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Comment 3D printed houses look like mud dauber hives (Score 4, Interesting) 54

The technology right now is dog shit unfortunately. A concrete pump hung out the end of a polar or cartesian system laying down long turds of wet concrete that need to at least partially set by the next lap or you're in trouble. Windows and doorways still require human attention and there's no system in place to handle electric or plumbing.

SO residential construction isn't going to move to this in the first world any time soon. However if the materials can be sourced locally it's definitely good for emergency housing. You could put the whole rig on a trailer and make basic disposable shelter for folks displaced by storms in a half day.

For first world residential you could definitely make robots for drywalling, siding, painting and roofing. Framing would be next, followed by flooring, plumbing and electrical.

Comment How do you find those elites? (Score 1) 95

I worked in a very popular bug bounty for a short amount of time. It's about as pure a meritocracy as you can get. Young folks from all over the planet were working very hard to find bugs and some of them did very well for themselves. I would say it's clear that the bug bounty gave them the foothold and the financial backing to start a career in security.

Only the dumbest assholes on the planet think you can survive solely on a bug bounty. However, if you run it properly (which is exceedingly difficult) you can get some real value from it while giving an opportunity for folks that are new to the industry a medium in which they can gain valuable experience and possibly launch a career.

Comment Technology will continue to enable the individual. (Score 1) 131

What's the long term solution here? A person with a reasonable command of engineering principles could, over the course of 10 years and maybe $150k, develop a credible device for downing low/slow aircraft with off the shelf components. In 20-30 years the ability to develop bio-weapons at home is going to be materially better than it is today. In 100 years the ability to cobble together a nuclear device might be within the realm of the home gamer. Is this the beginning of the Great Filter? It seems untenable without borg-like control of each individual.

Comment What has gone undetected? (Score 1) 70

On initial release this system had an alarming number of security issues, but anyone publicly pointing them out (e.g. David Kennedy from TrustedSec) was generally marked as a conservative troll and not genuinely interested in the security of the system. I generated a shitload of 'anomalous activity' back in the day doing a little personal research and there was zero evidence of detection or responsive action. I'm sure security has improved over the years but I doubt this is the first incident.

Comment Re: proper (Score 1) 109

> And he's the most lovely dog, but I would not pay this for a car repair with similar conditions - *might* fix it, far exceeds objective value, might happen again.

Sorta.

I think the size of the investment is coloring the decision here. What if it was a $75 treatment? Would anyone be morally opposed to funding experimentation then?

Comment Re:proper (Score 1) 109

This is a confusing comment. Medicine has advanced, and many effective treatments were first validated for efficacy and safety through a clinical trial. That's really the only way we know how to do this at the moment. Of course many clinical trials have not had the desired effect and many have had a net negative impact on the patient. That sucks, but what alternative is there?

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This is clearly another case of too many mad scientists, and not enough hunchbacks.

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