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Indeed, the VR training seems to give people the opportunity to see dream signs in waking life and practice making reality checks.

Well I can't read the article because of ad-blocking, but, what does this mean?

The most popular currently elected official in NYC?

The most popular elected official ever in NYC?

If the former, is it really any surprise? Whats the competition, the police chief? I doubt 5% of residents could even name other elected officials than the mayor and police chief.

What's always conveniently left out of lists like this is the greater context in which it occurred. Any state will go to great lengths to protect themselves and ensure their survival.

Ukraine is an excellent example. Look at all of the ways they're attacking Russia internationally, even using "terroristic" tactics. It's justified because they're fighting for their survival.

The West has been bent on Russia's destruction since the cold war, and it didn't end with the fall of the USSR.

I won't bother with a point by point, but take the death toll of MH17. The US has probably killed 10x that amount of innocent people as collateral damage while striking weddings and religious services. And yet it's not brought up in lists about how dangerous we are.

As for whether Russia has anything to fear from the west, well, just look at Venezuela and Iran. It's a good indication of what we'd like to do to them.

Even more reason not to use it. Its clear that user freedom is under greater threat than it ever has been.

I don't think you paid very close attention. They clearly showed it transcribing audio when the TV was "switched off". And they weren't "running audio recording through SSH", SSH was just incidental to watch the audio recording and transcription that was happening.

What is ICE doing besides immigration control?

It goes through periods of slow change and periods of rapid change, with regional variations. That will never change. The climate cannot be controlled precisely by humans. To think otherwise is just a comforting lie people tell themselves.

The vast majority of people concerned about climate change think there is some paradise we could have kept if only we hadn't been so "climate-sinful". It's uncomfortable to contemplate that the world is changing uncontrollably around you.

Nothing makes me dismiss and distrust a person or organization faster than hearing them say "russia/china are funding {controversial_thing}"

Its boogeyman thinking.

Being concerned about the trend of laws in the EU doesn't make someone a bad actor.

I would love a good Linux tablet with long battery life, repairability be damned.

I remember hearing about forest mismanagement long before Trump's presidential runs. It's curious how many people complaining about right wing talking points associate it solely with Trump.

> Dutch company Mammoet was awarded a contract in May 2001 and, within three months, designed, fabricated, and deployed over 3,000 tonnes of custom equipment aboard a specially modified barge.

Impressive, particularly by today's standards.