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no_where | 3 years ago | on: The IRS says it mistakenly made public data for about 120k taxpayers

Here's hoping no one gets raided for this release of confidential info.

no_where | 3 years ago | on: Japan's cyber-security minister has 'never used a computer'

Computer can't get hacked if you don't have a computer to get hacked. Though it might not be as practical.

no_where | 3 years ago | on: Americans underestime climate policy popularity by nearly half

Sure, but that's again due to 2035 being such a far away time. Or that x% of electricity coming from renewables being on some timeframe. The negatives effects of these plans are rarely highlighted by governments in the here and now. Likewise those effects are often not felt for a while.

no_where | 3 years ago | on: The Big [Censored] Theory

Authoritarianism does not preclude communism. Likewise, their model more resembles fascism with all facets of life serving the government's ends. Which is the reason for my classification of it as Communist as fascism is a mere variant of communism. The fact that some disaffected communists disagree with Xi is quite common as Communists often disagree.

no_where | 3 years ago | on: The Big [Censored] Theory

Also that the self imposed censorship in America was a response by the studios to their customers. Where was Chinese government is furthering its Communist briefs.

no_where | 3 years ago | on: Ask HN: Why are image search engines still so bad?

Handling image and other visual entities is hard. While going from text (and extracting some understanding of that text) to an image is much easier than the reverse.

no_where | 3 years ago | on: Floods,droughts,storms to cost Canadian economy $139B in next 30 years – report

Wouldn't a more accurate term be "could cost" instead of "to cost"?

no_where | 3 years ago | on: Americans underestime climate policy popularity by nearly half

Correct, when told some catastrophe is happening, most will want to do something. However, disagreeing what that "something" should be hardly sounds like congnative dissonance.