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by mjolk 10y ago
For the very little it's worth, I consider myself "far left" and I'm beyond burned out on the garbage strategies and candidates from the party of which I'm affiliated. There are enough problems in the world that we
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by mjolk 10y ago
> - Stop and Frisk laws disproportionately target people of color, not to mention it's unconstitutional ( http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonoberholtzer/2012/07/17/stop... . ) Or "stop and
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by mjolk 10y ago
> The only way I have found to not be racist is to consciously choose to NOT be racist. I'm glad that you found a strategy that worked for you, but that doesn't mean that other people are racist.
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by mjolk 10y ago
Huffington Post is garbage. That link is full of correlation or data points and then ascribing racism.
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by mjolk 10y ago
What specifically was racist in the US presidential election? Keep in mind that the parent comment stated "a large majority of the US population is xenophobic and/or racist".
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by mjolk 10y ago
I picked "libel" because I consider it damaging to the reputation of the US to be painted as categorically racist/xenophobic. For what it's worth, I wasn't in love with the word choice, but I've not had a recen
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by mjolk 10y ago
> You're in the minority of US citizens. Oh come off it -- I said within and outside of the US as a suggestion that I've met many people and that my view isn't representative of a 10km radius. Americans even have other cul
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by mjolk 10y ago
> More people see what kind of trouble you maybe get into should you start contributing to Tor or other similar projects. I think it's probably the opposite -- the person in question runs services for 4chan and other "edgy&quot
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by mjolk 10y ago
He runs services for 4chan that were used to send threats. Unreasonable is hard to quantify, but to be careful, this shouldn't be confused with a routine traveller.
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by mjolk 10y ago
I think it ultimately comes down to the type of person working in airport security -- in Russia, you interact with police or military affiliated staff when you "enjoy" special attention. In the US, you're dealing with a very
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by mjolk 10y ago
This would be checked baggage and would be subject to a different kind of inspection.
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by mjolk 10y ago
> Not to mention, a large majority of the US population is xenophobic and/or racist. Prove it. I'm well-travelled (within and outside the US) and I disagree entirely. Stop spewing libel about the American pubic.
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by mjolk 10y ago
Disagree. I've tried some really bad ideas that rightfully died very quickly. The world doesn't need more junk that no one needs or wants, whether that be plastic or digital.
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by mjolk 10y ago
> I have to disagree. Chrome doesn’t push out Firefox because it’s better... Oh, I didn't mean that it was being pushed out because it was necessarily "worse tech", just that it's happening.
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by mjolk 10y ago
> Having said that, please don't correct me any more, I personally felt it more pedantic than helpful, And won't do :) Didn't mean it to be pedantic -- I spend a lot of time around non-native english speakers and "cor
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by mjolk 10y ago
There's a marked difference between a xanax-popping soccer-mom and level of access required to create endemic addiction in teenagers.
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by mjolk 10y ago
Sure, weed or shake-and-bake meth is going to happen, but weed isn't very serious (compared to heroin or cocaine) and small-scale production of hard drugs will yield impure, weak product at a rate that won't support societal usage
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by mjolk 10y ago
> Bro, drug-dealing is a multi-billion enterprise. Drug dealers are using 747s, submarines, tunnels, speed-boats, etc to supply...Trust me, there IS drugs in Iceland. Grammatically, 'there "are" drugs in Iceland', but
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by mjolk 10y ago
Without getting into a discussion of addiction, the choices of those at risk of addiction, decision making in young adults, or any other aspect of this kerfuffle, even if Iceland had the demand, they wouldn't have the supply -- it&#x27
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by mjolk 10y ago
That's not what I was asserting, but I agree with this.
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by mjolk 10y ago
In isolation, the photos in the carousel would not lead me to believe that Mozilla is virtue signaling as the photos are just pictures of people. The aggregate message from their ad copy and the specific choice to use loaded terms is wha
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by mjolk 10y ago
Reducing non-legal-substance abuse is considerably easier in Iceland as well; comparative to the US, it's quite difficult to find drugs in Iceland -- they don't have an equivalent Mexico[0] (or other similarly unstable country) f
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by mjolk 10y ago
That article is communicating a false impression -- 49 is not a very large number, but that's more then enough liquor stores ("vinbudins", similar in function to Sweden's "systembolagets") for a very small coun
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by mjolk 10y ago
You're misunderstanding the suspicion in a way that makes me think that you already have a preconception of my worldview, which, in this case, is entirely inaccurate. You're painting this in a "either you agree with their ma
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by mjolk 10y ago
> What is this term "virtue-signal" supposed to mean? As other people mentioned, it's an overused expression, but it's meant to call attention to an outward expression of a particular viewpoint or ideology, particular
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by mjolk 10y ago
Registered democrat and not at all a libertarian, but I appreciate your dismissive and disrespectful attitude. Thank you for your contribution.
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by mjolk 10y ago
> Though I don't personally like the color scheme, the new logo was by far the best of their options Honestly, they could just write "mozilla" or "m" in lower case in #f00 and move on. Firefox is getting pushed
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by mjolk 10y ago
With a side order of trying to cash-in/virtue-signal on "inclusion" (watch the carousel and read the tone of their landing page copy) as per recent blog posts and projects[1]. Mozilla's technology and their niche place
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> Many successful companies are bootstrapped. I'm bootstrapping now and I'd generally agree with the statement you quoted. It's expensive and near impossible to find cofounders/enough-"bootstrapped"-help t
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by mjolk 10y ago
> No, I don't see a way around any of this. Lots of money is spent on food, and will be for the foreseeable future. I also see this as a symptom of the very low barrier to entry. Anyone can make food, make money off of food, and ev

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