If an average human brain was described in computer terms, what would its specifications (RAM, processing speed, storage space, etc.) be? by Batman_And_Superman in askscience

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No, no, no. The brain is slow at emulating computer processes. Not necessarily slower to calculate the results of these benchmarks.

Does your body employ any kind of error correction on the electrical signals in the neurological system? by godplaysdice in askscience

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Does this mean if I think about moving hard enough, I will actually move?

Does the "randomness" of quantum mechanics translate to macroscopic events? by adamcdavidson in askscience

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Why is there the uncertainty principles? All I've heard it explained is "this phenomenon is the case, here is the equation" but never why.

Has there ever existed or does there now an animal which is suicidal other than humans? by PunkRM in askscience

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Suicide is no longer illegal in the vast majority of jurisdictions.

Isis video reports to show murder of British hostage Alan Henning by internetsquirrel in worldnews

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There are uncut versions which is what ISIS distributed. The videos that are circulating are mostly the cut version, probably by the guardian.

Isis video reports to show murder of British hostage Alan Henning by internetsquirrel in worldnews

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Congratulations, you are falling right into the hands of ISIS. Their game IS to get ground troops sent which will massively boost their recruitment and local support.

This has already happened so many times in the middle east. Sending ground troops is an idiotic idea.

Isis video reports to show murder of British hostage Alan Henning by internetsquirrel in worldnews

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What? The videos show beheading, it's pretty much censored everywhere..

Dota needs a new trailer. by octanepunk in DotA2

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The test client does not run Source 2

Steam Halloween Sale from 30th Oct to 3rd Nov by [deleted] in Games

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What is the Discounting Best Practices document? Interested to see what they suggest.

BadUSB – The Unpatchable Malware That Infects USBs Is Now on the Loose by siomi in netsec

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It's spread with existing malware that uses this as another vector to spread.

BadUSB – The Unpatchable Malware That Infects USBs Is Now on the Loose by siomi in netsec

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No, it might. Malware could start exploiting this on plugged in USB drives for it to spread. It'd just need to do a DNS takeover, and bind the malware stub on the next exe you download.

Have a cybersecurity project idea, but don't have the time to develop it? A student with over 600 hours is looking for project ideas! by motorcycle_cop in AskNetsec

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Open source, automated DDoS mitigation (layer 4 and layer 7) as a "enable and forget" tool.

Hello again! by [deleted] in botsrights

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Post your Bitcoin address!

Coinkite's Bitcoin API is here! by bit_moon in Bitcoin

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This post was made 2 months ago.

Coinkite has people that suspiciously spams reddit, posting many times about their same blog posts that suspiciously attracts dozens of upvotes with one comment.

Ex-Dota 2 caster commits suicide. by [deleted] in DotA2

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Someone might screenshot the Facebook post for me? I don't have a Facebook account.

The Summit 2 by G2A.COM | $100,000 Base Prizepool, Full Travel Support, Crowdfunding Chest, Compendium w/ Stretch Goals, and 300+ Games Across 4 Regions! by ldDOTA in DotA2

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No, steam is not forced by physical retailers. They are forced (well, they are not forced at all, but they choose to let them set regional prices) by game publishers.

Mechanically impossible yet accurate by GottlobFrege in funny

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What episode is this from?

Dolphin Progress Report: September 2014 by DolphinUser in Games

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Latest DEVELOPMENT version.

How does the brain communicate with such a small number of neurotransmitters that have wide functions? by goldcakes in askscience

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Thank you! This is incredibly insightful for such a complicated subject. So the information that a neurotransmitter passes is primarily composed of which connections / pathway it passes through, kinda like the neurotransmitter being the signal across the wire?

Serotonin is still confusing in how it can regulate so many functions with each neurotransmitter only carrying a bit of information (is that right? Are there different types of the samd neurotransmitters, like a serotonin that'll only bind to a specific receptor but not other serotonin receptor?), but I guess that's more in the "we don't really understand" terioritry

Thanks again!

So are we happy with 6.82b now? by cof666 in DotA2

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You're aware that XP does about nothing after level 16, and is actually a downside (due to longer respawn timers, more gold for buyback) except for a minority of heroes with the top stat gain right?

If anything, the XP bonuses are anti-comeback post-level 16. Pre-level 16, the amount isn't going to be high enough to give '11k more experience'.

I really didn't know how much I liked the new patch until it was gone. by Or1g1nal1ty in DotA2

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No, the killstreak gold was not a good thing. It only considered kills, not farming.

Kill a beefy 5 slotted Spectre that has been farming the entire game? No killstreak bonus!

Kill a underleveled, no-farm CM that has got a lucky 4 killstreak from her ult? Killstreak bonus!

See how it was broken before? Net worth isn't perfect, but I'd say it's better than killstreaks.

So are we happy with 6.82b now? by cof666 in DotA2

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No, you don't. The comeback mechanic is negligible right now. About ~10% increase when there is a medium lead.

I really didn't know how much I liked the new patch until it was gone. by Or1g1nal1ty in DotA2

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The comeback mechanic was too big before. Now it's too little.

Making the modifiers 0.09/0.08/0.06/0.04/0.03 would be a good balance, I think.

I really didn't know how much I liked the new patch until it was gone. by Or1g1nal1ty in DotA2

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2500 is average. This isn't 'garbage'.

I really didn't know how much I liked the new patch until it was gone. by Or1g1nal1ty in DotA2

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No, it was hardly the worst thing. I've been playing dota since WC3 and there's been far more worse things.

6.82 original? Too much.

6.82 patch #2? Good balance IMO.

6.82b? Too little to be irrelevant.

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