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by authoritarian 7y ago
The same thing that happens now, except medics could know you're overdosing on pure diacetylmorphine (or whatever is sold), rather than heroin mixed with fentanyl mixed with baby formula powder mixed with your dealers skin sells mixed
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by authoritarian 7y ago
If you're transparent about doing some shady shit, you're still doing some shady shit
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by authoritarian 7y ago
When has police running around shooting people ever fixed anything
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by authoritarian 7y ago
>Of the various things that have been discussed as causes, one thing that gets overlooked is declining religiosity: https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-god-the-answer-to-the-suicid... . Because that isn't a cause He
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by authoritarian 7y ago
If you search for articles and studies on blue light and sleep the overwhelming majority (that I was able to find) say that there is an effect. I posted a number of sources in another comment
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by authoritarian 7y ago
There are lots of studies and articles discussing the affects of blue light on melatonin and sleep https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30311830 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC271
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by authoritarian 7y ago
That guy sounds like a real POS
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by authoritarian 7y ago
>All public encryption algorithms have backdoors in their implementation and sometimes (as with Elliptic Curve standards from NIST adopted in the browser) in their spec Lets see your proofs demonstrating this
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by authoritarian 7y ago
>Phone passwords are for protecting things from your family. That's a bit of a sad, unusual sentiment
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by authoritarian 7y ago
There have been, and continue to be, a variety of reasons to leave Github edit: Ah I see you work for Microsoft. In that case it's not surprising you are stating that there are no reasons to leave
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by authoritarian 7y ago
Looks like it's time to find a new service. This is very disappointing
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by authoritarian 7y ago
Apparently on this site it does. I had a conversation where I made a joke about Alexa glasses spying on us all in public instead of just in the privacy of people's homes now and got downvoted to oblivion because apparently you aren&#x2
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by authoritarian 7y ago
>What I find most valuable is it programs itself. Am I cold? Turn it up a bit, hot? Turn it down a bit. Suddenly I have stopped having to adjust it at all. Is that a problem most people have? I bought my house a few years ago and haven&#
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by authoritarian 7y ago
Numberphile has a couple videos about it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y30VF3cSIYQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0Vj_7Y2-xY
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by authoritarian 7y ago
It's the US government, so you're far more likely to have to "suicide" someone else than kill yourself
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by authoritarian 7y ago
> You're pretty invested in being an American, skin in the game, manifest destiny etc. Very good. No, I'm definitely not. Manifest destiny is just colonialism fueled by racism >Some alabamans post an app on the app store so
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by authoritarian 7y ago
Likely because you are addicted to the dopamine from eating lots of sugary/fatty foods or otherwise eating poorly. It would be like saying you try to drink water and stay hydrated, but you're at your happiest when drinking beer
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by authoritarian 7y ago
So tyrannical oppression is ok because it stops the citizens from bringing attention to the tyrannical oppression through protests? That is absolutely not better; sometimes violence is required to spur change unfortunately
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by authoritarian 7y ago
It certainly isn't. If you are active on social media and post something you care about only for it to get no likes the majority of people would feel significantly worse than simply enjoying something and not posting it on the internet
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by authoritarian 7y ago
When my dad grew up (in Washington) he was able to pay his college tuition in full and save for a downpayment on his home by working in the kitchen at the university. Nowadays, if you went to University full time and then purchased a house
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by authoritarian 7y ago
Ah yes, another case of "We must stop the pedophiles and terrorists, so please just allow us to monitor everything you do at all times"
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by authoritarian 7y ago
I don't buy this justification. It's like the people talking about mass surveillance saying, "I understand that people feel like unchecked government mass surveillance might feel like a slipper slope towards egregious abuse,
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by authoritarian 7y ago
Ah yes, all us youngings reaping the rewards of those that have come before us. Insane housing and real estate prices that few can afford, insane university tuition that few can afford, the pharmaceutical industry pushing dangerous drugs wi
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by authoritarian 7y ago
>Believe it or not, there are people who give a shit about well-being at FB. If people really cared about the well being of others, they wouldn't work at Facebook. I'm sure the fat checks are nice though
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by authoritarian 7y ago
>Not sure why your comment is so aggressive and defensive. Especially given Facebook's atrocious track record
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by authoritarian 7y ago
>It's pretty funny how you imply I'm saying facebook is evil because it makes me feel good Yup, I've found its a typical reaction from Facebook employees on this site to attack commenters and rationalize any time negative
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by authoritarian 7y ago
What a surprise that someone who works at Google would support another mass surveillance company. Some of us care about privacy, morals, and mental health more than big checks >I don't use Facebook. As should everyone >Facebook i
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by authoritarian 7y ago
Do you think there is more potential harm, both to an individual and to the people they come in contact with, from getting vaccinated or not getting vaccinated?
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by authoritarian 7y ago
Yes I agree, going to the extreme in either direction is not healthy
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by authoritarian 7y ago
I'd be curious to learn how many of these children actually decided to engage in activism themselves. If there's anything I learned while in competitive sports, it's that parents have no problem forcing their kids into things

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