shard972

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by shard972 8y ago
We should just make walking automated only, never have to bump into somebody or be stuck walking behind them ever again.
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by shard972 8y ago
I am, but they don't seem to be exactly keen to tell us that. They seem more interested in bunkering down and writing pre-made apologies for each thing the media discovers.
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by shard972 8y ago
That would be a good thing? In all seriousness, if companies actually had to pay for your data, suddenly their business models would flip and you would find that we would go from being the products to being the customers.
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by shard972 8y ago
Just claim he was a russian neo-nazi, that should get the courts kicking into action.
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by shard972 8y ago
I'm not the OP, but anytime ive tried this with the police it doesn't usually end up beneficial. The best response you might get is go see a judge who will tell you they don't care.
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by shard972 8y ago
Unless you think marrige and long term relationships haven't seen the bottom yet, I can't imagine why dating website user information should be worth a lot as people find the person they want to be with and move on.
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by shard972 8y ago
Maybe they have a few back tattoos.
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> How is classified information stolen from an unclassified network? Hillary Clinton's emails? > Either the article is poorly written (most likely), or there was a serious security infraction putting classified data on an unclass
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by shard972 8y ago
"Don't be evil" Makes you wonder if that was just a really good PR campaign all along.
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by shard972 8y ago
A few rounds of immigration from the romans and subsequent conquerers tends to change your culture. Doesn't dismiss the fact that ancient Egyptians had a culturural context that anchored to the past as opposed to the present/futur
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by shard972 8y ago
> racism against white people is not a serious problem. at this point in our history, we need no organized effort to combat it. That's an incredibly racist thing to say. Just because white society created modern civilisation you can
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by shard972 8y ago
I think this story is probably more damaging to Twitter https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/nov/20/twitter-c... To be honest, you could make a case for his twitter account to be suspended when co
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by shard972 8y ago
> Also how is improving hispanic voter outreach remotely a matter of controversy? Well hispanics mostly vote for democrats, so by increasing hispanic turnout you will get more democratic votes. If google cared about democracy, why not he
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by shard972 8y ago
Can someone explain why the deal caps carbon output to a set amount per country and not per capita? It seems like it heavily benefits countries like China who have many more times the population of smaller countries who are currently trying
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by shard972 8y ago
There are no universal societal rules.
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I'm not an ancient Egyptian expert but considering their culture was obsessed about the past to the point they created these ancient tombs, i would imagine they had maybe just a little more respect for their ancestors.
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by shard972 8y ago
> None of this 'How China Works' is new to anyone. Canada should have considered it when deciding to get involved. Maybe on HN, but is this really old news to all of our governments? I was watching CBC last night on all the iss
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by shard972 8y ago
Can we at least have a more intelligent conversation about how google designs its algorithms than "It's entirely automated". Everyone here knows that google didn't just plug a bunch of servers together and it just magica
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by shard972 8y ago
Well retirement age should be even better, they can bring their capital with them, that should give Vietnam a good boost to their GDP. Well automation will lead to some suicides no? It already has lead to many farmers (Some I knew personall
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Edward Snowden.
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by shard972 8y ago
This to me seems like a good thing for Vietnam. There will be alot of people now who having lived in America will be able to bring their skills and expertise back to Vietnam. I'm sure there are plenty of hospitals and doctors offices t
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by shard972 8y ago
Whats the alternative? That poor people should be forced to pay for the same plans as those who use Terabytes a month in streaming? Why shouldn't someone who doesn't use Netflix religiously, stream video or torrent files endlessly
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by shard972 8y ago
Or worse, what about Australian companies? I work at a company in Australia that works on systems that will get deployed into locked down enviroments for privacy reasons/laws. Could the Australian government force us to spy on our over
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by shard972 8y ago
Why would he be impeached? Because he paid off a porn star? Because he owns a few hotels? He said he likes wikileaks? Tweets about Cohen? The OP had his own set of reasons but they aren't even crimes, unlike the ones i had just listed
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by shard972 8y ago
And the west isn't like this whatsoever? Do people actually believe this about china and think that the liberal west doesn't have state power seeping through every nook and cranny?
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by shard972 8y ago
Maybe we can expect google to start helping conservatives like they help liberals? https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB118489524982572543
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by shard972 8y ago
The claim wasn't at it's core about Obama caring, it was about the false media framing this as a return to the bush era (between 10-18 years ago), when really its a change that happened in the Obama era (2-10 years ago).
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> Why is he still in office, or how? American presidents have 4 year terms, trump was elected in 2016 so hes in office till 2020. Maybe if he resigned it wouldn't be in anymore but I don't see why he would at this point.
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> To a degree - he's only in favour of free speech for people he considers acceptable; cf his petition to get "Social Justice" courses banned in Universities. I don't know the issue but would that have anything to do
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I don't see how Sargon can be considered far-right. The only "far right" positions I can think of him holding are those relating to national sovereignty (Brexit) and being against the concept of hate speech and in favor of fr

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