Statistically I would assume that if you select a bunch of people on a certain criterium, you're going to see similarities related to that criterium among that group.
I'm a little bit less cynical about it; most police still live with the assumption that all of our allies are trustworthy. If the US says there is a credible threat, they rather exercise caution, and remove the threat.
It's just that the US cannot be trusted anymore, and this will probably be the moment that Belgian police will stop taking US intel as fact.
> It's common-sense, not an OPINION to deport illegal immigrants
It's not though. More immigrants mean more people buying products, paying taxes on them, supporting local business, more people contributing to the economy in general. Another important factor is that most european populations are aging, meaning that the ratio of working people versus older people who stopped working, is reaching unsustainable levels. Without migrants, our economies will be seriously hampered.
Hopefully you understand that there's an obvious selection bias you encounter when talking to folks from NL or DE in California. Ofc the people that moved will think there's a good reason for them moving. But people who live here have good reasons for staying here.
You're false. Research has shown that if people like sound A, they will like it even better when you play sound A louder.
The change in mixing and mastering can be largely explained by people changing the way they consume it. Eg. people watch more movies on netflix than in a cinema. People used to sit in a room with a record player, now they listen in their car or headphones while doing other stuff.
But does the fact that you have preconceived expectations about 'try for free' necessarily mean that a business offering 'try for free' has to meet all those expectations?
Technically 'try for free' can mean anything, and I'm pretty sure that they have declared it somewhere (perhaps in the terms & conditions that people just agree to). Isn't it up to the business to do their due dilligence about the services they get from vendors?
Personally I think they've exploited the expectations everybody have about 'try for free', and they're morally wrong for that. But I'm pretty sure that morals never come into play when it comes to (US) business, so I wonder if we can really fault a company for doing whatever is legally allowed?
> those sanctions failed to target Stark’s remaining connection to the Internet — an Internet service provider based in the Netherlands called MIRhosting.
The fuck, i walk past the office of mirhosting every day
"hey, i have this add on that changes how websites are displayed, and I just wanted to let you know that my changes to your website break the site! Thanks"
It basically functions the same way as gambling machines. There's a hook that gets people to play, and then the game itself uses psychological techniques to keep people playing, like increasing the time between payouts (or level ups).
> Rules that ask people not to use LLMs are ignored and almost impossible to enforce in open online events.
That's such a non-reason. If your competition cannot enforce the rules of the competition, then what's the point? Does the CTFs specifically need to be 'open'?
> The issue was never that AI could help. CTF players have always used tools. [...] Teams that refused to use AI were not just missing a convenience; they were playing a slower version of the competition.
So the obvious solution is to fully ban AI and AI generated tools? To destroy your own hobby just because AI can semantically be considered a tool, seems very stupid to me. If the point of these CTFs is to practice and measure your skill, what becomes the point of the competition once everyone uses AI?
I've heard online from (American) immigrants to the Netherlands that Dutch life can seem pretty boring. But I think this just signifies a major cultural difference between the US and other more traditional cultures.
For a dutch person (and I suspect many other countries), life is not measured in the amount of 'cool' stuff you have or do. To me life is about friends, family, health and purpose. If I have that, I'm perfectly happy for every week to be the same as the last, for the rest of my life.
I hate it when 'smart' people say dumb stuff like this. This feels in the same vein to that one time that Neil Degrasse Tyson said academic fields like philosophy and history are useless. Pure arrogance leading them to belief that whatever drivel comes out of their mouths is correct.
> China, The US, and India all turned down invites despite generating 34%, 12%, and 7.6% of global emissions respectively [0]
Perhaps this is for the best? I assume if they did intend they would be mostly saying 'no' to everything?
Now things might get actually accepted by willing participants, which might allow it to snowball and gain traction, which might convince one of those 3 to join at a later date.
Statistically I would assume that if you select a bunch of people on a certain criterium, you're going to see similarities related to that criterium among that group.