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10y ago
I misread your post too, but now it's clear on a reread that you meant the hat! I am also a proud and happy Linux user going on about 10 years now, and what's great is that I know all the knowledge I've acquired will still be
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10y ago
Even what you're referring to has been around for at least 15 years, the internet is not exactly new anymore. I don't disagree with you that the spread of false information is a problem, it's more that I deeply disagree with
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10y ago
It's a new phenomenon for someone to tell a lie and have it spread like wildfire? The internet might enable both the truth and lies to spread faster, but I don't see it as something fundamentally new.
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10y ago
'Fake news' is as old as humanity itself and there is no reason to prefer this new term to simply 'false information' or something similar. As another poster said, this current rash of articles is pushing the idea that t
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10y ago
Hasn't stopped the CIA from trying before!