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by jollofricepeas 6y ago
They believed that technology and democracy would save them until the age of techno-tyranny began - thus erasing all of their progress.
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by jollofricepeas 6y ago
Respectfully, I’m not sure you understand the function of the press. When has journalism ever stuck to facts? When has the “news” been more than stories and opinion? Hint: Never Your assumptions aren’t based in fact and smack of elitism. Pr
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by jollofricepeas 6y ago
Along with the rest of HN, you have no idea what journalism is. When has journalism ever stuck to “facts”? When has the “news” and “history” been more than short stories and opinion? Hint: Never Read: A History of News by Mitchell Stephens
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by jollofricepeas 6y ago
Reach out to Vice and let us know when you have the answer. If you could also get proof of SSC’s claim as well that’d be ideal.
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Never Have I Seen So Much Fake Unemployment and Jobs Data by the Bureau of Labor(wolfstreet.com)
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by jollofricepeas 6y ago
Relevant to HN: It is worth noting that Alexander has republished SlateStarCodex blogs in books using his full name. Source: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/n7w3zw/silicon-valley-eli...
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by jollofricepeas 6y ago
Corporations are people too. Leaving this source and reference to Citizens United to hopefully help lift the conversation and help people understand the rights of corporations within the United States. https://www.npr.org/20
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by jollofricepeas 6y ago
When has journalism ever stuck to facts? When has the “news” been more than short stories and opinion? Hint: Never Read: A History of News by Mitchell Stephens https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1854941W/A_history_of_
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by jollofricepeas 6y ago
This is exactly the attitude to which I’m referring. If you don’t understand that engineering is the fundamental bedrock of IT and the lack of security application during the engineering SDLC is a consistent failure then I don’t know what t
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by jollofricepeas 6y ago
Another example... The current nightmare that is cyber security is caused by developers who do not understand that with great power comes great responsibility. The culture of software “engineering” and development is fundamentally broken an
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by jollofricepeas 6y ago
This is a good point. We need people who think of themselves as white to fully integrate. If only whites would learn the history of their country and stop holding on to relics like Confederate flags and statues of racist traitors to Our Ame
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by jollofricepeas 6y ago
I’m not exactly understanding why this is surprising. There are some 250+ million Nigerians. It is the largest country in Africa by population. Sheer numbers alone demonstrate a minority of its citizens would excel despite the long-standing
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by jollofricepeas 6y ago
Exactly. How does attaining higher education and salary mean that healthcare disparities, underfunded inner-city schools, wage inequality, police brutality and lack of representation in corporate leadership does not exist for people of colo