eganist

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by eganist 6y ago
Fair, fair. A childhood friend of mine was repeatedly bullied for having red hair, so I've become particularly sensitive to it.
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by eganist 6y ago
I mean, you've basically nailed the challenge: > if I were to have offered pronouns in the last say, 30 introductions I made in person, most of the other parties would be baffled, ask why, then may think they have to coach their lan
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by eganist 6y ago
> I am not sure what risk you mean here and I struggle to see how a rational person can infer that I mean hatred when I introduce myself as "proactivesvcs", "Adam" or "Mr Piggott". I think that yes, everyone
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by eganist 6y ago
> Would a better aim be that any person can choose, or choose not, to proffer their pronouns, and feel equally comfortable either way? How do you mitigate the risk of minimal usage of pronouns by cis persons compared to non-cis folks? T
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by eganist 6y ago
It's viewed by some as a political matter, but in reality, the intent is to ensure that everyone feels comfortable sharing their pronouns without making people feel awkward. So by mentioning my own (he/him), I'm enabling a no
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by eganist 6y ago
> Where CDPR really screwed up is scope creep. That's the only answer. There are tons of other failures, but scope creep was the biggest.
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by eganist 6y ago
still works for me, odd.
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by eganist 6y ago
> Do you really think the best way for a government agency to access government IDs is to secretly run a Twitter clone? The best method for target acquisition, sure. If someone is so perturbed by their reality being rejected by the mains
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by eganist 6y ago
It'd be an interesting twist in the simulation if the entities were materialized/determined only when the chest^H^H^H^H^H^H truck was examined.
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by eganist 6y ago
> Perhaps the people who were looting commercial districts would have looted the Capitol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man
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by eganist 6y ago
> I can't believe I'm actually going to go to this topic, but your argument has been made before with the Reichstag Fire [1]. Using threats of violence as a pretext for assuming more government control is a tactic as old as gov
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by eganist 6y ago
> Would you be ok with Stripe stopping payment to the GOP? Has the GOP, specifically the GOP, advocated for the violent overthrow of the United States Government?
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by eganist 6y ago
> The people cheering this on will not be protected when the mob comes for you. > We live in a digital age. If having the wrong opinion means you can get your bank accounts and all Internet presence removed from you, it's not an
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by eganist 6y ago
Alright, I'm gonna say it just so you're aware of why. I'm your third downvote as of this edit. There is literally zero reason to invoke a flamebait topic such as incel culture in this thread. It contributes nothing of value
915.
by eganist 6y ago
You're right about the narrowing, but that misses the point. Regardless of the narrowing, the fact that the Capitol Insurrection even happened is what gives grounds that the platform does not sufficiently restrict fighting words. Had W
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by eganist 6y ago
> The problem here is that private companies are doing something that only democratically legitimized state authorities should be doing, deciding what is allowed or not allowed. So that I understand: on what grounds are such companies de
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by eganist 6y ago
> If we can't discuss and address it and other sensitive things like it that are evil and are approved-speech by tech then we're doomed as a society, and I'd say we're no better than actual racists, oppressors and sla
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by eganist 6y ago
On top of that, the United States has never had "free speech without limits." Or any rights without limits. A core tenet of at least one political ideology in the United States is the idea that one's rights only extend as far
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by eganist 6y ago
Oh I'm well aware it was signed by the current president. Don't read between the lines in my last comment; I'm not expressing any views because I'm trying to encourage broad engagement around this question.
920.
by eganist 6y ago
Something I don't think I've heard very many people ask: Are the Apple/Google evictions as well as the AWS eviction a consequence of the attack on the Capitol, or are they a consequence of something else? Such as FOSTA/S
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by eganist 6y ago
> This represents a vast check on presidential power that exists purely in the hands of these incredibly wealthy and powerful social media executives. I don't necessarily disagree with Twitter's decision given the events of the
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by eganist 6y ago
Are scientists prohibited from distributing their own research and papers for free as part of their standard contracts with the big journals? If not, then magnet links make sense; researchers can then seed their own papers, and by downloadi
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by eganist 6y ago
> Given that all features are known, how difficult is to build p2p WhatsApp clone ? Including all feature parity ? Signal. It even has one of WhatsApp's founders behind it now.
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by eganist 6y ago
> SARS has leaked from Chinese labs multiple times. And the only lab in the world specializing in coronaviruses was ~1000 ft away from the first cases. The leaked US diplomatic cables urge the US to help China with this very lab because
925.
by eganist 6y ago
Is this in response to reports the US is considering cutting dosing requirements? The Reuters story is pretty bare (the title of this HN post essentially covers it), so without added context, this really feels like the cause. In re: dosing
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by eganist 6y ago
> These prices are fairy tales. It's a figure next to no one will actually ever pay. Insurers pay less. If you ask for a discount you will pay less. Columns H through AI represent the negotiated insurance rates or agreed schedules.
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by eganist 6y ago
Well, the latter might not be as shoppable (you know, because it's time sensitive), but joint replacements certainly can be.
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by eganist 6y ago
In all honesty, it's probably a line they forgot to remove. This document looks like it's in response to new executive action around price transparency.
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by eganist 6y ago
Some ideas from May soon after this was first observed: https://www.cebm.net/covid-19/nicotine-replacement-therapy/
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by eganist 6y ago
Recent revelations around stalking: https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/nintendo-leak-reveals-ext... Recent cancellations of event sponsorships over the use of a hashtag pertaining to Nintendo's actions in a p

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