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by afuchs 6y ago
This argument is similar to Karl Popper's Paradox of Tolerance [1], where authoritarians can use freedoms given to them by a society to remove those freedoms from others. However, the statement insisting that Bernie Sanders will someho
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by afuchs 6y ago
>> ... You have Matt Shea, an elected Republican: ... > None of those are the government, sure there are radical citizens (domestic terrorists), admittedly. Everyone universally thinks this is bad. ... Is someone who is part of a s
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by afuchs 6y ago
For the sake of balance, this defendant's motion to dismiss is also relevant since it directly disputes these claims: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/18619867/31/donald-j-tr... Many more documents a
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by afuchs 6y ago
Agreeing with this, but without more evidence it does sound like a case of the quote from Cardinal Richelieu (disputed in origin): > If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them wh
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by afuchs 6y ago
This carries the assumption that competence is something that is purely objective. I find it more likely that what is perceived as competence is still subject to bias.
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by afuchs 6y ago
There may be a problem once you look at the social and economic structures that encourage students to apply to these schools. For schools, like Harvard and Yale, isn't a large part of the value they provide to students derived from the
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by afuchs 6y ago
> True, but this is why it shouldn't be bashed either. When you need it, you need it (cue very complex enterprise applications with SLA requirements). To support this, look at how many people criticize Kubernetes as being too focuse
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by afuchs 6y ago
From my understanding, it is easy enough to bypass HTTPS encryption if you need to intercept traffic for an attack like this. You only need to intercept and modify the traffic for a website, not a specific website. There are still website
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by afuchs 6y ago
The GP's focus on the republican party over the individual voters is misplaced in a historical context [1], but holds for the alignment of modern day voting blocs [2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Party_
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by afuchs 7y ago
Signal's developers don't want to store contact lists on their servers because of their concerns about privacy. They also worry about ease of use for non-technical users. Their solution is to use the end user's address book a
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by afuchs 7y ago
No, this seems to be a misreading of the article. They want to do everything they can to make their child succeed, and also feel bad that the opportunities their child has are not available to other children because of those children's
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by afuchs 7y ago
A basic search could find strings that look like network addresses, but those addresses are easy to obfuscate. Any algorithm that can detect every possible obfuscated address would have to include a solution for the halting problem. So dete
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by afuchs 7y ago
> ... I don't have these experiences when I deal with the private sector, and those dealings are also quite a lot cheaper than with the public sector. ... You are aware that much of what you just described, road construction, govern
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by afuchs 7y ago
> Because none of those things are done by governments. They're done by companies that provide water, food, medicine, airplanes, cars etc. Before the US federal government forced companies to act the country's polluted rivers c
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by afuchs 7y ago
> Two kinds of people in this system. Three or more if you count more realistic viewpoints. > Two kinds of people in this system. One of them thinks if you work hard you can climb your way out of poverty through your own self determ
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by afuchs 8y ago
> Can you explain how US free speech causes harm? A good example that could be considered to be overall harmful would be the anti-vax movement. It has spread by speech over social media through patently inaccurate information.
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by afuchs 8y ago
It isn't any more of an act of war than the actions of state actors who target civilians. These researchers are academic scholars. If the UofT's Citizen Lab is committing acts of war by researching how state sponsored malware is u
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by afuchs 8y ago
>And this is why I comment. This is wrong! You should not have to stretch on healthcare if you know how to spend your money. > Get treated abroad. It's as simple as that. > EDIT: You may lose your job. It's a consequence
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by afuchs 8y ago
> Who is "we"? > As a random citizen walking around the streets I shouldn't decide people are more or less likely to attack me or whatever based on appearance. Unless you have a deep knowledge of the neighborhood you a
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by afuchs 8y ago
There has been a large increase in hate crimes in the United States in the last few years. The issue of censorship is deeply nuanced (i.e. the paradox of tolerance). On one hand, there is the problem of "what if the tables are flipped
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by afuchs 8y ago
The predominant viewpoint of most HN posters seems to lean towards some idealized form of anarcho-capitalist libertarianism. Although there are definitely a few leftists and conservatives in the mix.
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by afuchs 8y ago
From my personal experience and observation, a large amount of employers that say that they can't fill their open positions, skilled or unskilled, have unrealistically high standards. They would rather leave a position unfilled than ri
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by afuchs 8y ago
People have measurable and quantifiable biases that have an effect on how they perceive others. While there are actual differences between individuals, what is presented as an objective biological fact is often a false projection of someone
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by afuchs 8y ago
Off the top of my head, I can think of the "disappearing middle class." The trend seems to be that anyone that would have previously found themselves with a place in life, that placed them below the upper middle class rich but abo
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by afuchs 8y ago
From my casual observation, someone's IQ and intelligence doesn't seem to be a dominant factor beyond the point where it is considered a disability. People with a level of intelligence that is measurably above average can still ha
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by afuchs 8y ago
What stops someone you blocked from asking their followers to harass you? Should it be possible to force someone to spend several hours a day blocking people?
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by afuchs 8y ago
Its too easy to hijack someone's phone number by socially engineering a phone company (ignoring routing/signaling vulnerabilities). A quick search brought up this article: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/12
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by afuchs 8y ago
> [...] People are literally being kidnapped or killed or starving and you're complaining about online harrassment. [...] In the context of this discussion, about an article about online harassment, this is a very disingenuous straw
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by afuchs 8y ago
To the extent that it's possible, yes. Just look at Canada's hate speech laws if you want a real world example.
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by afuchs 8y ago
Are angry mobs waiting to violently attack someone because their neighbor doesn't like the color their house is painted? Is this indistinguishable from when an angry mob violently attacks someone because their neighbor libeled them? Th

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