nza88
Re:Ask HN: Why has nobody else 'defected' from NSA/GCHQ since the Snow...
on Saturday May 24, 2014 @03:52PM (#7794200)
because they like their jobs? because they're afraid of retribution?
Re:D-Wave Quantum Computer Flunks Speed Test
on Thursday January 16, 2014 @06:37PM (#7073250)
ns doesn't even reveal what metrics were used, the wikipedia article has slightly more detail: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-Wave_Two
Re:Why Silicon Valley hates the homeless
on Sunday December 15, 2013 @06:30PM (#6911606)
it's mostly a consequence of arrogance and too much money.
after all, this is the same geographic region where you have anarchocapitalists microchipping the homeless and less well-to-do under the guise of "we're perfect; everyone else is flawed."
Re:30 years of being the only woman in the room — and how that’s changing
on Sunday December 15, 2013 @04:29PM (#6910975)
> “Girl” was one of those boxes, and he lost a killer co-founder because he couldn’t let her win.
in all fairness, these same alpha male-types do the same thing to men they perceive as non-threats. most of them have no problem pigeonholing men they deem weakly inferior into the same category as "useless slut." the best way to deal with them? emasculate them in every which way right from the beginning.