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Kudos for looking into it, and offering a correction. If you don't trust Romero's account for some reason, you can find this corroborated by Carmack (his only answer on Quora [1]).…

That is exactly what it was, a very interesting piece of foundational research in anthropology justified by allusions to the dangers of nuclear pollution.

I don't understand this. Work on making what illegal? Facial recognition? Or breach of duty? Or making mistakes? It seems to me that we already have the proper way of dealing with …

The law provides remedies: someone has been wronged, and the legal system provides recourse. The law also regulates conduct: the punishment acts as a deterrent, to avoid similar vi…

> it is inconceivable in Western Europe that homelessness would be tolerated near a national monument. Name the country. I have lived in many cities and towns across Europe. I know…

Do bees produce "naturally" food for bears? Do hens produce "naturally" food for foxes?

I think the actual analogy was lost in translation: the point is that, unlike its older brother, Sgr A* is not going to "pose" when you point your camera at it.

> You also can't consent by going somewhere where for all practical purposes you are legally compelled to go. There is no legal issue. E.g. this happens to people in the army (and …

But it should be pointed out that induction is essentially unrelated to Gödel's theorem. For example, Robinson Arithmetic is a finitely axiomatized theory whose axioms contain only…

No. What the article details is not an ordinary exit from the French market, but an overnight attempt to pressure France into a change of government, which would involve disabling …

That's one silly power fantasy. But what if they really tried to do it? Well, the most likely outcome would be the US government declaring Google a risk to national security, and t…

In humans, the optic nerve routes in front of the retina, creating a 14 degrees wide blind spot in our vision. The nerves could equally well route behind the retina, eliminating th…