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0xWilliam··on Oil-Rich Saudi Arabia Is Turning to Nuclear Power
source for this?
0xWilliam··on SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy successfully launches
nobody care
0xWilliam··on Client cheques that I rejected
Except we're inherently idle creatures. So while you may be right in some silly marxian sense. 90% of us would do nothing until forced to due to biological needs.
0xWilliam··on Simcoin – A Docker-Based Blockchain Simulation Framework
GRC is an amazing coin technology that integrates with BOINC for simulating real science!
0xWilliam··on Simcoin – A Docker-Based Blockchain Simulation Framework
GRC
0xWilliam··on North Carolina Is Ordered to Redraw Its Congressional Map
Cool politics!
0xWilliam··on North Carolina Is Ordered to Redraw Its Congressional Map
But none of this matters because less then 50% of people in america even care to vote and no its not because drivers licenses or gerrymandering.
0xWilliam··on James Damore has filed a class action lawsuit against Google
>As far as his "conservative white male" discrimination claims, I've seen that too. My boss specifically requested candidates that are not middle-aged white males. But it's nowhere near the same level of discrimination that people of color or women have endured for decades. Perhaps the reason people don't feel sorry for conservative white males is that if they are rejected by one company they can keep trying and will find an "old school" company that will hire them. We have not had that luxury, for blacks and women it was 100 nos for every 1 yes. It's not that way for white guys, sorry.

Its not that way for white guys to receive hundreds of Nos?

0xWilliam··on U.S. To End Policy That Let Legal Pot Flourish
So much for << states rights >> with slavery
0xWilliam··on Hacking WiFi to inject cryptocurrency miner to HTML requests (CoffeeMiner)
Feels like they are more superior than us based on his color.
0xWilliam··on Hard-Liners and Reformers Tapped Iranians’ Ire. Now, Both Are Protest Targets
Holy Mackrel! This is insane, I've trusted NYT for so long for news even during the election. I always wonder if I am on the wrong side of history based on the news I read
0xWilliam··on German hate speech law tested as Twitter blocks satire account
>When the stock market is up we think it'll keep going up. When we have peace we can't imagine war. History is not a straight line and destructive ideas can still take hold in the wrong conditions.

No... But thats pretty bullish of you.

0xWilliam··on Want to Help Someone in a Poor Village? Give Them a Bus Ticket Out
Wouldn't you want them to stay if they are contributing to the good of the village?
0xWilliam··on Don't get caught up in blockchain hype
Here are some points to consider as to whether blockchain is appropriate for your application:

Data on blockchains is by default, unencrypted, especially data that needs to be validated by the nodes. Blockchains do not have inherent security against read access. You can control read access to some degree by encrypting certain elements on your blockchain but this can be compromised. Not all information on the blockchain is true; data still needs to be checked and uploaded correctly and as such is open to human error. No amount of time guarantees something will stay in the ledger. It is also difficult to remove data if required by law. It’s not secure because it depends on the assumption that the blockchain community has more compute than the rest of the world. It’s absurdly expensive to mine blocks to store data indefinitely. Lack of government regulations for blockchain could impede growth.

0xWilliam··on France to ban mobile phones in primary, junior and middle schools
ofc the internet was different back then.
0xWilliam··on Universities spend millions on accessing results of publicly funded research
Because it costs money to read the research that costs money to produce... How is this controversial?
0xWilliam··on If You Want to Be an Inventor, It Helps a Lot If Dad Is an Inventor
Ah, another fantastic article reducing lifes choices down to statistical analysis. If you want to be an inventor then work towards it.
0xWilliam··on Judge orders Wyoming to return $92k seized by officers
Why is this here? On HackerNews? Since we are on the topic why are there more and more political stories on hackernews?
0xWilliam··on California updates laws around salary and criminal histories of job applicants
What is to stop people from just lying about their salary information?
0xWilliam··on Google admits it tracked user location data even when the setting was turned off
And this is the company we are suppose to trust with their stance on Net Neutrality?