galadriel

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by galadriel 13y ago
The Mongols killed more people as fraction of living population that any government. The Mongols were also more close to your ideals of anarchy. May I suggest you to brush up your history? Yes, ruled by reason. The same reason that forces t
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by galadriel 13y ago
If only my country had functioning public schools, may be I would have learned that. And in any case, in what ways do you see consent of governed not mattering? Are you part of any local democratic organisation? Have you bitched about anyth
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by galadriel 13y ago
It is easier to control one entity that has monopoly over force and can be ruled by reason, than to control gazzillion small forces which are accountable to no-one. We also have these local warlords that you speak of. They are called the po
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by galadriel 13y ago
Because they are following a wrong way of forming a government, one where the rule of men trumps the rule of law. Even then, you can see degree of their progress. NK, with almost mythical god like rule form single person is way worse off th
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by galadriel 13y ago
The primary competitor, the government, has been set up by people explicitly to take benefit of the ultimate economy of scales, one where it is backed by the will and money of every single individual who believes in the Constitution which e
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by galadriel 13y ago
Yes, if I can convince other, I can summon army of 100 million voters who can change the system overnight (well, once every 2 years) and make whoever they want their global warlord to be. The global warlord works for them, and not the other
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by galadriel 13y ago
How? Where are these mythical people suffering under good governments? These people who are enslaved by theft of taxes? As a rule of thumb, people living in countries with strong social democracies, with strong rule of law (enforced by stro
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by galadriel 13y ago
In real world, your neighbor is the local warlord, and you cannot possibly summon enough amount of army to counter his army. The only guy who can stop him is the guy with bigger army somewhere in capital city, and he couldn't care less
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by galadriel 13y ago
You can go right now to Liberia, hire enough mercenaries, and start killing bunch of people for fun if you want to. The entire society of Liberia wouldn't able to stop you from doing so. Let's see how willing they are in putting p
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by galadriel 13y ago
It is a serious question. Until of now, no project of the scale of public works has been taken by any private cooperation anywhere in world. Although the incentive are clear (permanent cut on profit from all transportation), none of them ha
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by galadriel 13y ago
So Telecom was very "unregulated" because you agree with all the regulations. That's some interesting play of words.
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by galadriel 13y ago
No monopoly in 3G? How do companies refrain from transmitting at each other's frequencies? No monopoly in telecom? How do they lay all the wire without permits and regulation? Or in good old days, can I dig up anywhere in Russia and la
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by galadriel 13y ago
The fact that courts can declare laws to be unconstitutional is a hack out of Supremacy clause, as decided by the SCOTUS itself in one of the early cases. All other rules still apply, such as proving your standing for harm, which you cannot
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by galadriel 14y ago
No they do not. I personally use T-Mobile $30 monthly prepaid plan with 100 minutes/5 GB/unlimited text. The service is no way inferior to any regular service that T-mobile provides. Whether you buy Nexus 4 from T-mobile for 50 bucks and pa
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by galadriel 14y ago
Well compare oranges to oranges then. Nexus 4 is $50 on contract on T-Mobile, and is definitely cheaper than iPhone 5 on any of the three networks. Also, no law dictates that you have to sign a contract to get cell service in America. One c
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by galadriel 14y ago
The way Google apps behave now is way different than they were when ICS came out initially, especially things like swiping to show menu on the side. While Holo has been there for about a year, the details were never filled in by Google with
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by galadriel 14y ago
You have got your thresholds wrong. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_retardation#IQ_below_70 Also, the distribution is by definition normal, and I have hard time believing 15% of population is retarded. That would mean about 1 in every
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by galadriel 14y ago
Android is quite more attractive now than iOS, if you are willing to forgive consistency and quality of third party application. Most of Google's own app are absolutely fantastic in quality, and often are better or equal to iOS offering. Wh
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by galadriel 14y ago
> As for those who say that there will be an increase in wealth inequality, you only need to look at the technological progress of the last 200 years to know that the reverse is most likely true. While I agree with your post in general,
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by galadriel 14y ago
How did you get the 15% number? Assuming IQ of 70 is taken as margin of borderline intellectual functioning, and 15 points being the standard deviation, only people below two standard deviation lie below 70 IQ, or about 2.5% of population.
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by galadriel 14y ago
There are usually region restricted DRM trying to stop this from happening. For example, a lot of digital distribution gaming companies (like Steam) have cheaper prices of games in Russia compared to US. So there are all kinds of websites
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by galadriel 14y ago
One is a federal felony, other is a fair use. EDIT: Specifically, it is against the law to break DRM (unless for few cases outlined by library of Congress), and the law as written makes no exceptions for fair use. The courts have also held
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by galadriel 14y ago
Since HDCP has 'broken' (with master key leak), couldn't someone copy a blu-ray bitstream without having to crack any blu-ray protection format?
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by galadriel 14y ago
From my experience of college level instrumentation design, if one want to design parts and run CNC to its full potential, he/she should be decently proficient in curve drawing, understanding gear design, etc, and the math required for it c
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by galadriel 14y ago
Just adding to what others said, you won't miss your music collection if you use Google Music and have good enough internet. In my use case, I have found that although I have GBs of music collected over years, at any particular movement, I
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by galadriel 14y ago
I would just like to add, there is definitely economical benefits in buying your own device, even in the US. T-Mobile offers a discount on contract plans, if you buy your own phone. While AT&T/Verizon/Sprint don't give a discount on the
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by galadriel 14y ago
Thanks! Good to know, and best of luck Jacob. I am not really a programmer, but I hope this leads to more accurate weather prediction.
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by galadriel 14y ago
Hey, I am one of those who have installed PressureNET. Where can I see analysis of data that you guys collect?
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by galadriel 14y ago
You have to just do that once to activate 2FA. Once activated, switch to mobile app. No one can turn it off without having code and password later. (apart from finding some flaw in system)
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by galadriel 14y ago
Heisenberg tells you that you cannot measure locations and speed, but Physicist have just accepted it and moved on. What you can measure, and what quantifies a state, are probabilities of things happening. That is all the information that n

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