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NZTailender

I can't believe I ate the whole thing
The Turkish nationalists who seem to invade any comment section wrt Kurds is really ****ing tiresome
 

Spark

Global Moderator
The Turkish nationalists who seem to invade any comment section wrt Kurds is really ****ing tiresome
They've always been pretty bad but geez the last few days have been tedious with them flooding every single tweet-reply and comment thread they can find
 

Spark

Global Moderator
https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1186996403488333824

I'm sure Google will use this new breakthrough for things which arent at all nefarious.
Any nefarious thing Google has done was probably done already at least 5 years ago by DARPA and the NSA. Almost every single known actual practical use of quantum computers is variations on "factorising massive quasi-prime numbers really quickly".

In general I still basically assume that "any really dangerous technology that's known to the public public was probably already achieved by DARPA or maaaaybe Skunk Works years ago". It's been true for like 50 years.
 

Howsie

Well-known member
Can a Kiwi out there, or anyone really explain to me why the now convicted killer of Grace Millane still has name suppression and the reason for name suppression is surpresed? Having a debate in our flat and that doesn’t make any sense, he’s not an innocent man I thought that was the whole reason behind it
 

Athlai

Not Terrible
Can a Kiwi out there, or anyone really explain to me why the now convicted killer of Grace Millane still has name suppression and the reason for name suppression is surpresed? Having a debate in our flat and that doesn’t make any sense, he’s not an innocent man I thought that was the whole reason behind it
I think it’s gone after sentencing which is in Feb?
 

Chewie

Well-known member
At the very least it would probably have to wait until all avenues of appeal have been completed, and even then there are circumstances that might extend it further
 

Spark

Global Moderator
Can a Kiwi out there, or anyone really explain to me why the now convicted killer of Grace Millane still has name suppression and the reason for name suppression is surpresed? Having a debate in our flat and that doesn’t make any sense, he’s not an innocent man I thought that was the whole reason behind it
Name suppression of this kind is typically to protect the integrity of the legal process rather than any sensitivity towards the accused/convicted, no?
 

Grasshopper

Well-known member
Greta Thunberg has been chosen as Time magazine's person of the year. Excellent choice. Anything that pisses off Jeremy Clarkson has to be good.
 

Gnske

Well-known member
No offence to the 16 year old getting flown around with press statements to do media appearances, but I think the Unabomber accomplished more for the cause.
 

D/L

Well-known member
No offence to the 16 year old getting flown around with press statements to do media appearances, but I think the Unabomber accomplished more for the cause.
I thought she covered large distances by yacht professionally crewed, sometimes, by people flown out to do the job.

That must cost a bit. "Big Eco" footing the bill, I suppose.
 

Magrat Garlick

Global Moderator
so there's a Swedish woman in her early thirties who looks a bit like Greta and likes shooting machine guns (at ranges and in controlled conditions under approved gun laws etc etc) and has gone viral because the right thinks she's gonna shoot them all

what a world we live in
 
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