

We must reject Slack because it isn't a tool for the people, but a tool for profit.

Absolutely this. Never forget this.

Rocket Chat. Already use it at my company.

How can SciPy be fast if it is written in an interpreted language like Python?

Actually, the time-critical loops are usually implemented in C or Fortran. Much of SciPy is a thin layer of code on top of the scientific routines that are freely available at http://www.netlib.org/. Netlib is a huge repository of incredibly valuable and robust scientific algorithms written in C and Fortran. It would be silly to rewrite these algorithms and would take years to debug them. SciPy uses a variety of methods to generate “wrappers” around these algorithms so that they can be used in Python. Some wrappers were generated by hand coding them in C. The rest were generated using either SWIG or f2py. Some of the newer contributions to SciPy are either written entirely or wrapped with Cython.

A second answer is that for difficult problems, a better algorithm can make a tremendous difference in the time it takes to solve a problem. So using scipy’s built-in algorithms may be much faster than a simple algorithm coded in C.

http://www.scipy.org/scipylib/faq.html#how-can-scipy-be-fast...

Can somebody please shed light on this issue

This is irrelevant.

You will still be tied to a unique identifier and tracked all over the web because your browser fingerprint (yes, it's probably unique: test here https://panopticlick.eff.org/) will be reported back for every site affiliated with an advertising network affiliated with Facebook.

shadier collusion has happened in the past amongst large tech firms http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/3/9256097/apple-google-415-mi...

MJ almost always gives me the feeling of heart palpitations, unlike LSD.

Very good point. I would like to see more debate about this particular issue.

Despite a lot of fiber in Africa, connectivity is hampered by ISPs refusing to pay for bandwidth, ultimately resulting in super slow connection speeds and horrible latency.

Not true. For example nginx can use the proxy_pass directive to forward real IP address information and log it

Great points. Do these people have a computer with internet access or do they generally just rely on their phones for business?

Furthermore, I often see the homeless guys in NYC with cheap Dell laptops and Thinkpads using public Wifi to Skype their buddies. So there's that.

Very good point

"200-600 dollar smartphone with a 60/month plan"

If I was so poor as to barely afford food I would be living either without a phone or with a $20 shit-phone on a bare bones prepaid plan. Costs hundreds less and gets the same shit done (person-to-person communication)

it's too mainstream

Also known as "a snitch"

North Carolina. Black people. Got it

Plebs can't handle decentralization.