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Key witness in Assange case admits to lies in indictment(stundin.is)
572 points by eplanit 5y ago|304 comments
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by eplanit 5y ago
You were making a good rebuttal until "To wit: Lab Leak Trutherism is of the same cloth as Big Lie election fraudurism, and climate denial, ...". I think we have nothing left to discuss.
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by eplanit 5y ago
"It's true we can't rule out the lab theory as much as we'd like to." Why is it desirable to rule it out? It's not only plausible, but the evidence seems to be accumulating, not diminishing. Thorough investig
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by eplanit 5y ago
It's not the most palatable, but it is very effective, and should be allowed to proceed unencumbered.
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by eplanit 5y ago
> The whole article is a hit piece designed to get whip people into a furor. And lately I've been noticing propublica publishing a lot of those. Yes. The story is shaped and told to feed the "Capitalism and Wealthy People are
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The Big Tuna Sandwich Mystery(nytimes.com)
2 points by eplanit 5y ago|1 comments
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by eplanit 5y ago
Interesting...but NPR is misplaced. It definitely is Left, to at times Far Left.
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by eplanit 5y ago
That describes it exactly. I think it will have to completely fail, and then a new generation (tragically, probably not the present one, or even then next) will have to rebuild it from the ashes. Maybe the positive way to see the present
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by eplanit 5y ago
It's not so new though. I recall hearing in the 90s about how cat poop bacteria affects owners, and it was euphemistically used to explain the "crazy" part of the proverbial Crazy Cat Lady. It seems there is a lot of truth
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by eplanit 5y ago
That's the quintessential definition of a hacker.
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by eplanit 5y ago
They really are one of the most ripe for replacement, given their role and duties.
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by eplanit 5y ago
It's true. A documentary film should be made of it, as it encapsulates so much about so many topics.
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by eplanit 5y ago
Freedom is the high ground. You can feel superior or safer in the knowledge that the government deploys strong tech to monitor and control you (in the name of public safety, of course) all you want. I'm vaccinated, the vaccine works,
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The Books Are Already Burning(bariweiss.substack.com)
3 points by eplanit 5y ago|0 comments
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by eplanit 5y ago
I sympathize with what you're saying, but IMHO "Bureau" invokes thoughts of authoritarian institutions.
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by eplanit 5y ago
It's fascinating how many comments are of the form "stayed too long with an employer before finally leaving". Take heed.
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by eplanit 5y ago
Meanwhile, China is pushing its children to learn so much more, and is developing one of the most educated populations on earth[1]. They'll win by our own implosion. [1] https://wenr.wes.org/2019/12/educatio
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by eplanit 5y ago
Hopefully it will happen. And, while we're properly reversing course on bad policy, let's start building some nuclear power plants, too.
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by eplanit 5y ago
Related: My theory is that all of Scottish cuisine is based on a dare. Mike Myers
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by eplanit 5y ago
Newspapers do this a lot with Associated Press stories -- they're filler for what you don't have the capacity to create yourself. I don't really see a problem with it.
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Prossimo – Memory safety for the Internet's most critical infrastructure(memorysafety.org)
130 points by eplanit 5y ago|122 comments
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The Market and the Macroeconomic Social Contract(thepublicdiscourse.com)
3 points by eplanit 5y ago|0 comments
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by eplanit 5y ago
Now the negotiations start -- which means FAANG paying off, and playing one off the other, each party to water down the actual legislation. If they manage to get this passed and signed, politicians get to claim "bipartisanship" (
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by eplanit 5y ago
Be proud, you made a very wise and healthy decision.
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by eplanit 5y ago
And, every time, the objections drive up costs and delay results.
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by eplanit 5y ago
Exactly -- Windows is the biggest vector for malware, by orders of magnitude.
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by eplanit 5y ago
That's a great list of public transportation experiences.
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by eplanit 5y ago
I notice how the prices are not rationalized beyond "because that's what Pharma charges" because of rarity of the illnesses, etc. But there's no concrete 'why' the prices are what they are. It seems they char
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by eplanit 5y ago
Evidence isn't necessary for one who is already convinced. However, there is a lot that says that the 1% actually pay the vast majority of taxes collected: https://www.publishedreporter.com/2021/04/05/op-
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by eplanit 5y ago
Large grain of salt required. But, at least they were honest enough to state (in the middle of the article), that the information on which this is based is suspect: "We do not know the identity of our source. We did not solicit the in

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