amagumori

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by amagumori 13y ago
it's important to realize that our popular TV shows are full of propaganda. it's subtle stuff, not out-and-out endorsements of political or social positions, but more along the lines of assumptions that are reinforced and left un
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by amagumori 13y ago
hmm. i agree about the subtle racism of the job-exporting argument. well not that the argument itself is racist, but that it goes hand in hand with xenophobia. the core problem though is that free trade has created a race to the bottom wh
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by amagumori 13y ago
what about the loongson laptops? they run on their own proprietary silicon, designed and built in china. yep, this is where we're at in 2014...the technology designed in a communist country is more trustworthy than the stuff designed
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by amagumori 13y ago
genuinely curious here, why would a bigger economy mean a better quality of life for regular citizens? who's to say the wealth wouldn't be all concentrated in one area of society? as far as i've understood it, in free marke
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by amagumori 13y ago
just to play devil's advocate, page ranking is extremely critical for lyrics websites, where every website is functionally identical. you could argue that rapgenius' tweet-for-link scheme was necessary to compete in a marketplace
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by amagumori 13y ago
logically speaking, for "Controversy drives page views" = P and "Just ignoring them is the best revenge" = Q, in this case P implies not Q. if controversy drives page views then by definition they're hard to ignore
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by amagumori 13y ago
the thing is, i'm pretty sure the weakness in DUAL_EC_DRBG has been public knowledge for a while. this paper detailing the vulnerability came out in 2007, and shows how fundamental the weakness really is: http://rump2007.cr
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by amagumori 13y ago
por que no los dos?
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by amagumori 13y ago
that boils down to "good books are made of good writing, which is created by good writers, and good writers feel strongly about the things they write about"
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by amagumori 13y ago
well one problem is that you have always had to buy the most expensive macbook / mac to get any sort of dedicated GPU. they've never had a GPU in anything but the absolute most expensive mac. besides that, apple has always had p
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by amagumori 13y ago
it's very very cool, but i'm gonna be honest, i just want to pick it apart. as a string musician of many years, it sounds to me like a shitty viola that can play more notes at once. no offense to ol' da vinci.. but i think
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by amagumori 13y ago
even ignoring the issues i raised in my original post, another huge problem is the success of propaganda and the polarization of the political landscape. even if the system worked perfectly, a large portion of the population would continue
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by amagumori 13y ago
i agree. however i wouldn't worry about your kids wanting to browse your music choices
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by amagumori 13y ago
the issue is not the visibility of the harasser's names but hers. using your real name gives people the ability to find your phone number and address fairly easily.
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by amagumori 13y ago
> "The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly†." --Abraham Lincoln †may require working democratic process, ability for regular people to affect policy change, lack of special interest groups with opposing
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by amagumori 13y ago
...seriously? well, because women and men experience life very differently. being a woman is a lot more dangerous - you are simply too weak to defend yourself against most guys. so, you have to trust that they will treat you fairly befor