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You're attributing incompetence to what can be easily explained by malice. When that amount of money and power is at stake, there's no room for people who are earnest.

Love it. I find the harder the hardcore Unix(-like) or CS geekery is, the more likely you'll find pages still like this.

It doesn't take much to motivate someone to do it. A paycheck is enough 99.99% of the time.

No, because I do not believe you can isolate the effect of a gene modification to just "increasing intelligence" without side or downstream effects. We can barely determine how the…

Those in power who want to change the historical record already have the power to do so. They do not need this legislation to do what they want. You do not have that power and this…

We could let workers unionize and work out an agreeable private contract between their union and employer when it comes to compensation for jobs eliminated by machines. That option…

Profit maximization is the goal behind automation. We'd need to see changes in human nature or society to ensure that misplaced labor can still have a quality of life if idle, beca…

This is a product of valuing production and efficiency over human lives.

Who owns the machines and reaps what they produce? Hint: they are the same people who own your employers, buildings and machines that currently let you do your job

Why is redistribution unfair? There have been hundreds of years of theft, violence and political misgivings against labor to get to the point where, as a class, labor is neutered a…

According to the Agricultural Research Service, the average amount of water intake a day is about 3.9 cups or under a liter. We'd have to know if the EPA based their figures on the…

Given that NSLs have a gag order, this is probably a PR stunt like the lawsuit against the government. They have been complicit with PRISM since 2012 without a peep.

An oath and standards are ideals unless we do something significant to uphold them. I agree with your last point entirely.

What duty do they have other than to ensure they get credit for a job well done and to continue their career building? They're people driven by the same selfish pressures most are,…

Google and Apple are still subject to the same pressures applied by warrants, subpeonas and national security letters. I'm not really sure what you mean by encryption, though. Appl…

Because it takes the least amount of time and effort to get the answers you need. Most people want to do the "right thing" to catch the bad guy, and will help out a LEO without a w…

You're making the mistake of assuming car thiefs are unintelligent or unorganized. Successful thefts that return a profit require a network of skilled people to pull off and talent…