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by s_q_b 10y ago
Swinging the election toward a hawkish demagogue with no knowledge of foreign policy does not seem like a desirable outcome for the United States either. It's worth noting that for now the Saudis still retain a bit of leverage. They co
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by s_q_b 10y ago
You can see from their reported figures that their U.S. treasury holdings are far too low for a sensible national portfolio. It's a pretty glaring hole, and you know that the money is going somewhere off the balance sheets. The questio
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by s_q_b 10y ago
That's a pretty bold statement, considering that it's currently unknown whether general "intelligence", or g , even exists.
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I sincerely doubt that it's genetic. There just simply wasn't enough population isolation to generate that level of genetic variation over the timescale involved (even a couple kiloyears isn't that long in evolutionary terms.
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I'll approach this from a different angle: it is more terrifying, because robots don't say "no." Since Nuremberg, the individual decision to refuse to carry out orders contrary to national or international law has been a
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by s_q_b 10y ago
Or he was joking. It's really hard to tell. I'm still not quite sure if git is an elaborate prank.
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by s_q_b 10y ago
Yeah, it's so common as to have become a television trope. It's not difficult to see how a life of luxury can cause one to divorce the notion of wealth (or power) from the hard work necessary to obtain it.
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by s_q_b 10y ago
Can verify. I have worked with people with Masters in CS that can't FizzBuzz. It's rare, but it does exist. And if the degree starts with "Cyber", send it to the circular file.
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"What is worse, Goldstein and I found that a high number of data scientists (many with PhDs) also get confused in real life." Wow. Just wow. Some of people are calling themselves "Data Scientists" who don't know t
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by s_q_b 10y ago
"The first generation makes it, the second generation spends it, and the third generation blows it." Digression: Interestingly, this adage about hereditary rule is one of the loan phrases brought back after the First and Second
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Germany, France, and Britain use a form of so called "right to remain silent," but the prosecutor is allowed to submit silence as evidence of guilt in and of itself. That is extremely different than a prohibition against self-incr
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It's also totally insignificant. He could have broadcast it all over Times Square. That in no way waives his right against self-incrimination under the Fifth Amendment. Also, every prosecutor in history has thought their entire case in
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Neither British common law or Continental law systems have any mechanism to challenge this type or behavior. At least in the US, there's an absolute right against self-incrimination, guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment. The higher courts
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by s_q_b 10y ago
You're correct. I didn't realize how extensive this operation was. The Motion to Suppress is practically a lay-up, and definitely worth a quick read. If you're familiar with the fact pattern, you can skip down to the Summary
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by s_q_b 10y ago
Whoa, whoa, whoa. This is a very misleading headline. The article contains no evidence of a government-operated network of listening microphones in the Bay area. It deals with one incident using a specific piece of surveillance gear. What w
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In modern times, the City has also used a cluster of other special legal constructs in and around Britain as cut-outs. The City maintains close ties with both the Crown dependency of Jersey, and the British Virgin Islands, which are well-kn
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by s_q_b 10y ago
To me, the City itself is London's dirty little secret. The City is not like the rest of London, in terms of political governance. It is a very old enclave, governed by the City of London Corporation. The City is an ancient creation, c
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by s_q_b 10y ago
Excellent explanation. I just came back and looked at this thread. This is the only answer I've heard that satisfies both "here's what we know," and "here's what we don't," topped with a great mathema
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by s_q_b 10y ago
First, you pose a false dichotomy. The cultural origin of ideas from any school of thought, whether Asian, African, or European schools of thought has absolutely no bearing on whether they are true. All Universities should seek to teach t
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by s_q_b 10y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10980506 This was my guess. The government is disentangling itself from the company, because IAD guys are starting to realize that Palantir is just another consulting firm. Moreover, the
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by s_q_b 10y ago
1) Free Education The Saudi's have a recently reformed education system, complete with a freshly built full-fledged research university: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST.) KAUST has a more Western model of ed
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by s_q_b 10y ago
I wonder where the optimal location is to construct the first ship yard. Vesta, maybe?
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I came here to say just that. Aid is good, but it should be either (1) very temporary acute relief goods (food, water, shelters, sanitation, clothing) (2) very high technology services, such as MSF (Doctors without Borders) provides, or (3)
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by s_q_b 10y ago
The historicity of Jesus of Nazareth, as a man, is essentially undisputed, and remarkably well-documented. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicity_of_Jesus
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I am not looking for an answer. I just suspect the answer is "It's not currently known." And that's fine. By definition, the answer is probably unknowable. But that event did occur, and everything you see around you is a
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by s_q_b 10y ago
I wonder if the hypervisor just restarts the universe when the current instance reaches heat death.
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What was the event that led the singularity to begin to expand?
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No. In scientific discourse a "theory" is a framework of ideas that aligns with existing known facts, and can be used to make future predictions. To the extent that additional facts fit a theory, that theory becomes stronger or mo
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"The Big Bang" is just as hand-wavy as "God." It's still belief in a set of laws that govern the universe with no explanation for the origin of these rules other than no where. Call it what you want: God, the Trin
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by s_q_b 10y ago
If I get to choose the age cohort that defines the word "millennial", I can probably get the data to say "millenials" have whatever migration pattern I desire.

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