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by georgespencer 3y ago
Sorry you're being downvoted for pointing out specious arguments.
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by georgespencer 3y ago
> That's the point: objectively, there is absolutely no concrete reason that justifies replacing a MacBook bought in the past 3 or 4 years with the M3 ones. None at all. Again, what you mean to say is that _you_ cannot think of a re
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by georgespencer 3y ago
I suspect that OP thinks, as I did, that you've constructed an inane straw man.
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by georgespencer 3y ago
> Are professionals expected to mindlessly throw money around at the new shiny without having absolutely no compelling reason to do so? Once again you're loading an incredibly tawdry straw man argument here with your own inane value
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by georgespencer 3y ago
> Why is this sort of question always framed as […] OP didn't frame it any way at all as far as I can tell, but either way it seems like an entirely reasonable question to ask of someone on a forum which is largely comprised of comp
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by georgespencer 3y ago
That the situation you describe, in which "those people" (Rumble, X, DCMS), either demonetized or solicited the demonetizing of Russell Brand's content. That did not happen, as the original link sets out very clearly.
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by georgespencer 3y ago
I cherrypicked two to illustrate my point, but if you think there are especially strong examples here which you'd like me to address, do feel free and I'm happy to go into detail on any of them! > 1. Right to freedom of speech:
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by georgespencer 3y ago
> the intent [of DCMS' letter] is quite plain for all to see […] as evidenced by youtube's response I'm trying to parse this: what do you mean by "YouTube's response"? Their decision to de-monetize Brand (wh
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by georgespencer 3y ago
Thanks for taking the time to say this. I'm trying to get better at explicitly encouraging positive behaviours (instead of just wading into arguments like this!), and you've inspired me to recommit.
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by georgespencer 3y ago
Almost as ridiculous as trying to argue that anyone in this situation is "preemptively cutting someone's livelihood ahead of a battle". If you read the letter and believe that the government is requesting, or that X and Rumbl
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by georgespencer 3y ago
> cutting them off from their ability to make money to pay for said defense undermines the integrity of the legal system If that were happening you'd be right! But the good news is, since apparently you haven't read or understo
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by georgespencer 3y ago
If you dismissed my post as 'bullshit' and think that Brand not having been convicted somehow diminishes my argument, then I suspect you have not read it. If you have read it and truly believe that it is somehow undone by the fact
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by georgespencer 3y ago
> So it's simply them wanting to find out if he is monetizing that specific content? Below are the relevant excerpts from their letter to Rumble. I see a z in 'monetising' which makes me think you're not from the UK?
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by georgespencer 3y ago
> Many politicians and elites I hate to break it to you, person of the people, but anyone with your raw intellect (proxies: commenting on Hacker News, above average vocabulary and English proficiency, somewhat thoughtful opinions about a
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by georgespencer 3y ago
The parent you're replying to does not appear to have read the letter in question. Have you? 1. The letter was sent by the Select Committee responsible for overseeing the Department of Culture, Media and Sport. 2. This Select Committee
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by georgespencer 3y ago
> a government 'asking' media to stop paying/employing someone they don't like, without a legal mandate, is a very obvious contravention of a free society. The way you've expressed this makes me think that you ha
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by georgespencer 3y ago
Totally get the dynamics of venture capital, but there seems to be a very big gap between funding 50 companies with 1 returning the entire fund and what OP described which is the "average" VC-backed company eventually being used t
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by georgespencer 3y ago
I know you're exaggerating for effect but I'm having trouble threading the needle here. The "average VC tech company" gets nowhere near public market investors and, if indeed it is run "as a pump and dump scheme&quo
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by georgespencer 3y ago
Gmail always catches me by surprise: launched before the IPO and relatively quickly after Google’s inception. 19 years ago!
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by georgespencer 3y ago
While we're at it we might also strive for people not requiring every aspect of a debate to be catered to their familiarity with the subject at hand It seems plausible that anyone using HN for discussion could probably read a little a
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by georgespencer 3y ago
It's definitely possible to view his actions as part of some grand strategy, but I find his political manoeuvring to be short sighted and impulsive. As for the ethics, he started Palantir specifically to make money from the cascading n
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by georgespencer 3y ago
HN routinely acts as if luxury brands hypnotise their customers or something. > There is a trick the fashion industries pull […] convincing new wealth that they need to flex their wealth. Do they? Do they “convince them” that they “need
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by georgespencer 3y ago
> Civil society groups have raised alarms about a single private company handling so much personal data, especially one dogged by concerns that its software can be used for mass surveillance. During the Trump administration, the U.S. Im
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by georgespencer 3y ago
Another good reason to properly style things.
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by georgespencer 3y ago
macOS or MacOS but never MAC OS or MACOS. MAC is an acronym for Media Access Control (as in: MAC address), Mac (or mac) is an abbreviation of Macintosh.
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by georgespencer 3y ago
It's very difficult to referee other people's discussion without appearing churlish, but I'm sincerely grateful to you for trying. A central facet to the entire debate here is the unlikelihood of a trial, in tandem with the s
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by georgespencer 3y ago
https://www.iacr.org/cryptodb/data/author.php?authorkey=59 Is the insinuation that Tatsuaki Okamoto is Satoshi Nakamoto? Or that Okamoto worked for the NSA? It seems plausible that Okamoto adopted a pseudonym whic
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by georgespencer 3y ago
[crickets]
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by georgespencer 3y ago
> You have a whole lot of words here Inane beyond belief. > and are making a lot of claims Just for fun, here's an unabridged list of the "claims" I made in the post you replied to: 1. That the parent did not provide an
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by georgespencer 3y ago
> the kinds of things you're saying Be much more specific, please.

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