vladtaltos

apart from the pro/con arguments here, I want to ask whether you can call anything a 'manifesto' if you keep changing it ?

Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.

the problem is you don't know that 'If it is a false positive, probably they just ignore it.' -> 'probably' is a fucking optimistic view. AND how the hell do you know this is a false positive ? some algorithm tells a soldier that this person is probably a terrorist - what happens then ? do you think they bother to verify this by spending more money ?

In my opinion it is most likely that, the people using this software send the output of this algorithm as a recommendation up the chain and some idiot decides to be 'safe' and recommends execution. because they don't have any accountability. I don't think you would be this relaxed in your opinion if these f-ing drones fly over your head - it is just that most people in the US do not care what happens to some idiot in Pakistan.

from the reports disseminated by the state department they are not even sure how many people they killed ? it is reported as between 2500 and 4000. Isn't this insane ? I have no idea in my mind that US is killing people indiscriminately using drones - and the word is not probably - it should be 'definitely'. i'm sure drones are turning people into terrorists more than they are killing terrorists.

don't tell me this is a bs assertion before US can give the name of every body they killed with a drone and the justification of it.

any information about licensing the API ? cost-wise ? I couldn't find it in the site

this is the biggest weak point of using git in my opinion. if you are not in the habit of using these undo/remove/fix operations in a regular basis, these commands slip away from you...

however, you can also look into this as a safety feature :) removing stuff is dangerous work in version control and thus, maybe, it's good that every time you have to do a dangerous thing, you need to refresh your memory by checking things. doctors and pilots started using check-lists that they go through before operations so that they don't do any mistakes and it seems to be decreasing the number of 'unforced-errors' so to speak... maybe this non-intuitive syntax also helps git in preventing committing simple errors...

that is awesome in its complete disregard of reddit :) and a death sentence to itself if it gains popularity as reddit-admins will have to ban the accounts/discard the content :) so it's not that secure a storage idea...

nice little engineering work though. kudos.

could skynet be too far away ?

- with deep neural nets making ai advances in strides and

- with robots/drones learning to autonomously navigate

we should start including skynet clauses into our source codes immediately!

I wonder what would happen if a 'village' of chimps attack humans with spears :) hellfire ? or automated drone strikes on them ?

even in a simulation ad to give a use case, the drones are used to target a small village in the middle of a desert. it's somewhat obvious what the use case will be: don't send troops in so that US troop loses can be limited and in the meantime we can continue to kill all those pesky insurgents in 5-6 hut villages...

it's fucking insane.

having this sort of income inequality between partners is a big problem. it changes how you look at the business. it seems to me you've already at a point where you have to find a job.

what I recommend is this: discuss the situation with your partner. you need to find investors - it is as simple as this. if you cannot find one, ask for your partner to invest in the company some money if you both still believe in your business model. it doesn't make sense to to forgo your salary when you don't have any money in the bank - what will you eat ? grass ? if you can't raise money or not willing to invest your own it means that your expectation for a viable business is gone. if that is the situation call it quits asap. it doesn't make sense to try to go another few months and lose more resources and acquire debt - find a job and try your hand again in future when you're financially more stable...

idle power consumption: 4 Watts - way too much for my taste... I can understand it needing 22 Watts during high speed writes but why this much during staying idle ?

for comparison I checked my external 2TB WD Passport 0820 harddisk - it uses 2.11 Watts when streaming HD video...

you're supposed to 'believe' to benefit from the best case scenario dude :) just rationalizing about it is not supposed to be enough...

and additionally, fasting was around before it was introduced in islam; check it's versions in judaism, christianity... actually, it was also around before that. people used to fast during equinoxes for a very long time for all sorts of different ceremonies...

yes of course but that requires to have an always on computer to connect to...