AmIFirstToThink

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by AmIFirstToThink 9y ago
Why wouldn't the Chinese hear about the next best mouse trap if whatsapp is banned? Why wouldn't the manufacturer of next best mouse trap like to sell the product in China if whatsapp is banned? As far as Chinese government is con
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by AmIFirstToThink 9y ago
And Facebooks blocks free speech. In the race to control what people say, think and see, between the governments and the mega corporations, it's the people who are losing. China blocks whatsapp... meh.
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by AmIFirstToThink 9y ago
>can allow us to make progress As long as there is healthy debate on what is progress, I am all for it. No suppression of free speech.
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by AmIFirstToThink 9y ago
>This country is one of continuous self-improvment (or at least, ATTEMPTED self-improvement) yes, and last presidential election was such an event.
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by AmIFirstToThink 9y ago
>if somebody dangles 6-7 figure checks in front of many people, those people will find that their former concept of "livable wage" has suddenly been revised upwards. yes, but next serious challenger would be just $4500/mon
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by AmIFirstToThink 9y ago
>I think the deeper problem is that the political class thinks they can compensate for an unappealing candidate with money. I love the fact that what they think isn't true, at least not always.
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by AmIFirstToThink 9y ago
You think other side would have rejected free TV time? May be she did. She might have avoided unscripted exposure. That actually makes Trump's run that much more effective.
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by AmIFirstToThink 9y ago
I don't know, that sounds arbitrarily limiting. Everyone should be allowed to participate. I just think that technology has allowed to seek support and sustenance while one fights for a cause. When the support is gone, you go back to e
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by AmIFirstToThink 9y ago
Actually presidential election is only time where special interests can't tip the scale easily. Right now that's the only change where people get their say. Just 1/3rd of senators get elected every two years and only handful
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by AmIFirstToThink 9y ago
>The only people who should be politicians are the ones who'd do it with no campaign funds and median wage. I wholeheartedly disagree. Representing people is full time job and must be paid living wages. People competing to represent
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by AmIFirstToThink 9y ago
Politicians are looking for people to represent. Democrats in 2016 was textbook example of that. Not the kind of people I was referring to in my comment. To be fair to you, I did say "Politicians should...". I would like to rephra
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by AmIFirstToThink 9y ago
>Imagine if we had 10000+ congressmen, it would much much harder to buy influence or lobby. The votes would eventually start to resemble the will of the people. I agree, but there would be interesting ramifications. Almost like direct de
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by AmIFirstToThink 9y ago
I am actually amazed at how little money is needed to influence politicians. Lobbying exists because the return on investment is ridiculously high in favor of person asking for favorable treatment from politicians in policy making. It is pe
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by AmIFirstToThink 9y ago
Follow up question: What if I said "I am recording this call" while I am in an Automatic Voice Response system waiting for an human to arrive on the line and talk to me? As far as I am concerned, human representative or the automa
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by AmIFirstToThink 9y ago
Question: When the party states that "this call may be recorded for quality or training purposes", does that give you reciprocal permission to record the call or do you have to explicitly ask for it? Any lawyers with opinion on th
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by AmIFirstToThink 9y ago
You looking for sauce? Sauce is in Hillary's bag. You are welcome. In other words, if you don't agree, you can safely ignore the comment, or take upon yourself to prove it wrong.
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by AmIFirstToThink 9y ago
A person alive today, who happens to be white, never owned slaves in his life. Why is left hell bent on punishing that white person for some crimes that that person's ancestors, may have done. Most whites never owned slaved even in t
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by AmIFirstToThink 9y ago
Just Fear, or fear of risks materializing? The risk materialized for victims of terrorism. The risk materialized for victims of drug gangs. The risk materialized for victims of illegal aliens committing crimes including identity theft. The
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by AmIFirstToThink 9y ago
Trump uttering "Bush lied, people died" at debate, inside Bush library, to the cheers of the crowd, Republican Conservative crowd. If Trump hadn't done that, I would have gone for eternity judging those people as war mongers
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by AmIFirstToThink 9y ago
>Arguably "good people" don't support nor vote for an individual who openly brags about assaulting women... If you take that stance, then your options are: 1. 45% of the voting people in USA support sexually assaulting wom
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by AmIFirstToThink 9y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KHdhrNhh88
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by AmIFirstToThink 9y ago
Red-pilled a year and half ago. I still liked Google, the technical parts. The political advocacy was uncomfortable, but OK, political agenda implementation is downright scary.
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by AmIFirstToThink 9y ago
>From everything I can tell your voluminous objections are all based very incomplete and extremely incorrect assumptions Those 200 pages were written in support of NN.
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by AmIFirstToThink 9y ago
Let's say the customers, that you sold your produce to, know that you sell at your farm: the YouTube channel. You may be willing to toil the earth at new location, but not having those same customers who want to buy from you at new loc
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by AmIFirstToThink 9y ago
How about audience portability? Shouldn't I be allowed to give a forwarding address so that my audience that I developed, can reach me on the new platform that I go to? I don't think any youtube creator worth her salt doesn't
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by AmIFirstToThink 9y ago
I know. Right? It connected mine and my kid's school account together because same browser was used to login to those accounts. I have come to the conclusion that Google is evil. It can't chose to not do evil anymore.
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by AmIFirstToThink 9y ago
Well, the same mentality spills over from Think Tanks to regular people on YouTube. On YouTube, if your account is suspended, you are severed from your audience that you worked hard to build. Sure, you can find cheap/free land, but don
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by AmIFirstToThink 9y ago
>And a sidepoint: You should always back up your videos/files/etc. Then if Youtube/etc is taken down somehow, or your account is terminated, you'll still be able to put it up elsewhere. How do I backup my audience? &g
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by AmIFirstToThink 9y ago
Worrying about Comcast when Google/Twitter/Facebook/Reddit are stifling speech with impunity is like worrying about stains on the carpet when house is on fire. I have written so much about NN that it could be a 200 page book,
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by AmIFirstToThink 9y ago
When it comes to dire situations, if my ISP does funny business, I can choose another ISP e.g. a mobile connection. No different than taking another road to go to the bank. My account and money in there is still safe. If the bank take away

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