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Most cited
Posts that commenters keep linking to, ranked by how many different people have cited them in Hacker News comments. 4 posts.
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Rationality: From AI to Zombies
A series by Eliezer Yudkowsky
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Schelling's Model of Segregation
Racial segregation has always been a pernicious social problem in the United States. Many factors have contributed to segregation including prejudice, zoning laws, housing discrimination, and loan discrimination. Although much effort has been extended to desegregate our schools, churches, and neighborhoods, the US…
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How is NSA breaking so much crypto?
There have been rumors for years that the NSA can decrypt a significant fraction of encrypted Internet traffic. In 2012, James Bamford published an article quoting anonymous former NSA officials stating that the agency had achieved a “computing breakthrough” that gave them “the ability to crack current public…