dionian

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   by dionian 6y ago

   Nation-state: a sovereign state whose citizens or subjects are relatively homogeneous in factors such as language or common descent.
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   by dionian 6y ago

   You beat me to it. Look at deaths by other causes. Lots of "9/11"s every year here! Why is this being treated as if its dramatically worse than a death by other causes? Any death is a bad thing
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   by dionian 6y ago

   This says a lot: > Most importantly, it’s Free and Open Source. "Most importantly" ?
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   by dionian 6y ago

   > With agencies like the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the FBI keeping an eye out for foreign interference — and states and counties more heavily fortified than ever — the 2020 presidential contest turned out to be
5. 455.▲
   by dionian 6y ago

   > but can't get through layers upon layers of management i think you hit the nail on the head here. the problem is that the upper management usually arent clueless, they are just better leaders than they are doers...
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   by dionian 6y ago

   turn them off
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   by dionian 6y ago

   There are cases in court right alleging this was not allowed to happen. "The Trump campaign said it is calling for a temporary halt in the counting in Michigan and Pennsylvania until it is given “meaningful” access in numerous location
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   by dionian 6y ago

   Makes sense due to the proliferation of new JVM languages.
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   by dionian 6y ago

   I love people like this. Thank you for sharing the story. May his memory be our blessing
10. 460.▲
    by dionian 6y ago

    this is amazing, i learned a lot about git from a similar, non-interactive talk,. this is much better one suggestion, let user hit up arrow to auto-type suggested command
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    by dionian 6y ago

    Same. Cool idea in concept. Not something I have enough time to be interested in using heavily.
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    by dionian 6y ago

    I already know how to use it and I hate how proprietary it is, I have so many other problems on my plate than customizing my Git to work a certain way. I like using the off the shelf tools that work nicely with the normal git workflows usin
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    by dionian 6y ago

    > Clear mapping of change request == commit, was forced to use Gerrit by a client. I could never get the hang of this, I like to do frequent commits on short lived branches and using vanilla git. I never wanted any more features other th
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    by dionian 6y ago

    Should they continue be exempt from lawsuits per section 230
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    by dionian 6y ago

    I've not heard any claims of dissenting opinions censored by the mods here, but im sure its possible.
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    by dionian 6y ago

    Not to mention their rules are suspiciously narrowly enforced.
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    by dionian 6y ago

    So? I don't want Twitter deciding what I can and can't read.
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    by dionian 6y ago

    They never provided evidence for this. By their own standards they should censor their own actions. Also, why didn't they do this with the Pee Pee tape that the media wrote long thinkpieces about for YEARS? Trending on twitter, too, of
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    by dionian 6y ago

    I would agree and add: working on the right thing and delivering results
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    by dionian 6y ago

    If platforms are going to start acting like publishers, they should no longer get special treatment when compared to other publishers. Remember, if the info platform monopolies help the democrats today, they can help the republicans tomorro
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    by dionian 6y ago

    > While I believe free speech is a good thing, I believe free amplification is terrible. This is so abusable. Even the best of intentions won't stop it from being abused horribly. I value twitter much less. The same thing is happeni
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    by dionian 6y ago

    I wonder what they use to justify this belief. I dont think it has a specific historical precedent
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    by dionian 6y ago

    Clearly their partisan activism got the best of them. No longer can they merely label trump's tweets as misinfo, they have to start full-on censoring. They were probably trying to find a way to call this hate speech or racism to justif
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    by dionian 6y ago

    Thanks for the transparency. I sincerely mean it
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    by dionian 6y ago

    They been steadily ramping up their efforts to silence voices. It starts with the people you dont like, the Alex Jones and the Richard Spencers. And now it's come to censoring news, while using Orwellian excuses like "fact-checkin
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    by dionian 6y ago

    What is the (he/him) after the guy's name?
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    by dionian 6y ago

    Enlightenment is an event, not a state. And it can happen multiple times. Whether you view it as samadhi or kensho or satori.
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    by dionian 6y ago

    I sit down if people keep me too long. If they ask me to stand up I'll just say my feet hurt.
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    by dionian 6y ago

    It obviates the need for many more 'project planning' meetings and forces everyone to be present and answer questions. If done right they are excellent. Easily ruined by those with no discipline.
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    by dionian 6y ago

    Originally, it was supposed to be to minimize meetings and make them more efficient when they do happen.