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by netfire 11y ago
Is the TSA really doing anything to prevent someone from taking control of a plane though? Post-9/11, the cabin door is now shut and locked during most of the flight. I can't imagine a pilot or crew-member would open that door due
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by netfire 11y ago
The question would be, what comes next after these jobs are automated. I think that's largely unknown. You could have made the same argument before the industrial revolution, or massive improvements in communications and the internet,
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by netfire 11y ago
That's a fair statement. I should have stated my original position being that making smart financial decisions creates wealth more than simply owning things. Obviously access to education, capital, laws that favor certain classes of
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by netfire 11y ago
Competition. If companies are making huge margins by simply providing brokering and marketing services (instead of also providing assets like a car or a gallery), more companies will get in the space and drive the cost down.
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by netfire 11y ago
Why? Because people can do something more meaningful with their lives if they are are currently doing something that can replaced by a robot. (There will be other jobs that are created to fill the replaced jobs). Arguing that we should not
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by netfire 11y ago
There didn't seem to be a lot of strong arguments for the points made in this article. Most of the situation the author finds herself in seems to be due to a poor economy in general (lower pay, rising housing, education and health care
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by netfire 11y ago
The main point I was trying to make (and that you seem to confirm) is that the circumstances of what is happening matters. Also doesn't the reasonable suspicion have to be specific to the length of detention or the breadth of the searc
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by netfire 11y ago
Still completely meaningless from a human-readable perspective (you know, unless you memorize page node identifiers :) )
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by netfire 11y ago
Interesting that they have a pretty url already generated for the page and then redirect to something that's completely unreadable. It seems like you'd want to have a single, readable url to have people sharing with others, if the
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by netfire 11y ago
Not sure why you would need approval for a pretty URL and wouldn't need approval for the design and content in general. Couldn't those be lumped together for approval at the same time? It just seems subpar for a company of Amazon&
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by netfire 11y ago
http://www.amazon.com/b/ref=br_imp_ara-1?_encoding=UTF8&node... That's a horrible url. Why not use something like http://amazon.com/news/free-prime-same-day-delivery ? Is there some signif
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by netfire 11y ago
I'm not sure you've read my previous comments, which indicate that you would need to start running when the police saw you and fail to stop when asked, to seem suspicious. The circumstances of your environment definitely make a
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by netfire 11y ago
Doesn't someone have to be suspicious in order for a police officer to have have reasonable suspicion in order to conduct a search or make an arrest? [1] I completely agree that police have to justify their suspicions and subsequent ac
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by netfire 11y ago
I don't see any problem with walking away from police, even running isn't so bad (especially if you didn't start running the moment you saw the police), provided that you stop walking or running if instructed to do so. The im
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by netfire 11y ago
It may not be cause for arrest in of itself, but its definitely cause for suspicion and perhaps detainment (especially if the police have reason to believe that a crime has just been committed). Can you imagine what would happen if police a
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by netfire 11y ago
I think its a symptom of some bigger issues. Specifically that many of the decisions in the US are being driven by fear and the increasing role that money plays in politics (and elections in particular). Instead of addressing problems in a
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by netfire 11y ago
Besides having to transfer data to run the application in the browser, what limitations are inherit in a web-based application? (I acknowledged the data transfer limitation in my previous comment). Browsers (especially mobile browsers) are
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by netfire 11y ago
We'd like to think that there is little error when it comes to transporting people, but most (if not all) of our current means of transportation are prone to accident. Here's some stats: - For planes, there were 4,394 near-misses
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by netfire 11y ago
In a way, but there are advantages to running an application in a web-based platform: - Distribution is easier and doesn't require approval from a third party (such as app stores), providing less of a barrier to entry and more freedom
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by netfire 11y ago
Take a look at what's currently available in desktop web browsers: maps, document and spreadsheet editing, highly interactive charts, video conferencing etc. (things previously thought impossible/impractical for a web browser to d
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by netfire 11y ago
Couldn't you say the same about the operating system in general? That is, that apps are limited to the the container provided by the APIs given by the operating system? The browser is only limited by the restrictions given to it by the
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by netfire 11y ago
Here's the problem: native apps require downloading, updating and take up more space on the device. I think the mobile web could be much more than it is now, but mobile web browsers seem be improving at a very slow pace. One of the mai
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by netfire 11y ago
I think you'd need to expand beyond what's generally classified as welfare. You could probably also get reduce or eliminate social security benefits (another $745.3B) You could also probably greatly simplify the tax code, which ha
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by netfire 11y ago
Also a good option. Personally, I think I would favor providing something like food through a system like food stamps first. It provides less risk of the money being wasted on addictions (drugs, gambling and other bad financial decisions) a
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by netfire 11y ago
Its better than nothing, isn't it? Basic shelter is a more complex and expensive problem to solve (due to varying costs and lack of existing infrastructure). I think helping eliminate hunger (especially for children), is a good place t
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by netfire 11y ago
Why not start with something smaller, like providing "basic food" for everyone, and see what the result is? You could reuse existing programs, like food stamps, where the infrastructure is already in place for most grocery stores
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by netfire 11y ago
This seems like an interesting, but inefficient solution. (What do you do during the summer when heat isn't needed? How much more do these units cost over a regular computer at a data center? Who is paying for the electricity and bandw
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by netfire 11y ago
My main argument actually is that I think racism will continue until we eliminate race from our decisions, positive or negative and treat and value each other as members of the human race, regardless of one's skin color.
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by netfire 11y ago
I didn't mean to imply that there was government sponsored aid that was race-restricted. There definitely is for scholarships[1] and affirmative action policies for admission to schools or specific programs in those schools. (although
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by netfire 11y ago
You say its a myth, but then don't provide not explanation as to why. I guess I don't understand how race-restricted aid isn't racial. By restricting assistance, scholarships and other aid to a particular race aren't you

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