balaksakrionon

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by balaksakrionon 4y ago
This is a good point and George Floyd is a sad example of this in action during a police encounter. He exerted himself tremendously for many minutes while under the influence of various drugs, and with a seriously compromised heart, and the
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by balaksakrionon 5y ago
it looks like the project's in this archive which shows the contributor: https://archive.softwareheritage.org/browse/origin/log/?bran...
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by balaksakrionon 6y ago
My experience with the .deb version seems to be stuck during startup on "Loading emulator dependencies"
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by balaksakrionon 6y ago
On the bright side we may be saved from just such an infuriating realization
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by balaksakrionon 6y ago
"It sounds like your perspective is formed form viewing the TV show "Cops". This is not representative of reality." That's a poor and unnecessary assumption. Just in the last handful of years there has been a prolif
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by balaksakrionon 7y ago
They'll extend you a varying degree of trust based on your burgeoning Amazon social credit score (taking into account your actual credit score as well I'm sure)
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by balaksakrionon 7y ago
Who on earth are you to tell someone not to make friends with women? I struggle to interpret that charitibly
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by balaksakrionon 7y ago
does this device have nextcloud integration?
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by balaksakrionon 7y ago
I too am waiting for such a device. Does this remarkable tablet have a browser? I can't seem to tell from the product description and faq
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by balaksakrionon 7y ago
The "tech bros" trope is getting quite tired; it would be more constructive to avoid such generalizations and stereotypes
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by balaksakrionon 7y ago
One would have to be obtuse at best, malicious at worst to characterize Stallman's comments in the leaked mailing list thread as 'defending statutory rape' in any way.
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by balaksakrionon 7y ago
Thanks for the update
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by balaksakrionon 7y ago
I agree our understanding of the social nuances of the internet is in infancy; though the human tendency to enact mob "justice" is relatively better understood. The internet has enabled that ugly tendency of humanity to a scary d
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by balaksakrionon 7y ago
Signficant leverage in the realm of reputation and public perception which is quite important to large instituations?
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by balaksakrionon 7y ago
I think the user you are responding to is attempting to undermine anything that can loosely be construed as a defense of Stallman. A bit of a dirty tactic, IMO, but the lines of battle have clearly been drawn.
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by balaksakrionon 7y ago
Please note that Minksy is alleged to have had sex with the girl, and there is an eyewitness account stating that he declined to have sex. It's important to be as truthful as possible when speaking about this issue.
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by balaksakrionon 7y ago
For one, if a person of sufficient status in silicon valley inquired as to the immigration status of the kitchen staff helping to serve their $1000 meal, and it became public, they would likely be open to the very same type of media slander
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by balaksakrionon 7y ago
Did she have sex with Minsky?
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by balaksakrionon 7y ago
KirinDave's definition of "in good faith" only includes positions/arguments/opinions they agree with.
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by balaksakrionon 7y ago
Is it a fact that Minsky had sex with the girl?
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by balaksakrionon 7y ago
> The girl was most likely willing Why do you feel compelled to paraphrase (and in the process lie)?
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by balaksakrionon 7y ago
Is a university a good place to discuss things?
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by balaksakrionon 7y ago
Do you mind avoiding paraphrasing? It seems a lot of the confusion is stemming from the editorializing / paraphrasing done by the media outlets and throughout the ensuing discussions so it may be best to litigate the direct quotations
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by balaksakrionon 7y ago
> appropriately and at the correct times Where and by whom is appropriateness and timeliness determined?
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by balaksakrionon 7y ago
Has there been renewed chatter for possibly renaming GIMP? I have been out of the loop but it would be such a shame for the program to be renamed
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by balaksakrionon 7y ago
Thanks for sharing this, quite timely in this context
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by balaksakrionon 7y ago
> MIT grad, robotics engineer, mixed. What does "mixed" mean in the author's bio? Is that relating to techinical accumen, race, or something else?
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by balaksakrionon 7y ago
I want to try it badly but it goes against most fibers of my being to give a 3rd party extension such crazy permissions: Access your data for all websites Access browser tabs
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by balaksakrionon 7y ago
Of course dark modes and dark themes have been around for a long time, but the user you are responding to specifically pointed to the 'rise of dark' mode, meaning the recent explosion in popularity
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by balaksakrionon 7y ago
Thanks for that info

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