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by sgift 3y ago
I hope for the same. But it's nice to know there's a backup in case none of the more "moonshoot" projects pan out.
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by sgift 3y ago
Yes, research costs money at first in the hope of getting results later. Comparing it to buying something is only useful if you think what the research does can also be achieved by that. Since you ignore the question of whether Europe even
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by sgift 3y ago
It's a research project. It won't produce energy. So no, you won't, sorry.
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by sgift 3y ago
It will be, when it starts. For now this is. It's testing things also needed later for ITER and DEMO.
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by sgift 3y ago
Ah, yes, the age old "I'm not an asshole! I just have high standards!" High standards can be communicated without being toxic. It's just more effort. If most people had the same high standards for their answers they ha
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by sgift 3y ago
Brendan Eich was not forced out. He made the donation, he couldn't stand the heat of defending it, he left. Also, personal donations can make you unfit for some positions. Significant parts of the community felt his donation was not in
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by sgift 3y ago
The point is that less and less people use Firefox, so there seems to be a problem with success in that area, even if you are someone who still uses it (as am I).
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by sgift 3y ago
What is so bad about the board? Besides not reigning in the CEO compensation.
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by sgift 3y ago
Maybe, probably not. Directly after WW2 the policy in the US was to keep the bomb and related technology secret at all costs. Only after UK, France and the Soviet Union showed that the cat was out of the bag the US changed their position to
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by sgift 3y ago
It's an interesting question whether Chernobyl or Sellafield are more toxic, especially with all the additional toxic waste that's send to Sellafield all the time.
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by sgift 3y ago
> But many customers lose out, because they're selecting distributions that don't offer this service, because it is time consuming and difficult to do. Sure, but if they really need that service they will gravitate to distribut
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by sgift 3y ago
Imho, both scenarios are frightening, but for very different reasons.
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by sgift 3y ago
> I just showed that while some type of substance abuse went down, another type went up. Abuse vs use, unless you can show people didn't get their antidepressants from a psychiatrist or other mental health professional (don't k
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by sgift 3y ago
In Yemen Saudi-Arabia leads - with help from the US - an intervention supporting the internationally recognized government against a terrorist group backed by Iran. So, who should retaliate here? The government that asked for help? Terroris
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by sgift 3y ago
> Is reasonable to expect a company to go out of their way to spend resources fixing something that works fine for 94% of their users, using any of several alternate browsers? Out of their way implies they have to do anything more than i
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by sgift 3y ago
But that's not what the code does. There's a rule that says "avoid harm", which directly contradicts (imho) euthanizing someone without a very good reason (and no, I don't agree that "public good" is one).
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by sgift 3y ago
If you deal with ethics so often, maybe you can illuminate us why this code is deeply unethical? I cannot decipher it from your original post.
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by sgift 3y ago
Musicians and artists in general had careers before artificial scarcity (read: Copyright/IP) existed, so that's false (the usual path was via a patron of arts). Now, we can discuss whether artificial scarcity allowed them to have
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by sgift 3y ago
Since you've brought up drones and smart bombs: What constitutes a war crime is a highly ethical and contentious issue with many people disagreeing on the exact scope. Yet, we've managed to write laws about it and get court decisi
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by sgift 3y ago
If you want just a transport you don't buy a Porsche. It's a luxury item and everyone who buys one knows it.
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by sgift 3y ago
If you don't know where writing code and ethics overlap I fear the code you'll write.
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by sgift 3y ago
Imho, the most important part of the whole code is in the preamble: > The Code is not an algorithm for solving ethical problems; rather it serves as a basis for ethical decision-making. When thinking through a particular issue, a computi
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by sgift 3y ago
> This won't guarantee answers, however. It does mean the NSA will either need to satisfy Wyden's request, or Congress will need to hold a procedural vote to push through the confirmation. So, the most probable outcome is that
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by sgift 3y ago
With that argument you could say that the red cross in the non-digital world encourages false flag operations.
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by sgift 3y ago
Various states don't recognize the ICC, but that doesn't stop prosecution. What does stop prosecution is if no one transfers you to the ICC or you have a state that is willing to invade if the ICC prosecutes you. In theory, the US
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by sgift 3y ago
Thanks!
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by sgift 3y ago
Gee, another rant which can be summed up by "all abstractions are leaky". Congratulations for the insight, unfortunately it's not new, so not too interesting, but let's still dive into it. So, smart pointers are leaky, s
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by sgift 3y ago
Add every (big) German news website and newspapers of course. Probably the same in other countries. Yes, long standing conflicts only get mentioned when they "flare" up. How much did we hear about Israel/Palestine in the last
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by sgift 3y ago
Ah. Thanks. That clears it up, my fault.
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by sgift 3y ago
Well, since this exists, I really doubt "hardly anyone in White House, or the British government was even aware this was going on": https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases...

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