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pgnas··on How to build a Moon base
Step 1 : get to the Moon
pgnas··on Christie’s sells its first AI portrait for $432k
Drill and uninspiring
pgnas··on So long, iPhone home button and TouchID
Apple iPhone jumped the shark a long time ago. Riddled with terrible design flaws the have lost their way..
pgnas··on Microsoft intercepting Firefox, Chrome installation on Windows 10 Insider build
Linux.

Companies like this stifle innovation.

pgnas··on San Francisco Denies Scooter Permits for Bird, Lime, Uber and Lyft
The mafia was taken down in Chicago because it was providing something that was desired by the people, people who should be in control of their own lives and will ultimately be responsible for the decisions that they make, freedom. Unfortunately, the powers that be did not see it that way, you can argue that Al Capone was taken down for tax evasion, I don't care, this is how he was convicted,one has nothing to do with the other.

Al Capone was taken down because he had more power than that of the government. These companies are being shut down because they are not willing to pay the shakedown money by the city mafia.

We need to take this country back and until you people do not understand this, you will remain slaves. I almost believe that this is what you want..

I do not. This is NOT what this country was built upon and changing this, being OK with this will eventually lead to the destruction of our country, which, before that happens, will be a civil war.

pgnas··on The Case for RSS
It works. Very tiring to have stuff that is rock solid exchanged for junk. Move on, find something else to go after.. there is so much that is just mediocre
pgnas··on The Case for RSS
It works.
pgnas··on As Google Fights Fake News, Voices on the Margins Raise Alarm
I recall Eric Schmidts remark in a meeting with Charlie Rose back in 2005:

"When you use Google, do you get more than one answer? Of course you do, well, that is a bug. We should be able to give you the right answer. We should know what you meant."

What is "right" or "wrong" (or problematic) today will more than likely later be proved the opposite.

This is censorship. It doesn't matter what the meaning of problematic is.

We are headed into a digital dark age.

pgnas··on The Equifax disaster points to a much bigger problem
Looks like Equifax gets a junk bond rating in the personal information handling. This company should be shut down. 3.1B revenue and can't secure data, not even really trying. Greed.
pgnas··on Do We Need to Go to Mars?
We fail miserably on Earth.
pgnas··on Court OKs child porn prosecution of minors distributing pictures of themselves
as a parent and also someone who was a child at one time I can see that kids make all kinds of mistakes. I mean, I seriously don't even ask why sometimes because I know the answer I'm going to get will not make any sense.

I'm very lucky and I have some wonderful children I cannot see them going out and doing something like this however people do stupid things. I don't think charging someone with something that is going to stick with them for the rest of their life for something that they did when they were 13 ,14, 17 years old.. they are kids and their brains, hello all you scientists out of there, are not even fully developed.

Listen, if a 17-year-old child sent an explicit image to my daughter I would be over at the parents house faster than you can imagine. That kid obviously needs a swift kick in the ass, he or she does not deserve to be charged with a crime will follow that person for life.

If we continue to charge children as adults, kids that are 13,14,15 or 17, then we might as well change the age of when you are an adult to 13 years old.

has anyone given any consideration to the crap that these kids are bombarded with on a moment by moment basis on television in music and all entertainment, it is hyper sexualized. What do you expect your children to do when they are faced with this?

The sad situation and I don't agree with the stupid thing that this kid did in the stupid things the kids are going to do but they are kids! Come on now, haven't we seen cases recently where adult pedophiles have been let off? Are we going mad?

pgnas··on Effect of Disputed Warnings and Source Salience on Perceptions of Fake News
No amount of fact checking will eliminate lies and "fake news", furthermore, some things we are presented with may, in fact, be wrong today and right tomorrow..

Teaching people how to think critically is the answer, informing people early about not believing everything you read and hear on TV or the Internet (wait, does internet get capitalized still, i forget..) Fact checking services, "official sources" and certifying things is just a way to filter information and limit available data. People need to be taught how to research and collect facts, weigh them and come up with their own answers, no amount of fact checking is going to eliminate lies.

What is the problem with this? Well, lets use the example of what Googles CEO said that "more than one answer/result to a search is a bug or flaw".. really? See the problem with in this thinking? In Googles future, anyone who is attempting to gather information is only going to get what their algorithm deems “the correct answer”.. ? Do you see the problem yet? How about a news site that is 100% certified accurate by ABX fact checking service which is registered with the US Gov and regulated and swears that they validate authenticity within .010mf (that is "milli-factoids", a patent pending measurement of reliable information) I am certain you could feel confident that everything is on the up and up, right? Do you see now? All this garbage could be eliminated by educating people, however, that is not the purpose of this “fake news” narrative.

Information is power and there was a time when it was reserved to just some people, now it is everywhere and unstoppable, people cannot be as easily lied to and deceived. The mainstream news is caught almost daily. The truth will always be the truth, it doesn’t take all kinds of theories, processes, flowcharts and certifications to back up, those are usually the lies.

