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by omonra 13y ago
I think the basic flaw here is that author assumes that NSA does data-mining. I personally doubt it. Rather (and here I'm going off on pure speculation myself) I think they can use the system to start with some off-line lead (say one o
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by omonra 13y ago
I think the piece is bad because it has not structure. Ie it's a train of thought that is difficult to follow. It's as if you wrote down shorthand notes during the presentation and then shuffled them around and dumped them in a do
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by omonra 13y ago
Right, but the article jokes specifically about atheists. This century they sure are a peaceful bunch - but past record is pretty atrocious. On the other hand, one could make a case that communists were not 'true' atheists - they
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by omonra 13y ago
It could be just me, but this story bothers me a lot more than all the non-stop coverage about NSA. Perhaps I had always expected NSA to snoop on everything on the internet whereas this shows complete breakdown in common sense by the govern
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by omonra 13y ago
It would be 'funny cuz it's true' only if atheists were not responsible for the greatest amount of death in the 20th century (ie Communists of various shades in Russia & China).
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by omonra 13y ago
"I think what you can do is specify identifiable populations which share some identifiable genetic markers (say, Chinese vs Mongolians, or Scandinavians vs Mediterraneans)." Yes, and likewise you can further extend it - grouping M
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by omonra 13y ago
I decided to respond to this part of the thread to keep discussion in one place. --- So your point is that since 2.9% of US population are not single-race (estimate of mixed race in the US [1]) the other 97% aren't either? By the same token
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by omonra 13y ago
Me: Blue and Red are different colors. There is a branch of physics called optics that deals with it. You: But what about Brown - is it blue or red? I guess you can't answer, therefore colors don't exist and are instead social constructs.
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by omonra 13y ago
"Race is problematic in a number of levels. Yes it is a social construct with no real genetic basis, at least as we have constructed it." Sorry, what? Are you talking about how things are on Earth or some other planet? Perhaps a cursory loo
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by omonra 13y ago
There should be a name for articles whose body adds (virtually) nothing to the title itself. That is not to say that the title is not worthwhile - but you can save yourself the trouble of reading as long as you got the title :)
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by omonra 13y ago
I was kind of hoping the article would provide the answer.
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by omonra 13y ago
Thank you - I had a look at the book description and I don't see how it makes your point (regardless of whether the author is an authority on the subject)
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by omonra 13y ago
If you could show that either university is not meritocratic in their application process, you would have a point.
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by omonra 13y ago
I actually just did the verification for the sake of trying. It took me whole 30 seconds - I uploaded my driver license, which they automatically processed and accepted. So seems like this is a problem for a small % of users - while the maj
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by omonra 13y ago
Right, because no startups have come out of Stanford and every successful was so because of their commitment to 'diversity' from the start.
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by omonra 13y ago
So I guess the issue can be broken into parts: 1. Airbnb has every right to demand that its users get verified. 2. The way they implemented verification is suboptimal. My read of the article/comments shows that most people disagree with #1.
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by omonra 13y ago
I'm with you. All these people strike me as entitled twats. As a user, I would much rather deal with the hassle of verified ID than do business with guests/hosts that are unverified.
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by omonra 13y ago
Why is this garbage here?
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by omonra 14y ago
I think your mistake is to suppose that we use the adjective 'barbaric' to somehow demean or dehumanize its practitioners. Ie - because they are black/brown/muslim that we allow ourselves to use this language. That's 100% wrong (and is well
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by omonra 14y ago
We don't call Asian homosexual mentally-challenged 'retarded ching chong fag' because a) those qualities are something a person is born with b) they do not cause grievous harm to others Meanwhile certain actions (such as practice of FGM) ar
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by omonra 14y ago
Impossible. Genders are exactly the same. You may need to undergo corrective therapy at the Truth Ministry.
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by omonra 14y ago
Right - but I am not asking whether you personally find imperialism as logical conclusion. I am asking if you understand the difference between point A and B?
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by omonra 14y ago
Do you really fail to appreciate the difference between: A) Not sharing your family/country resources with strangers (who might well be below your level of economic development). B) Going over to invade another country/family and take away
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by omonra 14y ago
You have every right to be offended or insulted. But it makes no difference to the validity of the argument presented.
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WSJ: Should ECB Kill the 500-Euro Note?(blogs.wsj.com)
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by omonra 14y ago
Ok, their preference for being called something other than male/female aside, what does it mean? They're hermaphrodites or transexuals who have breasts & penis?
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by omonra 14y ago
You realize that when someone says 'white male' they are saying it in the context of other types of people in the same society? Ie we're still talking about the First World - just juxtaposing them to black males, asian females, white fema
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by omonra 14y ago
What does LCK being white have to do with anything? I am starting to notice people mentioning white people's race - which I just don't get. If someone does not position/think of themselves as a "color X", why bring it up? Also - Woody Allen
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by omonra 14y ago
This is different - " On 8 November 2007, Kaloyev was released from prison, because his mental condition was not sufficiently considered in the initial sentence." Russia did not promise to keep him in prison.
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by omonra 14y ago
Let me explain the problem here. What you are doing is diluting the 'evil brand'. If you call a drunk driver evil, you have nothing left for the likes of Hitler and Pol Pot. What are they then - double evil?

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