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matt comments on von Neumann probes and Dyson spheres: what exploratory engineering can tell us about the Fermi paradox - Less Wrong
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The file is gone now. Please re-upload it?
BTW, the LW Wiki has an upload function, but someone needs to change the configurations to allow PowerPoint file type (and perhaps PDF while they're at it).
I'm feeling great about turning on PDF uploads, but allowing PPT uploads includes the ability to upload Office macro malware.
Do we want to allow random people to sign up for accounts then upload potentially malware bearing files?
Please do! This feature could have been (and could) be useful for me at times.
I don't think PPTs are much more dangerous than PDFs since PowerPoint disables macros by default, and PDFs can contain malware as well (that exploit unpatched holes in Acrobat software). And people who want to spread malware can always upload those files elsewhere and then link to them in the wiki or comments.