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Smart devices exploited for domestic abuse(bbc.com)
2 points by Hasknewbie 6y ago|0 comments
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Head of Danish intelligence suspended after whistleblowers hand over information(bbc.com)
143 points by Hasknewbie 6y ago|116 comments
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Why Hollywood needs computer games tech more than ever(bbc.com)
2 points by Hasknewbie 6y ago|0 comments
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One billion Android devices at risk of hacking(bbc.com)
9 points by Hasknewbie 7y ago|7 comments
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by Hasknewbie 7y ago
"Apple’s market valuation is roughly equal to the national net worth of Denmark (...). In all but name, this is a superpower" Denmark is a really nice country. Also, it is not a superpower.
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by Hasknewbie 7y ago
This reminds me of a 'news' organization that promoted the pseudo-scientific book "The gendered brain" (which could be described as Peak Blank Slate Fantasy), including a fawning soft-ball interview with its author where
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by Hasknewbie 7y ago
When I was working in the mobile industry, I was told repeatedly that a 100% FOSS phone would be impossible. Not only is the existing tech proprietary and patent-encumbered, even if somehow you could get past that your GSM radio must be cer
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by Hasknewbie 7y ago
"I can't read the article" "Chinese censorship is good, actually" "Also it's easy to get around" ...Is this a parody account?
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by Hasknewbie 7y ago
All major Hollywood movie studios pro-actively doctor their scripts to make them China-compliant, and you think basketball is somehow going to do better? On a related note, this thread went from #6 on the front page to #105 (as of right n
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by Hasknewbie 7y ago
Beware: TheGrayZone is an 'alternative news' Web site. The type who claims that Uighurs internment camps are anti-Chinese propaganda, Maduro criticism and opposition are US-funded anti-Venezuelian propaganda, etc. Just skim their
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by Hasknewbie 7y ago
Moreover Taiwan's transition to democracy was 'indigenous', as it was never effectively colonized by the West (barring some isolated outposts), therefore defeating all the silly talk of "democracy is a cultural norm impo
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Harvard and the Making of the Unabomber (2000)(theatlantic.com)
4 points by Hasknewbie 7y ago|0 comments
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by Hasknewbie 7y ago
>> Most of the complaints about the US focus on comparatively small mistakes Taking down democracy in Iran. Supporting dictators in Latin America and Africa and assisting them in hunting down democracy activists. Financing terrorism i
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by Hasknewbie 7y ago
>> The good the US has done is also radically beyond any good that China has done. "Dear members of the jury, I know what you are thinking: well it looks like this guy did napalm little children in Vietnam, and did sell weapon t
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by Hasknewbie 7y ago
I had the same question while reading TFA. The Khoisan ethnic group split from the main population an estimated 150k years ago, and although their clicking language is peculiar I don't think they have any issue with recursive grammar.
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by Hasknewbie 7y ago
I don't have a direct link to the study, but this is from the BBC ( https://www.bbc.com/news/health-48950483 ): "The researchers also found the presence in seven products of the solvent dichloromethane, which c
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by Hasknewbie 7y ago
A recent study here in Europe as found that some low-quality CBD e-liquids contain traces of solvent (used to extract said CBD) that are above safety level and may trigger adverse reaction in vapers. I assume THC e-liquid goes through the s
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by Hasknewbie 7y ago
FYI as hinted at the top of the page, this is a recycled (duh) version of a much longer article published 5 years ago: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/10/13/tales-trash It feels weird to see a jo
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by Hasknewbie 7y ago
Yes, this article felt like reading the rant of a scientologist about 'suppressive persons'...
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by Hasknewbie 7y ago
Yes, both during WW1 and WW2, but to a much lesser extent than Japanese-American: only a few thousands were held, most of thoses deemed German enough were only required to register at their local police station. So not really the same level
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by Hasknewbie 7y ago
Nice attempt at reframing there, but if this new paper is correct then it's not a 'failed replication', it's a refutation. Big difference.
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by Hasknewbie 7y ago
It's interesting that Melville was seen as derivative during his latter years, when he was in fact creating his own aesthetics and rythm (a Sergio Leone of film noir, if you will). For people fans of his style, I can only recommend the
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by Hasknewbie 7y ago
Reminder (motivated by taway69's post questioning Sully's credentials): prior to the Hudson river incident in 2009, Sully was already an aviation safety expert, having participated in multiple National Transportation Safety Board
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by Hasknewbie 7y ago
It's interesting to note that he's being attacked in part because republicans are relying on him. Of course they don't do this because of any sort of scientific integrity on their part, but only because they happen to agree w
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by Hasknewbie 7y ago
"Repo Man", Chinese Edition.
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by Hasknewbie 7y ago
They kind of have to go that way (offer extra VPN/storage as a service for a monthly fee), their market share of users has tanked since their last deal with Google, they're not going to get that kind of money from them any more. G
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by Hasknewbie 7y ago
To me this part is particularly amusing, since one of the most successful and lauded CEO ever was that notoriously hyper-critical guy named Steve Jobs. Turns out people whose "job is to shoot holes in things" can do pretty well...
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by Hasknewbie 7y ago
As ridiculous as it is, that's still more researched than that idiotic Newsweek article...
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by Hasknewbie 7y ago
> For one thing, Chinese culture is quite alien to western culture, and I don't mean that in a judgemental way, just that their spoken, written and body language is so much different that it is automatically harder for them. I call
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by Hasknewbie 7y ago
I was curious why a law like that would not cause more scrutinity other than that one website. After looking it up, the law is from this past March and has only been discussed by a couple of French-language sites. This is not causing more a

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