Why should they record that?
The problem is that populist rage won't fix anything.
You are absolutely right, there are legitimate viewpoints about whether these lockdowns are worth it or not. The question is if the people/organizations mentioned in the article just disagree, or if it is…
Other people/organizations besides government intelligency agencies could use that data for their own gain. One example would be cambridge analytica...
Well, maybe they can learn that there are other alternatives besides the american political system during those studies, and actually do something to change your broken system...
You, like many others have some really good arguments to why the current american system doesn't work. But where is the american movement to end the FPTP-voting system?
Not op, but while you are not wrong, I would argue that the critique of the FPTP-voting system is very relevant here.
I would guess that spying is illegal in every country on the planet... And the sentences are usually very harsh...
I can't exactly say that I trust NSA, and I don't doubt that they have knowledge of vulnerabilities that they aren't releasing. But I still don't see how that could be a reason to not take this warning seriously. I…
We probably won't ignore that. So, the "signature solution" doesn't solve every problem, but I would still argue that it solves enough problems, that it would be worth spending resources on trying to implement it.
..."and the media turning their head away from even trying to ask which power did that, with which financing and with which agenda." what makes you say that? The original story at:…
Yes. Or when the opinion: "group x are idiots for having opinion y." is hundreds of times more common than someone actually claiming to be an x with opinion y.
My first thought upon reading this was: "If you don't want to quit your job, then just stay." So, is it you are working on a project, and when the project is finnished there is no work left, or do you think thay you…
why is this anti-abortion bullshit on hacker news, shouldn't the standard here be quite a bit higher?
isn't the jury system an american thing?
he is accused of "spying", that is: collecting information about things the tunisian government doesn't want other people to know and then give that information to foreign parties. His job for the UN was to find out if…
The "incapable politicians"-part, are you saying that this is the case globaly or that it is the case in your country? Because on a global scale I disagree. As an example, google "china and india planting trees". Edit:…
when someone on the internet says "theory", they usually mean it in the "everyday speak"-way, not in the "scientific definition of a theory"-way. But somehow I guess that you already know that?
I agree. I would argue that a revolution is statistically something negative, and that if we can avoid it, we should. But, It is a last resort, if there are no other options left, revolution is the one option that "the…
I remember that someone posted about this on reddit, I can't find it right now, but if you look at the redactions, there is a part that is a list of names, the ones that have been convicted are not redacted, but the…
isn't the problem here that there is a punishment for not removing copyrighted material. so, anytime some bot says that there is X% chance that this is copyrighted, it's safer to just remove the material. And these are…
Why should they record that?
The problem is that populist rage won't fix anything.
You are absolutely right, there are legitimate viewpoints about whether these lockdowns are worth it or not. The question is if the people/organizations mentioned in the article just disagree, or if it is…
Other people/organizations besides government intelligency agencies could use that data for their own gain. One example would be cambridge analytica...
Well, maybe they can learn that there are other alternatives besides the american political system during those studies, and actually do something to change your broken system...
You, like many others have some really good arguments to why the current american system doesn't work. But where is the american movement to end the FPTP-voting system?
Not op, but while you are not wrong, I would argue that the critique of the FPTP-voting system is very relevant here.
I would guess that spying is illegal in every country on the planet... And the sentences are usually very harsh...
I can't exactly say that I trust NSA, and I don't doubt that they have knowledge of vulnerabilities that they aren't releasing. But I still don't see how that could be a reason to not take this warning seriously. I…
We probably won't ignore that. So, the "signature solution" doesn't solve every problem, but I would still argue that it solves enough problems, that it would be worth spending resources on trying to implement it.
..."and the media turning their head away from even trying to ask which power did that, with which financing and with which agenda." what makes you say that? The original story at:…
Yes. Or when the opinion: "group x are idiots for having opinion y." is hundreds of times more common than someone actually claiming to be an x with opinion y.
My first thought upon reading this was: "If you don't want to quit your job, then just stay." So, is it you are working on a project, and when the project is finnished there is no work left, or do you think thay you…
why is this anti-abortion bullshit on hacker news, shouldn't the standard here be quite a bit higher?
isn't the jury system an american thing?
he is accused of "spying", that is: collecting information about things the tunisian government doesn't want other people to know and then give that information to foreign parties. His job for the UN was to find out if…
The "incapable politicians"-part, are you saying that this is the case globaly or that it is the case in your country? Because on a global scale I disagree. As an example, google "china and india planting trees". Edit:…
when someone on the internet says "theory", they usually mean it in the "everyday speak"-way, not in the "scientific definition of a theory"-way. But somehow I guess that you already know that?
I agree. I would argue that a revolution is statistically something negative, and that if we can avoid it, we should. But, It is a last resort, if there are no other options left, revolution is the one option that "the…
I remember that someone posted about this on reddit, I can't find it right now, but if you look at the redactions, there is a part that is a list of names, the ones that have been convicted are not redacted, but the…
isn't the problem here that there is a punishment for not removing copyrighted material. so, anytime some bot says that there is X% chance that this is copyrighted, it's safer to just remove the material. And these are…