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by jkelsey 13y ago
It wasn't even a apology. He's just highlighted Mozilla's stance on diversity and inclusion, which is good and deserves some credit. However , the facts about this situation remain the same: 1. He donated a large amount of m
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by jkelsey 13y ago
No, that's not what I argued. I agree with the notion that there's room for honest political disagreements within a community. However, I consider equal treatment of LGBT people to be a human right, and human rights don't fal
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by jkelsey 13y ago
You don't have to take part in this discussion if you don't want to. You don't even have to click on the link. If you're a public place, and some group of people that you don't otherwise know are having a conversati
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by jkelsey 13y ago
I'm trying to keep this in perspective with all the massively positive things that Mozilla has done over the years. I've used Firefox all the time, proclaimed the value of Mozilla to others, and even donated to Mozilla. Regardless
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by jkelsey 13y ago
Well, you got me on my grammar. Regardless, the point remains the same.
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by jkelsey 13y ago
Are you being purposely obtuse? The root of this entire thread was around the use of the word "Queen" to criticize a female coworker. Please don't take my point out of context. If you really want to have a argument over seman
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by jkelsey 13y ago
> I fail to see how calling a woman a queen reduces her to her gender. Hell, I can't see how calling a man a queen reduces him to any gender. You may see it that way, and I won't question your integrity about it. However, it is
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by jkelsey 13y ago
> and that the only harrasment at github was this women harrasing [SIC] others. How do you know this? Do you work at GitHub?
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by jkelsey 13y ago
Yes. You don't use gendered pronouns to refer to your coworkers and professional associates because you're reducing that person to their gender when it rarely matters. Also, you don't call people 'retards' because t
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by jkelsey 13y ago
I don't think it's fair to say that. We have a highly partisan divide right now that causes crippling inaction on some of our biggest problems (including the cost of education), but if you removed that partisan political framing a
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by jkelsey 13y ago
What's your alternative? We always hear this type of complaint from people who take issue with sending masses to college that a information economy requires, but it seems like they never explain their alternative vision for society.
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by jkelsey 13y ago
Of course not. I have a similar philosophy. I think cable television is sham: tightly-packaged crap surrounding the few things I want to watch. Who cares if it's only $10 dollars more a month. It's the principal of the damn thin
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by jkelsey 13y ago
I think your all points are fairly taken, except, * Swartz did not create something novel. Tidbits did. Ha, what ?! RSS, Creative Commons, Reddit, Demand Progress, for starters. Edit: Okay, a few people have pointed out the context of lega
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by jkelsey 13y ago
Well, it's all motivated by money, I suspect. Governments throw a lot of money into these so-called 'cyber-enforcement' agencies anymore. And for prosecutors, administrators, etc..., anything to raise their state/agency
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Door Closes to Open Internet, But All May Not Be Lost(billmoyers.com)
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by jkelsey 13y ago
Try --shove.
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by jkelsey 13y ago
I'm not attempting to defend Snapchat here, but it's probably because their primary user base is compromised of teenagers and college kids. I think it's fair to say that people don't value their privacy as much until the
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by jkelsey 13y ago
Just a quick Google search: http://guardianlv.com/2013/12/snapchat-ignores-possible-hack...
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by jkelsey 13y ago
Still too early to make those types of statements. I think it mostly depends on how much the media plays this up.
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by jkelsey 13y ago
Hrm... it's New Years Eve and people have taken off early, and I suspect that WhoIsGuard doesn't have round the clock support coverage. Disclaimer: pure speculation, but I think its fair to say the timing was strategic.
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by jkelsey 13y ago
Well, please, lets. Is it bad? No, it is not. It's meant to expose and encourage some kids who, statistically, are otherwise unlikely to be exposed to computer programming in the same way that other kids have been by providing a comfor
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by jkelsey 13y ago
Love this argument: um, I looked up the word 'racism' in the dictionary and it says to exclude based on race, so that's what this event is: racist! To that, I say, how convenient it is that you've just turned off the
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by jkelsey 13y ago
This is my take: if it works for you, and you like it, then go for it. Some people, like you, obviously like ThinkPads, some people like Dells. We're all different and we have different tastes. We should respect that. My issue with the
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by jkelsey 13y ago
False premise: something being forkable does not make it free. Perhaps the derivative is free, but this article wasn't about running the derivative, was it? Also, your last paragraph pretty much backs up my original point: if you'
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by jkelsey 13y ago
> But this article is free software evangelism ("I set myself free") [...] That is what is so irritating about this type of rhetoric; I switched from OS X to Ubuntu and now I'm free! Well, no, you just switched from one
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by jkelsey 13y ago
The author was having hardware problems, so he switched his software? There's nothing more open about Dell's hardware than Apple's and just because Dell offers a laptop with Linux does that mean you're now in some sort o
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by jkelsey 13y ago
Can't wait for 2015! Year of the smart clothes!