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by 15charlimit 11y ago
Given that a car is a dangerous piece of machinery that could quite easily kill myself and people around me if it malfunctions, yes I do give it a once-over every time I get into it throughout the day, which includes the interior controls.
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by 15charlimit 11y ago
TL;DR "people are careless and stupid, use a new feature on important messages without checking to see what it does first, then whine about it when they get burned" The modern world is pathetic.
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by 15charlimit 11y ago
The poor and those in the third-world already blame the west for many of their problems. This changes nothing.
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by 15charlimit 11y ago
Political climates tend to shift when people figure out that idealism won't fill their bellies or keep a roof over their heads.
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by 15charlimit 11y ago
Barely worth responding to, but many of dietary restrictions imposed by early religions had very real benefits, such as Hebrews with pork (Trichinella). It's beyond foolish to flippantly dismiss knowledge offhand because you dislike or
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by 15charlimit 11y ago
Yes, you did miss it. The FBI/etc are very clearly and deliberately looking to set a precedent for use in any and all future instances. Just because you don't seem to value personal privacy and security doesn't mean the rest
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by 15charlimit 11y ago
>owes a duty to everyone in its borders No. A local government owes a duty to tax-paying citizens who legally inhabit it. >tax the rich heavily Yes, drive out the people who are capable of starting and maintaining businesses, investin
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by 15charlimit 11y ago
I can't believe I'm actually defending the NSA here, but "we use metadata to kill people" does not mean "we ONLY use metadata and nothing else".
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by 15charlimit 11y ago
"Assault weapons" are a fictional category consisting of "scary looking" cosmetic features on guns that are mechanically identical in every way to the oft-mentioned "normal hunting firearm" that politicians are
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by 15charlimit 11y ago
>This is not a technological problem, it's a money problem. It doesn't have to be, and in many cases it is not.
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by 15charlimit 11y ago
>this will eventually make it impossible for small business owners to make a living through ads You say that like it's a bad thing. If a piece of content or a given website cannot survive without ads propping it up, was it ever wort
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by 15charlimit 11y ago
>If I could wave a magic wand, I'd turn this situation--wherein parents have to cope with the relationship between their kids and the web--to one where parents can do something about it. They already can do something about it. They
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by 15charlimit 11y ago
Yes, how dare those "barbaric" parts of the world give their children the best chance of being born healthy by reproducing at an optimal (physically speaking) point in their lifespan. Us "civilized" countries will just s
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by 15charlimit 11y ago
>There are pushes for parity (or at least more inclusion) of women and men in firefighting, policing, and combat roles in the military, all of which are extremely dangerous, hard, physical labor. There are pushes for relaxing restriction
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by 15charlimit 11y ago
One of the issues with GMO foods is that we don't actually know for a fact exactly how the changes we make in them work, or what effect they may have in the human body over long periods of time. We just don't know.
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by 15charlimit 11y ago
Waiting to see exactly how high above their original ~$350 target price the thing will go for before I decide whether this is interesting/exciting news or not. Pricepoint determines market adoption. It could be the "best thing eve
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by 15charlimit 11y ago
Just as video uploaders can have strikes placed against their accounts, so should users of the ContentID system. A potential solution would be adding a "fraudulent claim" response option (requiring a detailed explanation) for peop
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by 15charlimit 11y ago
Most individuals who would even begin to consider trying to "cook up" substances like nerve gas or anthrax "in a garage" would undoubtedly die in the process, in which case problem solved. And yes, people should be able
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by 15charlimit 11y ago
The only real reason blatantly anti-constitutional law such as blanket seizure/confiscation hasn't happened on a large scale yet (because they've sure as hell tried) is that, if such laws were passed, the powers that be would
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by 15charlimit 11y ago
How does this compare, featurewise/speedwise, to popular (yet simple and powerful) clients like Deluge? I ask because I'm not seeing an FAQ, list of features or User Manual documentation on the linked page.
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by 15charlimit 11y ago
Oh look, this story again. Call me when this type of technology has been in mandatory use by 100% of law enforcement and military for 10 years without a greater failure rate than traditional safety systems. I won't hold my breath.
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by 15charlimit 11y ago
That's a very accurate view of most police. Fixed it for you.
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by 15charlimit 11y ago
The "carrying capacity" of earth is well, well above (constantly revised) estimates. What will need to change is the efficiency of how we as a species make use of the earth. We can feed many times the current world population easi
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by 15charlimit 11y ago
And? It's not like they'd magically go away if one site didn't link to them, and they're easily found with a 1-second search. There's no point in not linking to the most accurate/direct source of information.
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by 15charlimit 11y ago
A search for "bees" return tons of "beer"-tagged images with nothing bee-related in them. It also returns actual bees, but why the beer? Is it not an exact match search?
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by 15charlimit 11y ago
I only buy physical books in "collector grade" hardcover form anymore, and those are very few and far between and mainly for display. It's infinitely more convenient to do 99% of normal reading on an e-reader. The recent surg
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by 15charlimit 11y ago
> It's rather difficult to come back to life after you've been murdered. I can't recall the last time I heard about words murdering someone. Incited murder/suicide? Perhaps, but at that point you're just shifting
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by 15charlimit 11y ago
Those who are "vulnerable" may choose to either stop participating in speech that offends them or learn not to be vulnerable to such speech. Attempting to restrict speech is not the answer, has never been an acceptable answer, and
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by 15charlimit 11y ago
Oh look, another "me too" offering for gaming video footage/streaming with horrible "rights-management" tools baked right in. Bet they're gonna get alllll the traffic and ad views! /s Youtube is grasping
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by 15charlimit 11y ago
> we're more than happy to ban guns Not in parts of the world that actually care about personal freedom and the responsibility that goes along with it.

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