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by cdolan 5y ago
“You are not permitted to go to property that you own legally own within our jurisdiction, without prior approval from the central agency.” Meanwhile, ‘getting away’ from people is one of the best options available? What timeline am I in? C
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by cdolan 5y ago
Wait a second. You’re telling me that you believe a low-wage worker reviewing the worst of the worst human depravity, is going to stand up on a soap box and defend another nameless and faceless denizen of the Earth, when the crux of the arg
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by cdolan 5y ago
Have you not been reading about the App Store review discrepancies for the last decade??
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by cdolan 5y ago
I don't think society can function without harsh penalties for child abuse, and I think thats a widely held belief everyone agrees with. I do think your comment is conflicting though. The fuzziness of 'is this abuse' is real
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by cdolan 5y ago
Maybe, but two things: - I follow both channels pretty closely and I don't know what you are talking about. So it must not be working that well? - It sounds like they are doing this nebula/curiositystream thing themselves. If some
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by cdolan 5y ago
If I was in charge, I'd try to find as many non-spammy and wholesome Content Creators, like Mark Rober or Dustin /w Smarter Every Day, and have them figure out a way to scale a program/syndication that attracts content creato
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by cdolan 5y ago
I would argue none of us have any idea if there is a "trillionaire" in the world because we are notoriously bad at guessing someone's total net worth. As support, I would point you to this 10 year old article on Moammar Gadha
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by cdolan 5y ago
Source/Sauce?
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by cdolan 5y ago
> Where is the line for something like the lab leak hypothesis? Recent history seems to have an answer - thats off limits until it fits the narrative!
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by cdolan 5y ago
I believe you and tend to think that myself (my newest PC with ~2 year old parts has a noticeable impact on my home energy usage). I suppose my critique was more to prove a point that the news can be slanted either way and I find that frust
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by cdolan 5y ago
Could you not argue the exact opposite point with the same underlying facts? Meaning “requiring modern low power CPU’s is a great thing for the environment”? And how reasonable is it to say these PCs will be immediately trashed? Seems like
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by cdolan 5y ago
Do you know today what they will do with these thousands of files on other people’s personal details? Do you think they will just… delete them? Because if so I’ve got a great time traveling hot tub to sell you
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by cdolan 5y ago
Shh that inconvenient truth doesn’t fit the narrative.
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by cdolan 5y ago
I assume the IRS had them stolen but perhaps you are correct and it was an IRS employee who feels like this is a noble thing to do.
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by cdolan 5y ago
The US Constitution would disagree with you. Edit- the “Bill of Rights” sorry
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by cdolan 5y ago
When I say public figure (which Mr. Thiel is, despite his harassment by Gawker and other quirks, but I get your point) I am referring to the thousands of non-public figures who have had their personal tax details stolen and shared with ProP
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by cdolan 5y ago
Forbes thought his personal wealth was 2 billion. This reveal puts his ROTH IRA alone at $5 billion (it owns stock in companies other than PayPal and Palantir) That is a material change in Mr. Thiel’s privacy.
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by cdolan 5y ago
"Responsibility" is a very strange word in your comment to me. Snowden leaked government program details. How in the world is that the same about thousands of private citizens (aka not public figures) personal financial details? H
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by cdolan 5y ago
Well said, take my upvote. Personal privacy and the belief that you are innocent until proven guilty (no matter how "obviously guilty" you are), are two things we've really forgotten in the USA and perhaps the modern world in
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by cdolan 5y ago
Hey thanks for actually answering my (somewhat rhetorical) question haha.
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by cdolan 5y ago
The true theft is the thousands of private documents on private citizens stolen from the IRS and provided to ProPublica
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by cdolan 5y ago
In the USA they have been private for a long time (forever perhaps, I don't know the full 200 year history on them). In modern times (2000 or later) they have certainly been very private, though. Whats the argument for being selectivel
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by cdolan 5y ago
Counter point - Information was stolen and is being held that doesn't change the common narrative or introduce new information ("our tax system needs help"). Have you considered the amount of identity theft that can occur whe
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by cdolan 5y ago
Government spending is almost entirely leveraged by debt and these documents prove that these "ultra-rich" pay a large absolute dollar amount of taxes (albeit lower than 30%). That is factually non-zero. I am all for a healthy deb
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by cdolan 5y ago
Debating wether tax returns should or should not be public is a great debate to have, I agree. The country should be having that debate. And if we decide tax returns should be made public, it should happen in the future so everyone is on th
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by cdolan 5y ago
I am aware of the fact its popular to dislike the ultra-rich, but is this not worrying to the general public? ProPublica has obtained a trove of IRS tax return data on thousands of the country’s wealthiest people, covering more than 15
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by cdolan 5y ago
Why do you not want to eradicate hunger, inequality, mental health problems, and general suffering? I ask such an absurd question in response to your equally absurd question because of course everyone wants to eradicate these issues! But
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by cdolan 5y ago
Fear is one hell of a drug. But really, I think many people are laser focused on not just minimizing risk of COVID, but now trying to zero out COVID risk, that having any reason to delay receipt of a vaccine isn't a pre-existing medi
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by cdolan 5y ago
Tweet Translation using Google Translate: “#EnPlenaria| With 62 votes in favor (by show of hands) the opinion and bill of law that recognizes the #bitcoin as currency of legal use. @AsambleaSV #LeyBitcoin “ Draft copy of the legislation: h
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El Salvador Congress Approves Bitcoin As Legal Currency(twitter.com)
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