unono

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   by unono 13y ago

   The obvious choice is creating Ai, that would solve all solvable problems thereafter.
2. 122.▲
   by unono 13y ago

   4 million balloons and routers would cover earth. That's actually not a lot compared to how many cars and cellphones are manufactured every year. If each one is $100 dollars, the total cost is only 400 million - less than google fiber
3. 123.▲
   by unono 13y ago

   Fully agree, I'm a ocamler myself, was trying to make parent op think. Companies with dynamic language codebases should be fearful of the technical debt they've accrued (and hire us static guys to fix it!).
4. 124.▲
   by unono 13y ago

   Why do microsoft and google insist on static compiled languages?
5. 125.▲
   by unono 13y ago

   Hedge funds in cahoots with the NSA could for example predict currency/stock prices with all the extra information. Powerful businessmen/politicians could use it to blackmail others into getting their way using the private info. Y
6. 126.▲
   by unono 13y ago

   They should be outsourcing it to kaggle, problem solved.
7. 127.▲
   by unono 13y ago

   Calling politicians won't work if both sides are called upon. They can work out a message to tell the public about how they're against spying but it will go on regardless. Money trumps everything. If there is economic or military incentive