csdrane

Would you really want all the information the NSA collects to be shared freely between agencies?

That makes sense. Thanks.

Serious question: is there any reason to think that mice would be a good proxy for human health results re: meat consumption?

Part of me does wonder whether we're headed in that direction. See: Rainbow's End, by Vernor Vinge.

What is the equilibrium in a world where state funded actors can anonymously attack major companies / infrastructure components? I am not convinced that is possible for a Sony to secure itself to such a level that it will not be vulnerable to attacks by state actors.

Sad story. I wonder whether he might have benefitted from a mindfulness based therapy. Unfortunately, some depressions are more difficult to treat than others. Very qualified doctors that I know would disagree with the notion that "it’s still not clear that [antidepressants] are better than placebos." They would argue that antidepressants are overprescribed to people that do not in fact have biological depression, lowering the effectiveness rate. Lastly, it should be noted that ECT (electroconvulsive therapy), is actually one of the most effective treatments for depression, and one that carries minimal harmful side effects (although short-term memory loss is one such side effect).

Not knowing much about doxbin, I don't understand why it would have been seized. It doesn't seem anywhere near in the same league as the various drug markets that were seized.

I'd think there would be some sort of selection bias here. Perhaps that's part of the reason.

Clojure repl + Overtone?

Not sure how the process works, but what about getting their domain added to Spamhaus's lists? [1]

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spamhaus_Project

Pretty shocking but I imagine this is just the tip of the iceberg.

I would have guessed that the reason for prohibiting payment for blood would be the same as the reason prohibiting payment for organ donations. Interesting that in this case it is blamed on trying to minimize donations from people with HIV.

What's the advantage of Helm to Ido?

Also relevant is this Reddit thread, although take it with a grain of salt for now: User involved with Dallas emergency broke that there was a 2nd healthcare worker infected yesterday. He also has a source that 5-6 more nurses and a doctor who worked with Duncan are showing fevers.[1]

Also, Ebola Patient Traveled By Air Day Before Symptoms Surfaced

[1] http://www.reddit.com/r/ebola/comments/2jbfui/user_involved_...

[2] http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2014/10/15/ebola-patient-traveled-da...

Can we assume that their reactor isn't energy positive? Because if it were, I would imagine that they would be announcing so--rather than this nebulous "breakthrough."

How'd you derive that formula?

Agreed. I think blanket statements like "medical science has established that it is an almost completely useless organ [1]" need to caveat this with "medical science as it currently stands today".

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8454918

I wondered whether this paid homage to other notable leakers before him.

If Thomas Eric Duncan hadn't lied to get on the plane, he would have died too.

I don't think it was censored, I think the link must have expired. You can get the PDF that I initially linked by clicking Get PDF in the above URL.

Mods please replace the broken original link with cryptoz's.

Maybe it's just me, but I find the site difficult to view due to the light contrast.

Now try replacing IP with personal property.

As someone who used to really enjoy dystopian themes, and who still does when done properly, the trope has become overused. "Epic new dystopian" film instead sounds like your standard "start out interesting for the first thirty minutes," and which then devolves into an hour or so of mindless fighting. Then again, Gilliam did do Brazil so maybe I'm wrong.

I wait with bated breath that this will be more than just a recapitulation of Blake's existing notes.

What do similar charts for prior outbreaks like?

Not too long ago I was researching what Lisp to learn. I contemplated Common Lisp, but ultimately chose to learn Clojure. The latter won because the development community seems to have more life to it. Additionally, the fact that one can import existing Java libraries is a huge plus. Very much enjoying everything so far.

Thank you this is great advice.

Also by Matasano, and tons of fun: https://microcorruption.com

In-browser reverse engineering game.

Yes I'm learning Clojure. I've done the Clojure Koans and have been working through problems on 4Clojure.org. I'm getting to the point where I want to start applying what I've learned.

Seems to me like Clojure is experience a popularity surge on HN lately. I wonder what's driving this.

Maybe my perception is just biased because I'm currently learning Clojure.