DarkKomunalec

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by DarkKomunalec 9y ago
Nations have done far worse than trade protections to help their prosperity, so it's very understandable. What's less understandable are the calls of "We live in a globalized world, that's just how things work now!&quo
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I'm afraid that sentiment is growing outside of China as well, and the disclaimer would remain necessary even in the absence of Chinese posters.
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by DarkKomunalec 9y ago
Why should a society tolerate seditious speech, that seeks to topple the very society that allows it to flourish? Free speech should be used responsibly, to promote the values of a society, not destroy them. Few countries share the extremis
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by DarkKomunalec 9y ago
> more fair opportunity 'Fair' is irrelevant, an excuse at best - they will do whatever is advantageous. They didn't roll back protections for any of their other industries, and they won't for this one, either.
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by DarkKomunalec 9y ago
> I think you'll find if someone who thinks you are evil offers you a glass of liquid of unknown providence you to would decline it as well. This goes both ways - shouldn't we decline Monsanto's products, because they&#x27
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by DarkKomunalec 9y ago
So increasing diversity limits voting options and political power for the previous population? Wouldn't they see that as a disadvantage?
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by DarkKomunalec 9y ago
> impossible to build hack-proof voting terminals. Suppose they do build a hack-proof voting terminal - how can you tell that's what you're voting on, and not a compromised machine with identical appearance? De-cap all the chip
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by DarkKomunalec 9y ago
"Beijing has forced a long list of American companies to enter joint ventures or share research with Chinese players, part of a broader push to create its own technology giants. From makers of smartphones to chips to electric cars, Ame
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by DarkKomunalec 9y ago
> 'cultural mosaic' model Heh. It used to be sold as the 'melting pot'.
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3rd most unaffordable in the world: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/demographia-i...
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by DarkKomunalec 9y ago
China is also building a system to impede the politically disfavoured ( https://www.technologyreview.com/s/602987/china-turns-big-da... ): “allow the trustworthy to roam everywhere under heaven while making it har
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by DarkKomunalec 9y ago
But should we allow the police to threaten people with overbroad warrants? "Gives us the data on these 8 people, or we'll get a warrant for it." vs. "Gives us the data on these 8 people, or we'll get a warrant to co
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> immigrants couldn't possibly love their second country as much as native-borns. I think they're more worried that immigrants won't love whites as much as other whites do.
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"Similar provisions are now required in the rest of Europe, under Article 7 of the European Union Directive on the enforcement of intellectual property rights, approved in April 2004." Yet another wonderful law funded by the IP lo
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> When half of your peers have an immigrant's work ethic That many?
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by DarkKomunalec 9y ago
I'm not saying it would work well, I'm saying it would be justified . And I wouldn't call what happened here 'civil' - at best, the civility was one-sided: they get to raid his home, hold him captive, and force h
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by DarkKomunalec 9y ago
One could argue that the state, by allowing private entities to conduct raids without the ability of appeal, by enforcing laws so one-sidedly, has lost the legitimacy of its monopoly on violence, so violent retribution is fully legitimate.
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"Lackman was "not permitted to refuse to answer questions" and his lawyer wasn't permitted to counsel him in his answers. "Any time I would question the process, they would threaten me with contempt of court proceed
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"In a county like Los Angeles, where roughly half the population is Latino, 14% is Asian and nearly 9% is black, stats such as those would translate to cultural leadership that in no way represents the ethnic or racial reality on the g
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by DarkKomunalec 9y ago
"Lackman was "not permitted to refuse to answer questions" and his lawyer wasn't permitted to counsel him in his answers. "Any time I would question the process, they would threaten me with contempt of court proceed
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by DarkKomunalec 9y ago
You're proving my point - both disagreeing with the idea that sex and gender are independent, and hating and assaulting trans people, get thrown in the same 'anti-trans' bucket. Wouldn't it be more fair, even necessary,
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by DarkKomunalec 9y ago
> The US extremist version of free speech isn't shared anywhere else in the world. It's not law anywhere else in the world, but many people share it, myself included. Do not confuse law with ideals - after all, google acting
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by DarkKomunalec 9y ago
> Anti-trans A quick (and biased) search turns up: "His employers have warned that, while they support his right to academic freedom and free speech, he could run afoul of the Ontario Human Rights code and his faculty responsibiliti
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by DarkKomunalec 9y ago
Right. The content won't be banned, it just won't be allowed to have any significant audience. Much like protests weren't banned - you can still protest, but 20 miles away from the venue, where there are no cameras or reporte
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You must also consider https://www.popehat.com/2014/07/15/warrants-bulwark-of-liber...
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> I still think the death of a culture is an acceptable price to pay to avoid the death of even one individual. 'Culture' is a broad term, and encompasses the legal and government systems as well. When you say death of a cultur
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Real people keep their heads down, don't question authority, and don't cause trouble.
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by DarkKomunalec 9y ago
So Tesla's main control computer, the one with control of the brakes, isn't isolated from the one that has WiFi and a web-browser ? That it would get hacked is so obvious I struggle not to see the design itself as malicious.
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by DarkKomunalec 9y ago
I don't know if you're being deliberately obtuse, but I'll humour you: > It sounds like she wants targeted spying to be cheaper, and restricted by the judicial system. The cheaper that spying is, the more spying gets done
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by DarkKomunalec 9y ago
> will be vulnerable to all kinds of criminals as well. But legal authorities would never abuse their power (without you even knowing about it, unlike in other cases of abuse).

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