> i suspect most financial fraud would be caught by the accountants and grant administrators at respective institutions. If it was only their money on the line, that would probably suffice. But when researchers (and by…
This sort of lame duplicitous apologia is little but more of the same rhetoric that got the Bay Area into this predicament in the first place. Here is my summary of the article "Sure it's bad, but actually it's not…
> Ironically, though, the larger Firefox's market share, the more Google will pay to be the default search engine in Firefox. The smaller Firefox's market share, the more Mitchell Baker gets paid.
> Many maps -especially US maps- enlarged USSR for decades. Can you provide information or citations for this? > China says "X must be visible at zoom level Y instead of at Y-5". That's not the claim made in the thread…
All of that is completely irrelevant to my point, which is that fiduciary duty does not compel Apple to do business with China. You were peddling a falsehood.
1897... copyright holders have really done a number on you.
How does an app developer test 911 functionality without actually placing a 911 call? I'm sure 911 operators would not be amused by such test calls; do companies have special testing cell networks that don't connect 911…
You take me for what, a libertarian? Do you think you know me? I never said anything about wanting a "free market cake." Regardless, nothing you said refutes me. "Fiduciary responsibility" does not legally compel Apple…
Absolutely. When people have aligned incentives, the appearance of organization may emerge from the system even when nobody has actually conspired or coordinated with anybody else. Manufacturing Consent describes…
Norman Angell thought much the same... in 1909. >In The Great Illusion, Angell's primary thesis was, in the words of historian James Joll, that "the economic cost of war was so great that no one could possibly hope to…
Partisan fits. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/partisan 1. An adherent to a party or faction. 2. A fervent, sometimes militant, supporter or proponent of a party, cause, faction, person, or idea. Maybe that word isn't…
> "If someone says doing business with a military is unacceptable" Thiel hasn't even done that. His position seems to be that American companies should work with the US Military, but shouldn't work with the Chinese…
> "the chilling thing" Your comment implies a singular chilling thing, while his does not.
I doubt it's organized in any large-scale sense, but nevertheless it's very corrupt.
> A new entrant would come in and take up their gaming market. Miners would probably find a way to use that new entrant's GPUs for mining too. I think the real threat is that mining could chill the gaming industry as a…
Correct, the 'lithosphere' is the Earth's crust.
Not just competence, I think something like the bystander effect is in play as well. If you single out any single congressperson to appeal to, they'll shrug and point to their 534 other congressional colleagues not…
Same reason NASA built the Space Shuttle Endeavour with spare parts left over from the others, instead of building it from scratch. People move on with their lives, and the facilities that manufacture these things do…
Making 'science' a fungible unit allows scientists in one domain to leach off the reputation earned by scientists in another domain. Accomplishments in physics lend credibility to accomplishments in social science, due…
>nobody seems to notice/care as they have their minds blown Some people do, and erroneously conclude that "space is fake". This would be laughable, if not for the part where they then persuade their friends and family…
Killing off the competition? Enormous walled garden? If that is Brave's business model, it's a delusional pipe dream. Brave trying to kill Google, or even merely match with the scale of Google's garden let alone surpass…
> The other aspect is that these torpedoes can still be wired to the ship so you can continue to use the host sub's arguably better passive sonar systems and let the attacking torpedo get VERY close. I don't know if…
> > There are many criticisms you can make of the PRC, but “they are incapable of assuring that their official position is heard clearly and loudly” is...not among them. > What an incredible claim. Americans think China…
The submarines in question, Seawolf class SSNs, have nuclear reactors but not nuclear weapons.
> Not as good as GPS obviously It is GPS.
> i suspect most financial fraud would be caught by the accountants and grant administrators at respective institutions. If it was only their money on the line, that would probably suffice. But when researchers (and by…
This sort of lame duplicitous apologia is little but more of the same rhetoric that got the Bay Area into this predicament in the first place. Here is my summary of the article "Sure it's bad, but actually it's not…
> Ironically, though, the larger Firefox's market share, the more Google will pay to be the default search engine in Firefox. The smaller Firefox's market share, the more Mitchell Baker gets paid.
> Many maps -especially US maps- enlarged USSR for decades. Can you provide information or citations for this? > China says "X must be visible at zoom level Y instead of at Y-5". That's not the claim made in the thread…
All of that is completely irrelevant to my point, which is that fiduciary duty does not compel Apple to do business with China. You were peddling a falsehood.
1897... copyright holders have really done a number on you.
How does an app developer test 911 functionality without actually placing a 911 call? I'm sure 911 operators would not be amused by such test calls; do companies have special testing cell networks that don't connect 911…
You take me for what, a libertarian? Do you think you know me? I never said anything about wanting a "free market cake." Regardless, nothing you said refutes me. "Fiduciary responsibility" does not legally compel Apple…
Absolutely. When people have aligned incentives, the appearance of organization may emerge from the system even when nobody has actually conspired or coordinated with anybody else. Manufacturing Consent describes…
Norman Angell thought much the same... in 1909. >In The Great Illusion, Angell's primary thesis was, in the words of historian James Joll, that "the economic cost of war was so great that no one could possibly hope to…
Partisan fits. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/partisan 1. An adherent to a party or faction. 2. A fervent, sometimes militant, supporter or proponent of a party, cause, faction, person, or idea. Maybe that word isn't…
> "If someone says doing business with a military is unacceptable" Thiel hasn't even done that. His position seems to be that American companies should work with the US Military, but shouldn't work with the Chinese…
> "the chilling thing" Your comment implies a singular chilling thing, while his does not.
I doubt it's organized in any large-scale sense, but nevertheless it's very corrupt.
> A new entrant would come in and take up their gaming market. Miners would probably find a way to use that new entrant's GPUs for mining too. I think the real threat is that mining could chill the gaming industry as a…
Correct, the 'lithosphere' is the Earth's crust.
Not just competence, I think something like the bystander effect is in play as well. If you single out any single congressperson to appeal to, they'll shrug and point to their 534 other congressional colleagues not…
Same reason NASA built the Space Shuttle Endeavour with spare parts left over from the others, instead of building it from scratch. People move on with their lives, and the facilities that manufacture these things do…
Making 'science' a fungible unit allows scientists in one domain to leach off the reputation earned by scientists in another domain. Accomplishments in physics lend credibility to accomplishments in social science, due…
>nobody seems to notice/care as they have their minds blown Some people do, and erroneously conclude that "space is fake". This would be laughable, if not for the part where they then persuade their friends and family…
Killing off the competition? Enormous walled garden? If that is Brave's business model, it's a delusional pipe dream. Brave trying to kill Google, or even merely match with the scale of Google's garden let alone surpass…
> The other aspect is that these torpedoes can still be wired to the ship so you can continue to use the host sub's arguably better passive sonar systems and let the attacking torpedo get VERY close. I don't know if…
> > There are many criticisms you can make of the PRC, but “they are incapable of assuring that their official position is heard clearly and loudly” is...not among them. > What an incredible claim. Americans think China…
The submarines in question, Seawolf class SSNs, have nuclear reactors but not nuclear weapons.
> Not as good as GPS obviously It is GPS.