ImJamal

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by ImJamal 3y ago
>Blink is objectively bad in the first place Do you mind explaining this statement?
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by ImJamal 3y ago
Well, I think most countries in the area want the land (or wouldn't mind having it, if it was given to them). I've seen some estimates of 1.7 billion barrels of oil in Gaza. I doubt any of the neighboring countries would turn that
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by ImJamal 3y ago
Does the UAE actually want Gaza? It seems like a country a bit closer would be better off taking control even if UAE wants it. However, it is important to note that none of the neighbors want the Palestinians (Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan). Th
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by ImJamal 3y ago
Perhaps you should think about Jews who are in Israel who are not involved with ethnic cleansing? Do you think the Palestinians will make a distinction or would even have a way of knowing who was in support of such policies?
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by ImJamal 3y ago
>It absolutely works. There’s a reason Nazi propaganda is banned in Germany. You can't know that for sure. If Nazi propaganda was not banned and the Nazi never took over again then free speech would work as well. We just don't
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by ImJamal 3y ago
Not at all. iMessage which is what this whole thread is about is an example of something not federated. I can't set up an iMessage server and connect with Apple's. I can set up my own email server and email an iCloud email address
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by ImJamal 3y ago
>It's clearly not as procuring another SIM card from another carrier requires actual effort and money that is by no means guaranteed to be available for everyone Setting up an email/mastodon/matrix server requires effort a
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by ImJamal 3y ago
According to the CDC[1] Heart disease accounts for 695,547 deaths. Gun deaths [2] are at 48,830 and that includes suicides and accidents. [1] https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm [2] https://www.
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by ImJamal 3y ago
It is federated in the same way matrix or mastodon are. You join a server and it can talk to other servers. If the server you are on shuts down you won't be able to login and make posts no matter how many agreements have been signed be
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by ImJamal 3y ago
Stop moving the goal posts.
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by ImJamal 3y ago
Elon is probably in the top three most hated people who are on a somewhat regular basis mentioned on HN.
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by ImJamal 3y ago
Not being racist to anybody would be a way to reduce racism against non-whites.
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by ImJamal 3y ago
Being a racist who discriminates against specific races is fine if some other people were also racist? Is that actually what you are arguing?
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by ImJamal 3y ago
If the poster meant 8 years ago they stopped being motivated he would have just said that. The post didn't say that. You are just tangling yourself in word play to try to get the post to mean something different than it does.
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by ImJamal 3y ago
The police chief is appointed by the mayor. If people feel like they are not being listened to or there is too much abuse maybe they should elect a mayor that will deal with it?
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by ImJamal 3y ago
I could say the exact same thing for your interpretation. Why not just say 1000 years ago the budget wasn't cut? It would have the same meaning. Oh wait, it wouldn't have the same meaning because 8 and 1000 years are quite a bit d
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by ImJamal 3y ago
I do not read "In the last 8 years" as 8 years ago, but within in the last 8 years. Do you read it differently?
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by ImJamal 3y ago
>In the last 8 years SPD has become completely unmotivated to do their job despite never having their budget cut The budget was absolutely cut. https://apnews.com/article/business-police-seattle-6730ec66e...
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by ImJamal 3y ago
Are you saying all blacks think the same way?
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by ImJamal 3y ago
Let's take a hypothetical situation. A company decides it doesn't want to hire black people or Hispanic people. They decide they only want to hire whites and Asians. Any of their employees who do not meet the quotas and hire too m
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by ImJamal 3y ago
I never suggested that it was. I'm just saying it is a skill to being able to promote yourself. Hiring based on a skill (even if it is only semi-related to the job) is hiring based on merit. Also, if you can sell yourself you are likel
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by ImJamal 3y ago
Merriam Webster defines merit as "a praiseworthy quality". Programming skills would qualify as merit but so would "social and communication skills". Hiring based on any of those skills would still be hiring on merit. Ha
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by ImJamal 3y ago
>I understand the concern but I also understand the general public reaction to Israel's actions. The occupation is one thing, but the genocidal rhetoric by Israeli officials and the desecration of muslim holy sites and harassment of
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by ImJamal 3y ago
I'm not talking about the US government doing stuff. I'm talking about ordinary people doing stuff. If people cared about human rights abuses they would protest Turkey and Israel (and plenty of other countries). We should, of cour
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by ImJamal 3y ago
Maybe? We are trusting Hamas' numbers on the number of people in Palestine who died. Not exactly the most objective source...
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by ImJamal 3y ago
And yet no where near as many people are crying and protesting against Turkey. Maybe people are just critical, but they refuse to take the same actions. How many people support BDS against Israel? How many support it against Turkey?
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by ImJamal 3y ago
It is too bad that a technology doesn't exist that could allow the climate minister to attend COP digitally. Maybe somebody should create such a thing.
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by ImJamal 3y ago
Alcohol is only more dangerous because so many more people use alcohol over hard drugs. When you look at the per capita rate, hard drugs kill more people. Another poster did the math here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i
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by ImJamal 3y ago
Vatican City and Lichtenstein monarchs have a decent amount of power still.
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by ImJamal 3y ago
>Maybe it's worse for people who voluntarily stay in contact with many others using different messengers This is the problem I was expressing. If I want to contact Joe I have to use Signal, if I want to contact Sarah it is WhatsApp.

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