Teever

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by Teever 1y ago
I've been thinking for a while that a coordinated and massive action against a specific company by people all claiming damages in small claims court would be a very effective way of bringing that company to heel.
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by Teever 1y ago
Well the community response and moderator response are sort of interconnected, aren't they? Like as I understand it the system here works because the users moderate each other in a way that will trigger automated action and eventually
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Lack of 'economically-attractive' men to blame for decline in marriage rates(the-independent.com)
3 points by Teever 1y ago|1 comments
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by Teever 1y ago
A death penalty doesn't have to intrinsically be about punishment. It can be about removing the threat that a person poses from society permanently. It can be about making the victims feel a sense of relief and justice.
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by Teever 1y ago
> they understand that characters in TV series are not real They do not which is why a reality TV star who is 'good at business' is the current US President. Reality TV is the old media and people are still falling for it and t
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by Teever 1y ago
You seem to be suggesting that there's no noteworthy difference in the speed and effectiveness of different communication mediums like spoken, written, or radio and as such there's no noteworthy difference in the outcome of their
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by Teever 1y ago
Marconi demonstrated radio in 1895 and the first broadcast radio station started in 1920. By the 1930s Adolf Hitler was routinely using the medium to broadcast vile propaganda about Jews and others which lead to the holocaust in the 1940s.
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by Teever 1y ago
The point you raise is implicit in the comment that you're replying to and your response seems to intentionally ignore the very valid point that a bad deadline in this context may kill people and have other very negative consequences f
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by Teever 1y ago
Of course we will adjust. That is a truism that is besides the point. What matters is how many people will suffer during this adjustment period. How many Rwandan genocides will happen because of this technology? How many lynchings or witc
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by Teever 1y ago
I personally have noticed that 'celebrity' users like WalterBright often great technical contributions to the community but that their contributions in social/political discussions are often patronizing in a way that I don&#x
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by Teever 1y ago
Is the issue really lobbying or inordinate control over the government by big tech? And if that's the case how would a less powerful government resist the power of big tech as you seem to be implying?
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by Teever 1y ago
What if the price cap was set at whatever Canadians pay for insulin? It seems like insulin is a lot more affordable there and it's obviously an economically sustainable rate because companies keep selling it to Canada. How much does it
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Why Canada Blasted a Hole Outside Its Parliament [video](youtube.com)
1 points by Teever 1y ago|0 comments
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by Teever 1y ago
Can you use your iPad as a Wacom quality comparable table for input on your macbook?
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The faces and fallout of Australia's historic Iraq War protests(abc.net.au)
2 points by Teever 1y ago|0 comments
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Essential Craftsman: 40-Yr Contractor Learns Japanese House Construction [video](youtube.com)
2 points by Teever 1y ago|0 comments
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China Tightens Grip on Rare Earths Ahead of Expected Trump-Xi Meeting(wsj.com)
2 points by Teever 1y ago|0 comments
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by Teever 1y ago
To me one of the best metrics for capability and design of these kinds of machines is the extent in which their manufacturer makes use of them in their manufacturing process. That tells me that the design is amenable to aftermarket service
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by Teever 1y ago
How much of a difference is there really between someone who lives in the west and is tidy and someone who isn't when things like carbon emissions, landfill consumption, and microplastics production are the same? You can wash the dishe
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The Mechanical Music Man(youtube.com)
1 points by Teever 1y ago|0 comments
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by Teever 1y ago
This all may be well and good but the reality is that Reddit's rules against 'advocating for violence' don't really map out to any laws in the real world. Like, on Reddit you're technically not allowed to say "
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by Teever 1y ago
I think a good metaphor for the situation is that the US is like a tank and regulations are like armour on that tank. It can both be true that the US has too many regulations (the tank has too much armour) and that it's in the wrong sp
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Historian uses AI to help identify Nazi in notorious Holocaust murder image(theguardian.com)
4 points by Teever 1y ago|0 comments
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by Teever 1y ago
Doesnt hardware getting smaller and with tighter tolerances mean they it's easier to waterproof something? Less surface area to protect and tighter joints means there's less gaps to fill.
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by Teever 1y ago
Do you know if Apple opensourced or FRAND'd their alteratives in this area?
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by Teever 1y ago
It's a stepping stone to building very large spacecraft/space stations that have rotating habitat rings that would be used to colonize the solar system. These kinds of things can be put into cycler orbits around the Moon or Mars[0
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by Teever 1y ago
A moon base gets us a platform to test what long term low gravity does to a human body, and an environment to test ISRU for various materials like water, oxygen, iron, titanium, etc... Being able to prove that people can live in an environm
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With a final screech, AOL's dial-up service goes silent(nbcnews.com)
5 points by Teever 1y ago|0 comments
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Classified US intelligence warns of China's preparations for Taiwan invasion(abc.net.au)
9 points by Teever 1y ago|3 comments
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Gabbard Ends Intelligence Report on Future Threats to U.S.(nytimes.com)
20 points by Teever 1y ago|19 comments

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