atlanticus

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by atlanticus 13y ago
I think a big part of the problem with AI is you are trying to map a digital model onto an analog system. There was a story on HN last year, I can't seem to find, that used a genetic algorithm on analog circuits to evolve optimal patte
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by atlanticus 13y ago
Henry Farrell and Martha Finnemore have a must-read essay in Foreign Affairs about the impact that Wikileaks and Edward Snowden are having on a little-discussed power resource for the United States: it's ability to act hypocritically o
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by atlanticus 13y ago
This is written by an Indian so I don't think he is sheltered. America is the only superpower and gets a lot of flack because they have no credible peer. Some people can't stand it and will be disappointed for a long time.
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by atlanticus 13y ago
Is that through credit card data? And how does that not violate HIPPA?
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by atlanticus 13y ago
Germany is a long time NSA collaborator. If Europeans wanted to they could handle intelligence themselves they could, they don't want to.
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by atlanticus 13y ago
Shouldn't you be protesting the fact that your government signed a data sharing deal or are they totally helpless?
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by atlanticus 13y ago
Well you still blame America because they probably forced them to do it.
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by atlanticus 13y ago
I think it more interesting why some people want to believe such nonsense. The price of fish is all the evidence you need. Glass half empty does not begin to describe such a mind set.
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Sega v. Accolade (en.m.wikipedia.org)
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by atlanticus 13y ago
People running IE6 are doing it because their IT department won't let them upgrade.
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by atlanticus 13y ago
Not supporting IE6 will cost you lucrative enterprise dollars, Android 2.3, while popular, is not nearly as profitable.
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by atlanticus 13y ago
If the food you get at the pub is better than your food at home you are doing it wrong.
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by atlanticus 13y ago
So I guess the Snowden leaks collapsing US internet dominance didn't materialize.
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by atlanticus 13y ago
That's not cool. People here want to hear about how the US is doomed. They are absolutely crazy for it, regardless of reality. Edit: This post is an interesting case where people upvote it because of the title and then flag it after th
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by atlanticus 13y ago
That is a lovely fantasy but the world is run by grownups. Intelligence like defense has been outsourced to the US and Europe shows no signs of resuming their own defense. I think you will be in for few disappointing decades, probably longe
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by atlanticus 13y ago
> Start laying (more) cables between countries that do not pass through US territory. Also territories that have data sharing deals and probably most allies.
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by atlanticus 13y ago
The UK gov shares data with the US.
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by atlanticus 13y ago
>But anytime you become close-minded and think that you are the best in the world, you close yourself to alternative ideas beyond your borders and will inevitably decline. While it is easy to get up votes claiming America is like this th
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ESA and NASA stumped by cosmic mystery(esa.int)
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by atlanticus 13y ago
Is that really a dark pattern. If Limit Tracking is On then theoretically your tracking is limited, no? Also Apple let's you get a new UDID if you want to wipe all data. Not the most lucrative way to handle advertising data. My biggest
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Protests follow Google 'endorsed advert' change(bbc.co.uk)
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by atlanticus 13y ago
Apple may make some minuscule amount. Facebook and Google cannot survive without selling your personal data. It is beyond ethics, it is their entire business plan. If it makes you feel better to believe Apple is just as bad with your data g
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by atlanticus 13y ago
Facebook and Google make money selling your personal data, Apple makes money selling hardware.
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Rapper Daz Dillinger demands GTA V recall over unlicensed songs(metro.co.uk)
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by atlanticus 13y ago
If you're more concerned about your right to joke about bombing civilian aircraft rather than attend a serious conference then the conference is better off without you.
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Make Prince Rupert's Drops - Glass Turned Hand Grenade(instructables.com)
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by atlanticus 13y ago
Indeed.
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by atlanticus 13y ago
I suspect you don't know any Americans.
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AppleScript XML-RPC(indiestack.com)
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by atlanticus 13y ago
True, I worded that badly. Nonlinear systems are not random. The present determines the future, but the approximate present does not approximately determine the future.

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