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by patmcc 4y ago
>>Online chess is bigger than ever, and some kind of botting/cheating is possible for virtually every e-sport (indeed I'd say many are easier than chess). I think it's the other way, chess is about as easy to cheat as i
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by patmcc 4y ago
It's completely ridiculous, this language seems to make me selling a DVD of Schindler's List a violation. That depicts violence and discrimination quite a number of times.
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by patmcc 4y ago
I think it's too early to tell, and it depends (a lot ) on how the next ~25 years go. Probably not though, but that's mostly because both a) the world is so much better than it was pre-industrial revolution and b) I don't th
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by patmcc 4y ago
>>Long term though any early issues with new technology tend to be optimized or solved as things evolve. I'm absolutely, completely, utterly sure someone said this about the first fossil fuel technologies. "Oh, I'm sure
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by patmcc 4y ago
They have the money anyway though? Of course the rich will have a dispropriate amount of power, that's what money does. It's not because of "corporations" or super PACs or whatever. Show me a system where a rich man does
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by patmcc 4y ago
Your claim was literally that corporations can spend unlimited amounts and people can't, which is simply untrue. What's an exorbitant amount? Imagine some people, passionate about their particular political issue, pooling their mo
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by patmcc 4y ago
>>The issue at hand is whether or not you can spend unlimited amounts of money on that speech via a corporation. Individuals cannot spend unlimited money donating to political campaigns, for instance. Corporations cannot donate to (
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by patmcc 4y ago
What could Magnus say that would satisfy you, exactly? "Niemann is definitely not cheating" would be silly. "I think he's cheating" would be terrible. "Let's allow the governing bodies to investigate"
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by patmcc 4y ago
So can I hire someone from a low cost-of-living jurisdiction and get them to behave like a bot for me?
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by patmcc 4y ago
Worker cooperatives/co-op is the most commonly used term for this type of structure, I think.
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by patmcc 4y ago
You should look up the history of protests. They absolutely are meant to disrupt.
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by patmcc 4y ago
Parents choose to have children; in my mind the responsibility flows in that direction, from parent to child. A child has no choice in the matter, why should they be saddled with responsibility? I'll happily care for my mother as she a
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by patmcc 4y ago
My reading of this is "yes my (credit card) address is 123 fake st, but please deliver to the park across the street".
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by patmcc 4y ago
I don't understand - why would the type of cooktop make a difference to boiling an egg? The boiling water will be at 100° whether it's heated by induction, coil top, gas, etc.
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by patmcc 4y ago
True. Let's say KiwiFarms was entirely hosted/located in a shed in the middle of nowhere. Someone walks up to it and sets it on fire. Should the local fire department put it out? Assume it's not going to spread to other build
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by patmcc 4y ago
>>Just as the telephone company doesn't terminate your line if you say awful, racist, bigoted things I've been thinking about this for a few days, in regards to all the Kiwi Farms stuff. Where do we want censorship to happen
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by patmcc 4y ago
Yah, if you're looking for particular content or something it's not a great app. It's really meant to be a maximally configurable timewaster. The app doesn't care if you waste an hour on dancing videos or slime videos or
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by patmcc 4y ago
Oh, it's absolutely not easy finding that niche content. You're going to need to swipe past a lot of cleavage to find anything else. To get more of whatever you're currently on, re-watching, liking, commenting all probably
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by patmcc 4y ago
Maybe parents should actually be responsible and do this? I'm getting more and more convinced that smartphones should probably not be in the hands of minors. A dumb phone with call and text capability is probably good for 12+ but socia
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by patmcc 4y ago
>>Can I settle in on Tik Tok and spend an hour gaining a deep understanding of the history of the Israel-Palestine conflict? Unironically, yes, I'd bet dollars to donuts there's some niche creator doing exactly this. As an e
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by patmcc 4y ago
>>>Oh, fire risk? What on earth are you on about? Insurance risk? What are you on about? Adding a whole bunch of electrical equipment (that's exposed to the elements, wildlife, etc.) absolutely increases the risk of fire. Pane
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by patmcc 4y ago
Hm, I suppose I meant "source open, available for non-commercial use"
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Poll: How do you use/understand the term “open source”?
4 points by patmcc 4y ago|5 comments
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by patmcc 4y ago
I use the OSI definition
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by patmcc 4y ago
Open/free for non-commercial use is enough
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by patmcc 4y ago
Source-available is enough
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by patmcc 4y ago
I'm Richard Stallman and have some obscure complaint
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by patmcc 4y ago
They're already in prison . We've taken away their freedom. That's punishment enough. Give them some fucking soap.
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by patmcc 4y ago
Cliche, but keep your door open. You'll probably make some lasting friends.
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by patmcc 4y ago
A trillion spent building factories, highways, public housing, schools, etc. may employ exactly as many people as a trillion spent building weapons, dropping bombs, and killing people. What you end up with after spending that trillion is a

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