What can we in tech do to help with this kind of situation?
This is not a technology problem.
State of emergency declared across France after Paris shootings and explosions
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Re: State of emergency declared across France after Paris shootings and explosions
#92Reuters just reported: "French President Hollande decides state of emergency for all of France, borders closed." Source: http://live.reuters.com/Event/Paris_attacks_2?utm_source=twi...
How, physically? Do borders really... exist in the Schengen Zone? Like, how do they shut this down? https://www.google.com/maps/place/France/@49.5467828,5.43629...
There are still checkpoints at every major road crossing any border. Usually they are empty, but now the French Customs will be checking every car.
They will likely be similar military/Customs presence at checkin for any international train or flight.
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#93The people of France elected a government which began bombing Syrians last year, I guess some Syrians thought turn about is fair play and decided to bomb some Frenchmen. The French should just throw in the towel on the imperialism game.
I think I'll go watch my copy of "The Battle of Algiers".
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#95A disaster. Obviously don't know yet who is responsible, but I don't understand why France is being targeted in this way. They are hardly terrorist enemy number one.
Far right parties are more mainstream in France than other western European countries. This suggests a more racist society. Racism leads to marginalised youths who have nothing to lose. Easy pickings for anyone who wants to use their potential.
Are you referring to Muslim attitudes towards anyone not Muslim?
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#96Earlier quoted context omitted.
Destruction and creation are a-symmetrical. I had an interesting exchange with another HN'er not that long ago about that very topic. I ran a community of a million people and it took by my estimates less than 50 dedicated assholes to totally wreck it for everybody else. How they managed that and why I couldn't stop it is very much related to how 'open societies' are impossible to defend against a large enough number…
In my years and travels, I've settled on the fact that the only solution to those "assholes" that destroy community fabric is overwhelming force. You cannot reason with someone who has nothing to lose.
Which suggests an alternative (partial) solution: make sure that people in general have lots to lose especially those on the fringes of society.
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#97I'd like to see a ban on live threads, when these things happen.
Beyond reporting emergency contact info they serve no purpose other than encouraging the next attack.
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#98I bet attacks like these will increase in the years ahead, since France will become 10.9% Muslim by 2050. ( http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/11518702/Mapped-Wh... )
Please, wars of religions are from the 16th century [1].
In 2015, it's probably more linked with the foreign affairs and military operations.
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#99For people in and around Paris right now the #PorteOuverte hash tag is being used to help shelter those who cannot make it home safely.
This #PorteOuverte hashtag thing would be cool, if there weren’t a million people talking about how awesome the hashtag is, drowning out the ones actually offering shelter. I browsed through 20 pages of tweets with the hashtag, and only one out of hundreds was actually a Parisian looking for shelter, and none were people offering shelter. Most were talking about how great the hashtag is—inadvertently destroying its usefulness.
Re: State of emergency declared across France after Paris shootings and explosions
#100What can we in tech do to help with this kind of situation?
This is not a technology problem.
It's not primarily a technology problem, but I think there are technological solutions which will help mitigate the harm to innocents.
(There's also a whole suite of technology problems here solved via JDAMs and Hellfires, which seem to be actively being pursued.)