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I'm not seeing how your solution is "far better" considering that the "iPhone of similar vintage" is the iPhone 3GS (released June 2009) which still continues to receive updates.

How does a human-operated ship mitigate anti-missile counter-measures better than an AI operated ship, assuming the same munitions? You have yet to give a single concrete example. …

Perhaps argument was the wrong word. As a personal note, disagree about what you think we learn more from. I find differences far more interesting. If the universe was all the same…

This argument doesn't make sense since Craigslist is already a vehicle for advertisement. People pay for advertisements placed on Craigslist. They don't pay their operating costs t…

Again, why does it require general purpose AI? The two examples you cherry-picked are the furthest objects in our solar system. You've literally picked the outlying examples and ma…

Where is anyone talking about conflicts light-years away? I think we may be discussing different things. The article itself concentrates on intra-system conflicts, primarily becaus…

Huh, why do you require human-like AI to control a bunch of high-velocity objects, calculate intercepts, and release other high-velocity objects on those intercepts? The only human…

Don't these guys take an oath to uphold the Constitution when they are sworn into office? How is attempting to pass a law to subvert free speech not breaking what they swore to pro…

I really haven't seen any evidence to back up your claims outside of fear-mongering news articles and general whining from the big box brick-and-mortars. "Maybe Amazon's plan is to…

"Amazon [...] is taking business from local stores." Why is this complaint even taken seriously? If your business model is superseded by someone else who can deliver a product in a…

The Misc is probably my favorite general forum on the internet. Suprisingly-high level of discourse and genial atmosphere for a forum dedicated to lifting weights. HN would be pret…

That diet is godawful, but it's probably a staple to a lot of Americans. Ugh.

I'm baffled because historically, Japan is all about using limitation to great effect. In terms of food, art, language (is there a more contextual language?), and engineering, Japa…

>The problem which many have mentioned here and elsewhere is that while Japan is unrivalled in craftsmanship ("monozukuri") -- making physical things -- exactly the opposite is tru…

I'm a student and the Khan Academy is saving my ass because a) he's a better instructor than my professor and b) the rewards and achievements make it really fun to "play the game" …

Sorry, but I don't agree. Life is a balancing act. Maybe socialization is taking up valuable time, but cutting yourself off completely may also be destroying future opportunities a…

The author seems to concentrate on the link between computer science and software/development, but I do think that CS helps in a couple non-tech areas as well. The ones I can think…

The vegan and vegetarian sections made me cringe, not nearly enough protein. They neglected to include the cost of supplements that you need to take if you plan on being a vegan or…