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by weswpg 5y ago
I feel the exact same way every single time this comes up but for the first time this one is actually interesting. Has there ever been any incident like this before? Even if it is just a bunch of drones, it is interesting to see that they&#
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by weswpg 5y ago
The video is from CBS News
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by weswpg 5y ago
there are a lot of war zones in this world though. given that and the number of Third World countries with high levels of crime and poor public security, I suspect that a significant percentage of the worlds technology-using population migh
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by weswpg 5y ago
who suggested that being intelligent was bad? the problem is that there's no "universal intelligence test" and reducing human intelligence to IQ testing is what those "race science" people do.
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by weswpg 5y ago
Human intuition is much better equipped to judge intuitively whether a person or a group can be trusted than it is to judge whether a piece of legislation was written by a trustworthy person or whether that legislation is effective
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by weswpg 5y ago
The suggestion being replied to here was: "I would vote for any candidate that committed to letting its registered users decide every vote he or she made." I fail to see how that is substantially different from direct democracy. W
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by weswpg 5y ago
> Eh ballot-based democracy like the Swiss has seems to work quite well for centuries now. OP was proposing replacing the current system with direct democracy whereas the swiss simply hold referenda on specific issues while they still ha
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by weswpg 5y ago
Do such laws apply to digital booby traps though?
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by weswpg 5y ago
That was a direct quote about the labour party by a member of the labour party, so that is factual reporting. > Diane Abbott, an ally of Sir Keir Starmer's predecessor Jeremy Corbyn, tweeted: "Crushing defeat for Labour in Hart
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by weswpg 5y ago
Prior to modern journalism, newspapers were directly funded by political interests. Now that advertising dollars no longer provide a somewhat unbiassed source of income, publications like the guardian are relying on direct donations from th
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by weswpg 5y ago
at which point do you think it would be more clear what the consequences of the 2003 invasion of Iraq have been? Someone born on the day of that invasion would be an adult by now so it should be possible to come to at least a few conclusion
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by weswpg 5y ago
I wonder which percentage of the most active users are among those who choose to do that (versus the casual users who only spend less than five minutes on the website).
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by weswpg 5y ago
This generation has experienced an unprecedented amount of isolation from danger and I think we are far closer to a state where we need to be more exposed to the lessons those dangers teach than we are to being over-exposed
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by weswpg 5y ago
It sounds like everything you mentioned falls under the heading of software project planning. Are you familiar with those techniques already and possibly asking whether those should be applied to personal side projects?
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by weswpg 5y ago
Learning about the difference between a "groove", a "melody" and a song has been a wonderful rabbit hole to go down. Thanks!
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by weswpg 5y ago
Importantly, such training requires more funding , not "defunding the police" as some propose.
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by weswpg 5y ago
Good comparison to Western restrictions on slander or libel because Singapore is one few countries to actually have a an "anti-fake news law" which many in the West desire and it absolutely proves the fear that it can very easily
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by weswpg 6y ago
> there was no serious preparation "Oh, please. Attempted murder? They don't give the Nobel Prize for attempted chemistry!"
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by weswpg 6y ago
Your sarcasm aside, there are obviously plenty of reasons why there are failings of the justice system and most people agree that the government isn't the sole arbiter of social accountability.
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by weswpg 6y ago
> 3D visualization of file systems > I didn't know how to use it Skateboard around thorough virtual file systems like "Plague" in the movie Hackers[1][2] [1] https://youtu.be/kV_i8AefT8I [2] https:&#x2
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by weswpg 6y ago
Given the state of the war on drugs and the war on human trafficking, do you think that there would be less drugs and human trafficking if people were not allowed to watch porn as you suggest? I suspect that because criminals tend to ignore
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by weswpg 6y ago
While I agree with your suggestion, the article notes that PH did request removals for her and still concludes by attributing blame to PH for the video being newly uploaded elsewhere (despite the fact that her ex husband likely has a copy w
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by weswpg 6y ago
Trying to decide for other people which parts of their sexuality are "tolerable" or not is actually a far bigger mistake, historically and presently
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by weswpg 6y ago
The US military doesn't sell weaponry to HK nor does it have a defence treaty like they do with Taiwan https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-American_Mutual_Defense... imposing control on Hong Kong happened because
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by weswpg 6y ago
there can at least be a notification and a delay, so I have 12-48 hours to respond if I get an emergency alert that my service is about to be deactivated
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by weswpg 6y ago
As Hasan Minhaj pointed out, the result of thousands of minor landlords going bankrupt will be the further consolidation of the industry into large commercial landlords (which are worse). https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=1030
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by weswpg 6y ago
Here is an extensive list of videos being posted by Parler users during the riot: https://projects.propublica.org/parler-capitol-videos/ Apple isn't going to stop enforcing their content policies just because some
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by weswpg 6y ago
Games and MS Office are a big draw but the deal killer app for me is OneNote because unlike Note-taking options on Linux, it syncs to iOS and screenshots go straight into my current note (no need to copy and paste)
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by weswpg 6y ago
> In fact most of it we'd probably see as repressive now, but that's a different discussion. I think it's the same discussion. We've lost our sense of community because community is somewhat repressive and we prefer i
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by weswpg 6y ago
Taking precautions can always backfire but would you argue that the status quo is preferable to taking those precautions in this case?

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