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by buran77 5y ago
> One of the charges brought against them was that “their nationalistic sentiment” posed a threat to “state security.” Reprehensible. But when you have powerful enough friends it turns out it's perfectly acceptable. There will alway
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by buran77 5y ago
Some scientists also like to generate buzz because that's sometimes the only way to get financing. But having this apparently unique piece of evidence and calling it "one of the last survivors" of the new species (as opposed
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by buran77 5y ago
The remark close to the end, that this is just further damages Huawei's already damaged reputation, especially after beginning with "I did the same at some point", hints at a personal issue rather than professional objection.
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by buran77 5y ago
> a former US president with a hold over an American politician party that has nearly 50% of the political power demanding The weight of that argument really went down (discredited it if you ask me) in light of the other accusations a fo
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by buran77 5y ago
If you read the very first line of the first comment I made above [0] you'll see why the "but some are better than others" is a very unrealistic and uncharitable take on the topic. The whole reason we have separated men and w
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by buran77 5y ago
It's supposed to say that she's exhibiting typical male level performance, which happens to be substantially above typical female performance at that level. This means she's taking full advantage of a body which developed and
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by buran77 5y ago
While it's hard to draw a precise line, there's a clear difference between having some genetic features that give you an advantage, and having most genetic features that give you an advantage. Growing up under the influence of
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by buran77 5y ago
> financial motivators don't matter _after_ you already have a comfortable life Oh, this is a slightly different topic. Of course if your belly is growling money will motivate you a lot, and that motivation tends to go down the more
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by buran77 5y ago
It's strange that regulations in the US prohibit even things like aspherical/convex mirrors for safety reasons (the reflected image is deformed), or active headlights but deforming the steering wheel and making it less intuitive t
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by buran77 5y ago
> I think it's mostly informed by hindsight Well... yes, simply because hindsight usually provides evidence while foresight provides guidance. So while I agree with your points, and as much as I dislike Musk (a criminal who's c
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by buran77 5y ago
But you're ignoring the "demotivating" factors. Getting a pay bump might not be a (good) motivator in itself but it may remove a demotivator. So sometime these moves are to release the handbrake rather than make the engine mo
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by buran77 5y ago
The principle of defending your superstars applies everywhere, albeit the US is doing it to a far greater degree compared to others simply because they're in a better position to do it. But Tesla and Wirecard are in no way in the same
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by buran77 5y ago
I am completely oblivious as to how Tesla is seen in China. But plenty of the hype Tesla generated in Europe some years ago had FSD as a backbone (maybe a bit of ludicrous mode too), it was an easy way to cover generic EV drawbacks. I'
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by buran77 5y ago
Teams don't work in a vacuum and it's not that hard to eventually find the slacker in a team. But you have team goals and individual goals. Team performance management and individual one. This is where good management comes in, to
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by buran77 5y ago
It's a very valuable company that's just taken off and for the first time in a long time gives the US an edge in the global auto industry. Shooting it in the wing now, even if it's the legal duty, gives everyone else an advan
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by buran77 5y ago
Also remember that GM paid a fraction of that for the ignition switch scandal [0] where GM management intentionally hid the issue which directly lead to at least 120 deaths, and that was just the official count. The US has little interest i
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by buran77 5y ago
Creating an enemy is politics 101 and routinely used by people of all walks of life. It's the easiest way not only to excuse your low performance, which is suddenly made to look good by comparison, but will also keep the people busy wi
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by buran77 5y ago
That's a bad failure for sure but it's a very different kind. Checking for counterfeit parts is a supply chain issue, you know what you're looking for (the original part is very well described) and you check for specific mark
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by buran77 5y ago
> What if they had bricked life support equipment, or part of an airliner While I agree that was a bad strategy, even more so from a PR standpoint, I'd like to believe critical industries like medical electronics or avionics would d
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by buran77 5y ago
I imagine that's also used erroneously. It may make it into the dictionary with this meaning at some point but right now people just ad-hoc borrowed the diet/food-related term "vegan" and apply it for things that use no
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by buran77 5y ago
This being said, the word "vegan" is not properly used here, causing confusion. "Vegan" relates to diets and food in general according to the dictionary. The author probably simply meant "plant based" and erron
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by buran77 5y ago
I appreciate the time you took to come up with the examples but I hope you can see they're not quite comparable. An email address, like a phone number, identifies you uniquely. But unlike phone numbers there's no "portabili
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by buran77 5y ago
No, but Google holds monopoly over that email address that you've been using and passing around for years, and all the data associated to it. Losing access to it can prove to be a major issue. Of course this is nowhere near as critic
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by buran77 5y ago
> a third world country that may state they take privacy seriously but as the old saying goes “shit walks, money talks” You didn't even have to read that much into the article to spot the ignorance. Whether by gun, "law",
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by buran77 5y ago
I think the work of the people operating a system is just as important as the one of the programmer. You can build the very solid plane or software and then have it fail due to being operated in the wrong fashion. The question is whether bo
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by buran77 5y ago
Joe random citizen has a much harder life in places at the wrong end of USA's, Russia's, Turkey's, Israel's, China's, and others' interests, countries who can afford to deploy such technology at scale or have a
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by buran77 5y ago
USS The Latest will have all the countermeasures it needs. What about $random_middle_eastern_wedding_guests? Countermeasures aren't available to anyone but the military. But in some parts of the word everybody can be a target, especi
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by buran77 5y ago
Many people just revert the modifications in order to pass the regular inspection. And enforcing is hard logistically because the Police should be able to detect and confirm such cases. Which means personnel, training, equipment, and a lot
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by buran77 5y ago
Democracy is the best we have for the people. But while the theory is sound, the practical implementation is usually flawed. The people are "in power" just for that day while they're giving their blessing to their representat

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