Jochim

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by Jochim 3y ago
No one wins. You end up living in a police state and when you do experience crime, it'll likely be more severe. The root of systemic criminality is in the failure of society to justify why it's rules should be respected. That does
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by Jochim 3y ago
Of course. I let "some users" do a bit too much work in my previous comment. The point was that they're not doing anything that the other platforms aren't doing. They seem to do a fair bit to identify content that breaks
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by Jochim 3y ago
I clearly state that possibility in my comment and explain why I think it's unlikely. The base claim was that ByteDance was pushing sexualised content on TikTok while policing it on Douyin. This makes zero sense given that TikTok'
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by Jochim 3y ago
I did consider that. Traffic discrimination certainly occurs. However, I don't believe it's presence supports the claim in this case. The original claim is that Douyin promotes "wholesome" educational content, whereas Ti
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People are making money from it. Many people now view that as the goal rather than improving and maintaining a healthy society.
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by Jochim 3y ago
They aren't pushing suicide videos specifically. Like most feed driven social media platforms, a video gets some engagement and it appears in the feeds of some users as a result. If it gets flagged or reported they take it down. TikTok
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by Jochim 3y ago
You could easily see for yourself by visiting the link in the previous comment. For what it's worth. Four out of the first five videos I saw on Douyin were sexualised in some way, the first was of a train driver. I scrolled through 20
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by Jochim 3y ago
You can freely view the kind of content available on Douyin: https://www.douyin.com/ Here are the first five videos that were presented as an anonymous user: https://www.douyin.com/video/721150068900287
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by Jochim 3y ago
It's not true you can see for yourself: https://douyin.com/ On TikTok you largely just get more of what you've already engaged with. If you're using the platform for porn you're going to get a lot of it.
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by Jochim 4y ago
There's much less opportunity to attack someone with a knife and it involves a lot more personal risk. You're likely to get stabbed back unless they're totally unprepared. It's much more difficult to do a "drive by
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by Jochim 4y ago
> Immortality becoming a possibility is also an opportunity for changing our social structures. There's nothing wrong with Bezos or Gates living forever, as long as their social and financial dominance isn't also guaranteed to
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by Jochim 4y ago
I don't think the world would be a better off if the Bezos' and Gates' were to live forever. Death provides an opportunity for change. Often in the form of upheaval to political structures but more frequently in opening up so
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by Jochim 4y ago
Business owners get away with breaking violating the law. Small businesses are infamous for paying people under the table, stealing wages, not giving appropriate breaks, employing children etc.. The size of a business only affects the kind
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by Jochim 4y ago
I moved to a bigger place but my bills throughout winter were 3-5 times higher despite going from heating the whole house to 18, occasionally 21, to keeping the majority of the house at 11 degrees and whatever room was occupied at 15, only
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by Jochim 4y ago
18 can feel quite cold if you're already cold, it's drafty, or the warmth isn't distributed fairly evenly.
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by Jochim 4y ago
Slave plantations also lead to the construction and donation of a lot of public buildings in the UK. At the time these would have been a major improvement in the lives of those who benefited from them. However, it's not a strong argume
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by Jochim 4y ago
> 7.1 per 100,000.[1] This is a large increase in recent years. There were 10 more in 2022 than in 2014[0], which was the low point for homicide rates nationally[1]. The absolute number is fairly flat and per-capita rates are well down o
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by Jochim 4y ago
> The number of murders is very sad to see increased to such high levels. Why just make things up? The absolute number of murders is basically flat over the last decade and per-capita it's decreased[1]. [0] https://sfgov.
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by Jochim 4y ago
> try to raise these issues (as a working class person) you always get accused by some progressive middle-class person of racism, intolerance, or being anti-progress, etc. The problem is that almost no one tries to "raise these issu
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by Jochim 4y ago
> "With the exception of homicides" Homicides are included. If you had kept reading you would've seen that the next sentence is: > Homicides reflect the number of victims and are not based on the incidents. It appears t
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by Jochim 4y ago
> People generally are uncomfortable with crime being up 50% in 3 years, even if it's still down 30% from 1991. Where did the 50% number come from? Q1 2023 appears to be down nearly 10% on Q1 2022 and 25% compared with Q1 2017. 2022
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by Jochim 4y ago
Is there actual data for this or is it simply a feeling? Everything I've been able to find indicates that crime statistics are trending downwards and are already much lower than historical levels.
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by Jochim 4y ago
Because the status quo has lead to a steady reduction in crime. Long term statistics are way down, and so are most short term statistics as well: 2017-2022 [0]: * ~9,000 fewer incidents in total. * Rape halved. * Robberies decreased to 2&#x
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by Jochim 4y ago
The general criticisms are that the current state is worse than it used to be though. That's simply not borne out by the statistics. Long term trends have been steadily down, and even in the short term: 2017-2022 [0]: * ~9,000 fewer in
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by Jochim 4y ago
Places with lower wealth inequality seem to have fewer mentally ill drug addicts terrorising the public. Putting aside arguments of social responsibility and taking a purely self-interested perspective, it's typically cheaper and more
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Major cloud costs are also proof that finance departments hate additional vendors.
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The problem is most people simply aren't rich enough. The effective tax rate of our current, and richest, prime minister was only 22%. I'm on the low end of the higher rate bracket and already pay more than that, before counting N
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> That said, I agree with you that patients who need these drugs should get them. I had to get emergency surgery a few years ago and they also gave me morphine, oxycodone and fentanyl at the hospital. I find it hard to imagine how awful
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by Jochim 4y ago
It's an unpleasant reality but those 6 figures in taxes are all that stands between you and a hungry mob ripping your throat out.
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by Jochim 4y ago
If you see a car-jacking and a car with one of it's lights out you don't leave the first one to go after the second.

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