paulnechifor

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by paulnechifor 6y ago
*footballers
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by paulnechifor 6y ago
It would probably be a good thing for me, since forcing annoying ads will make me stop using YouTube. I insta-close any website which forces me to turn off my ad blocker.
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by paulnechifor 6y ago
I think that was a joke mate. You'd make a fantastic rule enforcer. :P "Is that little girl selling lemonade? She better have a selling license or I'm calling a SWAT team."
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by paulnechifor 6y ago
If you allow for someone to be disqualified based on accusations which haven't been tried in court how are you going to prevent that from being weaponized? In fact, isn't that what they tried to do to Biden this election?
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by paulnechifor 6y ago
That's intentionally taken out of context. He specifically said that nazis and racists are not included and that they should be condemned.
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by paulnechifor 6y ago
> NP completeness Programmer here. It's true. I deal with NP completeness every day.
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by paulnechifor 6y ago
"Stop using the product" works for coffee, where if you don't like it you can try an alternative. But with the cash cows of mega corps you often have few alternatives and it's intentionally difficult to switch. I don&#x2
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by paulnechifor 6y ago
You're not even trying to hide that policies don't matter. Apparently it's all about whether you agree with the author or not. Social media sites are legally entitled to censure things they disagree with, but it's dishon
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by paulnechifor 6y ago
Hagia Sofia is a church though.
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by paulnechifor 6y ago
> people in this thread that clearly do not understand the impact on the app ecosystem The entitlement of ad tech is unbelievable. > I'd liken it to reading a post on mumsnet.com with 100+ middle aged women arguing Yeah, women, a
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by paulnechifor 6y ago
What does this have to do with speech? And yes, the courts can compel you to do something you don't like. That's what the law is. If you steal an candy bar, the government can "compel speech" in the form of forcing you t
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by paulnechifor 6y ago
> whilst (while) I'm not a native English speaker, but I find it funny how Americans often consider English spellings wrong. I wonder if American Hispanics do the same for Spaniards: > Ahem, it's pronounced "ustedes&quo
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by paulnechifor 6y ago
It's not that simple, and I hate it when it's inconsistent. For example, even in the US, courts have established that Twitter is a public forum with respect to what politicians (such as Trump) say. But do other people get such pro
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by paulnechifor 6y ago
> You need internet to download games to your oculus quest, so it makes sense to have an account to keep track of what games you own no? Not really. If they're downloaded, why would you need to look up remotely what you have locally
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by paulnechifor 6y ago
Is this what Google is complaining about, changing laws?
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by paulnechifor 6y ago
"Conspiracy theory!" has become a term for dismissing genuine concerns.
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by paulnechifor 6y ago
I'm not sure about any of that. Android phones are ridiculously diverse, from overpowered "gaming" behemoths to tiny ones like Unihertz Jelly. But in the end I guess what matters more is whether you want a single person to co
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by paulnechifor 6y ago
Even worse. Imagine millions of people knowing this and still buying these inferior phones.
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by paulnechifor 6y ago
Isn't that a good thing? runs away
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by paulnechifor 6y ago
> Who says it’s the silent majority? The loud minority are those who keep bitching and moaning imo Yeah, they're the ones bitching and moaning all of the loot out of the stores.
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by paulnechifor 6y ago
Same, but also Bosnian Bill. Here's him opening a master lock with a plastic sheet as a pick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayQIm3Lo6ZM or a zip tie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIq9khF-axs&lis
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by paulnechifor 6y ago
I've always wanted to do this, but it only really works if you have a typeset handwriting style. Regular handwriting has too many "ligatures". For example consider just "vo" vs "io". The end of "v&quo
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by paulnechifor 6y ago
To talk to family members who have chosen to permanently live in China. :'(
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by paulnechifor 6y ago
Free speech is the principle that you should let people say whatever they want without censorship or legal consequences (excluding cases where the speech causes direct harm). > They can do what they want with their platform. Of course th
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by paulnechifor 6y ago
Many countries do "recognize" Taiwan unofficially, but surely matters of life or death should be treated a bit differently. It's disgraceful that WHO refused information requests from Taiwan and to see senior officials feigni
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by paulnechifor 6y ago
> I think the greater good of the Linux community is served by auto updates "Greater good"? You sound like an ambassador for Red Star OS[1]. :) [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Star_OS
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by paulnechifor 6y ago
Or print one for a 4x5 camera if you have a 3d printer: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3145482
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by paulnechifor 7y ago
I don't understand people's fascination with bidets. I don't want to sprinkle my ass with water and have the resulting shit water splashing all over the place. The argument I've heard people make multiple times is that &
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by paulnechifor 7y ago
> This is how land is managed e.g. in Hong Kong and Singapore, and the system works quite well. Really? I thought HK was notorious for it's housing crysis where you have people living in flats the size of closets. According to this[
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by paulnechifor 7y ago
I'm not sure why people are downvoting you. The website even admits to being controlled by a communist organization: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Committee_of_the...

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