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by dahdum 9y ago
There is a reasonable school of thought that banning them would increase the amount of warfare in the world, by drastically reducing the risk and scope of retaliation. As it stands, they make the cost of war too high between major powers. D
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by dahdum 9y ago
In my experience that hasn’t been true for like 5 years, since they doubled down on openstack.
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by dahdum 9y ago
With the government is passing laws like FOSTA giving private platforms huge liability for allowing free speech, the alt-right was just the beginning. Now it’s moved on to sex workers, harm reduction communities, marketplaces, and more. If
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by dahdum 9y ago
> It has been enacted into law in 11 states possessing 165 electoral votes (CA, DC, HI, IL, MA, MD, NJ, NY, RI, VT, WA). So far only very blue states have passed it, which tells you something about what the red and competitive states thi
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by dahdum 9y ago
So Google will look at any nude or sexy images someone stores as backup, in order to make a determination to delete? Walking a tight rope of PR disaster if they get too strict, and the news they scan and manually check is just the kind of
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by dahdum 9y ago
I don’t see Bumble any differently because they are women owned or women led, they are just a startup likely infringing IP that’s using the best possible PR angle to defend themselves. In the public perception their mission statement matter
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by dahdum 9y ago
Opt-out privacy violations are not new for Mozilla, did worse than this to German users last year, discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15421708
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by dahdum 9y ago
It’s not misguided, it’s deliberate. Broad restrictions on prostitution and adult services were wanted by conservatives based on family values, liberals are favoring regulations on speech due to identity politics. I’m sure both groups hones
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by dahdum 9y ago
Is the list of those who oppose shorter? Back then the Senate killed it, and I doubt they wouldn’t do so again. Given the population growth of coastal cities it would be a hard sell for a state like South Dakota to ratify. Each party would
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by dahdum 9y ago
I do wonder how long until they start banning amateur porn subs like gonewild, they facilitate cam girl advertising there with no controls for age or trafficking status.
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by dahdum 9y ago
They’ve already started banning all the subs about escorts, prostitution, sugar daddies, etcetera today in response. Also subs like BeerTrade, BazaarMarkets , and other marketplaces. Say goodbye to an era. I’m sure many more will get the ax
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by dahdum 9y ago
The scope Mueller has is far broader than Ken Starr ever had, he seems to be looking for any crimes by anyone connected to Russia or Trump. Thus the tax evasion and very rare false statement charges. Mueller isn’t leaking, but those around
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by dahdum 9y ago
We know for a fact many of the emails are true, and there are no claims that specific ones are false as far as I remember. Reasonable to conclude that the batch was accurate until claims from the senders and recipients otherwise. Podesta ha
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by dahdum 9y ago
Agree, though a lot of those threats and promises made privately. I also assume CIA / NSA sourced intel on politicians (criminal and otherwise) is routinely leaked when in our interest to local sources through embassies and whatnot. Do
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by dahdum 9y ago
Public support for abolishing the electoral college also drops with higher educational attainment. It’s reasonable to assume as the issue is debated publicly overall support would drop as more become informed. http://news.gallup.
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by dahdum 9y ago
Given time industry would adapt, but the impact can be devastating in the short term. EU gas dependence was and still is a big factor in the annexation of Crimea and politics across the region. The BBC reports that this dependence is still
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by dahdum 9y ago
My personal way around this is that a democracy using state power to interfere in a dictatorship, with the goal of bringing democratic reforms, is net better for humanity than doing nothing to oppose them. State power includes sanctions, em
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by dahdum 9y ago
I’ve often wished for a reporter scorecard, showing how many times the reporter quoted unnamed sources that turned out to be garbage, and how severe those were. Columbia Journalism Review publishes insightful articles on these and other pro
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by dahdum 9y ago
I said so above, but I’m sure the Republicans are no less corrupt than the Democrats are. I think it’s a mistake to think either party is more moral or less corrupt than the other, they adapt to each other.
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by dahdum 9y ago
Have any of those charges included allegations of Russian collusion by Americans? All I remember is financial crimes and false statement charges (that were mostly benign or accidental when I looked). Has he made any statement or indication
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by dahdum 9y ago
I honestly think it’s unlikely any collusion happened, but if proof comes out impeachment is the answer. This investigation reminds me of Whitewater, Travelgate and other political theatre Bill dealt with. The Stormy story is a watered down
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by dahdum 9y ago
It’s a connected world, and the US being one of the centers means that nearly every country has a stake in the outcome. I don’t think it’s wrong of them to use their influence, as we do. It bothers me, but then I think of what we should do
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by dahdum 9y ago
That’s the argument everyone uses (not just DNC), but as far as I know nobody refuted any of the emails as fake or doctored.
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by dahdum 9y ago
Us guys? I was not and am not a Trump supporter, but to believe collusion requires actual proof.
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by dahdum 9y ago
Oh for sure, but at least they are claiming something that passes the smell test technically. I read some of the BS reports that firms have put out, often they made their conclusion first (since they were paid on that basis) and connected t
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by dahdum 9y ago
We interfere all the time in foreign elections, and so many countries tried to influence ours I don’t see anything innately wrong with it. Other than possibly the fact they played a little dirty. So did the DNC (per emails), the RNC (becaus
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by dahdum 9y ago
Glad to see actual evidence, too often we see tenuous links that are touted as proof positive. The DNC leaks were pretty bad for the campaign, but ultimately of their own doing. Edit: downvoted I assume for not specifying technical evidence
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by dahdum 9y ago
Where are you getting this information from? If trade negotiations opened up investment both ways, that would an enormous win for both parties, and certainly solidify Xi's rule .
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by dahdum 9y ago
GeekSquad actively searches for it, so they would probably be in the clear under this law. Facebook knows many drug purchases are coordinated openly on college groups, even though their intent is not to facilitate them, by not searching out
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by dahdum 9y ago
It makes the EU asymmetrically dependent, which is not a good position in a competitive world.

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