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Compare Massachusetts to all of Europe and then Europe looks like it is in decline.

I think a big part of the problem with AI is you are trying to map a digital model onto an analog system. There was a story on HN last year, I can't seem to find, that used a genet…

Henry Farrell and Martha Finnemore have a must-read essay in Foreign Affairs about the impact that Wikileaks and Edward Snowden are having on a little-discussed power resource for …

This is written by an Indian so I don't think he is sheltered. America is the only superpower and gets a lot of flack because they have no credible peer. Some people can't stand it…

Is that through credit card data? And how does that not violate HIPPA?

Germany is a long time NSA collaborator. If Europeans wanted to they could handle intelligence themselves they could, they don't want to.

Shouldn't you be protesting the fact that your government signed a data sharing deal or are they totally helpless?

Well you still blame America because they probably forced them to do it.

I think it more interesting why some people want to believe such nonsense. The price of fish is all the evidence you need. Glass half empty does not begin to describe such a mind s…

People running IE6 are doing it because their IT department won't let them upgrade.

Not supporting IE6 will cost you lucrative enterprise dollars, Android 2.3, while popular, is not nearly as profitable.

If the food you get at the pub is better than your food at home you are doing it wrong.

So I guess the Snowden leaks collapsing US internet dominance didn't materialize.

That's not cool. People here want to hear about how the US is doomed. They are absolutely crazy for it, regardless of reality. Edit: This post is an interesting case where people u…

That is a lovely fantasy but the world is run by grownups. Intelligence like defense has been outsourced to the US and Europe shows no signs of resuming their own defense. I think …

> Start laying (more) cables between countries that do not pass through US territory. Also territories that have data sharing deals and probably most allies.

The UK gov shares data with the US.

>But anytime you become close-minded and think that you are the best in the world, you close yourself to alternative ideas beyond your borders and will inevitably decline. While it…

Is that really a dark pattern. If Limit Tracking is On then theoretically your tracking is limited, no? Also Apple let's you get a new UDID if you want to wipe all data. Not the mo…

Apple may make some minuscule amount. Facebook and Google cannot survive without selling your personal data. It is beyond ethics, it is their entire business plan. If it makes you …