tambourmajor

The best explanation I've come across so far is Roy Baumeister's Is There Anything Good About Men? [0], which explains gender determinisms by regarding the evolutionary history of our species. The article was already posted several times on HN [1].

[0]: http://denisdutton.com/baumeister.htm

[1]: http://hn.algolia.com/#!/story/forever/prefix/0/Is%20There%2...

Previous discussion:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7931674

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7689579

Another big annoyance is when the mobile mode is solely based on the user agent string and there is no way to deactivate it other than changing the user agent (for example Google Search). It’s almost as if no Google employee has a tablet device. I would be genuinely interested in seeing behind the curtains of decisions like this one.

It doesn't seem to be encouraged either. The site seems to be mainly directed at individuals and it's mostly micropayments.

It would be great if it all was bundled in a single place and not many separate services I need to keep track of.

It would actually be great to have something like a web services donation flat rate. Basically something like http://flattr.com but but also for web services and apps, not only for creators and artists. A place where you can spend some money on the places you enjoy online without having to think too hard about it. For example, I would happily pay maybe $10 a month for reddit, Less Wrong and HN, just to cover independence, moderation, server costs and to prevent them from being forced to come up with annoying business models (like those on Quora and Scribd).

1. That is not true because even if every bit of information is made inherently public it does not mean that the information is not prone to manipulation.

2. Well, there should be laws that enforce that the privacy stuff is included in every product. Windows and walls will work with noise cancelling and act as a Faraday cage. Windows will also need to have mirrors on the outside.

3. That's why I wrote 'wider' in parens. Of course one would be able to widen the privacy sphere, i.e. you'll still be able to join gatherings in a completely natural way.

4. Again, I didn't say that you shouldn't be able to reveal yourself. If you want to share all your relevant thoughts and actions with your coworkers you are free to do so. I think with a slick user interface (e.g. a brain implant) and various automatic/self-adapting filters that could work quite unobtrusively, so I don't think your usability objections are particulary strong arguments.

Is agnosticism actually a consequence of Bayesianism?

1. Truth can be misued for misguidance and I think it's easier to allow for a private space than to achieve a society that is not prone to misguidance.

2. Without going too much into the details I would personally prefer spatial declarations of private space. For example the space that is occupied by your home and the space that is constituted by a sphere that encloses your body. Ideally everyone should have the possibility to consciously decide which information leaves this space.

3. I think you misinterpret what I said. It's only about declaring a space in which you don't have to think too hard about the (wider) social implications of your actions and thoughts. It's more about protection than about equality.

4. Well, you are still free to reveal yourself within a confined or even public space (in person, using an avatar or anonymously). I could imgine too that this will amplify the endeavor for individual perfection (which is an inherently human trait I believe) but it seems to outweigh the downside of having to potentially explain all your actions and thoughts, or to achieve a society that is able to handle that.

I think that can be answered quite briefly: Malicious people exist and they can use things we consider private against you. We are inherently imperfect and thus we define a protected space in which we can can happily be imperfect without spending energy on worrying about it.

No OpenShift by Red Hat?

Either I didn't get it or Bruce in the comment section is spot on:

> This is the most wordy, pretentious way to say “they do it for the lulz.”

Where did you find these people?

I had one crash since 10.9.3 on my MBA 2011, and I have graphic glitches in Safari when displaying images since 10.9.1, I believe.

Less aristocratic but I would simply dig a hole for a bucket on a string.

* Subscribe to http://www.hndigest.com/

* Eat healthy.

* Expose yourself to a lot of sunlight.

* Use F.lux and wear blue light blocking safety glasses after sunset to prevent melatonin secretion suppression.

* Meet people at least every other day.

* Get a treadmill and a standing desk ($300 + $300).

* Get a sitting ball ($20).

* Have two monitors connected to your computer so that you can quickly switch between treadmill and sitting ball.

* Always have a notepad and a pen on your desk to be able to quickly postpone thoughts and tasks.

* Never write down TODOs that take less than 3 mintues, do them right away.

* Only do one thing at a time.