jonmartinwest

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The British Army's information warfare machine(wired.co.uk)
4 points by jonmartinwest 6y ago|0 comments
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by jonmartinwest 6y ago
It might because USA doesn't have something similar to 77th Brigade.
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by jonmartinwest 6y ago
Two pre-ARPANET prototypes were "oN-Line System" and Memex. Douglas Engelbart's "Mother of all Demos" still blows my mind every time I watch it. Douglas Engelbart was inspired by Vannevar Bush "Memex.
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by jonmartinwest 6y ago
The First Indochina War was also an enabling factor, too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Indochina_War
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by jonmartinwest 7y ago
And criminals using real estate for money laundering.
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by jonmartinwest 7y ago
Democracy and Democratic governments are two different things. The USA is a democracy. China, North Korea, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo are Democratic governments.
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by jonmartinwest 7y ago
I think you might be missing the bigger picture. You have a company that the "Ministry of State Security of the People's Republic of China" can easily hack to spy on American children and businesses. What could go wrong?
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by jonmartinwest 7y ago
Maybe, it makes the "Ministry of State Security of the People's Republic of China" job easier? It would allow them to easily access lots of data.
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by jonmartinwest 7y ago
Aron explodes the three "myths" of radical thought: the Left, the Revolution, and the Proletariat. Each of these ideas, Aron shows, are ideological, mystifying rather than illuminating. He also provides a fascinating sociology of
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by jonmartinwest 7y ago
"Alexander Dolgun's story: An American in the Gulag" is another great book showing how brutal life can be. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Dolgun "The Soviet Story" is a 2008 docum
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by jonmartinwest 7y ago
Dzerzhinsk in Russian is a great example of this.