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> If consciousness is just an emergent property of an incredible complex state machine

it is just an obvious conclusion once you observe the continuous chain of living matter between first clumps of amino acids in primordeal soup 2B+ years ago and you. There is just no point where one can say that consciousness didn't exist before and started exist immediately after. It was just increasing as the complexity of the system increased, and will continue to increase beyond humans. What we call consciousness, the carriers of future consciousness would look at like we look at lizards' consciousness today.

>than any implementation would have to be conscious, the often quoted simulation of a brain inside a computer as well as a gigantic pile of levers, gears and pulleys in the right arrangement.

giving that these examples are simpler than a simple cell, it is no surprise that we don't observe any noticeable consciousness in these examples.

>The thought that a collection of gears can become aware of its existence seems, at least to me, pretty outlandish.

Can a collection of gears, given enough size and complexity, behave in a way as to attempt to maximize entropy it would generate over its whole period of existence? Can it make a copy of itself with modifications as to increase the target entropy achievable by the copy? This 2 "can"s is actually what defines the living matter. Consciousness is just the emerging algorithm of maximizing the target entropy. Self-awareness is just ability of algorithms to observe its own "subroutines".
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Don't criticize Mozilla. The users have spoken and the vast majority don't care about DRM on streaming media. They just want to watch YouTube, Vimeo, Netflix, etc in their browser and have it work. Google, Apple et al put their full weight behind DRM and patent-encumbered formats, so Mozilla has to go along with it to stay relevant.

If you don't want EME on principle, an alternate version of Firefox without EME is available.
Surely you're not suggesting that parsing HTML is a good way to retrieve data for display?
Ha ha... We'll find out soon, won't we.
Precisely--this result only occurred here because of the combination of (1) an activity that is clearly* outside the express statutory authorization, (2) a whistleblower that provided indisputable evidence of the activity, and (3) an independent judiciary that (sometimes) doesn't kowtow to invocations of national security and state secrets doctrine.

Most of the other programs are missing these conditions and won't see effective challenges.

* yes, clearly. As others note above, the drafters of the statute have gone on record saying it was not intended to authorize bulk collection.
If the FAA gets it's act together then drones (aka flying personal butlers) could certainly be it. The disruption they could bring to delivery, courier, security, tourism, gaming, etc could be huge.

All noble uses for the technology, but I suspect the most popular use will be to take better selfies.
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These are the richest of the richest people anywhere. They live where they want to live. A billionaire doesn't move his whole existence across the country to save 10 million dollars in taxes.
Their video of "actual footage" is 100% edited after they shot it. That is NO way actual unedited footage.

Also. https://store.3drobotics.com/products/iris
Just use feh and you would be all set.

EDIT: feh is a X11 command line image viewer. I use it all the time with w3m (Console web browser)

[] http://feh.finalrewind.org/
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It is confusing that there is no clear title on the page. The first appearance of the name "Paper" is in a button label.
>> That's the fallacy of the GPL. It's less about privacy (YOU Vs big brother) and more about people feeling entitled to free software. All the time.

It was initially about access to the code that's running on your machine, and the ability to modify it - i.e. grant you control of what happens on your hardware. But it was always also about sharing with each other, for free. That's been part of the RMS and GNU thing since the beginning. It's not a fallacy, nor is it a deception.

>> And now it's too far - you're trying to ...

I'm not sure why you're accusing me of anything, I've never even used this product, let alone given it out to anyone.

>> ... trying to bankrupt people ...

WOW.

OK no this is just ludicrous.

The people that make this distribution had a choice - they could start a new OS from scratch, they could choose to base their product on something that would give them control over further distribution licenses (BSD), or they could choose to base it on GPL'd code. This was their choice. They chose to base their work on the incredible amount of work others have already put in to the Ubuntu (and general Linux) ecosystem, knowing the license it was under.

They have no right whatsoever, none, to now cry about this and your position there is extremely unreasonable. I don't get to take another artist's song, add an extra drumbeat and release it as my own without regard to the license of that original. This is much the same.

>> Taken further, the license that Linux falls under makes like all the more miserable for providing your own value and creativity.

It really doesn't make anyone's life miserable.

Basing your work on an immensely more massive body of work done by other people, and then getting arsey about license obligations, is not on.

And the GPL is not a minefield, it's a reciprocal agreement - you can do what you like with this, but you must preserve the freedoms you get with it and pass those on.

It's really very simple and fair.
They pass because the patent application process goes like this.

Here are my VERY broad patent that claims X and Y.

USPTO: You are denied because this prior art A discloses X and Y.

