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by grandalf 9y ago
Exactly. Image compensation and the concoction of an HDR image are the visual equivalent of a loudness enhanced audio file. Loudness enhancement reduces the dynamic range of the source, and HDR enhancement also removes information to allow
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link(s)?
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Compliance with what, the whim of officials in any nation?
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> platforms which distribute more criticisms of US policy to more people on a daily basis than most revolutionary subversive movements manage in their entire history This characterization of dissent is highly misleading. Dissent should
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by grandalf 9y ago
It would be easy enough to pass a law requiring tax payments on dividends paid out to be sent in by the firms, and for such payments to be required regardless of the nationality or location of the investor, in much the same way that firms a
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by grandalf 9y ago
I'm sympathetic to your view because I used to hold it. > I think they have to be ethical standards. If they are economic standards then you open up the possibility that any method of war/killing is acceptable in dire economic
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by grandalf 9y ago
Well, Twitter is a US company and has an incentive to please US officials. Thus the context of terrorism in modern America and American politics is broadly relevant. It might be terrorists you don't like this time, but what about next
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by grandalf 9y ago
If you disagree, argue against it or explain why it's not correct. You might help persuade people I'm right :)
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A drone makes a loud noise as it hovers invisibly above, piloted from afar. It contains sophisticated sensor systems to allow it to detect the heat of human bodies, and cameras and computer systems that can do face matches with long lists
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by grandalf 9y ago
Thanks! > It is possible to recognize the ethical problems of the drone program while also saying it is on a higher moral ground than the random killing that terrorists employ. Are those ethical parameters or economic parameters? If ev
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by grandalf 9y ago
> But no drone strike is launched with the sole intent of killing civilians. That is a world of difference. I used to agree with your assertion. I will explain why I no longer do. The goal of warfare is very simply to break the will of
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by grandalf 9y ago
The word "terrorism" is a PR word intended to marginalize whatever group it is applied to. As a tactic, terrorism describes the infliction of civilian casualties meant to create a disproportionate climate of fear. By this definit
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by grandalf 9y ago
Not sure what you are talking about. What taxes?
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If shareholders do not demand the money as a dividend and prefer instead to have it kept in the company's control, then so be it. Shareholders in Apple want Apple to be able to make big investments or acquisitions and are willing to le
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by grandalf 9y ago
There are several issues that are all relevant, I think: - Corporate taxes reduce the competitiveness of a jurisdiction and create a market for tax havens like the Caymans which add no value. - Companies' tax avoidance schemes are mass
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by grandalf 9y ago
This is why corporate taxes are a dumb idea. Firms should not keep one set of books for management accounting and another set that they use for tax purposes. When money is paid to an individual, tax it as income tax. Very simple. Don&#x27
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by grandalf 9y ago
Facebook intentionally revealed that a small amount of money was spent by one firm via its ads platform. In reality it is the news feed behavior that was exploited. Facebook can "fix" the ads platform by adding a bit more human ve
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by grandalf 9y ago
Finally something that might create a commercial incentive for a lowered RF noise floor!
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I'm shocked that so many people fail to realize this is a red herring. This is more shocking to me than the story itself.
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Many people with a CS degree are clueless about security. It's a relatively new discipline.
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by grandalf 9y ago
How many layers of management should have caught that first? It shouldn't matter whether someone graduated from third grade when it comes to something that simple.
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It's not, this article is click bait.
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by grandalf 9y ago
There is a sweet spot for businesses who have massive regulatory protection the way pharma does, and who want to maximize rent extraction from society as much as possible. For big pharma, this peaked in the past few years. The Mylan lawsui
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by grandalf 9y ago
> crypto success story Suppose 5% of CAs are compromised. Is that a success? It is if you compare it to everyone using self-signed certs, but it is not if you consider that there are likely broad vulnerabilities that can be silently expl
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by grandalf 9y ago
Right now there is a big gap between "trustworthy enough defaults" and "security expert who has the judgment to determine which CAs deserve to be trusted with the most sensitive data". It's easy enough to remove CAs
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by grandalf 9y ago
I'm aware of this. At present, those scripts can be run from any origin using any of the many CAs the OS/browser trusts.
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by grandalf 9y ago
I wish browser vendors would let me choose a trusted entity and make it simple for me to trust only CAs that my trusted entity supports, or the intersection of what multiple trusted entities endorse. The incentive for a mass-market browser
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by grandalf 9y ago
Wow, this shows that Mercedez-Benz is terrified of what Tesla's ramp up will do to its market share.
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by grandalf 9y ago
People forget that the skilled workers, intellectual property, plants, etc will continue to exist. What goes away is the jobs of some execs and some shareholder value, but new jobs and new shareholder value are created from the useful bits
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by grandalf 9y ago
So you are justifying corporate welfare because it helps the little guy. Insert laugh cry emoji here. The idea of the economy grinding to a halt is a straw man. Assets sold at a discount are typically snatched up. What is "lost"

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