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2a0c40on Fearful of bias, Google blocks gender-based pronouns from new AI tool

relevant: Taleb's minority rule.

cf. https://medium.com/incerto/the-most-intolerant-wins-the-dict...

2a0c40on How GMOs can save civilization (and probably already have)

Please also consider the risks:

http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/PrecautionaryPrinciple.htm...

2a0c40on Wikileaks Vault 7 release 3: Marble Framework

"Today, March 31st 2017, WikiLeaks releases Vault 7 'Marble' -- 676 source code files for the CIA's secret anti-forensic Marble Framework. Marble is used to hamper forensic investigators and anti-virus companies from attributing viruses, trojans and hacking attacks to the CIA. (...) The source code shows that Marble has test examples not just in English but also in Chinese, Russian, Korean, Arabic and Farsi. This would permit a forensic attribution double game, for example by pretending that the spoken language of the malware creator was not American English, but Chinese, but then showing attempts to conceal the use of Chinese, drawing forensic investigators even more strongly to the wrong conclusion(...)"

2a0c40on Obama Strikes Back at Russia for Election Hacking

http://theduran.com/breaking-obama-imposes-sanctions-russia-...

"Barack Obama announces more sanctions against Russia, citing alleged Russian hacking during US election. However though the sanctions will annoy the Russians, they will not seriously affect them. Their true purpose is to create further embarrassment for Donald Trump by insinuating that he owes the Russians the Presidency."

2a0c40on US Economic Liberty Has Been Sinking for Sixteen Years

Relevant: http://isaacbrocksociety.ca/2011/12/14/about-the-isaac-brock...

2a0c40on Five Cities Beloved by Digital Nomads

I've read somewhere Brazil visa requirements are based on reciprocity. Can it be the US demands something similar from brazilians?

2a0c40on Catching a Flight? Budget Hours, Not Minutes, for Security

Please read this: http://isaacbrocksociety.ca/2011/12/14/about-the-isaac-brock...

2a0c40on Why expat Americans are giving up their passports

Relevant: http://isaacbrocksociety.ca/2011/12/14/about-the-isaac-brock...

2a0c40on Switzerland will vote on having a national wage of £1,700 a month

Here, read a little bit more about your paradise: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Singapore

2a0c40on VLC contributor living in Aleppo writing about the Paris attacks

Relevant: http://www.politico.eu/article/the-saudi-wahhabis-are-the-re...

2a0c40on European Court Strikes Down Law Allowing Users to Rip Their Own CDs

Doesn't it? Did you check Switzerland?

2a0c40on Detaining my partner: a failed attempt at intimidation

Disgusting. But may I dare to suggest that in his case it was extremely naïve, if not outright deliberate, to choose an airport in the UK to change planes?

2a0c40on How does our language shape the way we think? (2009)

This is the case for chinese (japanese, despite being from a completely different language family, inherited the system). Digits are grouped by myriads (10^4) instead of thousands (10^3). Accordingly, you would write 10^6 like this: 100,0000