simplemath

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1. 91.▲
   by simplemath 10y ago

   Also, how can you explain the steady linear growth of forfeiture assets in the face of declining crime rates? You've been talking out of the side of your mouth up and down this thread.
2. 92.▲
   by simplemath 10y ago

   We need another Teddy Roosevelt. Or for the general population to start giving a shit. About anything, really.
3. 93.▲
   by simplemath 10y ago

   And I started by saying that in lieu of an overhaul, it would be better for society as a whole that civil forfeiture be outlawed entirely. It's an abomination.
4. 94.▲
   by simplemath 10y ago

   They do happen in late stage capitalist oligarchies though. We'll get Elysium, not utopia.
5. 95.▲
   by simplemath 10y ago

   • In 2008, for the first time in history, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Assets Forfeiture Fund (AFF) held more than $1 billion in net assets—that is, money forfeited from property owners and now available for federal law enforcement acti
6. 96.▲
   by simplemath 10y ago

   The problem erupted because of a gigantic grey market in CDOs and other esoteric "financial products" which mainly appear to have been designed primarily to siphon money from their customers. Glass-Steagal never envisioned the Rub
7. 97.▲
   by simplemath 10y ago

   >That would be an interesting point in the argument if true. Can you substantiate that? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_forfeiture_in_the_United... in 1986 reported civil forfeiture assets were $93.7M in 2010 th
8. 98.▲
   by simplemath 10y ago

   Ah yes, thanks for invoking "save the children" and the farcical War on Drugs. Throw the baby out with the bathwater r.e. civil forfeiture. Civil forfeiture victimizes far more people than it helps protect people and society at la
9. 99.▲
   by simplemath 10y ago

   The one I linked is websites running on Linux. Besides we're splitting hairs, right? It just comes down to the fact that most enterprises like having technical support.
10. 100.▲
    by simplemath 10y ago

    Sure, that its becoming less relevant that the dev environment is linux or windows, seems to me to be a huge win for MSFT.
11. 101.▲
    by simplemath 10y ago

    https://www.google.com/search?q=centos+market+share
12. 102.▲
    by simplemath 10y ago

    Red Hat isn't free.
13. 103.▲
    by simplemath 10y ago

    To swallow Linux whole, especially dev environments.
14. 104.▲
    by simplemath 10y ago

    I'm not commenting on the "good or badness" of this move - it's a brilliant power play from MSFT
15. 105.▲
    by simplemath 10y ago

    Honestly, seems like all roads here lead to Microsoft swallowing Linux userbase whole. What's next, RedHat on Server?
16. 106.▲
    by simplemath 10y ago

    This really is a big day. Consumer VR interface? Man, it's cool living in the future.
17. 107.▲
    by simplemath 10y ago

    And worse than that, it requires giving the Waltons your money
18. 108.▲
    by simplemath 10y ago

    >Her appointment was broadly seen as an effort to restore confidence in investors who were alarmed by increased spending and speculative investments in new technologies. I hate that this is how the world is.
19. 109.▲
    by simplemath 10y ago

    I doubt that was the primary goal... more of a "happy" side effect...
20. 110.▲
    by simplemath 11y ago

    Google clearly isn't trying to be a porn CDN
21. 111.▲
    by simplemath 11y ago

    The number of legal boardstates in Go is higher than the number of atoms in the universe.
22. 112.▲
    by simplemath 11y ago

    Wait until someone is forced to give testimony under fMRI
23. 113.▲
    by simplemath 11y ago

    What if the automatic model was only 200k more? 20k? It's all coming.
24. 114.▲
    by simplemath 11y ago

    I'm hoping there's a viable SDC on the market when my eldest daughter turns 16 in 5 years
25. 115.▲
    by simplemath 11y ago

    Why can't we name these people? Libel? Pastebin? Fuck these frauds.
26. 116.▲
    by simplemath 11y ago

    Heavy Machine Operators are probably good for 5 or 10 years longer than the rest... tops. Isn't Rio Tinto already using AI to operate its haulers? Even in niche specialized corners, the value prop of self operating machines is going to
27. 117.▲
    by simplemath 11y ago

    The Most Annoying Writing App FTFY
28. 118.▲
    by simplemath 11y ago

    Any job that chiefly involves a human operating a vehicle will not exist for much longer.
29. 119.▲
    by simplemath 11y ago

    If they go with anything Arm and Platter I'd be shocked. I'm imagining a 10 acre array of NAND
30. 120.▲
    by simplemath 11y ago

    I am sure that the team who owns voice recog at G is working on it. I wonder organizationally if it's structured that way, but I digress... This particular integration is really impressive after some cursory testing. If I were CTO at,