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by ciarannolan 6y ago
Thanks for saying this. There's the idealized culture that companies put in cute little slide decks and share online. There's also the actual culture inside these companies where, for example, the FBI opens an investigation into c
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
> [...] as we are only talking about simple, basic, realistic human values; not some kind of Mother Theresa code. The problem I've found in having these conversations is that, for some people, the moment you disagree with their &quo
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
Yes, definitely, but most forums aren't one of the most popular websites in the world.
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
> Aggressive moderation on some subs makes it hard to post. Posts might be deleted for arbitrary reasons. Sometimes questions are sent to a generic 'Ask a Question' thread, which isn't great for finding questions later via
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
> After stopping completely about 8 or 9 months ago, I no longer have acid reflux or that burning feeling in the back of my throat from spicy food. How long did it take before you noticed this change?
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
What about the 9 amendments before that one? Restricting religious practice or the right to assembly are not principles we should cede.
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
The nature of principles, like the ones enumerated in the US Constitution, is that they do not change with changing circumstances.
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Going Bark: A Furry’s Guide to End-to-End Encryption(soatok.blog)
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
Of course we have a national language, but it's de facto rather than de jure.
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
I am surprised by the strict naming laws in some Northern European countries. > Parents are limited to choosing children's names from the Personal Names Register, which is a list of about 1800 names for each gender.[18] The Icelandi
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24838816
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
I would start with the assumption that Google is collecting and storing every single possible data point about every single thing you share with them, including this. I have zero doubt that they store this info privately for their own use.
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
Assuming good faith in the creator of this, it looks like they tried to type up something that they thought would cover their bases, then realized that wasn't right and copy/pasted in a real license.
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
This is true of almost any country. It's usually a loophole in the form of foreign direct investment (ie. "invest $1M+ and employ at least 5 Americans and you and your family can come here").
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
I've always wanted strong voter verification/ID but also massive voter turnout efforts. I haven't found many people with a similar take. > I'll vote for voter ID if you vote for expanding access to voting. Make electi
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
Thanks! Relevant from other comment: > I don't know whether you've ever experienced a foreign-language class taught by a non-native speaker, but I've taken Academic Writing classes in English at a top Chinese university an
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
Can you link it please? I'm not seeing it.
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
Jack Ma taught English at the university level [1]. He wasn't struggling for words, he's just not as smart as some had assumed. [1] https://money.cnn.com/2018/09/09/technology/business/jack
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
You're about a decade late with this comment. Just like I won't expound on German healthcare policy, maybe you should reserve judgement on US healthcare policy until you actually know what you're talking about.
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
You're "making good money in Silicon Valley" and don't have health insurance? Are you freelancing and choosing not to purchase insurance?
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
Sorry, didn't want to spam, but here is the last paragraph of that thought: > The middle classes, as well as the rich, began to distrust democracy as empowered envy, and the poor distrusted it as a sham equality of votes nullified b
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
Brings to mind the last paragraph here (see my comment below for the ending): > By the time of Plato’s death (347 B.C.) his hostile analysis of Athenian democracy was approaching apparent confirmation by history. Athens recovered wealth,
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
That's not the issue here though. The issue is that people who _don't_ do those things still get permabanned by Google with zero recourse. When you pay for something like Fastmail, you get a human within hours to help solve the pr
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
Can someone please explain to me how subscriptions work on Substack? I just spent 5 minutes clicking around and still can't figure it out. How much is it? Where does my money go? Reading a piece on Substack then clicking "Subscrib
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
> [...] but your statement here is _dramatically_ privileged. I don't like this personal attack and I feel less safe on this board because of it. Will someone go after this poster on my behalf please?
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
The reason I said "at least trust somewhat" instead of just "trust" is because your comment is so predictable and played out that I thought I might be able to save everyone the time. Guess not!
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
That's a good point. I just wish he provided more detail to let people decide for themselves.
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
> Senate Homeland Security committee and DNI director [...] Both of these are partisan, unreliable sources. The DNI used to be a nonpartisan that you could at least trust somewhat. Not anymore.
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
You would think that if that were the case, he would publish it alongside this letter. Edit; he did: https://greenwald.substack.com/p/article-on-joe-and-hunter-b...
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by ciarannolan 6y ago
It sounds like they wouldn't let him publish an article about the Hunter Biden situation. Why not share details of what he wanted to publish and what they barred and let people make up their own minds? He says in this letter that he wi

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