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by okreallywtf 9y ago
True, but net neutrality is also broadly popular. Granted, they won't lose any votes but I know several staunch conservatives who are pissed about losing NN. I don't know if they are pissed enough to change their voting habits tho
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by okreallywtf 9y ago
I'm having trouble finding it now, but didn't the FCC overturn the rule that says ISP's have to sell bandwidth to other ISP's? If they do not, or they are able to make it to where they do not have to, they could pretty e
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by okreallywtf 9y ago
Do you have a source to a link between the content industry and anti-NN? I assume there is more to it than just "they have a lot more money".
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by okreallywtf 9y ago
Can you go into more detail on your concerns? I feel like fears over AI are greatly exaggerated. In the real world I feel like we've managed to create some pretty impressive suffering and I'm not sure AI would have that big of an
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by okreallywtf 9y ago
Honestly, I'm realizing that this is just becoming debate club. I'm not going to go down a rabbit hole of point/counterpoint with you any longer. Maybe you enjoy that kind of debate and maybe you are better at it, but that do
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by okreallywtf 9y ago
I'm not sure why you are being downvoted, that seems accurate to me. In my area when google announced they were going to build out here all the sudden my bandwidth got doubled for no charge and AT&T started pushing their fiber expa
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by okreallywtf 9y ago
I think its relevant to post that, it does give an idea of the mentality behind the source. Shitpics might be juvenile but after looking at them it is not a bad description.
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by okreallywtf 9y ago
Not the GP but I'll take a stab at. 1. Bandwidth has increased (slowly, but it has)[0] making streaming more prominent. More people are watching media on mobile devices, meaning less likely to use traditional media delivery services. T
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by okreallywtf 9y ago
I see this kind of sentiment a lot, and while I can kind of get where it is coming from can you cite some specific examples to back up your skepticism about the government as a regulator? Can you cite any examples where the government was d
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by okreallywtf 9y ago
FWIW I downvoted you because I don't think that your comment is productive. I agree with your sentiment though, I have no idea what local regulations supposedly have caused there to be little or not competition in internet providers. M
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by okreallywtf 9y ago
You make a good point that I haven't really thought of (in quite that way). Anonymity used to be really fun on the internet in the early days for me, meeting strangers, playing games or whatever. Now so much is tied to us directly an
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by okreallywtf 9y ago
So what totally unfiltered source do you get your information from?
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by okreallywtf 9y ago
I know why you were downvoted, unfortunately you are more or less right but at the same time chances are they do publish or republish legitimate news soem of the time. I think its fine to ask for another source to verify a questionable so
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by okreallywtf 9y ago
I don't know why you got downvoted, you aren't saying that people have to be ideologues or be obnoxious. Politics is how problems get solved because politics is how society communicates on issues, it may not be working right but
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by okreallywtf 9y ago
>p.s. I voted for Obama, so yeah, I do get to bitch about the disparity between what he said, and what he did. While I understand this sentiment, you have to understand that it is also necessary to try and inspire people even if you kno
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by okreallywtf 9y ago
Thanks for reminding me to go vote today ;)
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by okreallywtf 9y ago
Is it our system of government though that is the problem? There are problems that allow the GOP to have a disproportionate level of control but overall they've been very consistent on consumer protections (being against them that is),
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by okreallywtf 9y ago
This. I did this with a math teacher (pre-calc and trig) I had at a community college years later when I was taking calculus etc in college and killing it (after having a less than stellar math education before and during highschool) and I
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by okreallywtf 9y ago
I would like to think this comment section would have a more informed opinion than average, I was seeing/reading about this during the panic and even then many people were speaking out against arial spraying [0]. It decimated the insec
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by okreallywtf 9y ago
It saddens and frustrates me to no end that this is the kind of work that the EPA should be doing for the long term good of our country and species and knowing that it is being systematically dismantled from the inside (as many of our feder
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by okreallywtf 9y ago
Ah, climbs do make sense, that is a situation where music or books would help me too. There aren't too many climbs near where I am so most of what I'm doing is more or less flat with small uphills and downhills.
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by okreallywtf 9y ago
Possibly, but how do you handle that many variables and predict the outcome? This seemed to be the point of the TPP, whether it was flawed or not, to set some kind of standards that would allow us to compete on a more level playing field. T
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by okreallywtf 9y ago
Agreed, I realize now it seems like I think its an actual solution, I think it is what some people think is a solution but I don't think it will actually work. The only solution I see is a stronger social safety net that can allow th
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by okreallywtf 9y ago
Agreed, for that matter a progressive tax system and government services are a wealth redistribution system (which is why its so insulting and infuriating when the right says "thats wealth redistribution!!" when any solution is pr
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by okreallywtf 9y ago
I might not have represented myself that well, I'm trying more to address the people who are affected domestically. I'm not arguing against globalization at all (with words or votes) but we're seeing an increasing gap between
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by okreallywtf 9y ago
Another great story from NYT in a similar vein that does a great job (I think) of humanizing all of the people involved: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/14/us/union-jobs-mexico-rexn... This is a tough is
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by okreallywtf 9y ago
Yeah, when playing soccer for fitness you really need to think about how you are going to play because it can be easy to get hurt. Sometimes when I am hurt I play my best because I play smarter and don't overextend. Position yourself
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by okreallywtf 9y ago
Its funny I have just started biking semi-seriously in the last year and I haven't even gotten to the point where I am even listening to music while I am getting my skills up. Do you listen to books riding singletrack? I find the chall
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by okreallywtf 9y ago
Soccer is available just about everywhere at just about ever age range and is great exercise and is stimulating mentally as well.
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by okreallywtf 9y ago
There has been talk on the radio locally about the amazon hq2 and the chances that Toronto might be in the running as well if they were in the market to do the same thing.

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