Chardok

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by Chardok 8y ago
If you have any doubts that this wasn't a sham just look at how well FB stock did yesterday.
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by Chardok 9y ago
This concept of a "race", in terms of genetics, makes sense for classification purposes, just like all taxonomical classifications of living things. The difference here, is that people are taking this genetic concept of "race
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by Chardok 9y ago
This article practically comes off as apologetic for Facebook and absolutely ignores the point of outrage for a lot of people. Great example of language designed to lead. "Facebook, of course, lets you target exactly those boring, old
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by Chardok 9y ago
The best part of the "great American melting pot" for me is the fusion of cuisines. Trying to knock a restaurant or food because it isn't "authentic" is completely missing the beauty of the different combinations of
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by Chardok 9y ago
>Saying "just quit Facebook" is like saying "just stop making phone calls" or "just get rid of your mailbox" or "just stop reading emails" I don't agree with this analogy. Phone calls and phys
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by Chardok 9y ago
This fact alone should be reason enough to leave Facebook for good. Facebook's goal is to be the middleman for all communication, and why the hell would you trust a corporation that can blacklist you from all of their platforms with
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by Chardok 9y ago
It seems incredibly bizarre to me that the author says that. She lists all the privacy and user trust violations, future social health concerns, but then says leaving Facebook isn't viable? I have little faith in the US government regu
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by Chardok 9y ago
It is almost a punishment to try to better yourself in America, and our society will certainly suffer from it. Why try to get a degree that doesn't guarantee any sort of employment, but does guarantee a large financial burden that foll
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by Chardok 9y ago
What I meant was that the numbered score they had next to every post was 0, which is incredibly atypical for that to show up on the front page. And yes, Reddit removed the ability to see the number of upvotes/downvotes on any item a fe
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by Chardok 9y ago
If this article was 5-10 years ago, I would have agreed with most of it, but as it stands you are absolutely correct. The Reddit algorithm now is incredibly opaque with constant tinkerings that make me think the "voting" is more o
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by Chardok 9y ago
Funny we just saw Eric a few weeks ago rambling on about China overtaking us in AI ( https://www.investopedia.com/news/china-will-overtake-us-ai-... ) Seems like he might be trying to prime the US into accepting Google&#
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by Chardok 9y ago
Unfortunately any workaround we find has been "broken" with the subsequent Windows update, meaning Microsoft is actively working against any fixes for it. I would love to be proven wrong, but the only way I know for sure is upgrad
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by Chardok 9y ago
Yet another US tech billionaire practically fetishizing China for their devotion to technology over people... Sure, I can certainly get behind greater funding for scientific research and education for our benefit, but China is certainly n
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by Chardok 9y ago
I am so fed up with the healthcare situation here. It is absolutely terrifying how this is remotely legal or even acceptable. The game theory is plainly there: people are going to question or refuse to seek emergency treatment simply becaus
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by Chardok 9y ago
Kim Dotcom raid video is here - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/video/2012/aug/08/kim... RIAA SWAT Raid in Atlanta - http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/18/magazine&
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by Chardok 9y ago
I am honestly sick of hearing "but no one will create anything without copyright" as if money was the sole motivator that made doing anything worthwhile. To be fair, I think copyright has its place as a minimal safeguard for art
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by Chardok 9y ago
This is interesting for the fact of watching a black market item go to retail and the expectations of "street" price versus actual market price might have been just too high. There will certainly be a niche market for gourmet, org
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by Chardok 9y ago
With data rot beginning to creep up on old media this will certainly become an increasingly larger problem. https://kotaku.com/why-some-video-games-are-in-danger-of-dis...
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by Chardok 9y ago
> maybe regulation could incentivize better data protection practices and pro-consumer behavior. Perhaps I am too cynical but given Equifax is still fresh on my mind I really have doubts the US government will do anything but pass laws t
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by Chardok 9y ago
What really frightens me is how Tim Cook and Zuckerberg swoon head-over-heels for a country that implements such an aggressive top down control of their citizens as this program. I have already become acutely aware of self censorship, espec
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by Chardok 9y ago
CGP Grey also did a fantastic video on the history of copyright and Disney's constant involvement. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk862BbjWx4
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by Chardok 9y ago
Pure amateur speculation here, especially given the lack of facts, but I wanted to bring up these two studies here on white matter changes. https://utdallas.edu/~sxv140030/Published/134.pdf https://www.
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by Chardok 9y ago
Honestly I would have no issues with this if we actually had competition. My state forbids local municipalities from forming internet companies, so I am left with a single speed from cable company or a single speed, half of the cable compan
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by Chardok 9y ago
Well what else are they going to do? Send comments to the FCC? How did that work for them? Ajit is absolutely ignoring the majority message and there is absolutely nothing your average citizen can do about it. They can't vote on it, an
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by Chardok 9y ago
Except this proposal is widely accepted in the scientific community with hundreds of ecological studies behind it, where as the Four Pests was just speculation by a guy who likely never studied any modern biology.
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by Chardok 9y ago
I am also wondering how mosquito populations are affected by increasing human populations. I can imagine with a lot of left out garbage collecting standing water plus being a food source could have given mosquitoes a unnatural advantage.
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by Chardok 9y ago
But Colorado is unique in that town and cities in the state have been able to vote locally on whether to overturn this ISP-lobbying-for-law Once again Colorado has impressed me on the level of pragmatism they show in their state laws. The
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by Chardok 9y ago
Agreed. The biggest issue I have with the parent comment is that the current Congress is unabashedly selectively enforcing the legality of these regulatory agencies, with a suspicious emphasis on helping corporations.
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by Chardok 9y ago
Anyone who has been actively listening to the radio or watching local TV broadcasts for the past 10-20 years can probably already attest to the bland homogenization and conspicuous corporate take overs (I immediately think of this video ht
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by Chardok 9y ago
This is certainly the most important point. You cannot function in society without internet, a cell phone and some sort of transportation, and most if not all force you to sign away rights that should be guaranteed to all US citizens. Unl

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