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by dbasedweeb 8y ago
Holding perjury to account isn’t a free speech issue goddamn it.
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by dbasedweeb 8y ago
Why do you think they’re painted white? The flare itself is the result of reflections from the polished antennae which aren’t painted at all.
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by dbasedweeb 8y ago
Sometimes what’s legal is incredibly immoral, and what’s moral isn’t legal. “I didnt break any laws” can be a very thin shield to hide behind at times. By the same token, breaking some laws can be the right thing to do, although that won’t
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by dbasedweeb 8y ago
There’s a weird phenomenon in life, and especially the arts, that people with a certain level of real or perceived expertise/accomplishment sometimes feel a sense of ownership over a medium. Their aesthetics start to seem a bit less li
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by dbasedweeb 8y ago
Police are notoriously horrible marksmen, so color me unimpressed. Check out the citations here, from a very pro-gun site: https://bearingarms.com/mike-m/2016/06/02/individual-safety-...
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by dbasedweeb 8y ago
Not really, and frankly as with many prolific serial killers the active ingredient was police incompetence rather than rare genius of the killer. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Bundy#Arrest_and_first_t...
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by dbasedweeb 8y ago
In the words of David Mitchell (paraphrased) Mike Tyson would be a very good chess boxer given that after the first boxing round, his opponent would be unconscious.
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by dbasedweeb 8y ago
Ok, so it’s hard. Nobody is entitled to that being easy in the way that they are to privacy.
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by dbasedweeb 8y ago
I can’t believe it, but I guess “correlation doesn’t imply causation” needs to be said on a site that is nominally for hackers.
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by dbasedweeb 8y ago
And then the Gell-Mann Amnesia kicks in! “Briefly stated, the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect is as follows. You open the newspaper to an article on some subject you know well. In Murray's case, physics. In mine, show business. You read the
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by dbasedweeb 8y ago
Yes... I’m sure they can. It’s primarily a choice. And let’s not pretend that we’re talking about the underprivileged. Coal miners often make more than college graduates. Working harder too, and in a single very specialized field. So you
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by dbasedweeb 8y ago
Counterpoints: Tobacco. Cocaine. Morphine. Heroin. Laudanum. Alcohol. Car seatbelts. Leaded gasoline, paint, and glassware. Mercury (in hats, as a toy). Radon (in water), X-rays (for shoe fitting!), and Uranium (dentures).
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by dbasedweeb 8y ago
Pretty much every time I’ve tried to say anything negative about Musk someone comes along and tries to sell me a line about him not caring about money. Then I ask why he keeps demanding so much of it, and they claim he wants to live on Mars
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by dbasedweeb 8y ago
Can the average coal miner realistically move on with the times, or are you just asking them to die in penury? Maybe when we phase out a whole way of life for the greater good, we need to take care of the people left behind. If not, then of
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by dbasedweeb 8y ago
I enjoy Dune a lot, but what you describe is absolutely the basis for any science in the story. It’s less science fiction and more high fantasy.
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by dbasedweeb 8y ago
Of course with the spice and mentats, they could probably use some limited form of prescience to explore possible avenues the future was likely to take. It is a universe in which magic, by another name, works.
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by dbasedweeb 8y ago
That isn’t so much an argument as a false dichotomy, predicated on a system of agriculture which allows a near 50% rate of wasteage in the West. The alternatives include less productive, yet still sufficiently productive methods which do no
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by dbasedweeb 8y ago
None of those are what an honest/sane individual would call borderline either, so why bring them up?
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by dbasedweeb 8y ago
My concern is best summed up by this comment from above: Every time the jury is out on a topic where one side has a vested interest and a billion dollar budget to protect it, you can be reasonably sure what the outcome will be. See: pestic
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by dbasedweeb 8y ago
Do you not believe that content creators have the right to set the terms upon which their content may be consumed? Sure, if they’re on a private network. If you’re broadcasting though, hell no. It would be like a tv network demanding that
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by dbasedweeb 8y ago
No, at a certain scale they’re more alike than not. GS is notably heinous because of their absurd scale, they’re not unique in terms of approach and ethics. At the scale Apple needs, all of the “good guys” were long since ground to chum; yo
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by dbasedweeb 8y ago
I think the formula has to be interesting + relevant x challenging = memorable. Trivial novelty is empty, difficult novelty is empty, but difficult, relevant novelty is enriching. If I had to work for knowledge which relates to a broader sc
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by dbasedweeb 8y ago
Have you decided that your looks are the reason, or been told? You may be assuming that it’s your looks, when it frankly isn’t. In my experience creepy usually means creepy , and creepy poeple lack insight... which is part of what makes th
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by dbasedweeb 8y ago
“All you need are good roads.” That’s a Big expensive undertaking. In Canada (which is ever so slightly bigger than Finland) the roads range from excellent to abysmal. In the US the roads often have potholes and little accommodation for cy
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by dbasedweeb 8y ago
Refuse to leave the bus, point out that you’re willing to call police and wait for them. Casually mention that the driver will get home faster by finishing their route than forcing you to waste a lot of his time in the process of getting hi
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by dbasedweeb 8y ago
It's personal transport of the future. Everyone should get one. In warm and dry parts of the world with good roads. You try biking in Toronto in the winter! Some people also understand that roads are dangerous, and being hit by a car
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by dbasedweeb 8y ago
I love the combination of sincere enthusiasm and a willingness to go into some depth about shortcomings. I think I’ve learned a lot from this.
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‘My Hovercraft Is Full of Eels’ in Many Languages(omniglot.com)
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by dbasedweeb 8y ago
A start of what? Those same alcohol purveyors still make a majority of income from a minority who drink irresponsibly. It’s like the army having, “killing is wrong” as a slogan, it’s just mouth noises and a start to nothing.
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by dbasedweeb 8y ago
First, there were thousands of them. Someone having thousands of books is not unreasonable, of course, but both the breadth and depth of this collection is such that it is extremely unlikely it is someone's personal library. Sounds l

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