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cpaone··on Goodbye Academia
And research in the humanities is even cheaper and you see how well their doing.
cpaone··on UK Gov Security Assessment puts Ubuntu in First Place [pdf]
From what I've read, including the above link, there is some general skepticism about this claim. The code audit that followed the allegations seemed to help iron out even more bugs, making openBSD even more secure.

Further info here: http://www.itworld.com/operating-systems/131505/openbsd-chie...

And here: http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=129236621626462&w=2

cpaone··on Ask HN - Anyone working in thinktanks?
I am afraid I can't answer your question.

But I would be cautious about wanting to work in the world of thinktanks and policy institutes. Thinktanks, like policy makers, are influenced heavily by the ideology of the donors who support them.

One way you could make a significant, positive impact on society (without compromising your conscience, I hope!) is to volunteer at your local homeless shelter.

Good luck!

cpaone··on Role of chance in scientific discoveries
No mention of C. S. Peirce?

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/abduction/peirce.html

cpaone··on Welcome to yr world
Reading some Baudrillard lately?

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/baudrillard/

cpaone··on Lorem Ipsum translated by Google
Thank you. 'Lorem Ipsum' isn't Latin. Translation tools, dictionaries, or your old high school text books are not going to help you 'get it right.'

This is probably an Easter Egg.

cpaone··on Palantir and Prism: A Possible Link
Time to read some Bernard Williams:

http://books.google.com/books?id=J0w3ER2fWv4C&pg=PA93 http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~cjreg/ethicsModule4.htm

cpaone··on Administrators Ate My Tuition
Administrators are setting the priorities of expenditures. In so-called "fiscal emergency," administrators have opted to cut academic programs and freeze hiring in teaching while at the same time increasing expenditures on bureaucracy. The article cites abundant examples.
cpaone··on How We Think with Bodies and Things
I don't think he's got Wittgenstein right. But it's interesting.