ArnoVW

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by ArnoVW 6y ago
Just because private entities are bound by certain laws does not mean that those laws apply to the state. The state has other laws that regulate its ability to spy on its citizens. And if those laws become too cumbersome you can always ask
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by ArnoVW 6y ago
A tempting proposition indeed (well for the next 20 years, less so after that). I suppose the problems arise when infrastructure has to be built for those linear communities (Dutch word of the day:'lintdorp', or ribbon-village). B
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by ArnoVW 6y ago
The Financial Times disagrees with your assesment. They also note that Alexei Navalny agrees with her. https://www.ft.com/content/6146b352-6b40-48ef-b10b-a34ad585b...
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by ArnoVW 6y ago
Actually, I am Dutch, but have lived in the UK and am now living in France. I agree that "freedom of speech" is less of an issue for the average European, than for an average American. But Angela Merkel for example critisized stro
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by ArnoVW 6y ago
Well I suppose if I were put in power, and "only" had to apply the law (and not come up with censorship laws), the idea would be focus my effort to have the maximum effect. So perhaps not focus on an individual Twitter account wit
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by ArnoVW 6y ago
I see what you mean. I did not mean to say that censorship is not controversial. I was refering to the comment, that was commenting the article. What I tried to say was that the controversy about private entities censoring other private ent
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by ArnoVW 6y ago
I think the confusion stems from the fact that it should be illegal for a private business to censor someone. But that does not preclude the democratically created law from censoring someone, as interpreted by the judiciary. The issue in
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by ArnoVW 6y ago
There's a desktop client that may be of use to you.
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by ArnoVW 6y ago
I believe the important distinction is between 'having access to phonebook for calls and chats' and 'datamining phonebook for the needs of Facebook'. Signal (the foundation) does not get to use my phonebook even if Signa
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by ArnoVW 6y ago
I only learned a couple of months ago that Christiaan's dad was a famous ambassador of Willam III of Orange, during the Glorious Revolution. The book is "Oranje tegen de Zonnekoning", which describes the epic rivalry between
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by ArnoVW 6y ago
Personally I always feel that the "fire in a crowded theater" is too specific to convince people. Why not use more "every day" examples? * I can't say I earned $0 last year --> tax fraud * I can't say "
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by ArnoVW 6y ago
I'm not an expert in finance, so don't hold it against me if I'm wrong, but does "backed by" not rather mean that the bank can have your house if you can't make payments? This in opposition to a credit card deb
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by ArnoVW 6y ago
Interesting intro. It's even translated into French I noticed. So northern Europe is borrowing three times more (per capita) than the US? That goes against everything I know. One question: did you separate out consumptive credit from m
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by ArnoVW 6y ago
As an aside, this thought experiment is currently being prepared in real life. In 20 years when emigration, drought and storms will have started to cost serious money, what will people do with those that even now continue to say 'the s
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by ArnoVW 6y ago
The KNMI does not seem to agree with your position. The sea level has risen 20 cm between 1901 et 2010. Another 26-89 in the next century. https://www.knmi.nl/kennis-en-datacentrum/uitleg/zeespiegels... There&#x27
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by ArnoVW 6y ago
I've only ever heard of weather images. The Thought emporium has made at least four videos on the subject, showing progressively more complex builds. https://youtu.be/cjClTnZ4Xh4 https://youtu.be/tbXBEd
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by ArnoVW 6y ago
There's Haven, a mobile app that does exactly that: help you detect Evil Maid attacks. https://github.com/guardianproject/haven https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_maid_attack
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by ArnoVW 6y ago
My kids love it. And it's been translated into Dutch (on the Dutch Netflix), so it's one of those shows I can use to expose them to Dutch. For French speaking families (or Americans that want to expose their kids to French) there
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by ArnoVW 6y ago
I am trying to understand. Is this not the same thing as the Interplanetary Transport Network, dating from a paper in the 90s? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interplanetary_Transport_Net...
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by ArnoVW 6y ago
My understanding is that citizens pays their government, and the governments in turn use (some of) that money to pay for the functioning of Europe (generally approx 1% of it's GNP). The European budget is mostly an "investment bud
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by ArnoVW 6y ago
To quote Crocodile Dundee: "that's not a user guide". SpaceX do amazing things, and shows that private space is good. But you have to admit that government space programs have better public documentation. The ISS operating gu
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by ArnoVW 6y ago
This sums up perfectly the issue with mental health problems. Burn-out. Depression. ADHD. Being 'old'. You cut slack for someone with a broken leg or a blind cane. But unless you've been there yourself, you don't underst
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by ArnoVW 6y ago
A comment higher up posits that this is a money issue. My understanding of this post: due to COVID students were give the option to study from home, so as not having to pay on-campus fees. The university does not appreciate students electin
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by ArnoVW 6y ago
In the last 25 years I've experienced the voyage from a staff count of 6 to a staff count of 100 three times in different companies (service provider, professional services, software editor). Your first hires determine largely your cul
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by ArnoVW 6y ago
Contact this guy. It looks like a non-surgical solution may be possible : https://media.ccc.de/v/35c3-9370-hacking_how_we_see Essentially, they use a VR headset to offset the shifted vision, and then gradually cor
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by ArnoVW 6y ago
Highly recommend the 1984 Oscar-winning movie about him ("Amadeus"). Entertaining, well acted, and gives a bit of background into his life.
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by ArnoVW 6y ago
My understand, based only on having watched Yannic Kilcher's video, is that they had in the order of 10k training cases. So not a lot. But they added a ton of highly domain specific features. And since it's essentially a natural p
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by ArnoVW 6y ago
Use of animals. Exagerated display of emotion (happy, unhappy). To get an idea, type "kawaii" in Google images. Or check wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawaii
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by ArnoVW 6y ago
Exactly this is what I was getting at. 98% of Windows users don't care if their machine reboots, provided they don't lose work. This is precisely the 98% percent that are likely to get infected, and will cause havoc for all of us
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by ArnoVW 6y ago
I suppose that is the incorrect translation of "speed skating club" (schaats club)

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