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thecrow1213 | 9 years ago | on: Aaron Swartz’s Theory on How to Save the World

Are you kidding? Wasn't he one of the developers of the RSS protocol? Plus he was starting companies and giving lecture before most of us finished college.

I for one judge people on their accomplishments, not whether he finished school or not.

thecrow1213 | 9 years ago | on: FBI Reopens Clinton E-Mail Probe Less Than Two Weeks Before Vote

Oh my god everyone here is splitting hairs like the rest of the goddamn internet.

The FBI is looking at more Clinton emails. That sounds shady and bad for Clinton no matter how you swing it.

thecrow1213 | 9 years ago | on: The “432 Hz vs. 440 Hz” conspiracy theory

Love this post. If you're ever in Austin you have a fellow mystic to jam with. Keep on with the good vibes man.

thecrow1213 | 9 years ago | on: Why we chose Vue.js

No comparison to React... Yawn.

thecrow1213 | 9 years ago

But Republican politicians around the US have been introducing bills limiting who can use what bathroom, so the larger problem is the GOP as a whole doesn't know what it even believes. Thiel's and Trump's social ideals vary vastly from the rest of the party.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathroom_bill

thecrow1213 | 9 years ago | on: You might not need JavaScript

> Or, you could use JavaScript and do something in 30 seconds rather than fiddling with CSS.

Assuming you're more proficient in JS than CSS ;) With CSS3 I find some animation is easier w/ transitions and keyframes than JS.

thecrow1213 | 9 years ago | on: Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species [video]

Thank you for this sir. I'm with you, Elon has accomplished a breadth of amazing things fairly early in his career. If you don't find that astounding then GTFO IMHO

thecrow1213 | 9 years ago | on: Wall Street Guru’s Spiritual Guide to Hitting Your Number Faster

If it's 105 minutes that potentially benefit you. If they don't then just take a nap instead, no one bats an eye at a 105 minute nap.

thecrow1213 | 9 years ago | on: Wall Street Guru’s Spiritual Guide to Hitting Your Number Faster

I agree with the meditation and mindfulness piece, but I agree with your points about this article. Kinda trash

thecrow1213 | 9 years ago | on: The Next Industrial Revolution Could Put Millions Out of Work

Hehe I think you might have actually been first!

thecrow1213 | 9 years ago | on: The Next Industrial Revolution Could Put Millions Out of Work

I could give you my take but I think CGP Grey really explains it best: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU

thecrow1213 | 9 years ago | on: The Effect of State Marijuana Legalizations

Thanks for sharing, very interesting stuff. The more unbiased studies we have like this the better.

thecrow1213 | 9 years ago | on: Plottable.js – Flexible, interactive charts for the web

Seriously... I was just reading the examples and thinking to myself "why would I use this over vanilla D3"? The syntax isn't more concise and offers less control, and introduces a whole new api to learn. To me this is like writing a DOM manipulation framework on top of jQuery...

thecrow1213 | 9 years ago | on: Employers Find ‘Soft Skills’ Like Critical Thinking in Short Supply

Good ol' Chomsky :)

thecrow1213 | 9 years ago | on: FBI says foreign hackers penetrated state election systems

But you also need to scale these systems. Paper doesn't scale

thecrow1213 | 9 years ago | on: Crash Course – Educational course videos on YouTube

I've been going through U.S. History. This series is really great, highly recommended.

thecrow1213 | 9 years ago | on: Why Online Voting Is a Danger to Democracy

True, but not scaling well has its drawbacks in voter participation and data management, no?

Like the post above me said, isn't the risk of peoples votes getting switched OK as long as people can verify their vote value?

thecrow1213 | 9 years ago | on: Why Online Voting Is a Danger to Democracy

Interesting. I'm no subject expert so I can't critique this, but it sounds better than other online voting systems I've heard. I like the checks and balances in place too.

Now I only skimmed this article, but I feel like most people who argue against online voting use arguments about how insecure it is that already apply to what's happening right now (voting software is a black box, can be hacked, etc etc, this also describes current voting machines). The only difference is there isn't a single voting db or site somewhere for people to manipulate a large number of votes (which like you said is protected as long as people can verify the open software / data).

Yes paper does have indelible properties but paper doesn't scale well, and having a paper counting machine introduces the same black box that people use as argument against current voting machines. Yes security is an issue, but scalability is also an issue.

thecrow1213 | 9 years ago | on: Moving Forward on Basic Income

As a BI fan, this is a great question. While BI does simplify welfare distribution it does put more responsibility on the receiver. If we wanted to protect from misuse of funds we need a way to restrict how they spend their BI, like how food stamps work.

BI should be spent on life necessities while earned income should be disposable and/or go into savings.

thecrow1213 | 10 years ago | on: Nestlé Wants to Sell You Both Sugary Snacks and Diabetes Pills

I feel like shifting the blame towards consumers only shirks the responsibility that companies have to act responsibly. How much longer are we gonna excuse companies that only act in their self interest just so we don't have to do anything about it?

EDIT: Whether people like it or not, free market forces don't always offer the best outcome. We stopped depending solely on free market forces when we put in place anti-monopoly laws. We've identified that regulation is needed in some cases. Lets use it damnit.