Applicant: OK, here is my amended claim: X, Y and Z!

USPTO: But prior art A combined with B shows X, Y and Z, and its obvious to combined A and B.

Applicant: No it's not obvious but still they don't show X, Y, Z, and W.

USPTO: Okay A and B don't show that here is your patent.

The issue is that when you get so far down the argument the examiner gets sort of tunnel vision. They never spend a lot of time to see if a new reference they had not yet found showed X, Y, Z, and W.

Worse, sometimes things like W are obscure and wouldn't normally be mention in prior art. The argument then becomes, "okay this DRM server was disclosed in prior art, BUT my DRM server includes a memory caching process to reduce loading times for common files."

If you aren't super familiar with servers, it might not be apparent that all servers have something like that, or if they don't, it's obvious. Even if you are, you'll almost never find something like that explicitly spelled out in a previous patent. So they get the patent.

This actually wouldn't be a problem if patent trolls didn't exist. It is more efficient to deep test a patent only after it is used. The vast bulk of all patents are never used.
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Still, that's zero to 95% of top speed in one second (or 5 meters).
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I'm a level 3 snowboard instructor in Canada, and I would say I infrequently go over 40km/h. It's only when I stand still on a groomer and "go fast", or for the run-in for the L/XL jumps.
Trait methods are only visible when the trait is in scope. So a conflict would only appear when both traits are imported and the method is called, in which case you'll have to disambiguate.
Safari on Mac OS X uses entirely different code than Firefox on Windows for encrypted media. It's more a limitation of OS X. On Windows, Firefox will download and install the Adobe Media bits to handle DRM video.
A fantasy manga? I read the plot on Wikipedia; is there anything it leaves out that is vital to understand? A story that humans tell themselves is not usually very good evidence against egoism, but the opposite. We have a deep psychological need to see ourselves as "good".
This is not a bad idea.

Women could carry it if they run at night and if they don't make it home it could fly to a police station.

Parents could send them out with their kids.
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You should take a look at WebRTC's DataChannel.
We're using it at Streamroot to do P2P video streaming in the browser.

You're talking about filesharing in P2P, again, totally something you can do with WebRTC. You should take a look at PeerJS if you want to experiment in no time.

You also talked about BitTorrent in the browser: you should definitely take a look at WebTorrent
Use drones with more than 4 rotors.
Notice I said "drones of this size". While the propellers could still cause some damage, these kind of things aren't going to kill anybody, so let's not be overdramatic. As for potential dangers to other people, the solution to that is not a technical one, it is simply to not fly over or near to people. Just like we don't drive our cars on the sidewalk.
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Show HN: Make ssh config more manageable
For those who are not familiar with the .ssh/config file, this is a nice way of making aliases when ssh-ing into a server.

So instead of constantly typing:
ssh root@mywebserveroverthere.somesubdomian.somedomain.com

you can create an alias for it in a file called config in the .ssh directory like this:

Host web1
HostName mywebserveroverthere.somesubdomian.somedomain.com
User root
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa

From now on you can just type:
ssh web1

and you're in!

However, over time my config file has gotten longer and longer, and is becoming harder to manage. It would be nice if I could split into individual files.

Unfortunately the config file has no way of including other files, so ... Make to the rescue.

1. split your config files into meaningful files starting with config_ e.g.
config_webservers
config_dbs

2. create a file called Makefile in the .ssh directory and add the following:
config: FORCE
cat config_* > config

FORCE:

3. Save the file
note: the second line must begin with a tab or it wont work. 'FORCE' is a way to force the creation of a new file every time.

Now you can update the individual files and when done, you can run
Make config

and it will produce a new config file for you.

I'd appreciate your comments, or if you have a better way of doing this.
From the bug tracker https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=956906#c100

Summary of the change, so people don't have to wade through a long discussion:

- This change makes it so that `autocomplete=off` does not stop the Password Manager from working. Normal form autofill can be disabled as usual.
- The password manager *always* prompts if it wants to save a password. Passwords are not saved without permission from the user.
- We are the third browser to implement this change, after IE and Chrome.
- This can be undone locally by flipping the `signon.storeWhenAutocompleteOff` pref (from about:config) off.
- The rationale behind this change was the widespread abuse of the `autocomplete` attribute to prevent password saving where no prevention is required. This change gives users full control over password saving, without compromising on security (again, the user is always prompted).
Sad realizations are the best inspiration.

But really, working in internet tech, there's no excuse not to get out more often. Internet connections are everywhere and portable computing is absolutely viable.
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Pretty sure it's easy to do since this one is open source.
You might be interested in GNU Icecat[0]. It is a spinoff of Firefox that does not include antifeatures like DRM.

