thinkmilitant

>except you can't build a gun from scratch in your basement

Can't build a a very sophisticated gun, but it is certainly possible to fabricate something that shoots bullets after nothing but a trip to the hardware store. For both your legal and physical well being, I do not recommend trying it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Improvised_firearm

"IF you have Grammerly plugin in your browser they capture EVERYTHING you type into a browser, and you've given them all of the rights to that data, for which they can sublicense at fee."

While it does seem like their TOS gives them the legal out to do this, is it not more likely that this is merely a CYA measure to cover any data they happen to collect and any way they happen to use it? If their TOS narrowly covered only the data they planned to collect and the uses they expected to have for it I would imagine every change to their code would become a potential legal liability.

I would add, when mixing money and friends/family is unavoidable absolutely insist on a well worded contract. I know many people think that this is some sort of taboo among people you are close to, but it is essential all parties are very clear about what to expect from one another once money enters the picture.

It doesn't guarantee a trouble free time, but it at least avoids the tragic and very common "miscommunications".

The ever-relevant xkcd - https://xkcd.com/1570/

checks library Yup, that's how I have it in all my cyberpunk books. :)

>>If we are still emitting carbon in 2100, the planet will become uninhabitable.

Do you have any sources for this claim? From what I understand, the science does not support this claim. I've seen models predicting 200ft sea level rises, a drastic increase in deserts, and a possible failure of our current agricultural system, among other things. These are undoubtedly bad, but are far from rendering Earth "uninhabitable".

An echo from a previous comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14710571

Exaggerations like this remind me of the anti-drug adds of my childhood. So much harm is done by over reaching the bounds of reality when trying to convince someone that an action could lead to harm. It's a quick way to have them doubting every part of your message.

If it's still about punishment, it's still coming from the wrong place, imo. Furthermore, everyone will have different opinions on which crimes are more heinous than others.

Check this out:

https://wallethub.com/edu/most-diverse-cities/12690/

While it is true that some of the most diverse cities fall on the east and west coast, I think you'll find that the south is not unrepresented. As a resident of Houston, Texas (#23 on their list) it always bugs me to see people paint an entire region and people with one uniform brush. Something kind of bigoted about it, actually...

Take heart, the world is larger than America and much of the good we've already done will continue to ripple forward.

Adopting the attitude that we've already lost gives a sense of closure to a topic that still requires effort and attention.

-What do they stand to gain from building?-

I would assume dolphins still die from lack of food, disease, and predation. One(human) would assume they might want to build something to reduce those odds?

This can't be true 100% of the time or the hiring/working condition would be roughly the same regardless of legal environment. This, at least to me, does not seem to be the case.

I would imagine the vetting process is rather extensive.

To my mind, it is not about funding or not funding security at airports/borders/etc. It's about if terrorism poses enough of a threat to be worth compromising our standards of governance. We can fund and support security in these zones without suspending our civil liberties and we should.

Here's a potential example of unintentional, algorithmic racism:

https://www.propublica.org/article/how-we-analyzed-the-compa...

I heard a bit about this on NPR the other day. They had a desalination expert on to discuss it. He seemed mildly optimistic about this technology for certain niche applications, but did not seem blown away by it.

More graphene hype?

You are right, free speech can be very dangerous. People use it to mobilize others to truly evil acts.

But freedoms have always been dangerous. I think they are worth the risk.

I think we'll be asking this question over and over in the coming decades.

I personally think it would be foolish to take a hard-line stance on our law enforcement agencies adopting new, more powerful tools to do their job. We don't need to freeze our law enforcement agencies in the 20th century. We do need to open them up to increased transparency and oversight to ensure these tools are used correctly.

No video would convince the conspiracy theorists. There would just be a fresh round of claims it was Photoshopped or filmed on a set or something.

Now that doesn't adequately explain why they don't go ahead and release it anyways, but it's still worth noting, imo.

Some still have that dream and are working towards making it a reality.

https://openwireless.org/

I myself am in the planning phase of hosting an open wifi network at my place of residence to do my small part.

I agree. It seems to me that the biggest difference is the extent to which the average internet user gets his content from other internet users (reddit, facebook, twitter, etc) instead of designated content creators with reputations to uphold.

And he knows this because she is an absolute loon who went on to tell him all about it, I presume?

Well, that is one way to prevent unwanted pregnancy...

To be clear, I wasn't talking about not maintaining existing infrastructure which seems to be what the wiki entry you linked is about. I was talking about a freeze in new infrastructure specifically to allow for existing infrastructure to be better maintained and better utilized.

It seems like putting a halt on new infrastructure for certain period would encourage higher density development along existing infrastructure.

It also seems like the kind of thing that is unlikely to happen.

With private prisons only holding about 8.4%[1] the total state/federal inmates, do you perhaps mean prison guard unions?

[1]http://www.salon.com/2016/08/24/private-prisons-are-not-the-...

No offense intended, but you could say this about anything.

-I often see the opinion on HN that opposing vaccination is anti-science. I know this article is not about vaccines, but can we really say with confidence that the scientific research done on vaccination hasn't been influenced in the same way?-

Oh no! It's probably even worse then! /s

I can't help but wonder how much of this is just the evidence of rampant gerrymandering.