Georgelemental

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by Georgelemental 5y ago
> As to what the west could actually have done, it's things like "not elect Trump" or "not do Brexit" or "not have growing right wing movement in Hungary and nearby countries". What does that have to do
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by Georgelemental 5y ago
Would celebrity status help scientists do their job, though?
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by Georgelemental 5y ago
While it is true that the Russians are most at fault morally, acknowledging that does nothing to stop them now of to stop things like this from happening again in the future. If we actually want to make things better, we need to think about
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by Georgelemental 5y ago
Looks like there's an iOS app for this: https://apps.apple.com/app/privacy-redirect/id1578144015
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by Georgelemental 5y ago
And there have already been hiccups in reliability from some of that renewable ramp-up. Solar and wind can't guarantee output, and the storage technology just doesn't exist yet, so for now there is a hard cap on how much more % so
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by Georgelemental 5y ago
Instead of the terrible Twitter website, have you considered Nitter[0] with an extension like Privacy Redirect[1] (or on mobile, an app like UntrackMe[3])? No login prompt, no dark patterns, no JavaScript [0] https://github.com&#
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by Georgelemental 5y ago
Kiwi Browser ( https://kiwibrowser.com/ ) is a FOSS Chromium for Android derivative that supports Chrome extensions.
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by Georgelemental 5y ago
Kobos let you install custom book-reading software without too much hassle. KOReader[0] is the most popular one. I like it because it allows for a ton of customization, can properly render pretty much any EPUB you throw at it (much better t
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by Georgelemental 5y ago
This is dishonest reporting. Many of the books in question were simply removed from school curricula, that is not "banning."
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by Georgelemental 5y ago
The US is not as different as you think. Seat belts are mandatory in 49/50 states, restrictions on smoking are common, restaurant employees generally need to wash their hands after going to the bathroom, "no shirt no shoes no serv
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by Georgelemental 5y ago
https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-chrome-clean
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by Georgelemental 5y ago
The conspiracy is not "black people plotting against daddy musk," its "sleazy trial lawyers plotting to get 100 million dollar payouts." Which is a tale as old as time
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by Georgelemental 5y ago
The "low marketshare" argument doesn't work as well for a communication service like Zoom, because it's important for everyone on the Zoom call to have access. If 1% of users have Linux, that means that on a Zoom call
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by Georgelemental 5y ago
I'm saying that Abrahamic faiths generally don't leave any room for "my truth" being different from "your truth." There is only one Truth with a capital T, because there is only one God with a capital G. So if
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by Georgelemental 5y ago
See also the Code of Ethics: https://sqlite.org/codeofethics.html
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by Georgelemental 5y ago
> "The author's obvious preference for subjective ethics" I doubt this interpretation, given SQLite's Code of Ethics ( https://sqlite.org/codeofethics.html ). Abrahamic faiths and subjective ethics don&
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by Georgelemental 5y ago
For many employers wokeness is a legal requirement. If they don't make all the right noises suddenly they get sued for "hostile workplace environment" and have to pay out hundreds of millions of dollars. This happened to Tesl
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by Georgelemental 5y ago
As others have said, Debian Stable is not the way to go if you want up-to-date packages. Personally I find Fedora to be ideal in terms of update cadence, packages are kept up-to-date but still get some more testing compared to a fully rolli
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by Georgelemental 5y ago
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/ and a good portion of his blogroll
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by Georgelemental 5y ago
China has nukes. So do the United States, Britain, and India. None of the leaders of the listed nations want to die in a nuclear holocaust. So no, your "united force" will never happen.
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by Georgelemental 5y ago
I am specifically referring to the Lancet letter that is the subject of the article (full text: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6... ). Relevant excerpts: > The rapid, open, and t
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by Georgelemental 5y ago
These scientists didn't believe X, and later change their minds to believe Y based on new evidence—they believed X, vocally smeared everyone who dared to believe Y as liars and cranks , and later changed their minds to believe Y based
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by Georgelemental 5y ago
Isn't EDD fraud rampant though? Legitimate claimants don't get benefits, criminals do?