joe_computer

Gwern also has a detailed personal examination of Nootropics.[0]

0: http://www.gwern.net/Nootropics

Some might argue that more abuses would occur because the police can operate without the fear of being shot back.

> With many smaller companies, it is often ignorance.

I think that's an unfair statement about smaller companies. Just two months ago a SQL vulnerability was discovered on the website of NASDAQ.

I think the solution is to use frameworks that promote safe behaviour and have idioms for dealing with common cases. Make someone go out of their way to do the dangerous thing.

I'm just happy the FBI doesn't know how to run OCR. Hell they could have mechanical turked segments, like captcha farms.

I didn't write the original comment on the site. I was just commenting on the response to it. In two separate discussions of the use of "gay," people brought up the Louis CK clip. He's also one of my favourite comics and it tickled me that disparate people had the exact same line of reasoning.

I wasn't trying to be nit-picky, as nekopa discerned. I am aware of the derogatory connotation and choosing to dismiss the homophobic person by treating them like an ignorant child. I've rarely seen argument ever convince someone they're wrong; Instead, I do not legitimize their bigotry and save myself valuable time.

Like a person using a racial slur -- they immediately demonstrate the quality of their character.

You read my mind. I was thinking of HPMOR when I wrote the comment.

Paul Graham is gay -- is not derogatory unless you think being gay is wrong; it's simply factually inaccurate. Like saying, "Harry Potter is in Ravenclaw." Which is offensive if you have a prejudice against Ravenclaws.