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by metrokoi 6y ago
It's interesting that Russia, which is seen as semi- or outright Fascist by many Americans, is much more free than the U.S. is. At least in terms of information freedom and surveillance. The further removed an individual is from the se
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by metrokoi 6y ago
I find it interesting that humans always assume alien behavior would be exactly the behavior that they believe is the best behavior for humans. We can't project our ethics on to aliens, there are an infinite number of evolutionary stra
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by metrokoi 6y ago
Am I as and American just as entitled to a job in Mexico or South Africa as a native South African or Mexican, or is it just non-Americans who have this equal entitlement to American jobs?
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by metrokoi 6y ago
>BSA, The Software Alliance, whose members include Microsoft and Slack, strongly urged the administration to “refrain from restricting employment of highly-skilled foreign professionals”, adding that “these restrictions will negatively i
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by metrokoi 6y ago
If he loses (I believe there's a good chance he will) he won't lose because of anything left wing people care about like Bolton's book. His base never cared about things that liberals think they should care about and never wi
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by metrokoi 6y ago
They could just collect your data and not monetize it. If a paid user can decide whether or not they want those features. Facebook could easily monetize it anyway, but they could also monetize a paid user and day they aren't. Everythin
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by metrokoi 6y ago
>On top of that, there is some research that suggests communities rate smaller police forces better than letter ones Likely a large portion of what they saw was a product of racial and political demographics. Whites are a larger percent
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by metrokoi 6y ago
>I think in most places if there's a war, the losing side doesn't get that kind of treatment. They would if the winning side actually wanted the losing side to participate in the greater country as a whole, as the Union wanted
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by metrokoi 6y ago
Anyone like to refute this instead of just downvoting? I don't believe anything in this comment is incorrect, if I am false please correct whichever fact is incorrect.
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by metrokoi 6y ago
Being unable to verify the reports does in no way make them false. There must be some actual evidence of widespread falsification of reports. Many of these killings have actual recorded evidence of the criminal shooting or drawing a firearm
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by metrokoi 6y ago
A taser is a deadly weapon under Georgia law, so the officer was in fact following his training by responding with lethal force when the taser was pointed at him by Rayshard. > Earlier this month, Howard charged six Atlanta police office
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by metrokoi 6y ago
The majority of victims of police brutality (at least deaths by police, of course there are other forms of police brutality but killings by police is what the current conversation is about) are violent criminals. Of the ~1000 people killed
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by metrokoi 6y ago
You really believe police academies indoctrinate simply for the purpose of indoctrinating, and that police want and consciously will themselves to become psychopaths? What do you believe is the purpose of the indoctrination for the sake
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by metrokoi 6y ago
I would like to add this related question to the discussion: what resources/courses/learning techniques do you and others like you who have had an undergraduate Computer Science degree for a few years and are interested in academi
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by metrokoi 6y ago
>Also probably useful in cold/windy areas where dexterity is hard. Excellent point, hadn't thought of that.
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by metrokoi 6y ago
What would actual use case for this look like? The post mentions communication, but the usefulness of laying communication lines behind enemy lines seems like it would be minimal. Lines would be easily discovered and would lead right back t
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by metrokoi 6y ago
I thought it would be about how to solder/desolder behind/under components.
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by metrokoi 6y ago
A monopoly on the services you use, not a monopoly as in they have total control over your data and you cannot export your data. If all you use is Mozilla services, as the original commenter would like, that is the very definition of a mono
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by metrokoi 6y ago
I don't think it's a good idea to give any company a monopoly on your data even if you trust them.
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by metrokoi 6y ago
>You can do that successfully for an entire career, and there are even some people that’ll tell you it’s a way to optimize earnings over time. If it does, I believe it only optimizes earnings for people who can’t get to those next level
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by metrokoi 6y ago
Not even a lease on the land, a lease on the mineral rights!
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by metrokoi 6y ago
The author also talks about how land (actually mineral rights, but who's keeping track?) can be had for a few dollars which implies that the government is giving away land essentially for free to oil companies. Sure it could be, but pr
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by metrokoi 6y ago
Wouldn't you still have to have surface rights because you need an entrance to the bunker? The headline seems quite misleading then, a guy named Craig will only have control over the mineral rights of the land. Can oil companies drill
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by metrokoi 6y ago
I think they realize all electric cars will not be the largest share of the market when hydrocarbon vehicles are phased out. The biggest reason for not owning an electric vehicle is the charging time and range. Toyota and Hyundai aren'
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by metrokoi 6y ago
There was far more alt right content on YouTube several years ago. YouTube has gotten much stricter for what content they allow. I remember seeing recommendations for a rapper called "moonman" who rapped about killing blacks that
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by metrokoi 6y ago
That would likely take much longer to default on a loan or loans and owe 700k worth in deficiency than it took this unfortunate kid to lose the same amount even if you were trying, and arguably much harder to find those sketchy mortgage bro
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by metrokoi 6y ago
Being able to trade with no experience and oversight is one of those things that seems like it should be illegal. I can't think of any way you can go so far in debt more quickly. Even if I tried to buy a bunch of cars or houses I can&#
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by metrokoi 6y ago
If the algorithms are leading people to alt right sources, (which I suspect is the real issue here, not that the Facebook news is inflammatory or biased, but that right leaning content is more represented) it is leading people to there beca
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by metrokoi 6y ago
Slavery is a word for a concept, simply referencing it is not any more offensive than referencing killing. A the master/slave terminology in technology is not asserting that slavery is good, it is using the term to provide context. Per
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by metrokoi 6y ago
Incredible that this is the only comment I see that correctly states the reason why black is associated with negativity. Darkness is danger and death because the primates we evolved from faced much greater danger in the dark from predators.

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