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by nnvvhh 5y ago
You can't discuss the topic you raised without discussing social issues because it IS a social issue. Affirmative action in hiring software engineers is not a distinct topic, you simply raised the topic of affirmative action among the
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by nnvvhh 5y ago
The problem with this view, to me, is that it takes a really narrow view of discrimination. Why are you only concerned with the hiring process of software engineers? To me, bad-faith alarm bells go off when concern about discrimination only
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by nnvvhh 5y ago
The argument you point out, about treating well-off groups equally as bad as those less well-off, is a bad argument and not what you should be thinking about. The practices you point out have nothing to do treating everyone equally bad. You
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by nnvvhh 5y ago
Ya, I'd be curious to hear how orgs are thinking about it. It could be that the risk of a copyright judgment against the org is outweighed by the efficiency gains from Copilot. The risk involved has an element of discoverability – how
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by nnvvhh 5y ago
It's unclear whether MS would be directly liable for copyright infringement; the Aereo case[0] perhaps expanded a device-maker's direct liability for user actions. MS would likely escape secondary copyright liability because the
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by nnvvhh 5y ago
What in the world does this have to do with Bolshevism?
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by nnvvhh 5y ago
How can you sue an NPE for infringement when they are not practicing the invention?
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by nnvvhh 5y ago
Although to distinguish the 2nd Amendment, its the language specifically mentions firearm ownership in connection with a "well regulated militia." There are disagreements about the effect of that part of the text, but it's wo
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by nnvvhh 6y ago
The comment you responded to gave a response to multiple points, it's far from "nuh uh." Your characterization is inaccurate.
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by nnvvhh 6y ago
No substance? Come on now, I thought it clearly communicated my opinion that you were being pedantic in focusing so narrowly on the denotations of English words. Words like "worship" often define fuzzy concepts and do not define t
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by nnvvhh 6y ago
Since you are so hung up on denotations, may I suggest a couple of official, sanctioned, orthodox definitions (right up your alley) of words the dwelling upon of which might wrench you from your obstinance: https://www.merriam-we
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by nnvvhh 6y ago
This happens to my cat in Brooklyn. We walk with him up or down a flight of stairs to an identical-looking floor, and if any disturbance occurs on the other floor he runs to "our" door. We get a real kick out of his mistake.
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by nnvvhh 6y ago
"Just playing word games," he's a writer! Not everything written is documentation.
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by nnvvhh 6y ago
You must be fun at parties.
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by nnvvhh 6y ago
The word "pursue" is doing a hell of a lot of work in your idea of the American right "pursuing voting rights." They're pursuing them like a hunting dog pursues a kill.
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by nnvvhh 6y ago
I disagree that the alcohol comparison is not useful. I think many people in the US take lots of their social world as axiomatic and correct and natural. Two such "axioms" are the legality of alcohol and the illegality of "ot
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by nnvvhh 6y ago
But it literally is whataboutism. If a friend of yours expresses concern about big tech firms, and then you say, "But what about this other industry?" you have not engaged at all with the original statement and attempted to shift
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by nnvvhh 6y ago
The article mentions that a law firm is currently pursuing this.
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by nnvvhh 7y ago
To me car haters are pro-development. Have you really encountered people holding both of the views you described?
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by nnvvhh 7y ago
Donate to ProPublica!
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by nnvvhh 7y ago
From Zinn's A People's History of the United States: "One percent of the nation owns a third of the wealth. The rest of the wealth is distributed in such a way as to turn those in the 99 percent against one another: small pro
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by nnvvhh 7y ago
I think you're overreacting. The Sohn quote is referring specifically to oversight by relevant government agencies. Lawsuits are not relevant to the statement. The article implies that the FCC investigation into location data sharing w
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by nnvvhh 10y ago
+1 for the Economist. You get much more value than what you pay for an annual subscription. This week's edition has a letter to the editor from the president of Peru... It's that kind of publication.