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691.
by gnode 8y ago
Even in the case where a fine takes some time to pay, it doesn't exclude the offender from society while they're paying it.
692.
by gnode 8y ago
It doesn't primarily manifest as anxiety, more of an intrusive thought (obsession). E.g. until you have washed your hands, you are actively aware of a feeling they are unclean and need to be washed. This can amount to distractability a
693.
by gnode 8y ago
"Peak social media" (like "peak oil") doesn't mean maximum theoretically attainable consumption, but the point in time at which consumption is highest, and can thereafter be expected to only ever be less.
694.
by gnode 8y ago
With the advent of LEO communication satellite constellations enabled by miniaturisation and reduced launch costs, hopefully the problem of satellite Internet access's extremely high latency should go away in the future. I expect the m
695.
by gnode 8y ago
Fines also have this quality.
696.
by gnode 8y ago
I would say that "expiation" is not a suitable word. Incarceration neither compensates those who are wronged, nor does it atone / redeem -- the incarcerated person is still typically regarded a criminal / felon upon rele
697.
by gnode 8y ago
Are there any examples / screenshots available anywhere?
698.
by gnode 8y ago
I've heard that this is more common with American English, and that Americans are sometimes a bit taken aback when the response is "I'm well, how about you?" or something taking the question more literally like that.
699.
by gnode 8y ago
Yup, that's what I was referring to.
700.
by gnode 8y ago
Out-of-order execution and caches are once again emerging fields, unfortunately.
701.
by gnode 8y ago
Aren't ring confidential transactions (RingCT), used in some cryptocurrencies a form of homomorphic encryption which is being applied now?
702.
by gnode 8y ago
The geography of power generation is important. The losses for a 345kV 1GW transmission line are about 4% over 100Mi. As I understand it, they also increase in a compound manner, so over ten times that distance would be 48%. Higher voltage
703.
by gnode 8y ago
You could say the same about public healthcare programs, although in many countries they have now been around long enough that their destruction is now politically impractical.
704.
by gnode 8y ago
Generally, the downside of having tissues grow / heal faster is increased growth rate of cancers. I'm speculating, but exposure of the skin to the sun's ultraviolet radiation may have helped determine the trade-off. Also, I w
705.
by gnode 8y ago
I strongly recommend you just go ahead and do so. This is like saying: if the burglars don't return this guy's stolen property soon, I might just have to start locking my doors when I go out.
706.
by gnode 8y ago
18th Century according to the article linked -- which I'd say is more accurate.
707.
by gnode 8y ago
Your link is broken by a trailing comma.
708.
by gnode 8y ago
With facial recognition and other biometrics improving I see little purpose in chipping for identification beyond ultra-high security niches. Arguably that's more of a privacy concern, as there's little you can do to detach yourse
709.
by gnode 8y ago
He got a medical opinion that he was not fit for travel before his operation. This wasn't a case of not reading the small print, it was a case of the insurer valuing their own medical opinion over that of their customer's doctor.
710.
by gnode 8y ago
In this case I presume you'd not be paying for US insurance, as you'd expect to be backpacking for many months more.
711.
by gnode 8y ago
> read the fine print People should be able to expect that insurance is as advertised, and there's no "not really" in the fine print. UK courts are much less accepting of such things than the US. The infamous case is PPI m
712.
by gnode 8y ago
> why people switched. If I remember correctly, it wasn't so much that many people switched parties, but that typical Democrat voter turnout was low, reflecting some amount of disillusionment. Also, what you say about the Democrats&
713.
by gnode 8y ago
The quote there mostly defines what a natural person is, not what "relating" should be taken to mean. Does it refer only to facts about a person, or does it include opinions and business decisions made by the company about that pe
714.
by gnode 8y ago
I'd argue that is is. In their arguments against RAID5 ( http://www.baarf.dk/BAARF/RAID5_versus_RAID10.txt ): > OK here is the deal, RAID5 uses ONLY ONE parity drive per stripe In RAID-6 you have multiple redun
715.
by gnode 8y ago
> GDPR From the article: > ...have exercised our discretion under our Terms of Service to disable your account(s) The language here implies that the account still exists in a suspended state, and is not deleted. If you're a europ
716.
by gnode 8y ago
> Do you ban one of the parties, or both, or neither? If banning is your go-to conflict resolution strategy, then there's a natural incentive to take the side of the host and ban the guest. The hosts are fewer in number, so each bri
717.
by gnode 8y ago
The committer did so anonymously for the same reason executioners wear hoods. The executioner is only acting as an agent of the court, or in this case Google, to carry out a controversial act which they may not personally agree with.
718.
by gnode 8y ago
Maybe this practise should be extended, such that several Anonymous Cowards simultaneously commit the change, each being able to live in the belief that it wasn't their commit which effected the change.
719.
by gnode 8y ago
I'm not talking about smaller centralised services, but rather distributed peer-to-peer systems, using IPFS for instance. Use of such systems has fallen out of fashion largely because of the rise of centralised alternatives (e.g. you c
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by gnode 8y ago
While I fundamentally oppose this proposed legislation, I wonder whether the law becoming inhospitable to centralized services like Google, Twitter, and so on, could have the positive effect of pushing users towards a more free decentralise

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