Arn_Thor

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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
History proves otherwise. Technology crammed people into cities, which was terrible until it allowed us to create better infrastructure to cope with the density. Technology made London air unbreathable until it gave rise to cleaner sources
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
This is entirely anecdotal, but my iPad pro from last year handles photo edits (lightroom, affinity) much easier than my i5-powered desktop with a 1060 GPU. Anything from opening the file, doing edits and exporting the file in various forma
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
Right! It's not like an "allergy" to helium is going to be a problem for any user at any time unless, you know, there's a big helium leak, at which point the phone is the least of your problems
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
Sure, the exact same policies won't work. But even rural Japan is very clean compared to most of Europe, even, so there clearly are ways to sort it out
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
Only country in Asia? What? Japan, South Korea, Brunei, Hong Kong (in the latter, it can depend on the pipes in older buildings, but the water coming from the mains is definitely safe).
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
SCMP reports: "Information consists of passengers’ names, nationalities, dates of birth, identity card numbers and historical travel details." So for the majority it'll be one or more of those data sets.
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
The govt shouldn't mandate what exact steps companies must take to be secure, because as you say it's woefully behind the time usually. But it should heavily punish security failures. Companies can choose whatever method they want
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
That's what I thought of too! Saw this very fascinating but all too brief mention of the move in this old documentary: https://youtu.be/DVntiGI7QzU?t=2235
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
A weak government is easy to buy. The less "skin in the game" China has, the more easily it can buy the favor of whoever is in power. The only way China could screw up that dynamic is by overplaying its hand through excessively un
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
how is it a tax dodge? Please explain that
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
As the US healthcare system works, most certainly not. Fortunately there are plenty of alternative models around the world where health care is much more affordable for society
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
The image caption on the bloomberg story reads "Microchips found on altered motherboards in some cases looked like signal conditioning couplers". They didn't claim "that's the chip"
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
Why do you use the word 'colonize'? That's most definitely not the aim. China wants access to resources on competitive and secure (for them) terms, without having to worry about governing foreign territories. (notably except
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
The money was very much conditional. Mandatory austerity, for example, which crippled the state and economy as a whole with effects that could last a generation
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
I don't see your point. They pay for healthcare and electricity just like any other consumer. They produce and sell to the market, and spend some of the proceeds on health care and electricity. This post illuminates what economic and l
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
Yeah, but they're not perfect. You quickly end up with groups containing mostly the same friends, but different configurations of them depending on the event and exactly who you want to include in each discussion. It's a headache,
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
If Apple or Amazon are found to have lied in their statements I think they could be in serious legal trouble with both their customers but also (sadly, more importantly) their stock holders.
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
My translation of the part pertaining to the national security authorities in Norway. Direct quotes from the authorities are shown as such: --- NSM is aware of the issues with Supermicro. "- We know about this, but can neither deny nor
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
Their reputations could take a huge hit from this story alone, so a strong denial is the first defense. If they are unaware of any investigation, as they claim, then that makes even more sense.
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
real as you and me https://youtu.be/Lfrhgh6ZlQI
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
The KLM which had barely reached minimum takeoff speed and started to take off still flew 150 meters after it had plowed through the upper half of the PanAm and lost an engine and the main wheels. There's a lot of momentum in a moving
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
And this watch is not supposed to be perfect, nor replace medical devices. If it works well it will be an added benefit to the user, and could alert users about heart issues (and has done so!)
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
In Hong Kong (not Taiwan) most apartment buildings (certainly tall ones) handle waste disposal. There's a trash can in the back stairway on each floor, into which each floor's residents dispose of waste. Granted, there's no m
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
Media has a responsibility to present all facts impartially. But that does not mean that news media don't also have a responsibility to put those facts into context. Especially when it concerns the weak vs the strong (civilian victims
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
Just tried and that certainly seems to be the case. Signing in, or out, of either chrome or website accounts will reflect that action in the other space.
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
I'll bite.. Please explain further
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
Very valid point. I didn't think to use several google accounts. That might have solved my problem... Of course now I'm very diligently backing up everything anyway
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
Good question. I'm still stuck with Google for my personal mail, but I use an email client on my PC to download emails and archive them, and periodically do a full download of all my Google content. Not the easiest or most fun solution
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
No regulations, huh? Terrific, I love salmonella
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
I enjoyed google, and used docs and sheets for budgeting and planning. Then one day it was all gone. I'd had two google accounts, one created a decade ago on YouTube and later connected to my gmail-google account. I used the same login

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