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Tsipras and Syriza

dimanche 28 juillet 2019 à 02:00

Tsipras and Syriza lost the first battle to the global plutocracy. Then, instead of fighting for every inch, they capitulated eagerly.

Then most Greeks did the foolish thing that a defeated people often do: they decided to support a different set of right-wing plutocratists instead. This was pitiful and stupid. Despair can drive a people to do self-mutilation, just as it can drive an individual to it, but don't help your enemies subjugate your people.

Mining drivers licenses

dimanche 28 juillet 2019 à 02:00

The FBI frequently identifies people by running their photos through many states' data bases of drivers license photos.

The deportation thugs do it too, which means that the states which permit this expose their residents gratuitously to deportation.

Face recognition and body cameras

dimanche 28 juillet 2019 à 02:00

Real-Time Facial Recognition Should Never Be Coupled with Body-Worn Cameras.

I agree, but that is not enough. We must also them from being used to make and store videos without limits. My proposed automatic system to decide when to save the recording could take care of this job.

Christchurch Mayor

dimanche 28 juillet 2019 à 02:00

Christchurch Mayor On Mass Shooter: 'I've no idea what his name is'.

I didn't pay attention to that name either.

US schools monitoring social media

dimanche 28 juillet 2019 à 02:00

US schools are monitoring social media postings of everyone living near by, using Artificial Stupidity to detect "threats". Nearly every alarm is a false alarm.

One thing that the article doesn't mention is that the contracts for using the school's computers and their nonfree software, and the online dis-services that the school wants to let spy on students, are fundamentally unjust.