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811.
by fiblye 9y ago
The first use that came to mind for me was easily deployed and reusable missile defense systems. Not every country can spend billions on disposable anti-ballistic missiles, but lasers could eventually become affordable for most countries.
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by fiblye 9y ago
>Sure, as long as we apply this principle evenly. It is applied fairly evenly, despite how many people try to frame it. Online piracy is often referred to as "illegal downloading/filesharing". People selling fentanyl aren&
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by fiblye 9y ago
When it comes to tech like this, it's good to not just ask "can it happen", but "why wouldn't it happen". Pressing a button to fill your room full of gas is doesn't strike me as serving any good purpose. I
814.
by fiblye 9y ago
The mistake was letting people who don't accept that Tibet is its own country send death threats to you and kowtowing to them. It's enabling their bullshit.
815.
by fiblye 9y ago
The problem here in Asia is every manager loves working day and night, destroying their family life (or preventing themselves from even having one) and developing zero interests outside of work until they're of retirement age. The prob
816.
by fiblye 9y ago
>However, not every government worker seems to be on-board - according to the SMG, 67.1% of government workers have asked to be exempt from the forced lights-out. They asked to be exempt entirely on their own volition, or their managers
817.
by fiblye 9y ago
I can't really say for certain, but the idea of a boring, average American life in the 90s/early 2000s was having a 9-5 job and watching TV after you finished work. I haven't seen a posting for a 9-5 job in years. But I see 8
818.
by fiblye 9y ago
It's really hard to overstate just how bloated emails are in Japanese. They seem to follow a very strict script. Once you learn the key words, it's easy to write and understand, but it's so much fluff for so little meaning. I
819.
by fiblye 9y ago
>As I understand it, the conservative attitude is that environmental concerns are either overplayed As someone who left a part of the country that votes Republican to Dem 9:1, this is the mindset of most rural voters (where I'm from
820.
by fiblye 9y ago
She got to live a few years as a billionaire. She could easily get a normal, non-executive job like 99% of Americans after this. I think most people would take a lifetime of "humiliation" if they got to live an unreasonably extrav
821.
by fiblye 9y ago
Cyber City Oedo 808 is excellent visually and story-wise. It's the one bit of scifi I recommend more than anything else, and I've never found someone who didn't like it.
822.
by fiblye 9y ago
This is far more likely. Most people don't even know Saipan exists, much less what goes on there. You'll draw less scrutiny in a middle of nowhere island vs Las Vegas.
823.
by fiblye 9y ago
This is one of the most terrifying comments I've ever read. The prospect of harvesting or growing brains to use as computing devices isn't just some weird thing from cheap scifi anymore, but something someone out there is actually
824.
by fiblye 9y ago
Octopuses are some of the most intelligent creatures on earth. Eating or cutting them alive is nothing short of savage, and no better than serving live dog or chimpanzee. I'm all for regulations that end unnecessary animal suffering, e
825.
by fiblye 9y ago
(Asking out of curiosity and not trying to be a smartass) But is Google still that impressive of a note on your résumé these days? Most of the brightest students from my university off to work for or start innovative startups solving hard
826.
by fiblye 9y ago
And the problem is the people that are dying of heroin aren't the Silicon Valley tech workers with good jobs and homes that make up the majority of hacker news. They're people living in shithole towns like my hometown. The jobs le
827.
by fiblye 9y ago
10% is not a number to trivialize. I've noticed a lot of people on HN are for all drugs being legalized, but they look at it from the perspective of fairly wealthy and highly educated tech workers with stable lifestyles. Coming from a
828.
by fiblye 9y ago
Heroin wasn't historically a problem because the users died. Heroin's been a problem because of just how far people will go to get it, and how a massive amount of people will drop everything else in life just to get a steady suppl
829.
by fiblye 9y ago
One of the most irritating things is seeing "professional" drivers using their phone while driving. I've seen countless taxi drivers texting while driving around passengers and it's a big reason why I prefer to walk 30 m
830.
by fiblye 9y ago
I hear that said a lot about X state, and that's because it's true for pretty much every single state. Once you're outside the major cities, it's hardline conservative.
831.
by fiblye 9y ago
Where exactly would the resources for enough skyscrapers to house a trillion humans come from? The world is facing a sand shortage already with not even 1% of that imagined population.
832.
by fiblye 9y ago
>Personally, I think that limit is much closer to 1 trillion people living on the earth than it is to 1 billion people. Honestly, you can think whatever you want. But what people want to think and what's actually true often don&#x27
833.
by fiblye 9y ago
GDP is absolutely irrelevant to warfare. The Soviets lost to the incredibly poor country of Afghanistan. Vietnam's GDP was/is a small fraction of Russia's, yet America still lost and communism spread through the region. If wa
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by fiblye 9y ago
How exactly would education affect the testicles?
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by fiblye 9y ago
Seriously, that's a laughably low "prize". If you could make it to the moon for < $20 million, the US government would have military bases there for cheaper than it costs to build a single fighter jet.
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by fiblye 9y ago
That's a mayor. It's incredibly easy to find small time politicians in America or any country saying horrible things on a daily basis. That doesn't reflect the status of the country as a whole. The average Japanese person do
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by fiblye 9y ago
>Correct, it hasn't reconciled because Japanese government never truly feel guilty for their war crimes and most of Japanese prime minister still goes to visit Yasukuni Shrine for war criminals Ever consider that the reason Japan is
838.
by fiblye 9y ago
I haven't been to Iceland, but I've tried imported-from-Iceland whale several times in Japan. Each time was delicious. It had the taste of extremely pungent tuna with some beefiness mixed in, and a texture like very tender beef. T
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by fiblye 9y ago
American restaurant service is by no means good, despite waiters/waitresses supposedly being motivated by tips. It's expected that people are paying the tip regardless, so there really isn't any motivating factor anymore. Ame
840.
by fiblye 9y ago
Along with getting there early enough to be sure that your flight isn't overbooked.

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