The Daily Populous

Tuesday October 3rd, 2017 evening edition

image for Australia Enjoys Another Peaceful Day Under Oppressive Gun Control Regime

Due to the nation’s controversial and oppressive gun restrictions, no one has died as a result of a mass-shooting on Australian soil today, for the 7827th day in a row.

She says the peaceful two decades that have followed are “probably” because the Australian government decided to strip her of a God-given right to own projectile weaponry capable of shooting down helicopters.

“Yeah, I mean the Yanks come across as sick people.

This year there have been more mass shootings in America than calendar dates… But it wasn’t that long ago that Australia had postal workers holding their entire office hostage with AR-15s”.

“I don’t think America should be so hard on itself about the mental state of thousands of lonely white losers.

Per 100,000 residents in Australia, less than 1 are expected to be killed by a firearm this year.

“I think America needs to realise that it’s not really the criminals you need to worry about as such. »

Ajit Pai gets new term on FCC despite protest of anti-net neutrality plan

Authored by arstechnica.com

Pai would have had to leave the FCC at the end of 2017 if the Senate hadn't approved President Donald Trump's request to give Pai a new term.

Pai, who has proposed deregulating broadband providers and eliminating net neutrality rules, received a new five-year term retroactive to July 1, 2016.

Further Reading Ajit Pai announces plan to eliminate Title II net neutrality rules. »

City leaders vote unanimously to pass marijuana proposal in Atla - CBS46 News

Authored by cbs46.com

City leaders voted unanimously 15-0 to pass the controversial issue of the decriminalization of marijuana in Atlanta on Monday.

"In Atlanta and in Fulton County, 92 percent of the arrests for small amounts of marijuana are the arrests of African-Americans, that is the most biased rate of arrests in the country," councilman Hall told CBS46 News in September.

Are you in favor of the decriminalization of marijuana (less than 1 ounce) in Atlanta? »

The computers being trained to beat you in an argument

Authored by bbc.com
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Humans are used to being outdone by computers when it comes to recalling facts, but they still have the upper hand in an argument.

Instead, machines that can argue would inform debate - helping humans challenge the evidence, look at alternatives and robustly draw conclusions.

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption World Chess champion Garry Kasparov lost to the computer Deep Blue in 1997. »