allemagne

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by allemagne 12y ago
I believe his point isn't that every crime necessarily needs to go to trial, it's that we should have enough resources to be able to put every accused criminal to trial. The fact that it's not the case shows the significant d
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by allemagne 12y ago
Has Bill Gates destroyed cultures? Companies, sure.
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by allemagne 12y ago
How do you visualize cryptography? A padlock? It might be a cool image to have a stack of those "B" coins with holes punched through them attached to a lock. I don't know if that would really help describe what bitcoin is tho
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by allemagne 12y ago
This is an interesting idea, but I'd be curious to know what kinds of innovations in car functionality are possible. Also, assuming that you're referring to a kind of planned obsolescence, how can a company convince you to replace
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by allemagne 12y ago
My bad, I was thinking from a CS centric POV
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by allemagne 12y ago
>You can't really understand how git works unless you understand trees as a data structure. That excludes all but the hardcore types. DAGs and BSTs are taught in second year undergraduate classes where I'm at. What's hardc
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by allemagne 12y ago
>It's almost like the existence of the universe implies the existence of an observer. That the formation of intelligent life is an expected result of the universe existing. Seems like a logical stretch, but very poetic.
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by allemagne 12y ago
As far as superpowers in history go, the United States post WWII is downright benevolent. The other contenders in recent memory being: the Soviet Union, the British Empire, Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, the French Empire, the Italian Empire
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by allemagne 12y ago
I can understand feeling morally opposed to it, but a realist might tell you that it's important to spy on the German government simply because it's a powerful actor, even if it's an ally of the United States.
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by allemagne 12y ago
This is not my alt account. I'm just not that active. These are not outliers, you are simply incorrect. If you believe your assertions to be anything but assumptions and blase accusations of entire cultures, I'd be happy to read y
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by allemagne 12y ago
This is textbook confirmation bias. You're ignoring the writings of every Chinese philosopher valuing hard work, the tendency for Chinese schools to value rote memorization--a very work-intensive activity--over creativity, the fact tha
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by allemagne 12y ago
Couldn't they just store keys and decrypt instructions using something like a Trusted Platform Module?
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by allemagne 12y ago
>The blocking of Facebook and Google is directly related to PRISM, social contagion theory, international surveillance, and weaponized media. Google wasn't blocked in China until the company refused to censor their search results ba