archerface

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by archerface 8y ago
I honestly would have to read up more on the arguments for the restrictions that are currently in place. A problem with this whole discussion is that no one has the same definition of "hate speech"; it is too subjective of a term.
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by archerface 8y ago
It also doesn't have a sticky footer, which appears after I close the "sign up for our newsletter" popup, asking if I would like to sign up for their newsletter.
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by archerface 8y ago
> If you're supporting an attacker's right to denigrate, abuse, or harass other people... Did that person's comment say that they support those things? Weird, I didn't read that... When it comes down to the fundamenta
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by archerface 8y ago
Calling out something that one could refer to as "hate speech" isn't tolerating the behavior, it is criticizing it.
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by archerface 8y ago
> if everything is so clear-cut and right and wrong are easy to tell appart I would never in my life assert that these issues, ethically, are simple. I think that Google trying to hide this information is more connected to their image an
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by archerface 8y ago
Oh I don't deny that the government royal screws up drones strikes sometimes. It is terrible that that occurs.
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by archerface 8y ago
> ... which is often used to conduct evil, ... I am curious. In your eyes, what evil has the US military done?
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by archerface 8y ago
> I fear that the limit of precision strike weapons is being able to swiftly kill an arbitrary target anywhere, for cheap - which opens the way for ethnic cleansing, killing off political opponents, people harboring thoughts inconvenient
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by archerface 8y ago
> The side you're on is pretty important So, generally and from what I understand about US drone operations, these strikes target people like ISIS and other Islamic extremists. Following this, in a general sense, the sides are the U
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by archerface 8y ago
There is a lot of problems with this strategy when introduced into the real world; the chaotic vortex that it is. The data can be wrong. This could be easily fixed if law enforcement agencies had to actually verify that the data was correct
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by archerface 8y ago
Since we live in a market driven economy, the government (A) will always find a way to buy what they want. So if Google (B) doesn't supply the demand, the customer will just go somewhere else. So it is completely illogical for Goolge t
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by archerface 8y ago
Thank god, some sense! It was driving me crazy with how many irrational positions that people in this thread are holding without considering their orientation to the product (AI) and their relationship to the employer. Something I would add
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by archerface 9y ago
On that note, saw this on Reddit this morning: https://www.reddit.com/r/quotes/comments/8605g9/people_just_...
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by archerface 9y ago
Is the site broken for anyone else? I see {{ STATE }} when I get into the page and a bunch of template variables in the page. None of the controls work and I have disabled my adblock, https everywhere, etc. EDIT: Never mind, false alarm
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by archerface 9y ago
Something that I don't get about this article is why she keeps implying that a merit based system is so bad. It behoves a company to hire and fire based on merit, while also rewarding and encouraging those who are skilled at their job.
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by archerface 9y ago
There is also fun things with movement like using M-f and M-b to jump forward and backward words.
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by archerface 9y ago
For the highly customizable text editor like emacs (the better one) or vim, start with a the editor from scratch and build it out. Look for the 'popular' configurations in the editor's community and glean cool snippets from i
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by archerface 10y ago
They could have taken capital from Uber to fund themselves and then waited longer for Uber to acquire them.