deogeo

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by deogeo 7y ago
I'm sure bombs and nerve gas can be used for defense. And we will soon have the ability to make targeted plagues.
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by deogeo 7y ago
That sounds more like a post-hoc justification, and I'm sure you could find similar ones for other rights - I gave just one out of many possible examples. Private property is great, until you're faced with a monopoly or environmen
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by deogeo 7y ago
I think the poster wasn't making a principled argument that rights granted by the constitution only apply to 18th century technology, but that, at some point, pragmatism must be considered. I know I railed against pragmatism in my po
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by deogeo 7y ago
Exactly - so they shouldn't be able to buy themselves more rights by hiring "registered/official" security. Sure it's technically available to everyone, but they can choose their clients, they have to jump through r
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by deogeo 7y ago
It's only part of the premise, not its entirety. A large part is a sense of justice, or ideology, that tempers the pragmatism, and acts as an instictual signal that a law might be harmful in the long term. Compare it to the 'do no
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by deogeo 7y ago
Perhaps. But restricting it must be done carefully, or you will end up with a disarmed populace, against well armed corporate security.
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by deogeo 7y ago
> Red flag laws have been associated with huge reductions in gun-related suicides. I upvoted your comment, because you implicitly raise a very popular, and I believe very dangerous point: That results justify taking away rights. Danger
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by deogeo 7y ago
I think redirecting the defense industry to make space rockets instead of death rockets is one of the more feasible ways to improve the world. Because reducing their budget is politically challenging, to say the least - they are exceedingly
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by deogeo 7y ago
Yes, religious belief can have adverse consequences - but that's a pragmatic argument on how to act, and has no bearing on the underlying truth of whether or not some god, however defined, exists. Or if there exists more than mechani
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by deogeo 7y ago
Sure - but that's a far cry from 'contradiction'. And you overstate "explainable" - we are only able to explain things in terms of math and fundamental (well, the most fundamental found so far) physical laws. But we
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by deogeo 7y ago
I'll admit, I picked "9th century" at random, without knowing much about it.
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by deogeo 7y ago
An omniscient god can guide random processes as it wishes. Or it can create a system where the desired outcome will come to pass, without controlling every detail. Like how each molecule of water moves randomly and unpredictably, but the ri
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by deogeo 7y ago
Sure, if you define religion as literal interpretation of the Bible, stuck in the 9th century, while allowing science the full benefit of modern understanding. For example, you probably didn't have https://en.wikipedia.org&#
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by deogeo 7y ago
Why is it only space exploration that is targeted this way? The entertainment industry has $97 billion/year revenue, despite the existence of more movies/games than one could watch/play in a lifetime. Meanwhile, SpaceX had a
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by deogeo 7y ago
It's time to stop viewing contracts as an inherent good that must be obeyed, and instead as merely useful tools to help society. Until (more) limits are placed on them to protect individuals, we will continue descending deeper into a &
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by deogeo 7y ago
I have not - I'm speculating. As are the posters that claim the law is fine. But "Austin-based attorney J.T. Morris, who specializes in First Amendment cases" shares my concerns.
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by deogeo 7y ago
You have chosen very clear cut examples, but the law will not be limited to those. For example, a boy and girl start dating. Eventually, she sends him nudes - maybe they discussed it offline, so there's no written record of consent, or
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by deogeo 7y ago
This law sounds overbroad, and nothing but trouble. It'll make sending nudes carry a huge legal risk. I'd expect to see someone use this against their ex (or illicit lover) within a year of taking effect. From all the teens punish
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by deogeo 7y ago
The source presents a survey asking "How annoyed were you by X", with women answering as more annoyed for the same X. How you interpret that as "hassle can't be the same in survey accounts", I have no idea.
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by deogeo 7y ago
No, the sourced article says that some groups get more annoyed than others, when exposed to the same hassle.
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by deogeo 7y ago
> There may be a hidden layer of discrimination at play here as well. Studies and surveys have shown that some segments of consumers, such as women, African Americans, and Latinos, may experience higher hassle costs when dealing with cus
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by deogeo 7y ago
It has failed him for the last time.
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by deogeo 7y ago
One of the chapters is titled "Who Gets to Take AP Computer Science?", but 'gets' implies AP CS is not available to others. A more factual title would be "Who Chooses to Take AP Computer Science?"
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by deogeo 7y ago
Ads are a cancer upon the world, far worse than poor free software funding, and people are understandably dismayed at seeing that cancer spread, no matter how justifiable the reasons given. Paid software is increasingly filled with ads, a
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by deogeo 7y ago
> are the Uyghur Muslims treated worse than immigrants in many western places like US / EU / AUS? For one, the Uyghur are not immigrants. As bad as you may think immigrants are treated in US/EU/AUS, China wouldn'
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by deogeo 7y ago
No, the first amendment only applies to government actions. But both the first amendment and anti-SLAPP statutes exist to protect free speech. (Although in a very real way, every lawsuit is a government action.)
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by deogeo 7y ago
Could they not still use the last open enterprise version? At least until they can migrate. Which is troublesome, but at least buys you time - something you wouldn't have if the database never had a free/open-source version.
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by deogeo 7y ago
I think tactical nihilism fits this well: https://pics.me.me/the-legendary-blade-of-tactical-nihilism-...
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by deogeo 7y ago
He did - the source is "a book". Assumedly The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
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by deogeo 7y ago
> Biden's son got > $1B from the Chinese not so long ago to run a private equity firm. I was surprised how little attention that story ( https://nypost.com/2018/03/15/inside-the-shady-private-equit..

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