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by FreeSpeech 5y ago
It extends beyond JS Twitter. Every second JS project website or repo reads like a tribal Twitter bio. The more accessible the language, the more politicised.
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After 60 Years, Nuclear Power for Spaceflight Is Still Tried and True(nasa.gov)
2 points by FreeSpeech 5y ago|0 comments
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by FreeSpeech 5y ago
Tech is already in the cloud. SF workers are already remote. The exit is already under way. The current situation is the definition of unsustainable.
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by FreeSpeech 5y ago
It's intentional: https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Billionaire-Sor...
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by FreeSpeech 5y ago
It's unbelievable the amount of depravity a single DA can inflict. An unprecedented number of companies and workers are fleeing the city. San Francisco is set to become the next Detroit. What's your exit plan?
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by FreeSpeech 5y ago
Bellingcat participated in a covert UK foreign-office funded program with the BBC to "weaken Russian": https://thegrayzone.com/2021/02/20/reuters-bbc-uk-foreign-of... Anyone suggesting Bellingcat is
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by FreeSpeech 5y ago
Just as Al Jazeera is Qatari state propaganda, BBC is British state propaganda. You can pull the wool over your eyes and disagree, but they're all state backed narrative machines. The BBC works directly with the UK Foreign Office to pu
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by FreeSpeech 5y ago
Wait until you hear about SpaceX.
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70% of San Francisco residents say quality of life has declined: poll(kron4.com)
149 points by FreeSpeech 5y ago|245 comments
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by FreeSpeech 5y ago
> But we're discussing voluntary taxation here Income taxes are no more voluntary than consumption taxes. > corporations (already masters at tax avoidance under coercive taxation) would never opt in 130 countries have already bac
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by FreeSpeech 5y ago
Personal income taxes are only a recent phenomena, introduced to bolster war efforts. Nothing prevents a nation funding itself through corporate and consumption taxes alone.
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by FreeSpeech 5y ago
Just as we more than make up for the cost of residents using public services with the money they spend on living costs.
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by FreeSpeech 5y ago
Believable deep fakes, at least currently, cannot be created instantly. Blockchain guarantees whatever footage is on chain existed at the moment it was added and hasn't been tampered with since.
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by FreeSpeech 5y ago
The vast majority of tourist taxes are minimal ($5-$50) and have no relation to duration (arrival/departure taxes). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourist_tax
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by FreeSpeech 5y ago
Most residents of wealthy neighbourhoods would disagree, e.g. the wealthiest district of Atlanta is actively seeking secession: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/buckhead-secession-a...
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by FreeSpeech 5y ago
We don't tax tourists to use any of those services. In most jurisdictions public roads are funded through fuel and registration levies.
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by FreeSpeech 5y ago
Welcome to direct democracy. If a referendum doesn't represent the people, nothing does.
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Facebook now warning users about exposure to “harmful extremist content”(newshub.co.nz)
63 points by FreeSpeech 5y ago|67 comments
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by FreeSpeech 5y ago
> why didn’t they tell us it was this simple? Because it has an intangible effect on GDP. Our culture optimises for creating obedient worker drones who will capitulate to authority. Fostering empathy for others and leading children to a
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Microsoft exec: Targeting of Americans’ records ‘routine’(apnews.com)
3 points by FreeSpeech 5y ago|1 comments
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by FreeSpeech 5y ago
Has anyone used Copilot with a more succinct language? It appears to only automate boilerplate and rudimentary patterns, which while useful in repetitive low signal to noise ratio languages like React or Java, sounds less appealing if you&#
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by FreeSpeech 5y ago
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3A4chan.org%20new...
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by FreeSpeech 5y ago
There is no reason censorship/moderation has to be done server-side. It can be done at the client level with subscribable mute/block lists. Of course, this requires big tech to relinquish their power to shape worldwide discourse,
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by FreeSpeech 5y ago
False dichotomy. Would be best if they didn't make them in the first place through employing naive censorship heuristics.
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by FreeSpeech 5y ago
You don't have to be an oracle, this discussion is happening a decade later.
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by FreeSpeech 5y ago
There's an enormous difference between "not having bet on something" (inaction) and "selling an already acquired asset" (action).
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by FreeSpeech 5y ago
How did Deng Xiaoping reform China from economic backwater into the powerhouse we have today? Deregulation, which birthed innovation.
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by FreeSpeech 5y ago
Realise our predictions are fallible: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/08/us/glaciers-national-park...
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by FreeSpeech 5y ago
No, innovation begets regulation. Deregulation fosters innovation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_economic_reform
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by FreeSpeech 5y ago
It's coronation disguised as regulation. Casinos and fruit machines are moral, but crypto is not?

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