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AR-15

No Secret: You Can Make Your Own Glock Gun or AR-15 Assault Rifle

The Ruger 10/22 semiautomatic rifle is typically one of the first firearms a gun owner purchases. Although relatively cheap and inexpensive, the lure of do-it-yourself has created eighty percent lowers for the 10/22 as well. Unfinished 10/22 lowers are typica…

bubmagMay 3, 2019

Nuclear Disarmament

Peace activists protest nuclear-arms service at London abbey

LONDON (AP) Royalty, politicians and military chiefs are gathering at Westminster Abbey to mark half a century of Britain’s sea-borne nuclear arms program though organizers insist they are not thanking God for atomic weapons. Prince William is set to join th…

bubmagMay 3, 2019

Belt and Road

Links 5/3/19

bubmagMay 3, 2019

NASDAQ

Beyond Meat stock is still surging after historic IPO pop

Investors just seem to love fake meat. On Thursday, the vegetarian burger and sausage maker Beyond Meat debuted on the Nasdaq, and the stock soared. By the end of its first day of trading, the price increased over 2x—closing at $65.75 after being set at $25.N…

bubmagMay 3, 2019

Obamacare

Obamacare Isn’t Paving the Way to Single-Payer

A woman reads a leaflet at a health insurance enrollment event in Cudahy, Calif., in 2014.(Lucy Nicholson/Reuters) Its failures have made the folly of government-driven health care obvious.This week the first congressional hearing on Medicare for All took pl…

bubmagMay 3, 2019

Self-driving Vehicles

Waymo wants you to know its autonomous driver recognizes children and cyclists

bubmagMay 3, 2019

NSA

Latest ODNI Transparency Report Shows Steep Spike In Unmasking Requests For US Person Caught In NSA Collections

from the some-bad-news,-worse-news,-and-indecipherable-news dept The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) has released the 2018 Transparency Report . In it, the ODNI covers the government's multiple surveillance programs, detailing (bu…

bubmagMay 3, 2019

Moravec‘s Paradox

This designer wants to make robots less scary

Humans have a weird relationship with robots, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. Were simultaneously delighted and appalled by their capabilities and autonomy. When we see what the latest inventions can do to make our lives easier, we immediately …

bubmagMay 3, 2019

Moravec‘s Paradox

This designer wants to make robots less scary

Humans have a weird relationship with robots, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. Were simultaneously delighted and appalled by their capabilities and autonomy. When we see what the latest inventions can do to make our lives easier, we immediately …

bubmagMay 3, 2019

Mexico Border Wall

Pressured by Trump, Mexico cracks down on migrants; many will never reach the U.S. border

U.S. officials have bolstered security along the border town of Eagle Pass, Texas, across from Piedra Negras, Mexico, where a caravan of mostly Honduran migrants is being held. It's the first caravan in recent months to have arrived at the Texas border. (Feb.…

bubmagMay 3, 2019

No Secret: You Can Make Your Own Glock Gun or AR-15 Assault Rifle

Peace activists protest nuclear-arms service at London abbey

Links 5/3/19

Beyond Meat stock is still surging after historic IPO pop

Obamacare Isn’t Paving the Way to Single-Payer

Waymo wants you to know its autonomous driver recognizes children and cyclists

Latest ODNI Transparency Report Shows Steep Spike In Unmasking Requests For US Person Caught In NSA Collections

This designer wants to make robots less scary

This designer wants to make robots less scary

Pressured by Trump, Mexico cracks down on migrants; many will never reach the U.S. border

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