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by filmfact 5y ago
I skimmed the paper expecting to find a comparison to HyperLogLog, but didn’t find one - am I missing something?
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by filmfact 5y ago
The 300k in the article is the size of the loan, not the cost of a typical house.
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by filmfact 5y ago
Exactly - mortars predictable trajectory against a background free of ground clutter make them easy to predict the future location of. A drone optimally randomly dodging at treetop height is a much more difficult target.
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by filmfact 5y ago
I think the implication is that this is far fewer bits of entropy than the authors indicate. Four bits (in isolation), are not a meaningful identifer.
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by filmfact 5y ago
But by focusing the on just one - SpaceX might be on Mars, and Tesla might have a real self-driving car. Unfortunately it’s difficult to test that hypothesis. And it’s survivor bias to pick Elon Musk.
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by filmfact 6y ago
Lifestyle choice then ?
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by filmfact 6y ago
For a state this seems somewhat inevitable, however pretty much all state entities have a duty to use as little violence as possible to get the job done. See European human rights act, Geneva convention etc. At the end of the day - Violet G
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by filmfact 6y ago
So, people die of starvation in civilized countries - that doesn’t make it right - but we also don’t put up plaques celebrating it. And that really is the problem - in the one hand we have laws (set by governments) in a civil society that s
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by filmfact 6y ago
To be clear: Violet Gibson was in no way Italian or connected in any meaningful way to Italy. One might also observe that the violent attack in a foreign country might almost be ‘Imperialist’. And if the attack was politically motivated (I
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by filmfact 6y ago
But you regard violence as legitimate and positive political tactic in some circumstances. So did Thomas Mair. I think that belief is problematic, and should not be encouraged. By making the connection between apparently acceptable-for-plaq
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by filmfact 6y ago
I’m going to leave you with a quote from wikipedias page on Fascism: “Fascism rejects the assertion that violence is automatically negative in nature and views imperialism, political violence and war as means that can achieve national rejuv
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by filmfact 6y ago
Cool - so Thomas Mair plaque kickstarter supporter then? Because as I pointed out - you only cited examples whose politics you agree with. Take the mental leap.
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by filmfact 6y ago
You could also abide by the law while voting for a party that supported whatever minority viewpoint you held. Of course if you voiced unpopular opinions publicly you might get shot by someone who cites Violet Gibson or Thomas Mair as an ins
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by filmfact 6y ago
I fundamentally disagree. On such a basis a white supremisist could justify murder against the ‘violent’ state in the absence of the possibilty of being elected. Presumably on that basis you see the killing of Jo Cox as justified?
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by filmfact 6y ago
Because she wanted to make a point by killing someone. I don’t think that’s plaque worthy
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by filmfact 6y ago
The same reason Thomas Mair killed Jo Cox.
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by filmfact 6y ago
Because the ‘authorities’ are not a single person, factions within organizations often pull in different directions. Will you at least concede the point that she’d been in Italy for less than 2 years?
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by filmfact 6y ago
Words placed into the mouth of a crazy woman (implicating an enemy of the people asking the questions) who was determined to kill -somebody- it’s mentioned elsewhere that she may have wanted to target the Pope. Not home grown.
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by filmfact 6y ago
Murder was the agenda
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by filmfact 6y ago
https://dib.cambridge.org/viewReadPage.do?articleId=a10139 Says 1924, and that she was already toying with the idea of martyrdom.
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by filmfact 6y ago
Hardly home grown, also I’m 99% sure she had been in Italy for less than 2 years before her attack (November 1924 - April 1926). By that measure 9-11 was home grown!
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by filmfact 6y ago
I reject putting up plaques to praise attempted murderers for the reason that it sets a bad example.
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by filmfact 6y ago
Only the kind that hurts people whose politics you don’t agree with is justified? Cool
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by filmfact 6y ago
Cool. So rather than vote - shoot? Thomas Mair didn’t like the Jo Coxs politics so he took a shot too. I guess you’ll be setting up a kickstarter for a plaque for him too?
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by filmfact 6y ago
Perhaps HN is of the opinion that you shouldn’t mix politics and violence?
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by filmfact 6y ago
I didn’t realize Violet Gibson was Italian.
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by filmfact 6y ago
Personally I think putting up a plaque celebrating someone with mental health problems and a revolver, who attempted to murder someone doesn’t make any sense.
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by filmfact 6y ago
But at the time she pulled the trigger, he was neither a dictator or genocidal. Perhaps violence is the right way to address all people who have politics we don’t agree with? Thomas Mair agrees with you.
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by filmfact 6y ago
Compare and contrast: Violet Gibson and Thomas Mair. Different politics, same agenda.
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by filmfact 6y ago
If you like Megastructures and video games, you should check out “Dyson Sphere Project”. It’s an early access game, but very playable.

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