mikem170

7 ms·

1.
by mikem170 5d ago
Yes, I'm serious. The Persians are a proud culture and know their history. Just like a lot of other people. You don't think religion still motivates people? There have been Sunni vs Shia and Christian vs Muslim conflicts for about
2.
by mikem170 5d ago
The IAEA also said: "In its May 2025 report, the IAEA noted Iran’s enrichment to 60% purity—beyond JCPOA limits but not prohibited under the NPT itself" [0] Apparently the Iranians started enriching to that 60% level, and self rep
3.
by mikem170 5d ago
> literally no part of this sentence is accurate Let me break it down some for you, and anyone else who may be interested: 1) Iran is dictating terms Look how often Trump has changed his story on how long the war will last [0]: > Marc
4.
by mikem170 5d ago
I don't know how you got to "Iran probably wasn't following the treaty", when their adhereance to the JCPOA was certified by the U.S. (twice by the Trump administration [0][1]), until Trump wanted to renogiate, withdrawi
5.
by mikem170 5d ago
> Iran probably wasn't following the JCPOA Source?
6.
by mikem170 5d ago
> Just to be clear: the current situation is a huge mess caused by one deranged leader. Agreed. The situation is worse than before the U.S. attack. Iran has proven they can control the straight, threatening the world's energy supply
7.
by mikem170 14d ago
Agreed, if id becomes madatory for voting then an appropriate id needs to be provided for free, otherwise it is effectively a poll tax, and poll taxes are illegal.
8.
by mikem170 1mo ago
Ideally we'd democratically decide whether we want this or not. We can make spurrious tracking (which is usually for profit) illegal, if we want. People in former communist countries and other oppressive places often have a different a
9.
by mikem170 1mo ago
Crimes can be investigated without always-on survellience. Like has been done for decades. Are all these deployed cameras actually solving crimes? What are the numbers? Aren't there already a bunch of other ways to track cars, like ons
10.
by mikem170 1mo ago
> It is a product of outside Chinese money being funneled into US politics to hobble the US in Artificial Intelligence Or this could be Russian propaganda, to manipulate US opinion against China in this case. What are your sources? Witho
11.
by mikem170 1mo ago
Lots of people are scared of those who are different or unfamiliar. They live in their own bubble - prefering homogenous suburbs, non-poor office workers, algorithmic feeds for their cognitive biases, etc. And fear, whether real or induced
12.
by mikem170 2mo ago
Ah, I was more focused on the effectiveness as opposed to the quantity, i.e. if you have a million dollars, that could be decent way to spend it, given the world we live in. I see what you are saying - that it's not enough compared to
13.
by mikem170 2mo ago
Sounds like enough to pay some people for some months or a year or two - a combination of experts, part-time specialists, cotractors, etc. - to do things like gather some data via their contacts, hack together a meta-study, put out a glossy
14.
by mikem170 2mo ago
Russia has been trading with a number of countries[0]. Mostly China, but also significantly with India, Turkey and the EU, and in much lesser amounts with 30+ other countries, including the US, the UK, UAE, Brazil, Japan, South Korea, etc.
15.
by mikem170 2mo ago
> funding the conquest of Ukraine It is well known that China is still engaged in trade with Russia- oil and gold going one way, drones and weapon components going the other. But you said funding, and I assume you meant things like grant
16.
by mikem170 2mo ago
I'm not sure about some of the things you mentioned. Stuff like this is food for social media algorithms - "the world is ending!" But they are interesting points to think about. How much of what you said holds true in other c
17.
by mikem170 2mo ago
There were a lot of voters who didn't want those cuts. So they complain. Is that what swing voters thought they were getting? The government spends like 1000 billion on the military, a couple/few 10s of billions on aid is just bei
18.
by mikem170 2mo ago
So does that mean our social/political/economic system (culture) is a failure - having created the conditions for population decline (including industrialization and urbanization), but unable to survive the consequences (shrinking
19.
by mikem170 2mo ago
> I want to see humanity live and thrive Me too. It would be nice if we, as a society, did more to prioritize that. Letting big tech psycholocally pollute everyone for profit is not helping.
20.
by mikem170 2mo ago
> maybe you don't give a crap if today's teenagers will inhabit a horrific world with twice as many old people as society can afford to support I wouldn't say that a lower population needs to result in a horrific world. I
21.
by mikem170 2mo ago
> no one really does audit it Isn't this article about an AI that just audited it? > not more secure than others Didnt the audit only found one bug, much less than other kernels from the same audit?
22.
by mikem170 2mo ago
I assume those are lines of code in just the kernels. As an FYI to everyone: The OpenBSD and FreeBSD teams both maintain entire distributions, similar to Linux + Debian or Linux + Redhat. The OpenBSD team also owns a number of other project
23.
by mikem170 2mo ago
> you should be able to pass BT through USB I use a Creative BT-W2 bluetooth usb dongle. Small and has a button on it for pairing. OpenBSD sees it as a normal audio device.
24.
by mikem170 2mo ago
I'd say yes. Things like increased military spending (2% of gdp, largest since the end of the cold war), buying more non-US weapon systems (like Saab's GlobalEye, instead of US AWACS), exploring other alliances (with Europe and Ch
25.
by mikem170 3mo ago
I agree, we could do so much better. Zoning can be a tremendous quality of life issue, and needing a car to participate in society is an expense other people in other places aren't burdened with.
26.
by mikem170 3mo ago
Or a regression in the standard of living. Ideally to a comfortable sweet spot for people.
27.
by mikem170 3mo ago
There were lots of Jan 6 weapons related convictions: "180 defendants were charged with entering a restricted area with a dangerous or deadly weapon, which includes firearms and other types of weapons." [0] What you described as a
28.
by mikem170 3mo ago
> To build high-density housing, the city or state would have to buy out the existing landowners Couldn't they just change the zoning to allow for greater density? The properties become more valuable, some would want to develop, and
29.
by mikem170 3mo ago
Does the interestate commerce clause preclude state laws pertaining to implementation and usage? For example, can a state outlaw public plate/facial recognition cameras, or usage of social network data and AI by local police? You could
30.
by mikem170 3mo ago
> The best solution is to have uniform federal regulation with no state laws What if the feds won't let a state outlaw policing using AI? Or insurance companies setting rates based on AI interpretation of their driving, phone locati

More ›