bstanfield

Just so you know, this is the same Hamming that published the classic essay, "You and Your Research" (1986): https://www.site.uottawa.ca/~yymao/misc/Hamming_kaiser.html

You're thinking of HackerCanon: https://medium.com/swlh/best-of-2015-pfffffffft-79d9b014f4de

You Uber to work every day? Isn't that terribly expensive?

Thank you!

Came across this reading The Browser (a site that curates the 6 best links every day). Worth checking out. https://thebrowser.com/

Source?

One of the ways I've seen botnets skirt this problem is by using cartoon profile pictures. Cartoon bots don't work quite as well on Facebook as they do on Twitter and Instagram (where they're only used to inflate favorite/follower stats, not to sell stuff). Unfortunately, it's probably hard to convince someone to hail a Lyft if "social proof" is coming from someone with a cartoon face.

With that said, these bot puppeteers could feasibly get around identity theft/copyright/social proof issues by using CC0 stock photography sites. There's plenty of free photos out there for people to use, i.e. as profile pictures.

Not that it'd be any more ethical, but at least it would be legal.

Are you studying full-time or part-time? The difference between you and a student (I imagine) is that you have 8 hours of the day blocked off

Fantastic, fantastic read.