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Jewish activists protest deportation thugs

dimanche 28 juillet 2019 à 02:00

Jewish activists protest the deportation thugs, saying "Never Again Means Close the Camps!"

Jews have two different interpretations of "Never again!" One is narrow: "Never again to us!" The other interpretation is broad: "Never again to anybody!" I admire that side of Judaism (although it won't convince me to believe in supernatural entities).

Machine learning patents

dimanche 28 juillet 2019 à 02:00

Machine learning / automated classification is going to be loaded down with patents, like other fields of computing.

(The article uses the misleading over-generalization, "IP". It covers a bunch of disparate laws, which in itself is spreads confusion by leading people to think those laws have something significant in common.)

We need laws that directly exclude software and use of software from the domain of patents.

Australian mines cut corners

dimanche 28 juillet 2019 à 02:00

The workers in Australian mines now have precarious jobs (and, apparently, no unions to defend them). So they are afraid they will be fired if they report how the mine cuts corners and endangers people's lives and health.

The underlying cause of this is right-wing government that lets mines get away with precarious employment. Give miners more power and their union will attend to the safety.

Israeli who had to prove his guilt

dimanche 28 juillet 2019 à 02:00

The Israeli Who Had to Prove He's Guilty of Beating a Palestinian, and the Palestinian Who Had to Prove He's Innocent of Raping a Jewish Girl.

Siri records

dimanche 28 juillet 2019 à 02:00

Siri Records Fights, Doctor's Appointments, And Sex (and contractors hear it).