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Comment · 8 years ago
I believe this also affects iPhone users that utilize Google services like Maps and searching via Chrome.
Comment · 8 years ago
Seems like "A Clash of Generations" is what the economist is referencing:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1468-2478....
And does focus on political violence in particular (terrorism, rioting, and one more I couldn't pick out of the abstract). Would be interestig to read the whole thing, but thanks for following up! I wonder if the amount of young men in the US that were swayed by Russian influence operations over the last several years would be in-step with this logic.
Comment · 8 years ago
"Peak danger for societies ... [is] when there's a bulge in the rates of young, unmarried men"
Could you provide a source for that? There are more unmarried men per capita now than almost any time over the last 100 years [1], yet violent crime has been declining steadily - most people can't seem to agree why, though. [2]
[1] - https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/06/23/144-y...
[2] - https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/04/what-ca...
Comment · 8 years ago
Here's the redacted complaint:
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4406486-Vincent-Ramo...
I think aiding and abetting is the most convincing, but I don't have any formal legal experience.
Comment · 8 years ago
That academia may be a little less biased than the company that is using our profile data to make money.
Comment · 8 years ago
Ideally, isn't the point to have only autonomous vehicles and these situations become obsolete?
Comment · 8 years ago
You're able to modify the touchbar (control strip?) to always have an escape key, if it bugs you as much as it does me.
Comment · 8 years ago
There are also a lot of old folks where Uber is not.
Comment · 8 years ago
Doesn't the FBI already own one of the largest wallets after seizing Silk Roak assets?
Comment · 9 years ago
Removing the headphone jack is an example of terrible design. How does it make the product more useful?
Comment · 9 years ago
I can guarantee you that there are Texans who prefer their F-250 King Ranch diesel fine-tuned six different ways to Sunday more than any fancy foreign thing.