cforrester

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by cforrester 6y ago
> Can someone explain to me how this is not cancel culture? If the definition of the nebulous concept of 'cancel culture' is so broad as to encompass disassociating ourselves from a person we consider heinous, and encouraging o
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by cforrester 6y ago
I don't see anyone talking about throwing away decades of his work. The good that he's done won't go away any time soon. But it's becoming more and more evident that the free software movement can't survive unless i
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by cforrester 6y ago
I don't find that very convincing at all. 99% of apps I've ever used add no value beyond what a web interface could do, and most of those send me spammy notifications trying to draw me back into the app. App notification spam is a
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by cforrester 6y ago
> Just because you have a good use doesn’t outweigh the all the bad abuse. Personally, this is how I feel about downloading apps to my phone for every individual service and product. I see no need to download a separate app for each indi
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by cforrester 6y ago
I'm confused by this question, aren't you essentially asking, "how can a problem exist if some people are presently taking actions that try to mitigate that problem?"
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by cforrester 6y ago
For smaller scripts, this is trivially resolved. For larger scripts, this is a bug, and the script should be updated with a more flexible solution that doesn't rely on hardcoded branch names.
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by cforrester 6y ago
A friend of mine maintains a fork of RMOO, an Emacs MOO/MUD client. You might find it interesting: https://github.com/lisdude/rmoo
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by cforrester 6y ago
> Italians also weren't considered "white" for a while in early US history, I believe. I think this is more of a concept illustrating how arbitrary racial classifications are, rather than an actual reality. Historically, I
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by cforrester 6y ago
To follow up on this, there is no unified "black" identity either, but there is a distinct Black identity especially among African-Americans. This is in large part because of the way their identities, cultures, languages, and trad
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by cforrester 6y ago
Good point, today has been a rough day and I let my temper get the best of me. I'll be more mindful of this in the future. Thank you.
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by cforrester 6y ago
Considering your use of euphemisms for white supremacy, such as "white advocacy," it sounds like people dismiss you as a Nazi because you are factually a Nazi. I encourage you to find the courage to advocate for your beliefs on yo
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by cforrester 6y ago
The headline shouldn't have been re-written, but I think that denial will, in fact, be effectively permanent. Parler's administration is fundamentally incompatible with markets that disallow the willful propagation of hate speech.
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by cforrester 6y ago
> The big difference between uber and taxis is that uber drivers have a direct incentive to improve via ratings. I'm not sure this is true. There's a limit to how well any driver can perform their job; unless a driver is rude t
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by cforrester 6y ago
I wonder what kind of regional variations there are on that; where I'm from, the anecdotal impression I've gotten is that sexual harassment is more common from Uber drivers than from drivers for local taxi companies. My guess is t
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by cforrester 6y ago
From both a practical and ethical point of view, I find it more than acceptable to retain copies of email correspondence one is participating in, and to share that correspondence with one's legal representation. The alternative puts to
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by cforrester 6y ago
I'm not the person you replied to and my perspective is pretty limited overall, but when I was younger, I found Visual Basic to be the easiest thing for a beginner. However, that's as much about the IDE as it is about the language
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by cforrester 6y ago
I definitely would, since the response to Shkreli has been primarily online ranting. He's never been at significant risk for physical harm as a result of the public discourse as far as I can see. I don't consider negative public o
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by cforrester 6y ago
I really appreciate your reply, you've definitely got the gears turning in my head. Something to clarify, I'm not really trying to say that people like that want to be evil. People like Shkreli make bad choices not because they li
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by cforrester 6y ago
It seems poorly considered to characterize social pressure as a witch hunt. It is acceptable to encourage others to share your moral convictions, there is a vast gulf between that and a pitchfork mob.
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by cforrester 6y ago
I see what you're saying from a business perspective. From a social perspective though, I don't consider that a reason to withhold my ire towards people like Shkreli. Choosing to be a bad person because someone else might be worse
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by cforrester 6y ago
I made no statement about "objective" morality. I explained my own morals, and why I'm comfortable encouraging people to blame the wealthy for the harms they perpetuate. Could you please elaborate on how you think this reply
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by cforrester 6y ago
"Don't hate the player" is the kind of thing you say about people scraping by at a day job, who hold no real power over the business practices. He wouldn't have gone hungry if he'd behaved acceptably, so he had a ch
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by cforrester 6y ago
It seems misguided to suggest that deplatforming is not a constructive approach. Platforms which are tolerant of extremism enable extremists to more-easily connect with each other, develop more-unified messaging, and reach non-radicalized p
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by cforrester 6y ago
The quality of the food really isn't a binary state, though. I think most people get the idea that delivery food isn't going to be as good as having it at a restaurant, but they're expecting a middle ground if the item is off
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by cforrester 6y ago
I think it's a matter of expectation more than anything. Someone who orders food from a restaurant might expect that the restaurant has recipes designed for delivery. I wouldn't expect a top quality restaurant burger when I order
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by cforrester 6y ago
> Men are not just physically stronger, but they are more vicious and ferocious to deal with. This is especially true the higher up you go. There's a reason that the vast majority of the richest people in the world are men. These pu
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by cforrester 6y ago
> What's troubling to me is that people like you act like some kind of saviour for women yet you don't appear to have ever spoken to or really, really listened to one of them. Your choice of words is curious. Unless you yoursel
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by cforrester 6y ago
The vast majority of employment opportunities do not involve physical labour requiring strength on a level unobtainable by women. Even moreso intellectually and socially, the sweeping majority of employment opportunities are equally accessi
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by cforrester 6y ago
I would appreciate if you could make a more substantial comment instead of simply trying to use "feminism" as a dirty word. I invite you to revisit the comment I replied to and recognize the way it denies women's agency by pr
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by cforrester 6y ago
> We're failing our women by making them work. I think you should re-examine your opinion and address the misogyny inherent to the outdated and authoritarian concept that women shouldn't be doing important work unless it's

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