mikejb

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by mikejb 9y ago
It's a mixture of both: Military competition is what drives a ton of research with an immense budget behind it. The problem I have with some nations (the US is not the only offender here) is that they deploy the poisoned fruit of that
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That is the worst that can come out of this case - and it would be a critical hit for Uber. Self-driving will be a big aspect of the future (how long that future's away is a different discussion), but once self-driving cars are here,
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I cannot speak for the entire video, I only looked up the elephant story, but that seems to be told inaccurately. I might agree with the general sentiment (Edison is a jerk), but wouldn't quote any of the anecdotes told as fact.
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Yes, I can see that happening. But the article does not state the precondition of war to shoot down the satellite - it asks to do it now, possibly starting the war.
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I agree that hardening infrastructure against attacks (not just EMPs) is important. But that is only one of two requests made in the article. The other one is about shooting down a satellite owned & operated by another nation, an unprec
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by mikejb 9y ago
I believe it is. Here's the picture he paints: 1. North Korea attacks other nations 2. Hero-Entrance 'MURICA 3. North Korea goes "OMG we didn't think this would happen" 4. NK falls apart and deploys secret kamikaze-
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by mikejb 9y ago
The Minute Physics video made me worry more about Russia's & US' ability to cause a nuclear winter rather than worry about NK. Yes, there's additional risk if another country has them, but that argument is independent fro
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by mikejb 9y ago
No, it's propaganda.
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> Google is keeping data on you. IIUC that is anonymized data. The whole point then is that it cannot be associated to your account, i.e. cannot be removed when you delete your account. Otherwise, there's a shit-ton of law and regul
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by mikejb 9y ago
I don't understand how that addresses the NK's advantage point. Also, if risk is an actual issue, how do 10 nukes in NK justify this extend of worry, in contrast to the weapons Russia and the US have? (For some reason I'm rem
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by mikejb 9y ago
I should have been more specific (will edit in a sec), the question was aimed at the benefit for the decision makers. NK leadership is going down if they launch a nuclear strike, independent of how the counterstrike is done (so their show o
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by mikejb 9y ago
> So, now we have crazy people with hydrogen bombs. It is a new chapter and one that could have a pretty bad ending. I agree with the rest of your statement, but I don't agree with this part in the way it is written - the statement
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I fail to see how this applies to deletion. "Stop using services" is significantly different from "deleting all my stuff"
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Technically speaking, there's no law governing any history; There's laws governing behavior in the present that arose from events in history. I live in Germany for 12 years by now; I can't claim a lawyer-level knowledge of e.
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by mikejb 9y ago
> Spotted the alt-right. I think you told more about yourself than the person you tried to judge.
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I'm not fully following on what your point is; My post was primarily intended to be informative of political actions on the other side of extremism. Also, banning a political party is quite a big hammer, regardless of how important the
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by mikejb 9y ago
This shut down will be just as successful.
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by mikejb 9y ago
To provide a more balanced picture, there's a competition held at that site: Riot-Bundesliga [1]. Who fucks up cities the most? Throw paint at buildings! Set cars on fire! Destroy property of political enemies! And banks! And stores! B
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by mikejb 9y ago
Deutschlandecho would be an example where the state shut down a right-wing page. Also, there's the continuous effort to ban the right-wing party (NPD).
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Anonymous threads that have become reality in the past. They're hard to ignore. The page in question also introduced a "Randale Bundesliga", a rioting competition in which they crowned the city with the most riots. Anything f
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by mikejb 9y ago
There's a difference between saying 'anything nasty' and calling for physical action against individuals. Content on that page called for violence against individuals, including members of the police. I'm not saying I di
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by mikejb 9y ago
At the 30c3, Trevor Paglen gave a talk about his work, where he also goes into details or it [1]. I found it highly interesting and can only recommend it. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j56s46e97Lo
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by mikejb 9y ago
I fully agree that newer designs are safer, but ignoring the human factor in the equation is IMO not very reasonable. Without the human factor, driving a car is very safe. That argument is valid, but it doesn't reflect reality.
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"very safe" might be true (your interpretation of 'very' might vary), but it is a low chance/high price kind of thing. I live in Bavaria, and hunters here still need to take precautions due to Chernobyl, some 31 yea
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I agree. Though we might disagree on where legitimate concerns end and irrational fears start. It is also non-trivial to decide (and argue around) what a 'best option' is without defining a scale of what 'good' and &#x27
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Unpopular, but defend-able. Preferring Pierce Brosnan on the other hand...
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He already had 120+ millions. Would you go to jail for 300 million if you already had 120?
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"Safety" - he's technically correct, but I believe it is guaranteed death if he'd try it: "The suit can currently fly uninterrupted for around 10 minutes." That leads me to the assumption that if he climbs up t
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by mikejb 10y ago
Can you point me to that tech talk? I think this info is outdated, at least it conflicts with what I believe to know.
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Those numbers might be driven by the quality of Apple Maps, or by changes in iOS: it became less intuitive to use 'leading competitors' on the iPhone and iPad. At least I was unable to send my mom's iPhone to Google Maps when

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