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Magazine editor arrested

dimanche 24 avril 2016 à 02:00

An important and quite old magazine editor in Bangladesh has been arrested.

The article seems inconsistent about the reasons for the arrest. It says "sedition" and talks about suspicion he is planning murder. Which one is he charged with?

But either way, it is clearly wrong. Charging anyone with "sedition" is automatically an injustice. That's not the case with charges of planning murder, but the idea that a respected editor would do that is totally incredible.

Hamas building tunnels into Israel again

dimanche 24 avril 2016 à 02:00

Hamas is once again building tunnels from Gaza into Israel.

Making a tunnel is not in itself violence. It is a preparation for war, but Israel also is preparing for another war. I don't see anything particularly bad about this kind of preparation.

Arrests of protesters against plutocracy

dimanche 24 avril 2016 à 02:00

Protesters against plutocracy are getting themselves arrested daily at the US Capitol building.

Snooping on mobile phones

dimanche 24 avril 2016 à 02:00

Due to a badly designed communication protocol, anyone can track and snoop on any mobile phone.

Airplane hits drone

dimanche 24 avril 2016 à 02:00

An airplane hit a drone while landing; it was not damaged. However, pilots are concerned that a drone might damage an engine if it were sucked in.

It is important to keep drones away from airports, and it seems reasonable to design them to stay away from certain areas. But I am afraid that this will be done in a way that requires some proprietary software in the drone.