Freedom isn't free, yeah there's a hefty fuckin' fee

Siberia is a part of Russia.

Ontopic.. it must be incredibly expensive to modify the aircraft, if it costs more to do that, than it does to buy new planes and train up new pilots each time a bird strike occurs. Just think how many millions they've lost already, and how much they're going to lose in the next decade. Though as someone said, military drones make much more sense than planes these days.

In a country of 300 million people, I think you need a bit more than "tens of thousands" across the country for the government to feel threatened. Peaceful protest is all well and good - but as long as people continue to work, and the government knows there will be no violent uprising, why would they care? Did those protests achieve anything at all?

Well, I get that you can be "free to be sick and not afford health insurance". But any nation that's pushing freedom, should also be promoting at least a good basic quality of life for its citizens.

I know it's a bit cliched to say by now, but if you cut down on military spending, you could easily afford for everyone to have decent health care, and I'm sure make your country greater in many other ways too. There is no rational justification for your "defence" budget being so ridiculously large.

I ride a bike, and I do not blow lights or stop signs, and certainly do stop for pedestrians in crosswalks. I do not ride on sidewalks or in food crossings. I happen to have a license. As for being "entitled" to being treated like a car, that's a matter of law in most states. And bike lanes that do not "meld" with other traffic -- I'm not sure what you mean, but it seems to me likely to be a matter of traffic engineering and traffic law enforcement.

And smugness? You may not like it, but it sure beats indifference to the problems you create. The world would be a better place if more people commuted by bike, but I don't insist everyone do it. Nor is that the reason I insist on being treated with the rights granted to me under the law. If you don't like smugness, how about the smugness of people who think that *everyone* should drive, and that the public roadways are there for their own benefit alone? Doesn't that strike you as arrogant?

Of course not. People never see the log in their own eye.

Storing only hashed, salted passwords has only been common practice since 1970s Unix.

What makes you think that it's lack of money causing the poor sanitation? Or that the money for this particular program was the only money that could have been diverted? Or that you shouldn't congratulate the engineers who worked towards this pretty awesome achievement, even if their government/religious leaders are idiots?

There is money involved on YouTube too. Some people can make a living off of their channels through advertising - so it is worthwhile to upload "paid consultant" type content rather than just "gossip". Besides, many people just like to share good advice without expecting anything in return.

I'm not saying that such a personalised service would be completely useless, I was just doing my usual of pointing out what I think is obvious. Sometimes others see it as obvious too, sometimes not.

Most of those categories already have good tutorials up on YouTube, etc. Plus I don't think this is an "early attempt", considering that automation has been happening for hundreds of years.

The difference is that the US makes such a big deal about being free, that irony continues to gush uncontrollably from the whole NSA scandal, the PATRIOT act, the TSA bullshit, the constant invasions of other countries, the attempts at blocking healthcare for poorer citizens, etc, etc...

No wonder they keep pumping out more kids then. If you can't support your current population, stop making so many new people.

If this were to be done, you wouldn't be allowed to withdraw any offers. It would be the same as an eBay auction, or a Kickstarter project. You've essentially agreed to a contract. If you win, you have to pay.

Recognising pilot gestures almost immediately is a good thing for a Gundam to have.

I was thinking that there must be some folks over at MIT with both cognitive science and software background. I also know for a fact people in the aero/astro department do human factors research; I even helped run some of it when I worked at the Center for Space Research (now the McNair Building).

Okay. Look. We both said a lot of things that you're going to regret. But I think we can put our differences behind us. For science. You monster.