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by return0 10y ago
I don't understand why facebook repeatedly tries (and fails) to become a news source. They can make more money by being the world's watering hole, there is no need (and not much money imo) for going after the role of newspapers&#x
842.
by return0 10y ago
Fake news are easier to detect. Bias is always subtle and insidious.
843.
by return0 10y ago
Fake news are better than biased news.
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by return0 10y ago
The greek research network ran a number of high speed cables that were not infrequently cut off by careless fishermen. Used to mean a day of slow network until they find the damage and fix.
845.
by return0 10y ago
Especially in tech, nitpicking should not be allowed. Approximate is good enough for everyone, it's not like a battery is suddenly gonna catch fire.
846.
by return0 10y ago
Surely it makes sense, like everything else in these comments! If societal bias filters only high-performing women into tech, then the company that managed to snatch all the females would surely have an advantage versus all the rest. But le
847.
by return0 10y ago
Excellent observation, and lets not forget it's not valid only in tech. Let's not forget that every boy is encouraged (some would say indoctrinated) from early age to learn the art of cooking, and to spend the evenings preparing d
848.
by return0 10y ago
The fact that there are way too many IT people from poor immigrant backgrounds (no opportunities for anything you mention) discredits your first point. > it's GENERALLY because it is something that you very much care about and want
849.
by return0 10y ago
Following the logic of most mental gymnasts here, the best IT companies should be women-only companies by now. People seem automatically to turn off their brains when discussing anything that might oppose the orthodoxy of affirmative action
850.
by return0 10y ago
That is nowhere near obvious. Why not change the main link to the google search page instead?
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by return0 10y ago
But going back to the old corporate model is not necessarily better. In large part it's because freelancers are not really accounted for by politicians. Instead frelancers should unite to require the same rights .
852.
by return0 10y ago
Thats was not really valid. Every site is technical. There is far more business documents in dropbox than in github. Plus the purpose of the leakers is to create disruption, and apparently it works.
853.
by return0 10y ago
Social VR is what second life has been doing for 15 years. I have anecdotally surveyed a few users and none of them was sold on VR. It's fun for the first day, but between being expressionally and physically limited and getting nauseou
854.
by return0 10y ago
The US is not even in the list of most militant secular cultures. It's not a choice; You can't say "don't go" as if they have a choice to go to another country to compete.
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by return0 10y ago
Why did FIDE choose iran to host the competition and did they at least try to make sure there is an exception to this (absolutely reasonable) request?
856.
by return0 10y ago
No they can't pack things and move elsewhere because they have no papers. Asylum applications are processed in the country of entry.
857.
by return0 10y ago
Does not apply to mainstream media. When the medium is the message, the line between attacking the message or the medium is blurred.
858.
by return0 10y ago
Not correct. Refugees stay in entry-point countries until their refugee application is processed, which can take months. Meanwhile, many of them seek to find illegal ways to move up north.
859.
by return0 10y ago
Greece and italy accept and house refugees. They just don't want to stay here.
860.
by return0 10y ago
mainly welfare reasons, and also parts of their family are already in northern europe.
861.
by return0 10y ago
These sentimental pieces do not help. At this point it's fair to say that europeans know the struggle of (legitimate) refugees. The actual solution is to end the war in Syria, instead of waiting for the rest of the country to flee, and
862.
by return0 10y ago
More mouths will be fed. The robots will still do the work for humans, in fact a lot more work. The questions is how to best distribute the wealth instead of concentrating it.
863.
by return0 10y ago
But someone will have to fund those robot armies, right? Could be a bunch of billionaires living in a libertarian floating city, or another bunch of bilionaires living in the most religious corners of the desert.
864.
by return0 10y ago
The rich always had access to new technologies first, and there is nothing new here; eventually all technology becomes affordable for the masses. What you 're more likely to have a is clash of generations where the brave new generation
865.
by return0 10y ago
It occurs to me there aren't any; it's just a postmodern habit to treat every new technological possibility as an ethical problem first.
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by return0 10y ago
History would suggest otherwise.
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by return0 10y ago
But it is #1 in military might. So, its the greatest
868.
by return0 10y ago
Wondering what HN thinks about VR. Will it grow enough to be a big enough market ? Till now it seems to be less than what it was hyped to be.
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by return0 10y ago
Wrt basic science, that would imply that two people can reason and understand deeper than one person, which afaik is not true.
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by return0 10y ago
> has its own faith propositions, but you can't challenge them... I wonder if people even try to change other's faith nowadays. Personally i like having my beliefs challenged, but it doesnt happen often enough.

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