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Re:The Dead Economy Theory on Saturday May 30, 2026 @07:09AM (#48334961)
I can easily see a two tiered justice: a human judge for those who can afford it, and AI judge for rest of us plebs.
It's called Microsoft 365 Copilot now. Maybe that will help.
The federal entity Yugoslavia ceased to exists, but the borders are actually the same as they were in socialist Yugoslavia.
Re:Could the Soviet Union have survived? on Thursday January 02, 2025 @03:39AM (#42572777)
It was not bloodless and Gorbachev did send tanks and army into breakaway republics [1][2][3], the soviet union was simply too weak to do anything to stop the movements to break away from Russia. Russia even lost the war with Chechnya in early 90s, which shows just how weak they were. It wasn't until the west helped rebuild Russian economy (mostly based on fossil fuels) that they were able to revive their imperialistic ways under Putin.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_Events#January_13 [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_January [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Barricades

> Is this sarcasm? The existence of guidebooks, in itself, ensures that multiple people will do what the guide says. A "better" guidebook will just ruin those "better" experiences too.

That assumes the guidebook is the same for everyone. In today's world of smartphone apps it's not hard to imagine a "personalized" guidebook for each tourist. You could even take it a step forward and make it fully dynamic and "re-route" tourists based on site congestion - sort of like Waze for tourists.

Re:$99 Mineserver: The Devil Is in the Details on Saturday March 19, 2016 @06:54AM (#11318042)
Maybe he wanted his kids to learn the lesson first hand?
Re:Big Oil Companies Should Adopt a Self-Liquidation Strategy on Monday December 28, 2015 @07:55AM (#10800901)
Maybe because most countries are running deficits - they would have to take out additional loans. I guess it's the same reason poor people buy crappy shoes instead of investing into quality long-term footwear - too many current problems to think of long-term solutions far in the future.
Costa Rica?
Re:Mark Zuckerberg's plan for the future of Facebook on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @11:31AM (#10588712)
It means a world where privacy is reserved only for the rich and the powerful.
Re:Jessica Livingston on Monday November 16, 2015 @04:22PM (#10577274)
There is no secret. People who do more observing tend to be more observant. Talk and type less and watch and listen more and in a decade or two you will be able to figure out other people's character pretty fast.
Re:Ad Blockers Will Change How Ads Are Sold on Monday November 09, 2015 @05:41AM (#10532259)
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!" - Upton Sinclair
Re:The Nobel Peace Prize 2015 attributed to tunisian people on Friday October 09, 2015 @06:16AM (#10359127)
Hey now, as a member of European Union, i am quite happy to refer to myself as Nobel Peace Prize winner.
It's not just about the number of sensors. The clouds form over the sea. Predicting when and where those clouds will form is much harder than predicting when and where those clouds will move.
Going from 1000 USD to 900 USD hurts a lot more than going from 1 million to 900k.
But St. Peter's is not in Italy?
Re:Stripe Is the New PayPal on Friday June 19, 2015 @01:42AM (#9743184)
CEO is not handling support, he's handling PR

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