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by riggins 14y ago
its pretty interesting to think about the implications. A few thoughts. Air power has been a decisive advantage in recent wars (e.g. Desert Storm). Seems possible/probable that the victor of future wars will be determined by who has the bet
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by riggins 14y ago
I agree with the article. It articulated some thoughts that I've been having. There are bunch of comments that essentially say 'even a little code will make you better'. It's that claim that I would disagree with and why I don't think every
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by riggins 14y ago
agree to disagree. I started to extract and quote the parts of the article saying the problem is Google's implementation but it was close to being the entire article.
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by riggins 14y ago
People said the same thing about the huge, bulky cell phones that came out in the 1980s. that's a strawman. The primary claim is that Google's implementation is lame. The primary claim in not that 'Glass-type' hardware is lame.
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by riggins 14y ago
doh! yes, I meant 'dog bites man'
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by riggins 14y ago
This is why the founders wrote a constitution circumscribing the powers of government. This is man bites dog. Person in power (cop, bouncer, immigration officer, DHS, whatever) abuses power. It's as typical as it gets.
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by riggins 14y ago
How are you going to find 100M people who agree on what is in the public interest? well how about phone unlocking? I struggle to see the case for having locked phones. My first cut would be an appeal like 'the phone companies are trying t
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by riggins 14y ago
If all 100k people chipped in a $100 I've actually thought for some time this is an area the tech community could make a positive impact addressing the inefficiency of a small focused interest prevailing against a much larger, but unfocus
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by riggins 14y ago
What, exactly, would be the harm to humanity of a coming generation of hyper-intelligent Chinese nationals? technology drives military power. Therefore, one's POV will be influenced by nationality. Or in plain English, an American probabl
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by riggins 14y ago
eugenics and the military/economic impact down the road was my first thought.