Its pretty clear, we don't want people to think. We want to create subservient pseudo-automatons.

pgnas··on Uber Movement
Uber and self driving car movement is evil
pgnas··on Equifax Faces Multibillion-Dollar Lawsuit Over Hack
They should be driven out of business. Their #1 commodity, the only reason they exist and they don't spend the time or money to protect it?
pgnas··on Alphabet Finishes Reorganization with New XXVI Company
Funny, I was betting on the new name to be "SkyNet".
pgnas··on ‘This is crazy,’ sobs Utah hospital nurse as cop arrests her for doing her job
I believe that there is an element that gravitate to this line of work, not all, but a demographic and they are not weeded out.
pgnas··on ‘This is crazy,’ sobs Utah hospital nurse as cop arrests her for doing her job
They can bark out all the demands they want, there are laws to protect the innocent. We are heading down a scary road when a cop can run over The law , do whatever he wants without consequence and throw anyone in jail who gets in his way.. if they genuinely did not have the proper paperwork or formalities in order, then this cop should face disciplinary action. Every instance we overlook like this is seen as an agreement, validating bad behavior.
pgnas··on Why We’re Never Satisfied – It’s All in the Wiring
Sounds more like classical conditioning, no? I have to go with conditioning, I don't believe it is hard wired like instinct. We are bombarded from early on with a deluge of programming. We are conditioned to believe that bigger is better, more fancy, etc.. this is a formula In today's advertisers know just exactly how to trigger the need or desire for something new.

I agree that motivation can be maintained through anticipation of reward, but that is just conditioning not instinct.

pgnas··on YouTube admits 'wrong call' over deletion of Syrian war crime videos
YouTube (google) has become the EXACT opposite of what they said they were not going to do.

They are evil.

pgnas··on The Great Japan Potato-Chip Crisis
Looking at the dictionary definition of "crisis" I would not call this a "time of intense difficulty or threat of danger or a time when "important decisions must be made"unless the that decision.

There are plenty of real crisis around the world, right? The Japanese should be more concerned about how a certain area ahem Fukushima, is still killing our ocean.

That is a crisis.

pgnas··on Trump taps Kushner to lead a SWAT team to fix government with business ideas
Kushner has a very sorted past, he owes the IRS a ton of money and his dad is a felon.

Good choice

pgnas··on Apollo 1, Challenger, and Columbia: Remembering NASA’s Lost Astronauts (2016)
Listen people. My first response was that of ambivalence.

Those who died should be remembered. I think of the apollo missions and I think of Gus Grissom, this man was a hero and there are few. This was a man who was not afraid to stand up and speak the truth.

We are in an era right now in which, we have more information available to us than ever, yet, standing up and questioning what we have been told to be truth, is met with significant resistance. We are taught things in school that are, without question, incorrect. We must remember those for sure, we must listen to them, follow in their footsteps of bravery.

Neil Armstrong made an amazing speech on the 25th anniversary of Apollo:

"There are great ideas undiscovered, breakthroughs available to those who can remove one of truth’s protective layers. "

pgnas··on Apollo 1, Challenger, and Columbia: Remembering NASA’s Lost Astronauts (2016)
Lies
pgnas··on Startup Serves Up Chicken Produced From Cells in Lab
More frankenfood. When will we learn ?
pgnas··on The war on drugs has failed: doctors should lead calls for drug policy reform
HAHA! Doctors? they are the reason for the failure. Doctors were directly responsible for the overdose and death of my wife. The epidemic of drug abuse which starts by over the counter addiction is perpetuated by DOCTORS.

Citizens need to lead for calls of drug policy reform. We are the masters of our destiny, The problems surrounding drug abuse directly affect US, the people who live in our communities. Start going to your local city council meetings and take a stand, voice your opinion. This isnt going to be solved by Doctors! The majority of Doctors are direct beneficiaries to this abuse. I am not saying EVERY doctor is bad, I am saying that they are part of a business and drugs are a high margin product.

pgnas··on Kodak Ektra
Looks like we may have a camera with the option of being a phone instead of a phone that has a camera..

Looks interesting and it is nice to not have to carry around multiple devices.

pgnas··on Driverless Cars may force Human motorists off the road
This little experiment is HUGE and should not be taken lightly. Progress (good and bad) doesn't happen overnight, think in terms of decades.. The automobile changed our lives dramatically and the ability to travel anywhere at our own pace was an amazing concept that was celebrated the years that followed. This legislation stands to potentially change all of that. What do you think?
pgnas··on Google's plan to deter aspiring ISIS recruits
By the way, Barry and company got a pass for the first term. Everything that happened during the second term, is on him and his minions.
pgnas··on New elephant study shows catastrophic decline in Africa
Idea : prosecute people buying ivory instead of chasing the trail of dead elephants. Unfortunately, people who purchase ivory have expensive taste and deep pockets.
pgnas··on War Is a Racket (1935)
I read this and I think of the courage that it must have taken to write, however, I quickly realize that my thoughts are based on today's mindset where questioning the government gets you labeled a conspiracy nut or traitor.

We have been warned by many about the military industrial complex, yet, it doesn't sink in.

Our current president was elected on promises of ending these wars and somehow he will go down in history as the champion of military occupation and perpetuating conflicts in places we don't belong.

Truth is that peace doesn't make money, it doesn't grease the wheels of industry, the difference is that where is the industry? It used to be that the US would at least benefit from the industry through employment and tax revenue, but what if the production is no longer in the US? Who benefits then? I can tell you with accuracy who doesn't ..

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