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That seems like the implication. Obviously they have to collect all that information for an applicant, and they explicitly state "Managing our career opportunities" as a potential use of the collected data.

Peer review is the heart and soul of scientific research. I do think there is room to speed up collaboration, but we should not compromise the rigidity of the scientific method, especially with as many unknowns as with the current coronavirus, establishing definite knowns is very valuable.

It could be, but considering the developers made the conscious decision to use a static seed and show that seed to the player they are probably okay with that.

Even so, I think that there's enough random idiots making random trades on the market that you could get away with it. You could anonymously post something that sounds vaguely credible on reddit's WSB board and use that as your justification if the SEC asks. If you do a good job, you've just convinced 100 people to be your patsies (and made them a handsome sum in the meantime)

Honestly, it isn't awfully surprising. Bitcoin is seen by many as a get rich quick scheme on the same level as penny stocks or OTM options expiring this Friday. It doesn't surprise me that those people are holding bitcoin (in a misguided attempt to double their money) and are ignorant enough to fall for something like this (in a misguided attempt to double their money).

I haven't explored the darknet in over 5 years, but some of these prices seem a bit high. Around 2014-2015 I saw PayPal accounts listed for $3 a piece ($5 if you bundled it with SOCKS proxy access). Which could mean a couple things: PayPal security has gotten tighter, restricting the supply of accounts; PayPal security has actually gotten worse, increasing the actual value of the accounts; or maybe these guys are doing "market" research and determined that their profit margins were higher charging $25 for the same product. It could also mean that the writers of this article didn't do enough digging to find a "better" deal. Interesting read but I'm not sure how much I trust their numbers

That's my guess. On twitter/ig, advertising deals would be done directly between accounts and advertisers, so the social media provider itself wouldn't really care; fraudulent engagement numbers are third-party. YouTube is different, where the host also provides the advertising service, and fake numbers hurt Google's bottom line. So they're probably both harsher on fakes and better at detecting them

Yeah, I'm conflicted on this. Obviously I'm happy that companies are moving away from unsustainable practices, but less than pleased that they see it as unsustainable financially as opposed to environmentally. Which leads me to believe that they would embrace an equally ecologically-destructive practice if it was forecast as profitable for the next 50 years.

eh, the US doesn't exactly have the greatest track record on whistleblowers...

I agree to an extent. From a utilitarian standpoint, the economic damage caused by the virus is not outweighed by a mortality rate of 0.2%. That being said, coronavirus has the potential to become worse (more infections -> more mutation -> potential to mutate more aggressively or more resistant to our research) so minimizing infections is probably a good idea. Not to mention, people tend to get angry when you start assigning objective tangible value to human life.

the purpose of a metal straw is not to be used once then thrown away. sure, if people began throwing away their metal straws after a single use it would be as bad as plastic straws, but that's not why people use metal straws.

transmission is bad, as they might carry it to more vulnerable people, but also it gives the virus more opportunities to mutate, which could hinder vaccine/treatment progress

Two very different schools of thought I suppose. There's definitely a lot to be said for OSS that is quick and easy that can be flexible and modified by the end-user. It's also very nice to have source code that is readable (and of course auditable) by as many folks as possible, but I'll admit that I'm a sucker for complex (well-architected) polished codebases.

I'm more of a pen guy, if you want to change my paper vote you better have whiteout and a steady hand

You'd be surprised, it doesn't seem like a lot but there is a big difference between having to stand up and walk over and leaning over, or kicking your chair over.

I'm sure they're happy enough that folks are refreshing their newsfeeds in suspense, and everybody is tripping over themselves to get a live-updated-page about results

I personally think that patents are necessary to promote independent (i.e. non-corporate) innovation. If an individual has a novel idea they should be entitled to some of the money that a corporation makes using that idea.

Of course, the US patent system is pretty deeply flawed. I participated in a study involving patent infringement allegations between two big companies, and my opinion was consistently "Why was this patent approved?"