clairity

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by clairity 4y ago
right, that's the "operational input", in case that wasn't clear.
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by clairity 4y ago
much like a startup, the key thing to understand about non-profit boards is that the board members' primary job is to fundraise (directly or indirectly) and secondarily to make productive introductions (donors, partners, 'customer
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by clairity 4y ago
for sure. we had a 20' tall rope swing (with a big knot at the bottom to put your feet on) at my middle school. we'd do tricks like taking all four limbs off the rope at the far apex and catching it again on the way down. we'
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by clairity 4y ago
you seem to be arguing from the corporate personhood stance. corporations still have an outsized voice via their rich owners. they shouldn't, however, be privileged with extra voice unaccorded the ordinary citizenry.
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by clairity 4y ago
not trying to be mean, but it's one thing to acknowledge the status quo, and another to acquiesce. that's exactly how we collectively slide into decay and corruption. homeschooling might fix the short term, but it helps no one els
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by clairity 4y ago
in that case, it's pretty simple. the snowden leaks elucidated the government's desire to create a surveillance state with the help of corporations, not that a surveillance state would be a net-good for society.
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by clairity 4y ago
no, an ad hominem need not be literal. do you really not understand nuance in language? we're not computers operating only on singular data and deterministic instructions. see how those three sentences go together? that's a line
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by clairity 4y ago
if you look carefully, the 3 sentences are disconnected. they don’t form a line of reasoning. if it had been starter, engine, and transmission, maybe you’d have a point, but instead it’s corroded battery, door handle, and tailpipe.
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by clairity 4y ago
exactly, we need to decentralize power, and knowledge (information) is power. it seems innocuous when we each leak a little here and there, but surveillance tech is vacuuming up every tiny bit of it. living in europe doesn't much matte
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by clairity 4y ago
i wrote a few sentences on a large civic concept, not a treatise, so let's not jump to ideological conclusions quite yet. but yes, i'm explicitly against governments sharing private data with corporations, no matter how convenient
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by clairity 4y ago
arguments can have multiple lines of reasoning, one of which can be an ad hominem all by itself.
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by clairity 4y ago
excellent, my diabolical plan to rule the world via dry humor is working as designed.
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by clairity 4y ago
i mean, that's like asking how is it possible to compartmentalize anything. as elaborated elsewhere, it isn't about literally separating all interests, just those that harm the public. it's about removing the negative externa
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by clairity 4y ago
it's not really aimed at governments, so much as corporations that feel entitled to sneak in ancillary interests into their products, like surveilling the public. basically, it's to force companies like microsoft to remove all tha
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by clairity 4y ago
not sure that it's relevant and 'large' is subjective, but yes, i stewarded the technology migration of a core product suite for a prior employer, which incidentally had government agencies as a prominent customer segment. i&
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by clairity 4y ago
where to draw the line is a fair question in any policy debate, and one i'd expect to draw plenty of lively discussion. it's pretty clear to me that surveillance tech is on the outside of that line, but i'm open to reasonable
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by clairity 4y ago
either way (intent can also be multi-modal), it signals a triggered response and is entirely superfluous and distracting. it's worth setting that aside, even after writing it, and examining the emotional underpinnings that led to the r
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by clairity 4y ago
ah, the ad hominem , never a good sign for the proceeding argument. there are a number of other office suites that are entirely adequate for bureaucratic organizations to build methodical processes around (which is what bureaucracies do).
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by clairity 4y ago
i’d support any legislation that booted google, fb, ms, adobe, salesforce, and a whole host of other surveillance tech companies from any and all levels of government. it’s literally as important as the separation of church and state. in fa
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by clairity 4y ago
right, i should have led earlier with (1) exercise your body (musculoskeletal) and (2) exercise your heart (cardiopulmonary), which is easier to digest and remember, as both are required for good physical fitness (you get digestive, lymph
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by clairity 4y ago
lifting weights can distort the natural balance of muscles and ligaments around the body and can create strain-/break-points as well. that's why, especially for the elderly, full-body exercise like walking, yoga, and tai chi are u
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by clairity 4y ago
in either case, disuse is probably the proximal cause of the hip break. the final straw is nearly always an acute trauma whether a fall or a misstep putting awkward strains on the hip (as might happen in the break-then-fall case). elderly f
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by clairity 4y ago
> > "Anything less is insufficient." sure, you can ask for anything. and not doing so isn't for lacking ambition. that's a projective ad hominem . sometimes people differ in what they perceive as wholly sufficient
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by clairity 4y ago
no, the prevalence of guns is not the primary cause of mass shootings. and these deaths are so few that they're prone to variance and statistical error, not to mention political and ideological bias. over half of gun deaths in the US
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by clairity 4y ago
you're letting perfect be the enemy of the good. you can get extensive biking infrastructure nearly immediately by doing a conversion of street parking. creating a separate, dedicated network is much slower and more expensive, if even
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by clairity 4y ago
i just set it up to try it out (on macOS): created a free config on the proton dashboard, downloaded it, stuck it in the wireguard client, and it worked (without downloading their vpn client app). make sure your firewall isn't blocking
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by clairity 4y ago
sure, but wearing glasses also weakens your eye muscles. we're living, dynamic, nonlinear, and stochastic systems, not automata with orthogonal settings that we can tweak simply. glasses can actually make the problem worse (i've p
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by clairity 4y ago
i literally ran into this with wirecutter when searching for an air purifier years ago. they recommended an inferior performing coway when their own tests concluded that blueair (211+) was significantly better. they've long since remov
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by clairity 4y ago
my dental group actually calls/emails me on a regular basis to get me to come give them that sweet, sweet free insurance money. but note for instance that cavities and fillings are prone to being overdiagnosed for the sake of income, n

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