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by lghh 8y ago
In a society that rewards hoarding the finite capital that exists, you sort of are.
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by lghh 8y ago
Most people who can take "massive risks" end up, at worst, in the same situation as the average American if they fail. The average American, on the other hand, can't take those risks at all because they could end up homeless
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by lghh 8y ago
Trust me, I don't work 3x harder than most of the people I make 3x of. My wife is a teacher and I am in tech, I make 3x her salary. She works way more and spends more of both her physical and emotional labor on her job. I work hard and
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by lghh 8y ago
She's been in Congress for a whole 4 days. I'm sure by the time any legislation was starting to be written there will be subject matter experts in the room.
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by lghh 8y ago
They do. It's rare that there are games across region on close nights. Road trips are usually to a specific region, then the team plays at home a bit.
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by lghh 8y ago
The first point was mentioned in the article.
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by lghh 8y ago
So she's just not supposed to start talking about ideas?
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by lghh 8y ago
There is basically no configuration. It's set it and forget it.
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by lghh 8y ago
While I agree that PUBG is a dumpster heap technically, it really is a legitimately fun game. I enjoy it much more than Fortnite, and if it performed halfway decently it would be one of my favorite games of all time. I think Fortnite's
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by lghh 8y ago
I'm in the process of playing the first one. I know the second is much better, but I heard the first was good too and I didn't want the disappointment of playing the better one first. So far I really enjoy it, but I wish they had
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by lghh 8y ago
It didn't cost the private sector to build it... because they didn't and wouldn't.
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by lghh 8y ago
Yes, they would love to have the luxury. I doubt the parent comment is saying that engineering teams would not want to be able to produce something like that, but rather given the confines of the lust for ever increasing profit, they can&#x
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by lghh 8y ago
What hacking and reverse engineering have been done on the servers that back the Alexa network?
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by lghh 8y ago
Yes, and look at who you are. You are a (presumably) developer, tech literate at a minimum but more likely with a strong command of how technology works and how companies like Facebook operate. You're not my dad, you're not a chil
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by lghh 8y ago
Spread awareness, donate to causes like ACLU and EFF who will fight against this stuff, raise litigation, fight for legislation.
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by lghh 8y ago
So what you're telling me is that a company that can't pay its employees has issues making money???
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by lghh 8y ago
> Imagine the olympics where there is no gold, silver, bronze. Is it undignified to award the highest performers? The Olympics is a competition, not a group of people working towards the same goal. It would be MORE like giving one member
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by lghh 8y ago
Nuance does not make something more right or more wrong. You can be absolution on a topic and still have as much thought and care put into that position as someone with a laundry list of exceptions to either side of the argument.
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by lghh 8y ago
Google Fi is one of the best services that Google offers. I am trying to cut down on my Google dependence, but I don't see myself leaving Fi any time soon.
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by lghh 8y ago
Because more consolidation at the top is not good, and there is already far too much.
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by lghh 8y ago
What if a political opponent's main platform position and primary rhetorical tactic is to make discriminatory statements? You can't just turn around and say "don't ban me, it's just politics!".
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by lghh 8y ago
Exactly. Saying "I like the recently passed tax cuts" is different than saying "I support President Trump." The first is supporting a conservative policy decision, the second is supporting a person who would be banned fr
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by lghh 8y ago
Discussions that change someone's racism or the penchant to mock the disabled generally don't happen on the internet. In person, with friends perhaps, but not on faceless forums where people are more likely to double down on opini
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by lghh 8y ago
I was against this until I thought about it this way: if an individual on the forums posted the opinions that they are quoting Trump as saying they would likely be banned. For example, if I actively made fun of a disabled person or sexual a
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by lghh 8y ago
I don't want Google or Amazon anywhere near Canonical.
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by lghh 8y ago
Yes, we plan on finding a way. That's why we're discussing alternatives. We can find a way by accident.
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by lghh 8y ago
That's the main reason. Secondary reason being I want to work to improve the place I grew up instead of running from it.
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by lghh 8y ago
> Both are something your average first year CS student could put together in a weekend or two. Sometimes I see people and wonder which of these two things is true: 1. They have no idea what the average developer actually is. 2. They are
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by lghh 8y ago
Oklahoma City: 1) Very conservative state government. Public schools are incredibly underfunded. Crime penalties are harsh. Extremely high prison population. 2nd in nation. 1st in women incarceration (nearly 3x national average). Constantly
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by lghh 8y ago
Massdrop has a really nice one.

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