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Re:Blood money
on Monday October 22, 2018 @03:38PM (#18277670)
Why would it lose stability and fall apart? Saudi Arabia is about as stable as bad places come, which is what makes it is so terrible. This is exactly the sort of country you should pressure to reform. Otherwise might as well just come out and say that it was all just an excuse to freely meddle with countries we don't like.
Re:The rise of the robot farmer
on Monday October 22, 2018 @01:55PM (#18276764)
The problem is that "we" would eventually be "Amazon Monsanto Corporation". People can accept inequality when it is somewhat plausible that it is necessary, but transitioning to what would essentially be a kingdom would be a challenge for a lot of countries.
Re:What does Stack Overflow want to be when it grows up?
on Monday October 22, 2018 @10:31AM (#18274949)
What you are talking about is more a problem for a site like Wikipedia which ends up being quality limited because the quality of its users. Stack Overflow is more about finding a needle in the haystack. Which is a scenario less susceptible to those problems since it generally requires experience, rather than expertise, and can be validated by the people involved. Which is also why it would be counterproductive for SO to not manage the size of the haystack.