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by afuchs 5y ago
See also: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26926054 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26925698
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by afuchs 6y ago
There was/is a subset of radical feminism that saw heterosexuality as something that perpetuated patriarchal oppression [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_feminism#Radical_lesbi...
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by afuchs 6y ago
Sorry about that. Trying to figure out what both comments meant to convey given the ambiguity of language, especially in a heated discussion.
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by afuchs 6y ago
> I would recommend looking into the less pleasant facts about others you consider philosophically brilliant, especially those further removed from us in time, before you denounce Richard Stallman as irredeemable to history. This is ille
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by afuchs 6y ago
This thread/discussion is attached to an article about Discord banning one (of multiple, only one got banned) communities and the r/wallstreebtets community going private (moderators limiting access to members who've already
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by afuchs 6y ago
Didn't Twitter block that from trending [1]? Considering that it was moderated, how is this a counter argument to a claim that Twitter moderates content posted to its site? [1] https://www.newsweek.com/twitter-stops-han
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by afuchs 6y ago
For anyone who might be confused: WhatsApp's statuses are similar to SnapChat/Instagram stories and Twitter fleets. This is different than the online/away/etc status feature in older chat apps that was text only and usua
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by afuchs 6y ago
How is it determined if something is a call to genocide or otherwise a call to commit harm? From what I can tell, whether speech in the form of "group X should be eliminated" constitutes a threat is still subject to controversy [1
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by afuchs 6y ago
I thought that subreddit was banned because of the negative media attention that it received. Wasn't that years before SESTA and FOSTA were passed?
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by afuchs 6y ago
> https://github.com/robertdavidgraham/hunter-dkim That appears to be one single email with limited context. The README.md in that repo outright states that the context for the email is absent and does not necessari
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by afuchs 6y ago
> If the allegations about hunters laptop were transparently fraudulent, why do the gmail originated messages pass DKIM validation? The refusal to release the full messages with complete headers was a point of contention in the original
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by afuchs 6y ago
For those curious: https://twitter.com/donk_enby/status/1346536580295626754 It looks like they're reverse engineering an iOS app
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by afuchs 6y ago
There are instances where such freedoms are granted to individuals while on private property. However, it is limited to specific circumstances and only when a specific jurisdiction's laws require it. Quickly looking this up brings me t
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by afuchs 6y ago
The use of cryptocurrency for anything other than investments has been hindered the UX compared to the traditional financial system. But, how much additional effort would someone have to expend to maintain a list of guardians compared to ma
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by afuchs 6y ago
This sounds like a slippery slope argument[1], which can be genuine but also controversial when generalized. Can we talk about individual instance, like those specific to the current situation with Trump or other situations, like "Oper
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by afuchs 6y ago
This is a bit of a meta discussion, but there does seem to be a marked difference between what the moderators do (most recently, pruning entire threads) and what users using the "flag" button and down voting does. The last couple
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by afuchs 6y ago
> ... But that's not the actual issue, the real issue is coordinated and targeted bans from 'Big Tech'. ... Since this language is divisive and emotionally charged is there any evidence to back this up? Is there direct evi
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by afuchs 6y ago
This looks like a specific account on an individual server. (which could have been registered by anyone) Each Mastodon instance chooses which other instances they can federate with (whitelist or blacklist). Given that Mastodon's early
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by afuchs 6y ago
> ... the sites are filled to overflowing with HEAVY liberal bias ... This very subjective and probably different person to person especially given AI driven filters and the ability to choose who to follow or friend on these sites. When
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by afuchs 6y ago
Is everything supposed to be black and white? Following the arguments put forth in the rest of this thread, it is possible to support free speech while still arguing for exceptions and being against free speech absolutism. Such an argument
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by afuchs 6y ago
A problem that has demonstrability arisen with even neutral moderation is that, no matter the moderation criteria, a vocal subset of those who are affected by that moderation will still complain loudly about being censored. This applies eve
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by afuchs 6y ago
The issue raised from the article and this overall discussion isn't necessarily concerned with one individual case, it is about what processes should be followed to make such a determination regardless of who that individual is. Even i
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by afuchs 6y ago
It's a duplicate of previous discussions, the one gaining the most traction being https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25575321 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25597144 https://news.yco
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by afuchs 6y ago
Dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25575321
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by afuchs 6y ago
Not a lawyer, but my understanding is that it depends on the details of how and why. A uniform decision regarding all interns across an entire company targeting specific racial charactaristics is very different from a policy that bases deci
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by afuchs 6y ago
Yep: https://hbr.org/2020/03/research-to-reduce-gender-bias-anony... Evey beyond names people tend to assign class, gender, and race to surprisingly mundane things that are found on resumes.
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by afuchs 6y ago
If that is true and there isn't more to this story it is likely illegal if this was done in the US. That said, FAANG companies have provided countless textbook examples of what HR departments should not do in almost every imaginable si
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by afuchs 6y ago
Why immediately jump to such a conclusion? The paper being discussed talks about there being a threshold under which someone might be in a poverty trap. Would simple subsidies and programs to support children's economic future suffice,
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by afuchs 6y ago
The previous comment's argument appears to be that heritability of "being smart" is not strictly limited to genetic factors, that measures of "smartness" such as an IQ score also measure other factors that are not s
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by afuchs 6y ago
> Delete Twitter, stop reading opinion pieces, and go actually talk to some Republicans. ... I doubt most people are in a bubble where they don't talk to Republicans in their day to day lives. > ... You'll find that they&#x

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