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by mmjaa 9y ago
Where did I say I don't believe in free speech? I absolutely believe in free speech. But if we project your idea further along - that the Fifth Estate should not have its rights impeded, at all, ever, by anyone - then, we get censorsh
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by mmjaa 9y ago
Your sci-fi fantasy is a straw man, but I will say that this point: >expecting those tensions to come back any time soon? .. has to be answered. The answer is, yes, we must always expect society to regress, and never assume that because
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by mmjaa 9y ago
I'd like the Fifth Estate to have its powers curtailed by the people, who are truly the ones to suffer at the hands of all of these levels of irresponsibility.
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by mmjaa 9y ago
I'm reminded of the suffering of the Jewish people, who returned to Vienna after a long period of persecution, because they were 'made legal again' .. and yet, only a few years later, were again destroyed as a people and a cu
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by mmjaa 9y ago
The point is, it may be accepted now, but in the future it may become cause for a great deal of concern - and that is why we cannot allow ourselves to submit to the heinous evil of state surveillance. This is a de-evolutionary impulse.
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by mmjaa 9y ago
.. and thats why its good when those claims that are less valid are called out as such, especially from so-called 'journalistic sources' who should know better if they wish to keep their coveted spot by the throne.
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by mmjaa 9y ago
One claim is as good as another. Why should those who have mass-media powers claims' be considered more valid than those who don't have these powers?
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by mmjaa 9y ago
> them nervous about publishing negative stories But thats a good thing. We are witnessing checks and balances in play. The Fifth Estate is necessary, whether we like it or not - power always corrupts, and media have power that we, the
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by mmjaa 9y ago
It means a lot to those who are not covered by this protective blanket too, though. i.e. the victims of Americas' violent policing of the world.
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by mmjaa 9y ago
> decriminalization Criminalization means, they send the police to address the issue. De-criminalizaton means, they no longer send the police to address the issue. This isn't hand-waving, the term really means what has happened: sin
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by mmjaa 9y ago
I'm turning my house, built in the 70's, into a smart-home: I'm going solar, its got an amazing garden, we have access to deep water reserves, and we're going off the grid. The hoops to jump through for all of this reall
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by mmjaa 9y ago
These actions are taken in order to support the legitimacy of the USA as 'world police'. They're not doing these patrols altruistically, but rather to set precedent and continue to justify American interference in the world.
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by mmjaa 9y ago
What should it be? I found this a much nicer way of describing 'blind' people than you, apparently, did. What is a better, more polite way to describe someone whose vision is impaired?
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by mmjaa 9y ago
Of course it is. There is no reason for these antics, if not for the sake of culture.
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by mmjaa 9y ago
You are literally arguing that people should pay for their own oppression. Honestly, and I ask with sincerity as the answer is important to me, does that not bear at least a little upon your conscience?
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by mmjaa 9y ago
It is indeed a battle.
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by mmjaa 9y ago
The question is, what value is secrecy, and alas the answer is that for those who want to exploit their technology prowess over others, secrets are a dire necessity. An open ideology is one where everyone wins, even those who aren't on
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by mmjaa 9y ago
>How could it possibly be detrimental for Broadcom to have free software drivers? Because they are used as a front/vector for US intelligence agencies. Opening this firmware would not allow for the distribution of these implants.
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by mmjaa 9y ago
Maybe he sets up and operates honeypots. Alas, what is in the domain but words, and what is in a word but that which we pour in?
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by mmjaa 9y ago
The Bradshaw paintings seem to depict (Australian) humans using boats long before we thought it might have been possible: http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/news/2013/08/aborigin...
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by mmjaa 9y ago
4: -> Give to someone else to repair...
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by mmjaa 9y ago
I've been flying things for 30+ years, and the one thing I have learned in this hobby/field is that the cycle goes like this: 1: Build -> 2: Fly -> 3: Crash (goto 1) DJI are turning this into: 1: Buy -> 2: Fly
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by mmjaa 9y ago
Context. They're not so wide-spread in some countries (perhaps the America-centric countries) and yet still quite extant throughout the rest of the world. Local context is everything.
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by mmjaa 9y ago
.. and there are 10's of thousands of people out there who can just roll their own drones. Doesn't mean DJI isn't going to succeed - just that this is where they'll get their competition from.
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by mmjaa 9y ago
Me too. I will simply never buy or use this product because of the decisions made about how to name it. Those same processes will more than likely be involved in whats in the stuff as well, and .. yeah .. that just doesn't work for
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by mmjaa 9y ago
DJI is a great consumer robotics company, but they're built on top of a mass amount of experience gained from the DIY world, and this can't be underestimated for its residual effects .. sure, you can buy a DJI consumer product any
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by mmjaa 9y ago
IPFS+Ethereum = incentive. Please do not be so flippant to reject something until you've grok'ed it sufficiently well enough to argue against it. If you have looked at IPFS+Ethereum and found it wanting, I'd love to know wh
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by mmjaa 9y ago
As long as there is a single party interested in content hosted on IPFS, the "IPFS Network" will persist. It would absolutely be the best move for IPFS to be used in this case - maybe something like the AkashaApp guys, albeit for
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by mmjaa 9y ago
Sure, lets just start with the positive vibes, overlook the potential ramifications for the creation of a real vampire-class of humanity, and just enjoy the fact that the old can exploit the young and become strong again. I mean, whats wron
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by mmjaa 9y ago
We have a couple of these sorts of projects happening for the Oric-1/Atmos line of computers as well .. its truly an awesome time to be into 8bit computing as an art form, because it doesn't look like these obscure platforms are g

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