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by npunt 6y ago
To argue to the extreme for a moment, one can have privilege, such as by way of relative wealth and power in society, and still hold views that powerful groups in society believe are contemptible. Holding certain views does not cancel out p
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by npunt 6y ago
Exactly. As members of society we have an obligation to participate in society whether or not we are impacted negatively by its current shortcomings. In fact, the greater our privilege, the greater our obligation. Society would unravel if t
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Neat, but fails in the same way Obsidian et al do: files are not a good abstraction for atoms of knowledge. What if knowledge isn't textual, or is only partially textual?
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by npunt 6y ago
Forgive me, the focus you put on 'platforms v publishers' is reminiscent of the uninformed section 230 discussions happening everywhere right now, which are exhausting. Afaict section 230 isn't a special provision granted by
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by npunt 6y ago
I regret to inform you that you have been terribly misled about section 230 and you should read this https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200531/23325444617/hello...
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by npunt 6y ago
I'd imagine the case will be flimsy for the very reasons you bring up, but may be well-lawyered if Parler's funders (Mercers) have something out for Amazon. I'd much prefer important questions in society be brought up by the
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Yes that's a great movie. Issues of speech though are a bit different than issues of anticompetitive behavior, I don't think an unsympathetic and probably incompetent litigant works as well in the latter.
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by npunt 6y ago
Good point. I guess I'd prefer anti-competitive litigation in particular to be centered on arguments among those who compete. Parler wasn't exactly in direct or indirect competition with AWS. Might be better if another cloud provi
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by npunt 6y ago
My fear: very real questions of antitrust are going to be litigated by a bunch of unsympathetic jokers like Parler with a flimsy case, like that guy who sued Facebook because they shut down his app that let users troll their friends photos
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by npunt 6y ago
Lack of clarity on these actions doesn't do anyone any good. On issues of moderation judgment calls are almost always necessary, but in return they should be coupled with some transparency and clear rationale, else it looks arbitrary o
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by npunt 6y ago
I completely agree with your point about the power and wealth imbalances in American society today regardless of race. We have growing wealth inequality and that is limiting opportunity relative to what we used to enjoy and is usually desta
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At least when it comes to BLM vs Capitol there are three very important differences that far outweigh the surface level similarities: 1. Power - what happened at the Capitol was conducted by people who have enjoyed broad political power, wh
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Serious question: Would those people have been at the Capitol without Trump's 'Stop the Steal' rhetoric?
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100%. I’m worried we have a sort of Patriot Act overreach response to this event, rather than a recognition and diagnosis of broad institutional failure that led to this and a set of reforms of those institutions, be they private or public.
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Self-preservation was certainly a part of why there was inaction, as was financial motive. I also think they were rather naïve about their roles & responsibilities and the real world consequence of their own platforms, as well as lackin
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That might be the case for mid-2000s computers, but if you're looking at 80s or even 90s stuff, almost nobody is really using them for proper work. They're just too slow and inconvenient, despite being fun!
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Likely fixable, probably fried analog board and the whole thing will need new capacitors. 68kmla.org is where to go
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by npunt 6y ago
Your point about the 'invisible line' is astute. We're in a crisis of perception and reality right now, and this has caused many to lose sight of the very real lines that we have agreed upon to preserve society and democracy.
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On the other hand, avoiding conflict in the short-term will only embolden those who create and thrive on conflict. For these types of people, their next move is usually to escalate. You see this with bullies, abusive relationships, rapists,
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by npunt 6y ago
Thanks for the followup, just seeing this now. I think perhaps we're not on the same page about the central hypothesis. 1. Is nationwide crime up 2019 -> 2020? We agree, yes it is, and quite a bit! This link, as well as previous one
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The short term calculus seems pretty clear: if a service is unable to moderate conversations that are inciting and planning imminent violence that undermines the fabric of democratic society (aka inauguration or the disruption of the transf
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On a good day like a third of twitter's trending topics are people saying "I can't believe this is a trending topic". Irrespective of that there's a certain authority imbued with words listed in a trending topics se
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> I hope they pass a new law whatever it is. To mix metaphors, blank checks are rarely balanced. Be very very careful what you wish for here.
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In a way though so is life.
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> Further, why can’t we fix this issue? If it takes 3 hours to get the ID then compensate hourly workers to get it and pass a law requiring jobs to allow time for such a thing. Why because it’s difficult for some we give up on the entire
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by npunt 6y ago
Everything that sits between you and your destination is a middleman tracking you, unless proven otherwise.
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As a reading medium seeing a bunch of tweets strung together is not fantastic as implemented today. As an authoring medium though, the character constraints force you to write succinct points that keep the reader engaged. You can focus your
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Not really, but they did recently migrate the login to Atlassian so what was once a quick one-step process becomes a multi-page, multi-redirect mess.
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The main issue was that the market really couldn't sustain three consoles at the time [1]. Nintendo wasn't going to go anywhere, and PS2 had a huge impact even prior to its release (including a DVD player was a big decision), suck
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Homicides nationwide are well off of historic highs [1]. The Vox link you previously posted shows the large spike (+~30%) being 2020 related. The 21.8/100k you cite for St Louis in 2003 was also abnormally and suspiciously low, as 2002

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