darth_skywalker

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by darth_skywalker 7y ago
This is the result of free petition in Massachusetts. If you like the 1st Amendment, then I would expect you also like that citizens in Massachusetts have the right to propose arbitrary laws (and the legislature is not required to enact the
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by darth_skywalker 7y ago
On the other hand, politicians have been trying to manipulate voters for centuries - it seems like a new danger that foreign governments are now trying to manipulate voters.
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by darth_skywalker 7y ago
This is a fair point - it's hard to predict the future with our current technology given the difficulty of envisioning future technology.
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by darth_skywalker 7y ago
Sure, some playgrounds may be mind-numbingly dull, but those are a well-intentioned response to older playgrounds that posed serious physical dangers. You can argue that getting a little bit scraped up once in a while isn't bad for chi
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by darth_skywalker 7y ago
>> As usual when preparing Tor Browser releases, we verified that the build is bit-for-bit reproducible. While we managed to get two matching builds, we found that in some occasions the builds differ (we found this happening on the Li
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by darth_skywalker 7y ago
Be careful though - TAILS doesn't suddenly make untrusted hardware safe. You can still be surveilled by things like keyloggers.
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by darth_skywalker 7y ago
Try to be more respectful. We're talking about a human being who died.
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by darth_skywalker 7y ago
>> Usually they keep questioning you for a while, but it's not hard to respond in a way that doesn't give them probable cause. You should try exercising your fifth amendment right to remain silent. The police explicitly remi
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by darth_skywalker 7y ago
Not really - they're surveilling a hell of a lot more than just the border, which is a 1-dimensional object. They're surveilling a Native American community that's in the USA, not on the border. They're basically buildin
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by darth_skywalker 7y ago
>> Accepting cash endangers the lives of employees and generally enables all sorts of financial shenanigans. Financial "shenanigans" seem to be more likely with credit/debit cards actually.
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by darth_skywalker 7y ago
It's an interesting concept, but the "frog in the pan" fable has no scientific merit. [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_frog#Experiments_and_a...
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by darth_skywalker 7y ago
Perhaps, but it's impossible to judge the merit of said argument since you failed to make it. I don't know what you mean by "court enforced public atheism." The right to express your religious views is protected in the U
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by darth_skywalker 7y ago
Pepper spray is actually quite damaging.
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by darth_skywalker 7y ago
Storing a directory as a git repo (e.g. on GitHub) is a pretty good alternative to Dropbox.
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by darth_skywalker 7y ago
A little surprised to see that there were no lightning deaths in Hawaii during this period, as I know a fellow who was struck by lightning while on vacation out there. People sometimes underestimate the danger that lightning poses - make su
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by darth_skywalker 7y ago
>> But then of course Uncle Sam show up, and basically say, “Hey, you know what, you just made a lot money this year. Therefore, you’re rich. Therefore, you’re evil and you’ve got to hand it all over to us.” The government doesn'
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by darth_skywalker 7y ago
It isn't rational to base decisions off of sunk costs.