[0]https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/
When I first saw, it reminded me of the 1997 Flubber house robot. For its size, Lily takes just video. It would be good if there is some more smartness and can be used indoors. Just like the house robot.
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> Traffic flowing through one discovery channel is free, but traffic flowing through another isn't.

That really misrepresents the case. Its not a difference in traffic costs, its a difference in whether the edge provider is willing to send its content over the network to you. And they are willing to do so if you are paying them directly, or you are sent by someone who is paying them with a certain quantity of exposure.

While you could probably formulate a single principle that would support both what you are calling for here and net neutrality, it probably would be a controversial principle even among people who support net neutrality, and wouldn't represent what many people who do support net neutrality support. Claiming that if someone doesn't agree with you on this they must oppose net neutrality is simply wrong, and unhelpful to either your cause of net neutrality.
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Gotcha, and it sounds like that doesn't affect your digital access. Thanks for the tip. At least 50% of time, we just throw away our physical Sunday paper without ever looking at it. It's ridiculous, but I couldn't find any friends who wanted it.
That's not the same thing:

Net neutrality is about the service provider not getting involved in what the service carries.

A content owner can freely decide who can/cant view their content, that's completely up to them. Same way we have regional rights for video content.

Just because we want it to be equal doesn't take their rights away, regardless of consumer perception, etc.
What value does this add versus MS Paint? I watched the video but could not answer this question.
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Exactly. If you are flying over people AT ALL you should be using an octocopter at least.
I have a pretty clear recollection of having heard about VCS in an undergraduate class, but presented in the most boring possible way, so I learned whatever I needed to regurgitate for the exam and moving one.

A few years later, I found myself working in the industry and using a real VCS (Microsoft's dont' recall the name), and realizing this was the same thing I have being doing lamely for the last two years with daily zip files and lots of notes on the README.txt for each project.
POSTs are not by definition idempotent. You can make a server response to a POST be idempotent but when you want multiple identical requests to have different effects, POST is the method to use (vs. GET, PUT, DELETE, etc.)

http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec9.html
Reason for headline: That's the description Seth used on his blog: http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2015/05/a-different-...
Your app is vulnerable if it includes content from the user (e.g. a GET query parameter or something from a POST request body) in the response, and includes secret info (e.g. an anti-CSRF token) in that same response.
Why, it can still be multi-rotor, and even capable of bigger payload with the same battery.

The air drag from the balloon will be an issue. OTOH the motors could be run at low power when cruising and at high power when speedy maneuvers are required.

The size will definitely be bigger. But if we talk about professional-grade drones (for video reporting, etc), they are large and expensive as they are. Improved safety and thus easier time getting allowed in to a worthy event might be more important than a lean package.
I've been designing, building and flying model airplanes and later helicopters since I was ten years old. I've always flown in the context of a registered flying club and carry one million dollars insurance for my activity.

I continue to be horrified by what is happening with these multicopters. People fly them outside of controlled environments and with a total lack of consideration towards others or their property.

The vast majority of these things are cheap hobby-grade toys with laughable "safety" features. I own RC helicopters costing in excess of $3,000 and use a radio that costs well over $1,000. I still consider them dangerous toys not to be flown outside of club controlled environments.

What sucks is this morons are going to kill somebody and this will ruin the hobby for those of us who have been responsible flyers for decades.
London has similar issues -

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/sultans-tax-d...

http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/National/ar...

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jan/31/inside-london...
"... not purely domestic ones."

Doesn't room 641a fit that description perfectly?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A
Very interesting-- slime volleyball was quite the thing back in my high school days. (See it here if you can get the Java applets to run in 2015 [1])

I was surprised to see a few months ago that the version we played back in high school had the AI programmed by Chris Coyne (of SparkNotes, OKCupid, and now Keybase). I'm curious what was behind the AI in 2004, and furthermore, impressed by Chris Coyne's seeming ubiquity...

1: http://slimegames.eu
We decided to fill this gap by allowing Node.js to take advantage of running with the Chakra JavaScript engine

Bloody called it.

EDIT:

https://github.com/Microsoft/node

jajajajajajaja

Maybe they could throw some developers at making gyp native javascript?

EDIT2:

Oh wow, the docs are waaaaaay more useful to embedders than V8: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn249536%28v=vs.94%...

MSDN continues to be a good friend to developers.
Multicopters have this time limitation in general. They don't have great flight times due to the power density of the batteries. It's the main limiter of the platforms really.
"We want to thank all the developers who have built on and continue to build on our platform. We look forward to working with you as our program evolves."

