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by mc32 1y ago
There are big technology companies in those countries. They may not have the reach with the exception of TikTok which has reach into the west. I take issue because they bring up big tech influence into geographies outside “the western worl
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by mc32 1y ago
I feel as though they kind of ignore "tech companies" in China, Russia, India, Iran, etc., who probably do worse things regarding human rights. If nothing else they should state that at the outset given they speak of "the gl
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by mc32 1y ago
Even in tropical climates with wet rainy season you can have forest fires now and centuries ago. If people set fire to things fire will happen. That’s a separate issue from climate change. Climate change can increase or decrease propensity
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by mc32 1y ago
If the accidents were caused by a bad OTA update or caused by a hacker… that’s different from the normal course of things.
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by mc32 1y ago
Wasn’t the LA fire caused by an arsonist? He was the main factor.
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by mc32 1y ago
It sounds like repression —which if extreme enough approaches (civil) war. I’ll give you that but then we’d include Cuba, North Korea and a few other countries as well.
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by mc32 1y ago
Is there a civil war with guerrilla warfare? Or do you mean figuratively at war like the war on drugs?
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by mc32 1y ago
Yes and no. HOAs can be a PITA and petty and I err on the side of less governance but some people are recalcitrant, stubborn and just set in their ways. It's a damned if you do and damned if you don't. HOAs are usually clear in
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by mc32 1y ago
I think it helped that things were more tribal back then. Enemies could sack and pillage if opportunity presented itself. That presented peasants/commoners/etc. a disincentive to defect. It's not like an outsider would be
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by mc32 1y ago
Unless we find Utopia some day, the economic system does not matter. People will have to work whether they be nomads, fishermen or fisherwomen, live in Neoliberal economies, live in Socialist economies, Communist economies or a loaner in t
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by mc32 1y ago
Does it get state and federal funding? If it does, it should conform. If it's private and does not get funding, then I guess it can continue doing what it does...
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by mc32 1y ago
I don’t doubt this is the case in modern times but I doubt they have spied on the poor since the beginning of time since there was little reason to spy on powerless illiterates. They spied on known enemies or rivals sure but not on the mas
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by mc32 1y ago
Smudges are off-putting... but, there are times when it would be very convenient to be able to scroll or click on a touchscreen. There are times when presenting when a touchscreen would be preferred over a mouse or touchpad. It's not
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by mc32 1y ago
Kind of the same role they played during the civil rights struggle. They are there to bolster law enforcement when local law enforcement may be overwhelmed enforcing federal law.
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by mc32 1y ago
What do you mean? If you mean interfering with officers carrying out their duties, then yes, people do get arrested for that. But you would get arrested for interfering with any law enforcement. People do get to protest but they do not g
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by mc32 1y ago
ICE doesn’t do law enforcement against citizens. It does affect citizens tangentially but not directly. ICE will not come after citizens for crimes. That would be regular local police, state police or FBI/ATF, etc. ICE is immigratio
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by mc32 1y ago
Probably the same stick all admins have: the threat of letting the DOJ pursue anti-monopolistic behavior. If they "behave" the DOJ lets them continue in their ways. If they don't they allow the possibility of getting the gi
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by mc32 1y ago
What's funny is that they only see the threat to their livelihoods that's where their concern lies. But... do they protect their human animators from CGI? Or using cheaper foreign filming locations to cut costs? It's all a c
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by mc32 1y ago
While not common, it used to be a thing to see kids suspended and sometimes kicked out of school for being troublemakers. There has to be consequences and pushback for kids who cannot help themselves but interrupt class and make trouble ins
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by mc32 1y ago
It really doesn’t pay for the billions in infra, maintenance and personnel. You’d have to pay quite a bit more.
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by mc32 1y ago
Brave tries. Maybe one day this will be the solution along with Kagi.
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by mc32 1y ago
In a way it was more mature in the sense of what makes the world go round. Without money data centers and infrastructure don’t happen. So now instead of microtransactions we get plastered with ads ad nauseam.
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by mc32 1y ago
Naive idealism mixed with immaturity leads to these things. Wishing for things to be so doesn’t make them so. Someone somewhere has to work for things to happen. To me it feels like when a parasite finds a weak host. Neither will survive l
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by mc32 1y ago
I love the small brands like Amphion, Buchardt, Castle, Atoll, etc. To borrow from the Smiths some are bigger than others…
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by mc32 1y ago
Good class Ds are not that cheap. Hypex and now Purifi based amps are good but not what I’d call cheap. Evenso lots of people like AB amps and some even like the old A amps fooling around with their “valves”.
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by mc32 1y ago
It seems like people felt it was an obligation to “go somewhere” when taking time off. Like it was an expectation. Sure it’s okay to take a trip and see places but it’s definitely not a must. It’s an occasional “should” just to see other
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by mc32 1y ago
There are quite a few independent old British brands in audio. I hope they stay small niche and independent in the face of consolidation and some genuine competition from China. There are Danish and Finnish brands too and the odd French o
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by mc32 1y ago
Right but ISPs and services like CF should be neutral parties just like the Cisco routers and Corning fiber. They should not be arbiters of what’s currently acceptable. Thats not to say they are not subject to jurisdictional law but rathe
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by mc32 1y ago
Presumably they have their own British acronym and don’t need to borrow one from the US.
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by mc32 1y ago
The best way to win an argument is to mix and unrelated match facts… I mean, unless someone notices…

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