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When Zuckerberg and Ashton Kutcher invest in things, it doesn't really grab my attention. But when Musk does, it really does sound promising.

The company's tech sounds really awesome, being able to perceive texture from photos and interpret objects from it would be so useful in so many real world applications.

This looks like exactly what I've been looking for for as long as I can remember. Awesome, and awesome name.

It would be great if it could integrate with Pocket, so my Pocketed links show up in Dragdis too.

I'm gonna guess people are just assholes. It's quite the target, considering the number of companies that rely on them for their day to day operations. They can do a lot of disruption/damage with it.

I definitely see Linux becoming a big platform for gaming, but I think they'll probably coexist.

Net neutrality I can see being a very important topic to Netflix. I could definitely see ISPs charging extra for Netflix services due to "load" or some BS like that (when really it would be to make up the damage to providers cable/satellite offerings).

Net neutrality is good for everyone, all links and all bytes should be equal.

Sometimes old school web design can be really charming and nostalgic.

It's amazing the creative uses of GIFs the internet comes up with. It'll be cool to see what people do with this.

The app looks beautiful, and hopefully solves some of the frustrations using the Medium site on a mobile browser.

I don't this is so much anti-charity as it is pro-Musk and his incredible knack for changing the World in big ways.

Many charities have a lot of bureaucracy and a lot of money evaporates on it's way down the pipe. But with people like Elon Musk and Bill Gates, you end up getting a lot of bang for your buck because they're so efficient at going straight to the problem and solving it.

The biggest stepping stone is interfacing into a virtual 3D world. Unless you can make the "controls" as seamless as possible, it's not going to catch on. This involves finding ways to access information quickly and making the experience intuitive and not clunky.

I think the American model of malls may be over. The model where there are crazy numbers of huge malls everywhere, even in relatively small populations. But malls are still hugely popular.

In Canada, where we have a lot less malls, they seem to be growing more popular. With renovations and extensions being built to attract and accommodate more shoppers. But there aren't that many major malls here, and they stick to major population areas. I'm always surprised the size of malls in small towns when I visit the US. Northwood, Ohio has a population of 5,000. That doesn't seem like it could sustain a mall the size described, even if you include the surrounding area and assume there's no other malls in the area.

I think the model will change, but malls will stay around for a long time. You'll have larger malls servicing more population, rather than malls for every town.

But they haven't occupied the region and they haven't left bases or done exercises without permission for the last 20 or so relevant years since the fall of the USSR.

I really don't see what every media outlet that isn't Russian state-controlled would have to gain from distributing "biased" journalism.

We've seen raw footage released, we can read live tweets about what's happening and we can even communicate with people effected via the internet. The only side that seems to conflict with what's coming out of the region is the Russian side.

I watched cellphone footage of troops with Russian equipment in Russian vehicles with Russian license plates that spoke Russian and claimed to be from Russia in Crimea, despite Russian media and government reports of there being no Russian troops there.

With the internet and mobile phones, it's really hard to get away with lies in media anymore (unless of course you censor the evidence).

With all these issues with the protein source, perhaps Soylent is only viable when it's made out of people...

Misleading title of the day award goes to Yahoo.

Having loved this movie since childhood, this was really awesome.

I got excited reading the title thinking it was Type 1. Sigh, more waiting I guess.

Ironically, AngelList posted a slideshow the other day about how they don't use tests because they increase development time and make it hard to be agile. They instead iterate quickly, pushing out new versions and fixing rapidly as things come up.

I think there was a little confusion in there, I do practice meditation. It has been shown to provide valuable benefits.

What I suppose I didn't understand was why someone would want to achieve the cessation state, where they literally cease to exist. It sounds, simply from a clinical standpoint, like some kind of adverse symptom or effect on the brain being misinterpreted as a stage of something spiritual.

I can certainly see the meaning it might have to those who believe it's something more. But for those who don't hold these beliefs, it seems rather pointless. I guess the answer to my "blaming statement" would be "those who are spiritual and believe it is good would want to". To each their own, and while I don't share these beliefs, I needn't be so blunt when expressing differing opinions, I was out of line.

This reminds me of the article I read this morning about beard transplants becoming popular in NYC.

I agree, who would want to stop thinking? Though I'm sure we'll be told by someone we "just don't understand" and that it's ambiguously deeper than that.

I would say you need the laws of science's permission to do anything.

Yeah, the set theory bit was kinda bull shit. It's really nothing like set theory other than the word "contains". And the "Mathematicians have seen that far" sounds like typical snake oil selling.

One tip cause it's a big pet peeve of mine: move the images at the top in the a tags. That way you can click on them instead of just the text.

Looks cool, if it works and has good reviews, I'd buy it!

Wait, is he just changing version numbers? Suddenly he goes from most committed programmer ever to most...frivolous?

This isn't the best thing since sliced bread. It's better than sliced bread.

Indeed, the "just start" approach is awesome. It cuts the excuses people find to continue to "prepare" or procrastinate.

Nice job, though you could argue a big part of the prototyping (in fact, the main feature) was already completed. Most of the design decisions, illustration and how the information should be displayed had already been 90% provided by Neila.

The technology is coming, whether anyone here likes it or not. Whether it's nanotech, web prying or any other things we haven't even dreamed up yet. This is inevitable, you can't ban research and development into it.

The people who are using it for wrong will use it no matter what, the law has no meaning to them. Whether you outright ban it, or ban parts of it, individuals will ignore the bans and try to exploit it for wrong. This is also inevitable.

So, the important question to ask is what is the most effective way to establish and enforce a reasonable law that allows society to experience the benefits while acting against the detriments and those that would exploit them (for purposes of blackmail, industrial espionage, etc).

What else would you propose be done? Because almost all of what I've heard so far has been complaining, which history shows is the least effective way of actually getting anything done.

I've never quite understood this argument. I hardly think a Colt and a Wingmaster are going to help stop trained soldiers, drones, jets, tanks etc. It is ridiculous and ignorant of reality.