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by fitzie 5y ago
The media really aren't the story here. their credibility couldn't be any lower. what is interesting is how the scientists stayed quiet, how big tech continues to use fact checkers to censor, and how the Chinese communist party
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by fitzie 5y ago
if you look at the polling data, more minorities voted for the Republicans during 2020 than any time in the last forty years. The idea that Trump stirred up racial hate is not established in the broader community. and there are plenty o
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by fitzie 5y ago
if someone goes to libera and registers a bunch of channels and tells people to go to freenode, how would they respond? or if popular subreddits were shut down by their respective mods, you'd can be sure that the ops would come in an
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by fitzie 5y ago
this is how a narrative replaces unbiased journalism. the underlying email chain shows this conversation is regarding the full self driving "beta" that Tesla is slowly releasing. while it is clear that the regulators are concer
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by fitzie 5y ago
Eric Garner was killed because of the policies that created the a huge black market for cigarettes in NYC. the absurdity is they are banning flavor which isn't the harmful element. at the same time they are legalizing marijuana i
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by fitzie 5y ago
I see rights being of intrinsic value how much a country, both its culture and regulators, protect them can be directly scored. you can argue what exactly those rights should be, and you can argue that a society can still be happy and prod
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by fitzie 5y ago
there is a legal and ethical argument. what constitutes a protected class should not be limited by legal obligations, but to a liberal democracy point of view. according to some recent polls liberals themselves report the most fear of t
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by fitzie 6y ago
people were happy to buy the medias distortions when it came to trump, so it's its only natural the media became accustomed to distort what they want. one cannot understand the news anymore without reading every sentence skeptically,
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by fitzie 6y ago
I see three problems with the original posting. First is the presumption that repealing 230 will damage the internet in some way. I think that would have to be demonstrated in some way. tech companies already must have a strong legal dep
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by fitzie 6y ago
anyone who works with people in other countries will appreciate this, recurring meetings are always an issue with various countries going in an out of daylight savings. after fixing this, I'd like to see the entire country move to a si
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by fitzie 6y ago
if people watched the fsd videos on youtube, they would understand that fsd beta is full self driving, but it requires driver attention and gives the user a quick way to take over control. I think the only one that doesn't get this are
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by fitzie 6y ago
these academics also use the term "white fragility", that not only shows that white is known to be a race but it also sanctions anti-white sentiment. these offensive statements are a feature, not a bug, and it's very telling
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by fitzie 6y ago
saying that masks work, is a tad simplistic. there are many types of masks, and while they have their benefits there is plenty of evidence that mask wearing has not inhibited the virus from spreading in the population. there is little ev
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by fitzie 6y ago
The real story is that OEM motherboards still have terrible security story, years later. this has as much to do with Dell or HP as it has to do with supermicro. obviously firmware needs to be open source but it also needs to be signed an
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by fitzie 6y ago
Our welfare system is entirely rife with abuse. the tricks to avoid healthcare costs are exploited by foreigners and Americans alike, people who shift assets to enroll in medicaid or come here to retire with free health care are entirely a
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by fitzie 6y ago
the flu vaccine is delivered annually by experts. now they are creating a whole new vaccine distribution system run by people who have never done it before. the politicians are celebrating their megasites as if that is suppose to impress
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by fitzie 6y ago
I rather the stupid man who approves a pipeline that keeps jobs and money in this country than the smart guy who kills the jobs, sends the money away for oil that will come over in railcars at higher cost, and no benefit for the environment
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by fitzie 6y ago
the experts followed the medical "standard of care". there was little discussion of what doctors were actually doing in out patient/ early treatment/prophylactic treatment. I don't think there was any studies about