thinkmilitant

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by thinkmilitant 8y ago
>except you can't build a gun from scratch in your basement Can't build a a very sophisticated gun, but it is certainly possible to fabricate something that shoots bullets after nothing but a trip to the hardware store. For bot
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by thinkmilitant 8y ago
"IF you have Grammerly plugin in your browser they capture EVERYTHING you type into a browser, and you've given them all of the rights to that data, for which they can sublicense at fee." While it does seem like their TOS giv
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by thinkmilitant 8y ago
I would add, when mixing money and friends/family is unavoidable absolutely insist on a well worded contract. I know many people think that this is some sort of taboo among people you are close to, but it is essential all parties are v
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by thinkmilitant 9y ago
The ever-relevant xkcd - https://xkcd.com/1570/
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by thinkmilitant 9y ago
checks library Yup, that's how I have it in all my cyberpunk books. :)
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by thinkmilitant 9y ago
>>If we are still emitting carbon in 2100, the planet will become uninhabitable. Do you have any sources for this claim? From what I understand, the science does not support this claim. I've seen models predicting 200ft sea level
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by thinkmilitant 9y ago
Exaggerations like this remind me of the anti-drug adds of my childhood. So much harm is done by over reaching the bounds of reality when trying to convince someone that an action could lead to harm. It's a quick way to have them doubt
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by thinkmilitant 9y ago
If it's still about punishment, it's still coming from the wrong place, imo. Furthermore, everyone will have different opinions on which crimes are more heinous than others.
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by thinkmilitant 9y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism
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by thinkmilitant 9y ago
Check this out: https://wallethub.com/edu/most-diverse-cities/12690/ While it is true that some of the most diverse cities fall on the east and west coast, I think you'll find that the south is not unrep
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by thinkmilitant 9y ago
Take heart, the world is larger than America and much of the good we've already done will continue to ripple forward. Adopting the attitude that we've already lost gives a sense of closure to a topic that still requires effort and
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by thinkmilitant 9y ago
-What do they stand to gain from building?- I would assume dolphins still die from lack of food, disease, and predation. One(human) would assume they might want to build something to reduce those odds?
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by thinkmilitant 9y ago
This can't be true 100% of the time or the hiring/working condition would be roughly the same regardless of legal environment. This, at least to me, does not seem to be the case.
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by thinkmilitant 9y ago
I would imagine the vetting process is rather extensive.
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by thinkmilitant 9y ago
To my mind, it is not about funding or not funding security at airports/borders/etc. It's about if terrorism poses enough of a threat to be worth compromising our standards of governance. We can fund and support security in t
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IoT startup bricks customers garage door intentionally(theregister.co.uk)
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by thinkmilitant 9y ago
Here's a potential example of unintentional, algorithmic racism: https://www.propublica.org/article/how-we-analyzed-the-compa...
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by thinkmilitant 9y ago
I heard a bit about this on NPR the other day. They had a desalination expert on to discuss it. He seemed mildly optimistic about this technology for certain niche applications, but did not seem blown away by it. More graphene hype?
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by thinkmilitant 9y ago
You are right, free speech can be very dangerous. People use it to mobilize others to truly evil acts. But freedoms have always been dangerous. I think they are worth the risk.
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by thinkmilitant 9y ago
I think we'll be asking this question over and over in the coming decades. I personally think it would be foolish to take a hard-line stance on our law enforcement agencies adopting new, more powerful tools to do their job. We don&#x27
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by thinkmilitant 9y ago
No video would convince the conspiracy theorists. There would just be a fresh round of claims it was Photoshopped or filmed on a set or something. Now that doesn't adequately explain why they don't go ahead and release it anyways,
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by thinkmilitant 9y ago
Some still have that dream and are working towards making it a reality. https://openwireless.org/ I myself am in the planning phase of hosting an open wifi network at my place of residence to do my small part.
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by thinkmilitant 9y ago
I agree. It seems to me that the biggest difference is the extent to which the average internet user gets his content from other internet users (reddit, facebook, twitter, etc) instead of designated content creators with reputations to upho
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by thinkmilitant 9y ago
And he knows this because she is an absolute loon who went on to tell him all about it, I presume?
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by thinkmilitant 9y ago
Well, that is one way to prevent unwanted pregnancy...
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by thinkmilitant 9y ago
To be clear, I wasn't talking about not maintaining existing infrastructure which seems to be what the wiki entry you linked is about. I was talking about a freeze in new infrastructure specifically to allow for existing infrastructure
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by thinkmilitant 9y ago
It seems like putting a halt on new infrastructure for certain period would encourage higher density development along existing infrastructure. It also seems like the kind of thing that is unlikely to happen.
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by thinkmilitant 9y ago
With private prisons only holding about 8.4%[1] the total state/federal inmates, do you perhaps mean prison guard unions? [1] http://www.salon.com/2016/08/24/private-prisons-are-not-the-...
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by thinkmilitant 10y ago
No offense intended, but you could say this about anything. -I often see the opinion on HN that opposing vaccination is anti-science. I know this article is not about vaccines, but can we really say with confidence that the scientific resea
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by thinkmilitant 10y ago
Oh no! It's probably even worse then! /s

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