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Comment Re: FBI crime stats don't say what you want them (Score 1) 60

They're not "squishy science", they're the factors that actually have thr most influence on whether someone turns criminal or not at that economic level.

They the actual science.

Going for the blank numbers instead without understanding model or context is the true squishy science.

Or do you actually suggest that the amount on melanin in someone's skin is somehow a mechanism that drives crime?

Comment Re: I'm sorry Officer... (Score 1) 69

Type your wipe pin on a label and glue it on the back of your phone. "Hide" it in a very obvious, idiotic way, e.g. below the shock absorbing cover.

Or be particularly "smart" about it, scratch it into the cover.

Some wannabe hacker law enforcement idiot sooner or later is bound to try it out.

Not your fault they've destroyed evidence.

Comment I'm old enough (Score 1) 51

I'm old enough to recall the olden time - two years ago - when the hiring had slowed because there were fears (that had gone nowhere, just muted) that US economy is overheated and about to enter a recession.

But I guess the underlying conditions for recession are harder to spot, when the economic data are dominated by inflation (gas prices) and inflation (AI bubble).

Comment Re: Do we even make nukes anymore? (Score 1) 41

Not sure why that's necessary. The nukes had the ability to destroy the planet several (dozens of) times over.

Calculating fissile matetial decay seems like a straight-forward task to be done on the back of an envelope.

What else could possibly have changed?

Comment Re: 100M is enough (Score 2) 153

If your internet is just a better TV to you, enabling you only to consume what giants think you should, then yes, you're right.

If you perceive the internet to be a truly democratic mass-medium, where symmetry between sender and receiver is built-in, and everyone can be a sender, not just a receiver... then no. You're not right.

Comment Re: Proprietary software is obsolete (Score 1) 47

Oh ho ho⦠you sweet summer child. Daaaaw, look at you with your little APIâ(TM)s, a few desktops, a server thinking this. Itâ(TM)s just so⦠so KYOOOOOT! You. Are. Adorbs.

Pro tip tho? Try working for a very big organization and understanding that delivered software such as this isnâ(TM)t going anywhere anytime soon, and is definitely not obsolete.

Comment Re:Yeah, pretty much this. (Score 0) 194

This is a love tap, fists will be thrown later. One thing can and should be done, we need to start adding aerosols into the atmosphere, the higher the better. Adding Na compounds to jet fuels would introduce just enough aerosols in order to start reflecting a tiny amount more of solar radiation than what makes it to the surface of the planet. 1-2% reflection is all we need to start reducing the temperatures. Of-course we will have to keep doing it until we figure out a more permanent solution.

Comment sideloading control and 3rd party stores (Score 2) 38

Google is now adding more rules to make sideloading more difficult while Apple never provided a way to sideload an app in the first place. People need to be able to build and load their own apps without permission from the OS manufacturer, a phone is a computer with specialized hardware, we do have ability to build and run apps on our own hardware.

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