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by slg 1y ago
> I think with encryption, the underestimate is on the other side. Everyone understand that bad guys using encryption is bad. But people do not see the upsides of encryption for the good guys And why are you confident that this doesn’t e
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by slg 1y ago
>Isn't an atomic bomb just a scaled up version of a firecracker? Yes and no. I think radiation is a big differentiator, but absent that, I don't think it is better morally or ethically to level a city with conventual bombs tha
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by slg 1y ago
What is the distinction you are making between a "dataset" and a "tool"? To use this specific example of the license plate dataset, this is a tool used to find and bring justice to criminals. How is it any different fro
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by slg 1y ago
>When it comes to encryption, it helps save actual lives. So does the license plate data. It is used to find and bring justice to criminals. Does that not make us all safer? > If you mandate getting rid of encryption, bad actors wil
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by slg 1y ago
Although it is interesting how inconsistently this principle of is applied to other areas. For example, if you come to HN and advocate against encryption or AI because they can amplify the dangers of bad actors, you are going to be met by
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by slg 1y ago
Ironically this comment is doing the exact thing the comic is criticizing because it is a subtle bastardization of what the comic says. The comic is about not criticizing people who want to see improvement in something in which they partici
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by slg 1y ago
So is one's location while in public. It doesn't mean I want someone tracking my location every time I leave the house. The aggregation of public data can end up being an invasion of perceived privacy.
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by slg 1y ago
There is still a big difference between not being invited to/attending parties and not knowing if they even exist as a concept.
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by slg 1y ago
I don't understand the point in raising these specific practical objections like my simple comment was intended to be the text of the legislation. There are all sorts of ways these issues can be addressed like pegging it to a specific
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by slg 1y ago
If the current public management is bad, the solution should be to bring in new public management. The fact that the alternative is private equity should be the indication that this fight is purely ideological rather than a fight against b
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by slg 1y ago
>$100 million or more rule seems silly when that's the cost of ~10 stoplights and there are like 33 million businesses in the US. A minute of internet research suggests that specific $100m figure is from a 45-year-old law[1]. I don
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by slg 1y ago
That paragraph must have been recently edited in (and thereby validating OP's complaint) as it isn't in the archive/paywell circumventing version at https://archive.ph/9zvHZ . For those of us without a NYT su
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by slg 1y ago
The unintentional aspect is the lack of communicating in innuendo and dog whistles. Musk and his team can't keep the AI's mask from slipping off and revealing the underlying rottenness in its ideological bias, but that bias itsel
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by slg 1y ago
I find this mindset funny because the movie is about this exact idea so by saying this idea has no value you are criticizing your own opinion.
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by slg 1y ago
People were disappointed because they wanted just another rehash of The Matrix, but why do that when The Matrix already exists? The more interesting idea is to explore why people wanted another rehash of The Matrix, so the movie is about th
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by slg 1y ago
>I really feel for the Wachoskis. They couldn't not do a sequel, but they had nowhere to go--The Matrix was already perfect. That is why the 4th is the best of the three sequels, it is specifically about this. Although I agree it s
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by slg 1y ago
>Dunno, I felt way worse during the crypto boom days. At least the AI stuff has a bit more of a generally useful application. The problem with the current wave of AI is that it isn't "generally useful" yet. These AI system
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by slg 1y ago
The article also feels a little dishonest comparing total unit sales to cumulative player statistics over an extended time period. If you click through to the linked Ars Technica article, it says the cumulative player number for the previo
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by slg 1y ago
What qualifies as "reasonable suspicion" of a citizen committing an immigration crime? Aren't you just advocating for the ability of ICE to arrest anyone who has the wrong color skin or speaks the wrong language?
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by slg 1y ago
What type of "immigration arrests" are valid against citizens?
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by slg 1y ago
This can quickly turn into a philosophical debate rather than an economic one. Which value went up first, the chicken or the egg? Personally, I think the way it makes the most sense is thinking of inflation as the change in the value of mo
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by slg 1y ago
I don't know why inflation is dismissed so quickly. The article lists the industry average price increase as 29.2% and the inflation value I got out of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics calculator[1] was 26.2%. So sure, "this is
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by slg 1y ago
Are you maybe skipping over the word "data" in the headline? The headline doesn't imply the satellite itself is lost, just the data coming from the satellite.
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by slg 1y ago
What is alarmist or anti-tech about them? Are you objecting to massive budget cuts being described as causing a "full meltdown"? Is any article about the flaws of LLMs or failure of privatized space companies inherently anti-tech?
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by slg 1y ago
What is this context supposed to convey?
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by slg 1y ago
What you are saying here is fundamentally very different from the original downvoted comment. You’re saying this behavior is bad and should be corrected by the government. The original comment sidestepped the ethics of the behavior on the
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by slg 1y ago
It really depends on the specifics. From the Wikipedia entry on vertical integration[1]: >Vertical integration can be desirable because it secures supplies needed by the firm to produce its product and the market needed to sell the produ
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by slg 1y ago
I downvoted because it is naive childlike logic that excuses current bad behavior on the possibility of future good behavior. OP's original comment called this stealing and this response is that the "obvious solution" is that
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by slg 1y ago
I think the biggest change in general corporate management in my lifetime was the deprioritizing of the concept of goodwill. I’m not naive, businesses have always prioritized profit. However, there used to be this idea that pure profit maxi
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by slg 1y ago
Frankly, I think this type of comment minimizes what is happening here. These anecdotes are nothing close to what is detailed in the story and they don't sound particularly tyrannical or even necessarily out of line. As an American, I

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