Countries with very high criminal conviction rates tend to use the following: Torture, threats of ridiculously long jail times if you don't confess, and hiding evidence that proves the accused innocent.
If the CIA can't keep their secrets (think Edward Snowden) then why should we trust them with ours? The more people who have access to a secret, the more likely it will leak.
Given that the phone companies can update your software remotely, including the software to unlock your phone, it is reasonable to assume your phone is a single secret court order or NSL away from fully compromised.
Why do these people still have jobs? Clearly they can't do the job, so their boss should fire them and hire someone else. Or thy are doing the job their boss gave them, it just doesn't match their job title.
Once full human level AI becomes common, they will quickly take over the profitable portions of the economy. Given that Earths biosphere is toxic to robots (oxygen, water etc) they will want to leave for a better environment (moon, asteroids etc). That will leave Humanity living in a low tech third world backwater (the zoo) while the computers expand and grow and advance.
The right wing Democrats don't want those things, so they don't push that agenda. They make a nice show of being the lefty choice but that's all it is, a show. It's just like how the Republicans consistently support left wing ideas like agricultural subsidies, yet claim to be the right wing party.
The two major right wing political parties in the US (Democrats and Republicans) are not political opposites, their policies match on most issues. They have their pet policies where they fight, and climate change happens to be one.
Trump is hated by the Republicans because he's bad for business. He keeps changing directions, picks fights with allied countries, picks fights with Republicans, can't follow party talking points, can't pretend sympathy, and can't hold the course long enough to achieve anything (ex. his inability to repeal the Affordable Care Act, universally hated by the Republicans who control all 3 houses). The Democrats hate him because he wants to destroy popular social programs, boost military spending at a time of record deficits, and shift the tax load from the rich to the middle class (tax breaks for the rich).
Trump is not a Republican. They made him leader because they thought he would be another Reagan, a simple minded but charismatic figurehead who listens to his advisors (does as he is told).
If people wanted to spend their days reading through proposed laws and working out political compromises they would vote directly (true democracy) instead of having a professional representative (republic).
Linux is more efficient as a server, and Windows server is most commonly used at the low end of the market- so equal numbers actually means 90% of stuff getting served comes from a Linux server.
We need a launch loop or an orbital ring to make space travel cheap. Once we have that the total flight cost to Mars is less than flying across the Atlantic, even using old rocket tech.
Or you send fertilized embryos in a lead jar, and implant them in the women as required. That means the kids have less radiation damage, and you get a better genetic variation as you can use a different mother for every kid.
Question: How many CENTURIES will it take for a Mars colony to stop needing massive subsidies from Earth? We need a discussion on who is going to pay the many Trillions of dollars needed to support this.
Any businessman who needs microsoft office. Anyone who needs a specific windows program for work. Hey Microsoft, here is how to make this work: Buy a cellphone company, give away a windows phone with free (on network) streaming of TV and music, and free high speed tethering. 5 years of this will give you an easy 25% market share.
The American power grid and telephone network were both built with public money. The LACK of a profit motive allowed them to succeed. The biggest lie told in America: "You NEED big corporations."
Maybe we need warning labels on new drugs, warning about drugs with no demonstrated benefits. Letting people take drugs without a proven benefit is fine (everyone is different, it might help YOU), just ensure they know. Of course that does undermine the entire premise of the "War on Drugs".
No, Americans have the right to bear arms so the rich people running the country can have body guards and a private army to keep their third world enterprises running smoothly. There is no scientific correlation between gun ownership and being safe.
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Countries with very high criminal conviction rates tend to use the following: Torture, threats of ridiculously long jail times if you don't confess, and hiding evidence that proves the accused innocent.
If the CIA can't keep their secrets (think Edward Snowden) then why should we trust them with ours? The more people who have access to a secret, the more likely it will leak.
Given that the phone companies can update your software remotely, including the software to unlock your phone, it is reasonable to assume your phone is a single secret court order or NSL away from fully compromised.
Fossil fuels are also heavily subsidized. You should be comparing Total Cost for both groups.
Why do these people still have jobs? Clearly they can't do the job, so their boss should fire them and hire someone else. Or thy are doing the job their boss gave them, it just doesn't match their job title.
Once full human level AI becomes common, they will quickly take over the profitable portions of the economy. Given that Earths biosphere is toxic to robots (oxygen, water etc) they will want to leave for a better environment (moon, asteroids etc). That will leave Humanity living in a low tech third world backwater (the zoo) while the computers expand and grow and advance.
When the estimates and predictions of the "Experts" are consistently off, it means their methodology is wrong and needs to be fixed.
Use Visa gift cards for online purchases. Even with the refillable ones the cost of trashing one and getting another is very low.
The right wing Democrats don't want those things, so they don't push that agenda. They make a nice show of being the lefty choice but that's all it is, a show. It's just like how the Republicans consistently support left wing ideas like agricultural subsidies, yet claim to be the right wing party.
The two major right wing political parties in the US (Democrats and Republicans) are not political opposites, their policies match on most issues. They have their pet policies where they fight, and climate change happens to be one.
The people saying this are people who would benefit from programmer pay going down. Supply and demand works.
Most touch sensitive chips are software adjustable for sensitivity, and Google should be able to do that with a software update.
Trump is hated by the Republicans because he's bad for business. He keeps changing directions, picks fights with allied countries, picks fights with Republicans, can't follow party talking points, can't pretend sympathy, and can't hold the course long enough to achieve anything (ex. his inability to repeal the Affordable Care Act, universally hated by the Republicans who control all 3 houses). The Democrats hate him because he wants to destroy popular social programs, boost military spending at a time of record deficits, and shift the tax load from the rich to the middle class (tax breaks for the rich).
Trump is not a Republican. They made him leader because they thought he would be another Reagan, a simple minded but charismatic figurehead who listens to his advisors (does as he is told).
If people wanted to spend their days reading through proposed laws and working out political compromises they would vote directly (true democracy) instead of having a professional representative (republic).
If the website actually cared about privacy, they wouldn't have logged everything.
Linux is more efficient as a server, and Windows server is most commonly used at the low end of the market- so equal numbers actually means 90% of stuff getting served comes from a Linux server.
We need a launch loop or an orbital ring to make space travel cheap. Once we have that the total flight cost to Mars is less than flying across the Atlantic, even using old rocket tech.
Or you send fertilized embryos in a lead jar, and implant them in the women as required. That means the kids have less radiation damage, and you get a better genetic variation as you can use a different mother for every kid.
Question: How many CENTURIES will it take for a Mars colony to stop needing massive subsidies from Earth? We need a discussion on who is going to pay the many Trillions of dollars needed to support this.
NASA has plenty of money for science and exploration, they just need to stop wasting half their budget on Manned Spaceflight (that does neither).
Any businessman who needs microsoft office. Anyone who needs a specific windows program for work. Hey Microsoft, here is how to make this work: Buy a cellphone company, give away a windows phone with free (on network) streaming of TV and music, and free high speed tethering. 5 years of this will give you an easy 25% market share.
The American power grid and telephone network were both built with public money. The LACK of a profit motive allowed them to succeed. The biggest lie told in America: "You NEED big corporations."
Maybe we need warning labels on new drugs, warning about drugs with no demonstrated benefits. Letting people take drugs without a proven benefit is fine (everyone is different, it might help YOU), just ensure they know. Of course that does undermine the entire premise of the "War on Drugs".
No, Americans have the right to bear arms so the rich people running the country can have body guards and a private army to keep their third world enterprises running smoothly. There is no scientific correlation between gun ownership and being safe.