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Re:“Internet in Space” Will Transform the Satellite Imagery ... by Invictus0 on Sunday January 01, 2023 @03:15PM (#34210371)
This debate is as old as technology itself, and yet the naïve persist. Technological progress is inevitable and its application to war is also inevitable. All the amazing AI innovations, developed under the guise of AI-safety, are being used in surveillance cameras and weapons. And if the West doesn't develop the capability, then someone else will.
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Re:“Internet in Space” Will Transform the Satellite Imagery ... by georgeg23 on Sunday January 01, 2023 @03:20PM (#34210425)
We all live on the same sphere, there is no West anymore.

There is now more ideological similarity between NYC and Shanghai than there is between NYC and rural America.

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Re:“Internet in Space” Will Transform the Satellite Imagery ... by dotnet00 on Sunday January 01, 2023 @04:01PM (#34210823)
That's one hell of a stretch, you're essentially suggesting that the average New Yorker wouldn't be just as up in arms as much of rural America if a Chinese style sham democracy was instituted in the US.
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Re:“Internet in Space” Will Transform the Satellite Imagery ... by kidme5 on Sunday January 01, 2023 @04:24PM (#34211099)
Willingness to get vaccines and wear masks made New Yorkers look Chinese. Honestly I think when human population centers get dense and connected enough they are essentially the same. Economic ties and shared needs and values are ultimately more significant than the 6% of the population in government (e.g., Chinese CCP). The CCP is on their way out anyway and not a true threat.
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Re:“Internet in Space” Will Transform the Satellite Imagery ... by astrange on Sunday January 01, 2023 @06:01PM (#34212028)
Don’t know what you think Chinese people do, but their vaccine compliance isn’t very good (and neither is their vaccine) which is currently causing them problems.

CCP on the other hand isn’t going anywhere.

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Re:“Internet in Space” Will Transform the Satellite Imagery ... by JumpCrisscross on Sunday January 01, 2023 @04:42PM (#34211284)
> now more ideological similarity between NYC and Shanghai than there is between NYC and rural America

What are you basing this on? I live in New York and Wyoming (both the more urban part and deep, red and ranching rural). I’ve been to Shanghai, and work with folks there. American culture is adversarial, but it runs deep in unsaid ways.

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