moduspol

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by moduspol 6y ago
I mean, probably , yes. What I mean is that if you are consuming news media and seeing only one point of view, something is wrong. I feel like I frequently see commenters who implicitly believe there's only one valid side to an issue,
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by moduspol 6y ago
> I don't have family but I do have a lot of friends over there in the US. Several of them used to have your nonchalant view of "all this won't affect me". None of them have it today anymore. One is leaving the US. I
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by moduspol 6y ago
I'm seeing the average age in the US House is 57.8 years, and 61.8 for Senators. I'm 31 and was one of the first few years where computers were in every classroom in my school district. We didn't have Internet in them until f
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by moduspol 6y ago
I provided clear examples of laws being broken, people not being held accountable, and people like you not caring when it's someone on your side pulling the strings. Now another guy is in charge. This isn't new.
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by moduspol 6y ago
Across the board. I think a variety of factors contribute to some groups being more likely to commit violent crimes, resist arrest, run from police, etc., and this leads to a higher likelihood of bad police outcomes. That's not to say
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by moduspol 6y ago
> People are out there protesting because the problem is bad enough that it warrants risking lives over. And not just in an "I might catch COVID" way: People are being teargassed and shot. I think the vast, vast majority are tr
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by moduspol 6y ago
There is something to be concerned about. We felt that way when Hillary Clinton avoided charges after using her private e-mail server for sending and receiving classified information, after Fast and Furious, and the IRS targeting of conserv
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by moduspol 6y ago
Probably the Russians.
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by moduspol 6y ago
I mentioned this in another thread, but it's because I see it as just another example of legislators who didn't grow up with computers. It's bad, but we'll repeal it. And obviously you don't have to send your browse
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by moduspol 6y ago
Crime statistics. And then compare them to police brutality statistics to see if the outrage is warranted. Also, opposing fascism is still legal here. We do actually have legally enshrined freedom of speech.
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by moduspol 6y ago
True. Media coverage of these protests has been basically a blackout. We've heard almost nothing. C'mon. Of course they shouldn't have been arrested, but it's not some systemic suppression.
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by moduspol 6y ago
I'm not saying "it could be worse." I'm saying, "it's not as bad as it appears." Police brutality nationwide is not as bad as is being represented (despite the most recent case being a tragedy), and the re
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by moduspol 6y ago
Consider looking beyond the most sensationalized news coverage.
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by moduspol 6y ago
> There might be no future one at all, particularly not under the current administration. If "browser history" is even on your radar when responding to a claim like this, things may not be as bad as you think they are.
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by moduspol 6y ago
This might be a little hyperbolic.
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by moduspol 6y ago
An inside source tells me it was the Russians.
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by moduspol 6y ago
Perhaps. All I meant was to show there's never been a time where they've had to acknowledge pricing something sufficiently badly that they had to go back and adjust prices up, perhaps after seeing how customers were using it. The
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by moduspol 6y ago
I think that works for ISPs because their service area and customer base are arbitrarily defined and within their control. They don't have to worry as much about a datacenter suddenly opening up in the middle of a neighborhood that thr
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by moduspol 6y ago
I usually try to cut them some slack. I mean, they're operating this stuff at Internet scale and have never (AFAIK) raised prices. They've basically got two options: * Price things in an intricate way sufficiently specific to actu
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by moduspol 6y ago
They don't have the financial literacy skills to manage it properly. I'm not trying to be unreasonably judgemental, and I don't mean things like bond rates or yield curves. Things like making sure you have enough dollars at t
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by moduspol 6y ago
I haven't yet seen a UBI experiment that replaced someone's pre-existing means for food, shelter, or other necessities. But maybe I missed it. I don't think anyone doubts that often people will spend additional money they a
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by moduspol 6y ago
The idea of replacing existing social programs with cash handouts reminds me of Bitcoin's earlier days. Proponents were thinking of what it would be like if they were poor, and not what life is like for poor people. It is not the case
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by moduspol 6y ago
> Not that it's either relevant or germane to a discussion regarding an organization using stolen identity to wire funds electronically. It's absolutely relevant, particularly when the article discusses "mules" in the
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by moduspol 6y ago
> I am not surprised this is happening. The small offices in each state are responsible for 100s of millions of dollars and they awfully unequipped for it. But trust us when we tell you that voter fraud isn't happening, that mail-in
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by moduspol 6y ago
Not all viruses have symptom-less 14-day periods where someone can be infected and spreading it to others without knowing. But yes, it could end before herd immunity. Or it could be like the flu, and mutate / continue indefinitely.
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by moduspol 6y ago
It's not over until those countries' policies are back to how they were prior to the outbreak (borders open, travel allowed, no lockdowns). Until then, it's just hoping for the best for when they do.
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by moduspol 6y ago
This isn't going to end until we reach herd immunity. Herd immunity doesn't imply all of us get infected. And the fatalities of this are not among a random 1%, it's primarily known groups that can be quarantined or protected
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by moduspol 6y ago
It won't if we reach herd immunity, which is when this will end regardless of containment attempts.
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by moduspol 6y ago
We accept it by allowing cars to be driven. That we separately take other steps to lessen the number does not negate the fact that we still accept it. And it's the same thing with COVID-19. We can't quarantine everyone indefinitel
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by moduspol 6y ago
Actually, a little more. https://www.asirt.org/safe-travel/road-safety-facts/ 38,000 a year ~= 104 / day

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