Ansil849

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by Ansil849 5y ago
Let's not shift the goalposts too much. The OP was claiming that OpenSea is breaking the law. That's a serious claim. Serious claims require serious evidence. So I asked which law(s) is OpenSea breaking. Not having automated IP in
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> My car's gas engine does not consist exclusively of deadly high-voltage equipment in it that can kill me dead when my car is powered off, so I think it's fine to apply different safety processes to consumer-targeted electric
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Where are you getting the 'knowingly' qualifier from? Are the operators of $random_auction_site also knowingly facilitating the sales of stolen goods?
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> OpenSea is a great example of break the law until you get caught a What law(s) are you claiming that OpenSea is breaking?
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> These sort of decisions don't come from Software Engineers and management there is known to be pretty shitty. No, but the decision to work and continue working there does.
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> The worst part is that it worked and they earned a lot of money from it. This is the crux of the answer. The reason why recipe sites are full of garbage? Because it is effective and profitable.
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Wow, that's so fun to stumble upon a veritable treasure chest like that. Were there any big names involved in the unfinished film?
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> I am a collector of swag from large companies that have collapsed due to anything from mismanagement to outright fraud That's a really cool collection! I always find it interesting to learn what obscure things folks collect. >
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This isn't some abstract argument about your view of the world. This is a blogpost about a potentially very serious system fault. Customers want to know what the root cause of the fault was, so that they can evaluate whether to continu
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LastPass's statement is extremely vague. _Why_ were these alerts triggered in error? What error triggered them?
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I doubt you actually believe this. Let's take an example: you experience a lot of pain after being in a car accident. Do you: a) ask random people about the pain and what you should do about it, or b) go to the hospital. Obviously anyo
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by Ansil849 5y ago
Yes, there are people who are shitty at their jobs. Again, this is a glib truism. There are shitty doctors and programmers as much as there are shitty waiters and binmen. > Thats why taking their opinion as ultimate truth without questio
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by Ansil849 5y ago
An appeal to authority fallacy occurs when that appeal is made to an irrelevant authority. An example of an appeal to authority fallacy would be if a podiatrist touts their DPM credentials when making claims about the efficacy of Covid vacc
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> "Experts" are just people with their own inherent biases. This is an absurd and false statement, and is a perfect summation of why so much mis/disinformation floats around and is so popular in today's online world.
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> Firstly child welfare services aren’t there to give another few years of average lifespan to poorer kids. They’re there to protect children from neglect or danger. Huh? What do you think is the result of protection from neglect and dan
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> The right to life doesn't confer an obligation on or a right to another person to interfere to maximize the length or quality of someone else's child's life. It absolutely does. This is why various child welfare social s
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This case just seems to be obvious trolling, but it does bring up interesting ethical questions. Why, for example, is it not OK to kidnap a newborn and raise it as your own, if you give it a much better life than its biological parents woul
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I think of it as a bit of social selection for websites. If a website has content people value, they find ways to support the website. If not, well, maybe the site not existing is not a terrible loss.
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If a website cannot survive without ads, maybe it doesn't need to actually exist in the first place. The world will go on.
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> I’d like to see these Monkeys try and capture my 54kg (129lb) Doberman. You're saying you would like to see a pack of monkeys attack your dog? Your post is either internet bravado or an injunction for someone to call and alert ani
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by Ansil849 5y ago
> Take into consideration though that these minks were bred specifically to kill them for their skin. Is that not much more 'evil', to breed something specifically to kill it for its skin? If it's not, then why is it not a
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> but where is the adverse consequence stated? Here: > as required by Section 1798.130 of the California Civil Code. If you tell someone that they are obliged to do something as per the law, the meaning is obvious that not doing so i
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> It is likely that quite a few people would lie if they knew they were going to be observed/studied or reported on. Even assuming your premise is true (it's not), you think the solution to not have people lie is....to lie to t
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> But if the statement was true and accurate I would just take it as a helpful reminder of the timeframe. No. Absolutely not. A helpful reminder of the timeframe would be "the deadline for our study is ..., please try to send your r
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The study FAQ claims: > What happens if a website ignores an email that is part of this study? > We are not aware of any adverse consequences for a website declining to respond to an email that is part of this study. But the email sen
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Thank you very much. Reading into one of these now [1], and they're just outrageous. [1] https://holdcbpaccountable.org/2013/12/12/no-312-cv-05186-n-...
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I'm not arguing any kind of point, in fact like I said I completely agree that the 100-mile limit is absurd, I just want to know if there have been actual examples of abuse to point to...
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> What bothers me more is that a massive portion of the US population falls under the zone wherein Customs and Border Protection can do almost whatever they want. It's something like 100 miles from the border. I definitely agree tha
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This article turns into a rant after the first few paragraphs, leaving me confused about the actual facts behind the story. Is it legal for the government to setup surveillance cameras on someone's land, to monitor their land? From the
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The fact that it's private is irrelevant. The fact that it's been up for 10 years may also be irrelevant if this property was just added to the scanner's library. Honestly, you're wasting way too much mental energy on th

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