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by elicash 6y ago
I agree, woodworking moderators wouldn't possibly know legal libel when they see it. Nor would any platform. But that's why every forum, website, blog, social media platform, whatever, would then have to adopt your preferred speec
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If your concerns were truly about "everyday people" having a day in court, then it wouldn't be conditional upon these platforms not adopting your preferred speech policies. Please explain why my woodworking community should b
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I think Twitter changed the wording on that slightly to address these concerns. It's now, I believe, the ones I mentioned.
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I disagree, and am glad you clarified your position. My view is that these companies are privately run and online communities should be free to run them as they wish. If, say, Christian Mingle wants to ban atheists from using the platform t
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I wasn't saying that the left and right hold equivalent positions. My point was that the comment I was responding to was vague and could be read in a variety of ways.
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Are you referring to the "Multiple sources called this election differently" disclaimer? Or the "Official sources may not have called the race when this was tweeted" one?
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I just edited for clarity, so maybe that helps? My entire point is that you were using such a vague straw man that it's impossible to know which direction you meant it. That's why I intentionally showed how it can be a straw man i
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What's funny about this comment is you can read it as claiming either side doesn't value free speech. One side says the right wants to use force of government threaten breaking up companies whose speech policies they disagree with
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"Nothing happens" mostly because people disagree about things. As a result, seems like a good thing that these hearings broadcast different views on these issues so that the public can know how those views differ. Then, after know
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> If the vaccine causes decades-long effects, so will the virus itself. We're damned either way. Any long-term effects from a vaccine seems unlikely to be as bad as the virus itself. But still, is that really the answer? That there&
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Not the person who you're asking, but I'd personally prefer as many months (or years) as is needed. I have no idea if that's a few months or years and would love an answer grounded in science. Could somebody just explain how
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There will likely be non-mRNA options, assuming they're also found to be safe and effective. I personally will be getting whatever comes first for the general population, on day one. But it'd be dishonest if I didn't admit ha
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Your situation won't be worse than what would exist had Apple not moved so far ahead of the others. In fact, Apple moving ahead only encourages others to up their game. So you're better off, due to Apple, even if you don't
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by elicash 6y ago
Certainly the division of elections in PA could. The rest of us are just speculating. For example, we know some PA voters received two ballots (issue was corrected): https://whyy.org/articles/glitch-sends-some-pa-voters
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by elicash 6y ago
Did it actually need to be a different menu item? I'm just throwing this out there, but maybe there was an equivalent to what "Supersize" meant for going larger in size instead that's geared towards plant-based versions
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There are omnivores like me that are excited about plant-based burgers yet feel silly ordering a "McPlant." I'm so self-conscious that if I'm at a Denny's I won't order a "Moon Over My Hammy." I'
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by elicash 6y ago
All but 8 states can start processing ballots before election day. Unfortunately, 3 of those 8 are MI, WI, PA. So it may take longer for those. Florida will likely be an early sign, since those mail ballots get processed and counted early.
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I'm not saying you should, for example, support changing federal procurement regulations to favor open source software (though the author makes a strong point). Or that you should favor tax incentives for them. I was taking issue with
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Lots of things couldn't survive on their own, but aren't failures at all. For example, we're currently subsidizing multiple vaccines for COVID-19 because it's important that we collectively take on the risk that a single
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by elicash 6y ago
Mozz-eater who frequents Home Depot checking in. I thought it was funny.
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What I find confusing about Epic's approach is taking on Google at the same time. It seems like you'd have some leverage at forcing Apple to the table if you were exclusive on Google, for instance -- and then, after winning, you c
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by elicash 6y ago
I personally thought they were already in abuse of market power. But on this latest development, I want to hear Apple's argument first. That said, I didn't find their argument on the first action compelling so not optimistic. But
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This is really bad for Apple users like me and ultimately for Apple. People are talking anti-trust, but I don't think it'll take a legal case for them to eventually lose this broader fight. Apple has enough money they COULD do wha
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Reminds me of folks "boycotting" certain stores for requiring masks. Great, thank you for following the policy.
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I'm not sure what point you're making. Yes, the government uses private contractors, but they'd use contractors for this transaction system, too.
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I mean, government does GPS. Sends folks to space. You mention SpaceX, but let's not pretend NASA doesn't exist. Yeah, there was once that website that had a bad launch, but there's nothing inherent in government that wouldn&
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by elicash 6y ago
Their actions show that signatures aren't actually used in the way you describe. It does say to sign the back of the card, but I've never done so and it's never been checked. Not only do vendors not check, but there's no
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I find the way it's used by credit card companies interesting. When making a purchase, you can do a different signature each time. You can doodle, draw a straight line, write your name, mix it up, whatever. The only value of the signat
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I'm pretty sure it was shared on podcast, but unfortunately that's making it impossible for me to search and find it because they don't provide transcripts. Obviously I don't expect anybody to take my word for it, just w
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I believe I once heard that people are better able to detect lies by reading transcripts compared to watching people. They think they're getting additional information they can use to detect the lies but it ends up being misleading. Ha

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