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  1. Comment on Democrats Don’t Care About Policy Compromise Anymore — Just Like Republicans in ~news

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    Related: Nicky Case's "The Evolution of Trust" goes through several different examples of iterated prisoner's dilemma using different strategies and variables. IIRC, the copycat with some...

    Related: Nicky Case's "The Evolution of Trust" goes through several different examples of iterated prisoner's dilemma using different strategies and variables. IIRC, the copycat with some forgiveness for mistakes was the best strategy in most circumstances. However, it doesn't work when most of the others will never cooperate.

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  2. Comment on The Effectiveness of Publicly Shaming Bad Security in ~comp

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    This is the first I've heard of this particular story. Amazing he had the gall to submit a bug report. It looks like Oil and Gas International actually uses HTTPS now, but still has mixed content...

    This is the first I've heard of this particular story. Amazing he had the gall to submit a bug report. It looks like Oil and Gas International actually uses HTTPS now, but still has mixed content on some pages (not the Sign In page though). The back-end is probably still a mess.

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