graemep

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by graemep 3mo ago
As I said, I agree with your in principle. I just think its true to say "almost any applicant with roots in America has a huge head start over almost any applicant with roots in Asia, Africa, or the Middle East." That is actually
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by graemep 3mo ago
Websites and mobile apps, definitely. Every time a typical proprietary mobile app updates I wonder what they will break. They always do break something or remove a feature I want. Desktop apps, not in general. Some work better, like KDE&#x2
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by graemep 3mo ago
I am not even sure kids are more susceptible. Plenty of addicted adults.
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by graemep 3mo ago
As far as I know the evidence points to getting drunk younger leads to more drinking problems later in life. Drinking moderately younger leads to fewer.
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by graemep 3mo ago
Its usually in the UK in my experience to give teenagers wine, beer or cider with meals. 16 year olds can currently have them with a meal in a restaurant or pub. Until a few years ago it was 14. > It meant when I got to university I knew
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by graemep 3mo ago
Tobacco is legal because of large numbers of addicts which would create a huge market for illegal supplies. The UK plans to phase out tobacco by raising the age at which it can be legally bought every year. In any case, this is whataboutery
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by graemep 3mo ago
The political analysis there is completely wrong. How can she blame the "Tatler/Telegraph/Times set" for legislation passed by a Labour government? The opposition to this sort of legislation (e.g. the OSA) has largely co
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by graemep 3mo ago
I am not convinced by that. What are you defining as "cloud" here? If you mean SaaS I interpreted GP as meaning the likes of AWS which still leaves you doing a lot of the expensive stuff. > The idea that cloud is obviously more
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by graemep 3mo ago
Multiple X sessions has been possible for decades. I think its possible with Wayland too. You can also start applications as another user so you do not even need multiple sessions. There are quite a lot of privilege escalation attacks so I
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by graemep 3mo ago
No, it was an independent country which shared the same monarch - rather like Canada and Australia still are.
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by graemep 3mo ago
> almost any applicant with roots in America has a huge head start over almost any applicant with roots in Asia, Africa, or the Middle East. I think you are overstating your case. You are right in principle because it is true of some peo
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by graemep 3mo ago
> Slavery, racism, and sexism have happened in every single human society that has ever existed in some form or another, the US isn't special here. Sexism is different as its not a group trait that affects whole families or communit
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by graemep 3mo ago
How would a you even know whether a user was uncomfortable with any of those things? Why would someone with a particular political stance be a heavier burden on maintainers? How would you even know how someone felt - if someone reports a bu
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by graemep 3mo ago
Your reasoning is exactly why I loathe any step towards this sort of thing in the UK. You cannot infer disadvantage from a simple racial categories. For example, the majority of South Asians I know in the UK have affluent and/or well e
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by graemep 3mo ago
You can, but if the exact quote in the GP is correct the claim is claiming the software is "gay, trans and anti-colonialist" and asks you not to use it. Why use a license that is designed to be politically neutral and then ask som
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by graemep 3mo ago
> People pick partners based on race. Is that morally wrong? Depends on their reasoning. If it is that they are attracted to people with a particular physical appearance that correlates with race, then its not morally wrong. If you are d
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by graemep 3mo ago
Sufficient sticks to get China to agree to the same rules? Overseen by whom?
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by graemep 3mo ago
That is what I had in mind. I was also wondering what American call them so thanks for answering that.
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by graemep 3mo ago
Apps also took off on Android and Google likes PWAs. I am not sure about the history, but a lot of it now is about tracking, and perceived security. Its far harder for users to manage things like location tracking in apps than in browsers.
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by graemep 3mo ago
Claude does at least use the British English version of the phrase to me - not sure whether its picking up a language setting or reacting to my spelling etc. The American version does sound odd over hear.
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by graemep 3mo ago
Exactly my point, but we are clear enough about that (because of the danger to others) to make it a legal requirement.
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by graemep 3mo ago
I think there are arguments on both sides. People should look for guidance on how to use complex tools, but we know people will not. Whose fault is it if someone drives a car without learning how to and injures themselves? On the other hand
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by graemep 3mo ago
It looks like they can take their customer base for granted: https://news.adobe.com/news/2026/06/adobe-q2fy26-financial-r...
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by graemep 3mo ago
There was always Christian opposition to slavery much of it from the mainstream as well as radicals. St Augustine, Gregory of Nyssa, several Popes and . Several Christian kingdoms (including England) abolished slavery and/or slave trad
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by graemep 3mo ago
There was one a few years ago, but it is very rare
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by graemep 3mo ago
Essentially OSA forces people to use foreign services by penalising British providers with compliance costs, thereby increasing dependence on foreign services and big tech.
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by graemep 3mo ago
The terrorist group that pioneered modern suicide bombs and was their largest scale user by far was multi-religious in its membership and had atheists in its leadership. Obviously an Islamist group will tend to be different, but remember th
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by graemep 4mo ago
Or Latin. More people know it than Esperanto and it can be written in pure ASCII.
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by graemep 4mo ago
> Their book even includes an ownership guide. You mean the books of the Bible containing rules explicitly rejected by Christians from the start? The rules that Jesus is recorded as saying was a moral compromise? You are also convenientl
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by graemep 4mo ago
Is there an unambiguous and credible threat? The US actually occupied parts of Greenland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposed_United_States_acquisi... > And yeah I didn't name India as a possible partner beca

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