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by chasing 8y ago
You misunderstand. The DCCC just informed Twitter, which they should have the right to do. Anyone should have the right to report accounts. Twitter alone made the decision to remove them.
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by chasing 8y ago
By allowing their platform to be used for a propagandistic disinformation campaign Twitter would be allowing someone else to do exactly that. Some organization wanted to create the illusion of a broad Democratic movement to not vote as a wa
573.
by chasing 8y ago
I mean, if you set up thousands automated accounts on Twitter to express that dissent, yeah. Otherwise, seems like you’re good to go.
574.
by chasing 8y ago
Sounds like the DCCC pointed out to Twitter that these accounts were violating Twitter’s terms of service and Twitter agreed. Twitter made the decision to remove the accounts.
575.
by chasing 8y ago
> ...deleted thousands of automated accounts... This article is not about deleting accounts of normal human users. It’s about halting coordinated propaganda campaigns.
576.
by chasing 8y ago
> ...deleted thousands of automated accounts... Try not to set up thousands of automated accounts to express your opinion for you. You should be fine.
577.
by chasing 8y ago
Their original logo was a variation of the stupid pepe frog. They’re not a neutral platform. They were built as a platform for the racist alt-right.
578.
by chasing 8y ago
One MBV album on the list and he's going with "Glider," eh?
579.
by chasing 8y ago
Yeah, still shot in a way that minimizes the size of the boxes that hold the tech.
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by chasing 8y ago
They pose their models in such a way to hide it, but the temples of those glasses (where all the tech lives, presumably) are huge. Which feel like they'd both be distracting to wear and to look at someone else wearing. (Although this i
581.
by chasing 8y ago
Cf. Austin, Texas.
582.
by chasing 8y ago
I think this is sort of happening in NYC: The center of gravity is sort of moving to Brooklyn since it's cheaper, there's more space, it's more interesting, etc. And depending where you are, Manhattan is still very accessible
583.
by chasing 8y ago
It is interesting to consider what we could be spending our money on instead of tax cuts for the wealthy and war: "Make public colleges and universities tuition-free for working families, cut student loan interest rates in half, and al
584.
by chasing 8y ago
Sounds good to me. Let's do it.
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by chasing 8y ago
First, I’m not sure why you’re making assumptions about what I do and don’t do with my money. Second, you’re exactly right in that people’s fortunes can turn. Which is why we should all support things like universal healthcare and higher mi
586.
by chasing 8y ago
I’m not sure GoFundMe is actually a great replacement for universal healthcare.
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by chasing 8y ago
I’ll give you healthcare: That can likely be improved while also lowering costs. Unfortunately most evidence indicates that lowering costs and increasing efficacy also means increasing government involvement, so that’s effectively a no-go.
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by chasing 8y ago
> On a tangential note, there is nothing stopping you and a group of like-minded individuals from just paying more taxes to the government. If I was wealthy enough to self-fund quality healthcare for all Americans, I would. I can't.
589.
by chasing 8y ago
I don't think I said just tax my wages. Taxes on capital gains are also way too low. Let's close some loopholes, as well.
590.
by chasing 8y ago
Not in a Hacker News comment, I can't. But google around -- the information is fairly easy to find.
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by chasing 8y ago
Just move to a US state?
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by chasing 8y ago
Moving countries isn't really viable option for most people. I'm happy to stick around here and try to make this place better. Anyway, I'd gladly admit that money isn't the only thing. But it's an important thing. I
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by chasing 8y ago
Throwing money at it would solve all sorts of problems. It'd let us pay teachers more. It'd let us provide more healthcare opportunities to people. It'd help us improve our infrastructure like roads and public transportation.
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by chasing 8y ago
As a relatively high-earning person in tech, let me say again: Please tax me and people like me (or wealthier) more. Please, please, please. I'm a greedy capitalist, but income disparity hurts everyone and our country would be such a m
595.
by chasing 8y ago
The KLF did it better. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/K_Foundation_Burn_a_Million_...
596.
by chasing 8y ago
Are links to the answers provided?
597.
by chasing 8y ago
> ...to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars over the years missed completely. Whoa, whoa, whoa. You're doing something very wrong if you've lost track of $100,000s of payments.
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by chasing 8y ago
"Octopus" is Greek, so the plural would actually be "octopoodles."
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by chasing 8y ago
This isn't debate club nor is it court: Just because I don't comment on something you say doesn't mean you're correct. That said: You're making the classic developer mistake of confusing the ability to technically b
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by chasing 8y ago
No. That's not why they're that way. gab.ai used to have a variation on that stupid pepe frog as its logo, for example. They're aiming at a specific crowd.

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