Gormo

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by Gormo 2y ago
The previous comment was complaining that we can't improve the situation, as there are no viable alternatives, in a discussion that is taking place on one of the alternatives. That's the irony.
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by Gormo 2y ago
Well, no, all of those other forms of online communication exist globally, and can be used by anyone, anywhere.
723.
by Gormo 2y ago
Don't forget about dialing into the local BBS and trying to find cheats and tricks in text files.
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by Gormo 2y ago
You're equating avoiding mass-market social media with becoming a hermit on a remote island. But you're here, saying that on HN. I've seen people say similar things on Reddit, in IRC channels, on blogs, Gemlogs, Mastodon post
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by Gormo 2y ago
> What's the difference between the perception of a problem being present and the existence of a problem? Well, it would be the same as the distinction between real and imaginary in any other context.
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by Gormo 2y ago
No, there's no such reasoning in that decision, which confirmed that speech itself is protected by the first amendment, regardless of who originates it. And this ruling had little to do with any of that -- the first amendment challen
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by Gormo 2y ago
But the ACLU was arguing in defense of free speech there.
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by Gormo 2y ago
> By saying China's using Tik Tok to subvert "democracy," aren't we really saying voters are not individual agents but rather a mob subject to manipulation by propaganda? Yep. Same thing as the people arguing to reve
729.
by Gormo 2y ago
If all of that happened, I still don't think I'd be motivated to poop on my own floor.
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by Gormo 2y ago
You've made a good argument here -- I'll have to consider it further. I suppose I'm trying to separate the "rationalist" ideas, interpreted as a methodology of reasoning, from the normative positions that some commu
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by Gormo 2y ago
This entire conversation is about the TikTok ban. My question about why deployed troops are allowed to use social media apps on consumer devices was in response to preceding comments insinuating that banning TikTok is justifiable in light
732.
by Gormo 2y ago
So, by your way of thinking, if there was a chance that pooping on the floor myself might discourage my dog's bad behavior, I should go right ahead? It's not quite correct to say that the Supreme Court ruled that the ban is legi
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by Gormo 2y ago
I'm sure there are many other cheap and easy ways to improve morale on deployments, but that many of those options are eschewed and/or only offered with oversight because they would otherwise risk operational security. I'm no
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by Gormo 2y ago
I'm confused then -- if you aren't construing the larger community of people following these ideas and participating remotely as being separate from the "core" group, then how do the more unusual lifestyles that only t
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by Gormo 2y ago
It sounds like your primary critique here is that "rationalist" communities overlap in membership with other communities that have other, not strictly related, inclinations. That may be so, but I'm not sure it's relevan
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by Gormo 2y ago
My dog is a dog. He doesn't see anything wrong with pooping on the floor, so he won't be fazed if I do it too: threatening to poop on my own floor is not going to get him to stop doing it. If I follow through with my threat, no
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by Gormo 2y ago
> You're constructing a straw man without being curious about the things you yourself are missing. Could you point out the straw man in question? I feel like everything I posted above is a direct response to arguments I gleaned fro
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by Gormo 2y ago
The previous commented made an on-target point about how polls can often be manipulated to produce contrived results. I've seen plenty of cases that corroborate this: differently constructed polls showing wildly different breakdowns o
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by Gormo 2y ago
I mean, I do completely expect deployed military personnel to adhere to rules and limitations that are much more rigorous than those they'd experience in civilian life. I'd be astonished if I learned that soldiers on duty were t
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by Gormo 2y ago
I mean, it seems obviously true to me , which is why I posited it here. Do you have a counter-argument you'd like to offer in response?
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by Gormo 2y ago
It's not that polls are imperfect, it's that they're often entirely misleading and incorrect. And if the only tool you have to do a job isn't fit for purpose, then that just means that you aren't equipped to do the
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by Gormo 2y ago
Reminds me of the ultimatum I gave my dog last week: I told him that if he didn't stop pooping on the floor, I would punish him by pooping on the floor myself.
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by Gormo 2y ago
> What's that saying? The best way to get a promotion is to cause a problem and then fix it? There's too much effort and uncertainty involved in actually creating a problem and then actually fixing it. It's much easier and
744.
by Gormo 2y ago
The incentive structures inherent in modern politics encourages all politicians to alternately champion or repudiate unworkable solutions to problems that themselves are likely exaggerated or fabricated from whole cloth. The parties are jus
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by Gormo 2y ago
Why are soldiers allowed to bring GPS-enable consumer smartphones along with them on top-secret deployments in the first place?
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by Gormo 2y ago
But it sounds like Canon actually invested extra development time to create crippled firmware that deviates from industry standards.
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by Gormo 2y ago
> Yes, you can create an RSS feed from a Youtube Channel. You can can create an RSS feed from Reddit. You don't have to create anything. YouTube and Reddit have never stopped publishing RSS feeds. I've personally been using R
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by Gormo 2y ago
But with the reversal of Chevron , this will hopefully be somewhat corrected.
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by Gormo 2y ago
> I believe that addresses the concern about this being a "Bill of Attainder". The definition of "foreign adversary controlled application" in the bill is explicit in including either (a) this specific list of organiz
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by Gormo 2y ago
If all I saw was "we eat ice cream for dessert", I'm not sure I'd be able to get a geolocation any more precise than "Earth". The Pontiac in question was the car brand. Someone, somewhere, who drove a Pontiac

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