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Canada sued over years of alleged experimentation on indigenous people(theguardian.com)
5 points by thirduncle 8y ago|0 comments
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by thirduncle 8y ago
(Edit: diluted the headline slightly, to make it less of a "shocker")
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Mysterious rise in banned ozone-destroying chemical alarms scientists(theguardian.com)
7 points by thirduncle 8y ago|1 comments
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by thirduncle 8y ago
An interesting article which has been getting lots of attention recently (among humanoids at least). But wouldn't the original title be better?
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The 18th-Century Lady Mathematician Who Loved Calculus and God(smithsonianmag.com)
1 points by thirduncle 8y ago|0 comments
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by thirduncle 8y ago
This 'make' thing is a powerful tool, actually.
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by thirduncle 8y ago
Ya know, that conversation already happened, That's the thing, as the other commenter pointed out: for all practical purpose, there was no "debate" or "conversation" (outside the tech community, and a few wonky po
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by thirduncle 8y ago
That was easy: "The same reason they can't just go to an ATM and pull out more money. Don't well-off folks ask the darnedest questions?"
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by thirduncle 8y ago
You will immediately find lots of great and challenging AI work pushing humanity forward . They'll find jobs quickly, that's for sure. But "work pushing humanity forward"? There's precious little of that in any sk
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by thirduncle 8y ago
No government will allow its companies (and in this context that's how it's seen) to sell weapons to countries they don't approve of. What the poster meant was "just about any country" in the world. Which we&#x27
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Eric Lander Apologizes for Toasting James Watson(statnews.com)
2 points by thirduncle 8y ago|0 comments
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After four decades of getting things wrong, I know some stuff(theguardian.com)
2 points by thirduncle 8y ago|0 comments
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David Goodall ends his life at 104 with a final powerful statement on euthanasia(abc.net.au)
1 points by thirduncle 8y ago|0 comments
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Teenagers killed in fire after Tesla crashes, battery bursts into flames(abc.net.au)
4 points by thirduncle 8y ago|0 comments
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How do you move mountains of unwanted weed?(theguardian.com)
1 points by thirduncle 8y ago|0 comments
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by thirduncle 8y ago
Because you got there way too late.
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by thirduncle 8y ago
Try again, please? Almost by definition -- one does not simply "add smarts" (of any kind) to an app.
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Google's robot assistant now makes eerily lifelike phone calls for you(theguardian.com)
2 points by thirduncle 8y ago|0 comments
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Youth who fled Taliban held with adults after disputed 'pseudoscience' age test(theguardian.com)
2 points by thirduncle 8y ago|0 comments
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Mining in Space Could Lead to Conflicts on Earth(nautil.us)
1 points by thirduncle 8y ago|0 comments
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by thirduncle 8y ago
So there is very little understanding from others how I could not be satisfied with pay. Have you calculated what salary you'd have to earn to afford an equivalent configuration of {house, cars, debt, schools, commute, sanity} in the
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Stephen Hawking's final theory sheds light on the multiverse(theguardian.com)
2 points by thirduncle 8y ago|0 comments
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Music festivals are the corporate dystopia we deserve(theoutline.com)
20 points by thirduncle 8y ago|6 comments
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Largest known child sacrifice site discovered in Peru(theguardian.com)
1 points by thirduncle 8y ago|0 comments
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Techies v San Francisco: how the city's struggles sparked a blame game(theguardian.com)
3 points by thirduncle 8y ago|0 comments
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by thirduncle 8y ago
Questions like that are asked more to find out how people cope psychologically with ridiculously hard requirements. It's more like -- how they cope with some one deliberately playing with their head. Or if they're not deliberate
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by thirduncle 8y ago
Because everything is math. No - it's about about people . And helping them solve their real problems. Math is just a means to that end (one among many).
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by thirduncle 8y ago
-- "Why do you keep looking for your car keys under the lamp post?" -- "Because that's where the light is." Less snarkily: that's because they traits that really matter in a modern development environment --
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Unraveling the Genetic History of a First Nations People(smithsonianmag.com)
1 points by thirduncle 8y ago|1 comments
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From Seattle to Luxembourg: how tax schemes shaped Amazon(theguardian.com)
2 points by thirduncle 8y ago|0 comments

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