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Bloomberg, October 21 Maris: “If we each keep our genetic information secret, then we’re all going to die.”[^].
"But Maris dismissed privacy concerns surrounding the prospect of genomic data becoming public. “What are you worried about?” he said at a Wall Street Journal technology conference in Laguna Beach, Calif., on Tuesday. “Your genome isn’t really secret.”
Fast-forward to 2050: those who are too poor to afford bio-firewalls (which, at that time, will be 90% of the world's population) will be turned into living billboards for major consumer products by ads that appear on the skin as a result of the release of genetically-engineered viruses that trigger dermatographic urticaria.
«I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center» Kurt Vonnegut.
modified 21-Oct-15 6:08am.
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How did we ever evolve without sharing our genome?
..and yes, when someone makes a statement like that, you should worry: it is more a threat than an argument.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Maybe he just wants to find someone to share his with?
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If he shares mine, I'll go for a copyright violation.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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I shared my genome several times, but done it really privately...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: shared my genome several times I've gone through the motions for years, but they've never borne fruit
«I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center» Kurt Vonnegut.
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The challenge: Start and finish a side project in 30 days. You were looking for an excuse, weren't you?
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Isn't a Gassy Promo when you can get Brussel Sprouts at a discount?
(I'll fetch my coat)
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Once a rite of passage for any teenager, owning a car is increasingly being overshadowed by the desire for a smartphone, a new survey shows. Can't play Candy Crush Saga on your Toyota
"Can't drive in to work on your phone", you say? Well, I can phone in sick with it, can't I?
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well, they are not quite the same price, as well!
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My first car was $75.
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
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I bet you got it before your first smartphone hey?
See how price influenced your life!
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Super Lloyd wrote: I bet you got it before your first smartphone hey?
At that time if the phone did not have a wire to the pole outside the house, you did not have a phone.
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
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The need for a car occures more severe, when starting a own home and family.
As long as "dads car" is for free everything is fine.
Press F1 for help or google it.
Greetings from Germany
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Quote: Respondents were asked to use a scale of 1 to 5 to rate how comfortable they would be having autonomous vehicles pick up and drop off their children (with 1 being not at all comfortable and 5 being very comfortable). A majority of respondents in each group -- 70.8% of ITS members and 59.7% of IEEE social media followers -- pinned their comfort levels at a 3 or below.
I wonder what the scores would be for a car driving them (that they could override if something went wrong).
Quote: More than three-quarters (75.5%) of ITS members indicated that they would use autonomous vehicles for daily errands, while 74.1% said they would commute in them and 60.7% said they'd use them for road trips.
I find this a bit interesting since incremental improvements in autonomous driving will pay out on the interstate long before crowded urban streets.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Just ahead of releasing the Surface Pro 4, Microsoft is taking the wraps off two new programs aimed at spurring business adoption of its tablets and Windows 10. Surfaces for EVERybody!
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As programmers, we desire to excel at what we do, and to reach our goals, we need help. Jumping out of a window with your laptop may also accelerate your career (briefly)
Especially as I work on the first floor.
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Referring to someone with a PHD as Doctor also helps.
Don't forget to clean that stuff on the tip of your nose after.
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Microsoft Edge is an interesting browser, simply because it’s missing a rather hefty amount of vital features for people to want to make the switch from Chrome or Firefox. And drag and drop file upload is coming when?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: And drag and drop file upload is coming when?
It's particularly annoying that it works in IE10 and IE11, but not in Edge. They claimed to be "working on it"[^] back in August, but no indication of when we can expect to see it.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Microsoft is launching a bounty program to reward security researchers in their effort to helping us make .NET more secure. Try not to bankrupt Microsoft, I need them around for a few years yet
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$500 to $15000... I may start looking into it...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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We would like your feedback on a feature of the Visual C++ compiler that affects the code we generate for floating-point operations. Yes
Aw, come on! Like I was going to say anything else there...
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In a games I like freaking fast code, but in rocket science I strongly recommand precise code.
Press F1 for help or google it.
Greetings from Germany
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A nonprofit effort aimed at encrypting the entire Web has reached an important milestone: its HTTPS certificates are now trusted by all major browsers. "If you need somebody you can trust, trust yourself"
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