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by duckMuppet 7y ago
Central planning is a failure throughout history. The problem isn't the capitalism that transitioned the US into a powerhouse that feeds the world or provides goods at discounted prices, or ensures that millennials in Minnesota can enj
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by duckMuppet 7y ago
I don't think you're understanding the point clairity was making.. Trump generally uses Twitter to fire up his base and give the other side something to stew over. It's pretty well documented most of the garbage he spews on t
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by duckMuppet 7y ago
Although I agree with you, the constitution now is largely irrelevant. For the most part, it is generally ignored by all three branches, except for when one political group can club the other with it. And once they do it, It goes largely i
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by duckMuppet 7y ago
They got him some two years later. Beyond that, it really goes to show how much the university system is now simply a credentialing system for certain individuals, so long as they maintain the correct group affiliation it have individuals t
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by duckMuppet 7y ago
If you're relying on Twitter, you've already lost.
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by duckMuppet 7y ago
EconTalk is one of the few podcasts that really explore a wide variety of topics. His latest about climate change was phenomenal.. Talk to you on Monday!
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by duckMuppet 7y ago
They'll never do anything like that. They have to keep the masses safe from ideas that could be considered harmful.
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by duckMuppet 7y ago
You're not forced to use an app. You can go on a web browser even a phone browser and do almost all the activities you can do in an app, and not deal with the T&C of the app once declined. Of course, no one does because they can&#x
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by duckMuppet 7y ago
Well they managed to push thru GDPR, which has become an incredibly powerful tool for the elites and government bureaucracy over their people. I think they've even weaponized it against certain archival websites, a brilliant but obviou
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by duckMuppet 7y ago
That's true. Not only that, but google maps generally purges whatever query you're searching for one you close the app, likely so they can put at the top "tired of typing that? Sign in to let maps search from your history and
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by duckMuppet 7y ago
I've one freenas server, one freebsd server and a fedora server, all at the house as well as small, cheap VPS for some front facing stuff. The two bsd based servers run quite a few of services, so much so that I actually pay for an add
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by duckMuppet 8y ago
That's true from the standpoint of you want everyone to have access to equally marginal service, but not the latest or greatest service. Instead, I think this is a good argument for removing regulations and stopping the cronyism that i
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by duckMuppet 8y ago
you can.. It's an adjustment. I have my own website, to which I run a mail server. It's a bit of work, but worth it, unless you aren't familiar with sysadmin or Linux, you can check out proton mail or several others out there
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by duckMuppet 8y ago
of course it's cultural. People would now rather watch twitch, cat videos, or Instagram than Waste it on what ppl used to spend it on.. People now would rather pay for some proprietary SaaS or pay with their data than take some piece o
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by duckMuppet 8y ago
Catch up???... Anyone even semi educated or over 55 recalls that when they grew up, most items came in glass containers, containers that you were required to place a deposit, and return for a refund. It's only recent history, that a no
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by duckMuppet 8y ago
The truth is, if they let it die It's highly likely it was not useful. G+, wave, RSS feeds, etc, legacy services that needed to be replaced for security sake. It's unfortunate end users have to be dragged along kicking and screami
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by duckMuppet 8y ago
Additionally, relying on another app such add WordPress leaves you at the mercy of that app and it's development.
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by duckMuppet 8y ago
Yeh, I terribly unfortunate the beacon of liberty has chosen to embrace censorship.. Obviously reddit mods "got it" that some political opinions just shouldn't be allowed.. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/vi
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by duckMuppet 8y ago
You have no more right to learn what a particular device is doing than you have in intercepting emails of guests on Wi-Fi. You might have purchased a particular device, but you generally don't have the rights to the software or firmwar
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by duckMuppet 8y ago
Pretty sure most news agencies consider anything remotely conservative fake news now. I rarely ever see corrections or retractions from ANY of the big outlets. It's largely become infotainment, and everyone drinks from the fire hose of
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by duckMuppet 8y ago
He's a millennial. All us Millennials know that it's 2019, and there isn't a reason for war in 2019, anywhere..
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by duckMuppet 8y ago
Don't forget the corollary to Hanlon's razor, Grey's law which i think is far more applicable here: 'Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice'. I'm not sure why others who respond
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by duckMuppet 8y ago
Censorship can come from anywhere. But I can choose to visit YouTube, FB, et al, or I can choose to go to a different platform, though it may not be as populated or as polished as the former. It's much harder for me to choose a govt wh
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by duckMuppet 8y ago
Although I enjoyed that comment, is really more about lighting someone else's money on fire. Tariffs, like taxes, adversely affect the people those who use said commodities. U.S. Tariffs are a tax on U.S. consumers. My guess is, in typ
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by duckMuppet 8y ago
Actually, many places you need to be registered to a particular party to vote in the primary, which actually might be more important as you are actually selecting the candidate.. Registering as an independent, leaves the selection process u
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by duckMuppet 8y ago
Mom: "What are you doing on your computer?" Child: "What's a computer...." Additionally, he must've missed the last 20+ years after Apple moved away from the ppc chip. Subsequent editions of os x after were alw
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by duckMuppet 8y ago
You most certainly can use the web and a smartphone without being tracked. It's not difficult at all actually.. it becomes increasingly more difficult when you want to use these services and apps which you are the product by design, an
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by duckMuppet 8y ago
And a great example.. Look above, comments from Josh Cole... bots control the internet.. only regulation, govt censorship, and censorship by tech companies can save the uneducated, unwashed masses which could never understand or be left to
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by duckMuppet 8y ago
Using any of the big tech firms, they are actively moving against freedom or anonymity on the net, specifically the web.. https://thehill.com/policy/technology/411002-leaked-presenta...
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by duckMuppet 8y ago
This is an asinine, Deference to authority, nanny state garbage take.. No-one is forced to give all their info to fb. Better yet, no one is forced to use fb.. Of your using these services, and you give all your info to them, that's on

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