minerva23

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by minerva23 3y ago
If you say so. Statistics, media, real world conversations, and often lived experience all say otherwise.
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by minerva23 3y ago
> women want careers too An alternate phrasing, "women work for anti-birth employers and women can't find trustworthy fathers."
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by minerva23 3y ago
> We need absolutists like him I agree we need passionate people working tirelessly for software freedom. The broader free software community agrees we don't need people like him though. From Wikipedia: > The FSF board on April 1
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by minerva23 3y ago
> No free country would tolerate tha Which countries do you have in mind? I know a lot of Americans talk that way about America, but America tolerates quite a bit of government censorship (DMCA/SLAP), privacy violations (NSA/TS
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by minerva23 3y ago
Brave is going ad supported, so it'll be under the same pressure as Google. I'm trying Kagi and still reserving judgement.
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by minerva23 3y ago
On a micro level, I live in the US and I don't know anyone who takes fentanyl. "Every corner" is likely journalistic hyperbole.
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by minerva23 3y ago
I agree with your main point. FWIW, FMV is agnostic of cost.
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by minerva23 3y ago
This is a weird one though. They're defending the freedom of criminals to commit crimes while simultaneously calling for the criminals to be prosecuted.
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by minerva23 3y ago
"Free speech is for everyone, even the people planning and orchestrating your murder." FTFY
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by minerva23 3y ago
They're one of the few sites bad enough that even Cloudflare blocked them, which made big news at the time https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwi_Farms
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by minerva23 3y ago
It's worth noting, Go's stdlib isn't perfect, but that's part of why it's so good. You can see how they've deprecated certain methods/fields/etc while maintaining backwards compatibility.
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by minerva23 3y ago
> motte/bailey argument If you say so. The point was that the transhumanism is just a fact: technology changes us. The people attacking transhumanism are generally more pro status quo than they are anti-technology, whether they real
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by minerva23 3y ago
Transhumanism applies to basic everyday things like glasses, crutches, chairs, cars, etc. Some have even suggested (with basis) that sharable ideas can be a form of transhumanism. I'm curious what the authors' true position is. Th
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by minerva23 3y ago
Yes, with strict regulation from medical boards that doctors are actually operating in their patients' best interest. We don't need more Texas-style "Doctor Death"s.
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by minerva23 3y ago
Freedom of speech meaning freedom from consequences has never existed, and will never exist. Infringing on a company's freedom of association does not eliminate consequences for speech. This is about freedom of association and the righ
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by minerva23 3y ago
I had donated to the EFF in the past, but their stance[1] that CDNs/hosted services shouldn't be allowed to choose the customers they are willing work with is not only wrong, it's causes harm[2]. [1] https://www.ef
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by minerva23 3y ago
Any reason to believe this isn't to restore demand at dealerships for existing production, and that they'll discontinue it again after inventory sells?
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by minerva23 3y ago
Given batteries degrade a percent per year, that's unfortunate. I make a similar length trip, and I wanted to make it one way on a single charge.
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by minerva23 3y ago
Separate and related question: what can a single person making less than 55k in CA afford if they are renting their own 1 bd?
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by minerva23 3y ago
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." The problematic dude's disdain for humanity aside, the quote serves as a good reminder that the "but
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by minerva23 3y ago
Doordash in particular has been trying to charge a ton of service fees and "suggest" high tips. Sorry/not sorry to say their service fees come out of the driver's otherwise generous tip.
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by minerva23 3y ago
That's extortion, not blackmail.
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by minerva23 3y ago
Edmunds seems to track prices paid. The data isn't extremely available though as far as I'm aware. They expose it when pricing an individual vehicle as part of their sales referral program.
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by minerva23 3y ago
> "In a Zoom conversation, you have to let somebody finish their thought.” Tell me your company doesn't use headsets without telling me. Seriously, if their major complaint is half-duplex audio, just make sure everyone is using
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by minerva23 3y ago
For men, "political disagreement" means arguments at home. For women, "political disagreement" means risking their lives.
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by minerva23 3y ago
Not just praises Elon, but wants the same for Reddit. > Huffman said he saw Musk’s handling of Twitter, which he purchased last year, as an example for Reddit to follow.
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by minerva23 3y ago
That's not the dichotomy. It's whether or not she was coerced, and there's a presumption of coercion with minors. It's still wrong if she's 18 and being trafficked.
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WebOps platform Pantheon defends hosting “hate groups” as developers quit(arstechnica.com)
5 points by minerva23 3y ago|0 comments
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by minerva23 4y ago
For you or anyone who might be considering it, there's a safety warning on that brand: https://www.engadget.com/cpsc-onewheel-safety-warning-213555...
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by minerva23 4y ago
This looks like a crowd funding thing. Anyone know the people running it? Are they reputable or might they pocket all the money and disappear?

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