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Comment Re:Of course... (Score 1) 145

but what I found was that I just can't make my fingers move any faster, regardless of which layout I use.

In that case, it is a matter of focusing on mechanics. One of the big ones is to not move your fingers so high off the keys. Another big one (which you probably already do, but could probably be more efficient if you focused on it) is to think ahead and move your fingers to the correct keys before they need to be typed. Focus on your mechanics and you'll go faster.

Another thing that sometimes works is to just relax your fingers and thought, and "try" to go faster and the neural network that is your brain will figure out a way to do it for you automatically (since you've gained so much experience at it since you last tried to go faster).

Comment Re:Seems reasonable (Score 3, Insightful) 71

Who is watching the watchers? When the police aren't being watched, they generally become corrupt.

The unencrypted radio allows reporters to head to the scene if something interesting is happening, and act as a check on their powers.

Again, if there had been any case of live broadcast causing a problem, then we should look into how to mitigate those problems. But if it's just the police trying to hide their actions from the public, then there is no reason to have them encrypted.

Comment Re:The question is... (Score 1) 246

Most *businesses* that build fences, also don't use such machines, for the same reason.

There's probably a citation needed on that statement. You can get a tractor auger attachment for pretty cheap, when on the farm that's how I used to dig fence holes. I would expect businesses that build fences would also have some kind of auger at least.

Comment Re:This is a problem that should be taken seriousl (Score 1) 246

The current paradigm is, the rich people who own the robots get all the money, and the rest of the people, who now have no jobs... what? Do they starve? What happens?

I assume it will depend on whether the dispossessed are a large enough voting block to make a difference in an election.

Comment Re:Seems reasonable (Score 4, Insightful) 71

We've found that there is substantial societal benefit to having police communications public. This is an established fact.

In theory, public police communications could cause some harm, if criminals are also listening in on the communications. However, in practical reality, I haven't heard of this ever causing harm. Until it does cause harm (maybe someone knows), then we should not stop it.

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