That is just silly though. I'm sure your state has passed some extremely ass-backward laws. Probably means every citizen in your state is ass-backwards too, right? The government is elected by majority but speaks for all. The implementation and enforcement of laws is itself a check/balance.

You seem to be breaking any bigotry stereotypes though.

What are you doing out here Fred?!

After two weeks you might think you've learned that programming language. To all your friends who don't know any better it looks like you're some kind of cultured genius. But to anyone who actually knows and works with the language you will appear to be a lost tourist constantly checking a guidebook.

JP8 is pretty much used for everything too. Stoves, hmmwvs, tanks, aircraft. Everything except lawn mowers.

Just to add a little to what you said. An old GPU/ASIC can perform certain tasks far faster than modern CPUs. If D-Wave ends up only able to solve that kind of problem faster than a traditional computer then it must also be able to outperform the GPU/ASIC setup as well.

Being civilized does not allow a person to control their emotions. If you have ever seen people scared for their lives (for real or imagined) you would never have made that statement. Most people have no idea what they will do in an emergency until it has happened to them. Their idealized self most likely crushed in that moment and they spend the rest of their life trying to forget it or playing "what-if" games during boring meetings.

Your definition of DRM seems a bit off: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management

I could agree with you if it was intentional killing of the innocent but otherwise, no. I feel like your world might be filled with too much black and white. Not enough gray. It is very difficult to talk in absolutes.

You'll also notice the difference in governmental/societies response. One covered it up and one made memorials/policy changes.

You've got it wrong. The death penalty isn't about the "rabid mob of townsfolk" getting revenge. It's about getting rid of a worthless human being so we can get on with our lives. There's no need to get emotional about it.

I'd say it is to get them out of our lives. If this person could never meet face-to-face with another human being without a guard on standby who is ready to restrain or kill the man, what is the point of keeping the prisoner alive? Some would argue that he could contribute to society in other ways though. That is the only place i could see a life sentence over execution. Vengeance could only satisfy the hurt and society as a whole would not understand and feel it wrong anyways.

Why bother? If someone is so terrible that they should never be part of society again then just kill them and forget about it. I don't see it as a revenge thing at all. The only downside i've really seen to the process is how they keep executing people who eventually turned out to be innocent. wtf happened!?

There are but they're too busy doing nothing instead : P

I'm not sure if 1989 counts as "ancient history" but it's a valid point. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_1989#Death_toll