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> I expect a lot of people would say no to that and report the attempt to company security.

Turning someone is rarely an upfront request.

You make friends with them and make small talk about politics to see if there are any sympathies to your cause.

Ask for a small favor and see if they'll do it, then progress slowly. You only ask them to break the law once they're already on your side.

I would assume any foreign website (Twitter, PayPal, Facebook, etc.) would need to be co-located within Russia to continue to operate. Even then, it would be cutoff from updating or querying any foreign databases.

I can imagine online banking with foreign entities would become a problem as well.

> in Egypt in 2011 the government famously shut down the internet

The news is that they can now isolate their Internet domestically and run a Russia-only WWW. They presumably could have shut it off completely from Day 1.

No security is full proof, but they call it "hardening the target" when you reduce your attack surface.

> If man interrupts, the native species can die out decreasing biodiversity and leading to bigger problems.

Yes, but planets can experience a runaway greenhouse effect and become unhabitable through natural occurrences.

Just because it's natural doesn't mean it's good for sustaining life.

> the journalists present this story as Russia's voluntary step towards isolating itself from the global internet. I am not sure why.

Some potential benefits to Russia:

1. Thwart cyber attacks

2. Control information

3. Halt foreign online payments

There are of course downsides, but I think the original premise was security in the event of war / aggression.

Exactly. I don't care how many ads you show me, I'm not voting for a candidate that I don't agree with on some level.

Lying is a problem, not ads.

Many spiritual gurus don't get married, have kids, run companies or live in violent areas. These are some of the most challenging (and potentially rewarding) social structures we have. They test you in deeper, more unexpected ways.

While "appreciating what is" is a great general rule, like any world-view it can be limiting.

I can imagine it's much easier to follow these concepts when you're safely surrounded by admirers. It's probably much harder to walk into a hostile / life-threatening situation and "appreciate what is".

I remember those CYOA/RPG books well. Anyone know some of the titles or how to find them in print these days?

There's a lot more to factor in too like the GPA / SATs of the applicants. You don't want to just mirror the entire population regardless of qualifications.

You want to increase outreach to underrepresented groups and adjust for biases but then once you have your applicant pool you probably want your selections to mirror the diversity of the applicant pool rather than the state as a whole.

> Expect worse taxiing, take-off and climb fuel economy, due to dense air and also suboptimal (high) angle of attack.

This reminds me, in the book "Skunk Works", SR-71 Blackbird pilots mentioned their schedule of mid-air refueling 20-30min after takeoff. After that they could make it 3-5hrs at high altitude before refueling again.

With a crime as widespread as you suggest there will likely be other witnesses like the woman currently accusing Prince Andrew.

Exactly. And to further the analogy it's challenging to tell the difference between investing and gambling.

Present evidence in a court of law. I'm sure there are enough detectives, prosecutors and FBI agents eager to make a career out of bringing a case if there's solid evidence.

Anyone who consistently outperforms the market is a good candidate. My guess is if you're beating the market you're keeping it to yourself or a few high net worth clients.

I'm not using it as a model of perfection, but rather saying at least we did something. Sure, it wasn't perfect and we could have done way better, but imagine if we had done nothing but told people how rare terrorist attacks are each time they happened. There's a ton of room in between those two extremes to try to make a positive change.

> "we taught people to fear risk X, the way to alleviate the fear is to reduce the likelihood of X" is the most asinine bullshit in the world.

The US was a scary place after 9/11. I'm sure a lot of money was wasted in domestic security that didn't do anything, but I'm glad we made an effort to reduce the likelihood of future terrorist attacks rather than just reinforcing how incredibly rare they are.

We can't stop terrorism or mass shootings but we should try to make it as difficult as possible even if they are rare events.

> The majority of "mass shootings" are gang violence, but gun control advocates will bring it up when there is a school/mall/etc. shooting to play on people's fears and make them believe that almost every day there is someone killing a bunch of kids in a school.

I think the difference is gang shootings typically take place in rough neighborhoods. When you enter a high crime area you're aware of an elevated risk. Innocent bystanders do get killed but it's probably a much lower percentage than the gang members. As horrible as it is, gangs are somewhat consenting to this level of violence by initiating it.

Terrorism and mass shootings are horrific because they typically take place in previously safe areas and claim almost exclusively innocent bystanders.

If you have children in school, they now practice "Code Red" drills where they lock the classroom and hide to simulate an active shooter.

Wether your pro or anti-gun no one wants the reality we have now where kids grow up with this kind of fear.

While the number of deaths from terrorism are far lower, the fear is probably far higher because kids grow up thinking/knowing it could happen anywhere.

I think for this reason people focus more on these mass shootings and how to prevent them.

> Frankly if the grandma next door needs to use a weapon, I would hope that she is not limited by regulations such as that - I would like her to have as good of a grip and sighting options as absolutely possible. I'd rather her have an easily controllable SBR type of weapon, expandable stock and maybe 30 rounds of 22 winmag - this would be much safer for her and for the neighbors I think if something went down... JB's double barrell shotgun suggestion would not be the best protection for many grandmas, imho.

Is this a real risk in parts of the country where old people need serious fire power to defend themselves? Maybe it is and I just haven't been exposed to it. For me, I'd feel more nervous with someone with deteriorating memory and eyesight handling a lethal weapon next door.

> The data is gone

Correct

> Considering we aren't capable of autonomously driving a car down the road without killing someone, we've got a while to go before that happens.

These two problems are completely unrelated. Also, every form of transportation can result in injury or death, even walking and bike riding, so setting our goal at 0 deaths as a benchmark for success doesn't make sense.

Not to mention spam connection requests.

I get a few of these each week:

"I came across your profile and thought we might mutually benefit from connecting. I help business generate 1,000 high quality leads a month..."

Here's a video of something similar where they constructed a scale model of the universe in the desert: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Kj4524AAZdE

http://www.maps.org is a leading organisation in the use of MDMA to treat PTSD and other forms of trauma.

You can click the lightbulb to get a hint. The way I solved it was with a Mutex.

Thanks for the feedback!

It uses the Ace Editor: https://ace.c9.io/

I couldn't find a more mobile friendly code editor, but I'm happy to test out other recommendations as I'd love for it to be enjoyable on mobile too.

Not officially, but there are some here: https://www.reddit.com/r/golang/comments/c2hsaj/operation_go...

You're on the right track :)

In the top right, there's a lightbulb you can click to reveal a hint for each mission. For this level the tip says "RecordingDevice is an interface, so it should be possible to create your own type of Camera".

On Reddit there's a thread that also contains some additional tips for some of the missions: https://www.reddit.com/r/golang/comments/c2hsaj/operation_go...

Yes, I was inspired by it. It's a great game. Did you finish GoCode? The problems do get more challenging.

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