Yeah, fuck you.
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The Standard Model is flawed just on its own as well. For instance, while it accurately predicts the anomalous magnetic dipole moment of the electron, it does not do so for the muon. It's also spectacularly wrong about the vacuum energy (over 100 orders of magnitude wrong).
Thanks, that's an awesome product, never seen this before! Very cool.

More info here: http://shop.soloshot.com/
Here is what I found incredible: he was mediocre even in his Math exams (and failed the rest).

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/did-srinivasa-ramanuja...
What? Parents have been buying GoPros as Christmas presents for their kids to film their skiing down a blue square run at Stratton in droves. The last time I was at a resort like that it seemed like every other 13 year old kid had a video camera to capture their day.

I don't want to see the drones flying at the mountain when I ski, but the blocker is definitely not lack of parents with money willing to blow it on stupid toys for their kids.
ahhhh! Thank you I had completely forgotten about BREACH and was fixated on CRIME
...while keeping the user perpetually in the spotlight.
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I agree. I just think reliability/safety should be the next areas of focus for multi-rotor manufacturers.
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Many (most?) of these people don't even live in these apartments. In fact, developers actually use this as an argument in favor of new construction - it won't put any more pressure on local infrastructure, because no one will live here.
yea...this is big news.
Seems like an over-glorified tablet drawing app. The flowery language and music in the video about incredible insights and innovating data design is a bunch of puffery if you ask me.

What is the innovation here besides a neat picture app for the iPad?
There is a truth that I'm trying to reach for those who achieve success in Silicon Valley and those that do not. You can't paint this broad brushstroke to encapsulate the total environment here for both women and men. You forget about those who fall through the cracks, and those who never had a chance at success here. The technology bubble has created this disparity, and you can see it through the black market that rises around the excess of this bubble. I spend a lot of time trying to understand this black market, since it provides more truth than understanding the boom and bust of market economies.

The general sentiment on YC is that of idealism, but if you don't see the narrow alleyways and dark pits in which people live in then you can't fully comprehend the extent to what people will do to survive or thrive. Travel around East Oakland, East San Jose, and you can see that there are people who will do anything for any advantage out of their given situation. For some women, it is using their bodies to get out. And you see it in the competitive environment of tech. This is the art of competition, bringing the cost of everything down - one of those costs is that of the human body.
> Users want everything for free, instantly and with no ads.

And where's the source to that little strawman of yours?

I'm sure users also want hot threesomes and a million dollars.
So publishers should either block traffic from search engines, or not have a paywall at all. Neither seems economically viable to me.

It would not be hard for Google to append one-time, time-limited tokens to SERP links to get searchers from Google to NYT (or other big publishers). Google would just need to provide an invite-only API for the publishers to check the tokens against in real time. At their scale this would be pretty trivial. This would have the neat effect of breaking your extension, and locking in special treatment.

Google would not bother to do this right now, because the referrer trick largely benefits Google (the typical advice is "just Google the headline"), and is not widely abused. But if people start widely circumventing both Google and the paywall (with something like your extension), then the interests will align and Google and the publishers will act together.

Google executives have said repeatedly and publicly that they want existing news organizations to survive and feel a responsibility to help them do so.
That just sounds like a passive-aggressive arbitrary rule change. For about 99% of the world the curability, or not, of the web doesn't matter at all.

We already have a perfectly good web and includes things that are not curable, even if we exclude javascript (trivial example: you can't, meaningfully, curl a live sport event).
This person is very lazy and very bad at cooking if she failed at making Soylent (mix powder with oil...) and thinks it is too hard and would rather drive to a fast food.
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From

http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec9.html

9.1.1 Safe Methods

Implementors should be aware that the software represents the user in their interactions over the Internet, and should be careful to allow the user to be aware of any actions they might take which may have an unexpected significance to themselves or others.

In particular, the convention has been established that the GET and HEAD methods SHOULD NOT have the significance of taking an action other than retrieval. These methods ought to be considered "safe". This allows user agents to represent other methods, such as POST, PUT and DELETE, in a special way, so that the user is made aware of the fact that a possibly unsafe action is being requested.

Naturally, it is not possible to ensure that the server does not generate side-effects as a result of performing a GET request; in fact, some dynamic resources consider that a feature. The important distinction here is that the user did not request the side-effects, so therefore cannot be held accountable for them.
I think part of the bad patent problem is that at certain points in time the patent office's backlog of unexamined patents had gotten so long they had to relax their review standards somewhat just because they didn't have enough reviewers for the volume of patents they needed to review.
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