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by pseudo0 5y ago
Even assuming that's true, surely people in your neighborhood communicate with people outside of it, some of whom have iPhones? That would mean using two different messaging apps, an annoyance that most people won't want to deal w
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by pseudo0 5y ago
Accountability likely peaked with the Church Committee (disclosed MKULTRA, COINTELPRO, etc), some of the results of which are still classified today, almost 50 years later. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_Committ
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by pseudo0 5y ago
In my opinion it's unethical if the website explicitly states in their terms of service that bot purchasing is not allowed. As far as I know, that is pretty common for websites that sell frequently scalped products, and near-ubiquitous
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by pseudo0 5y ago
I've heard of services that offer free proxy bandwidth in exchange for the user acting as a residential proxy node for other users and/or paying clients. It's generally marketed as a way for the user to avoid geoblocks and su
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by pseudo0 5y ago
I'd add: 3. Experts who conduct or fund virology research don't want it to be true, because it would inevitably cause a massive clampdown on what research is allowed and how it is conducted. It would also cause lasting damage to t
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by pseudo0 5y ago
Sorry about that, I could have made that point more constructively and will edit my post accordingly.
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by pseudo0 5y ago
The argument is generally that a well-armed civilian populace is ungovernable without their consent. Could a modern army nuke them or firebomb them into oblivion? Sure. But then they'd be "governing" a burnt-out husk of a cou
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by pseudo0 5y ago
The broader political context is that Biden campaigned on adding AR-15s to the NFA, a law designed to keep firearms out of the hands of the plebs [0], nominated an ATF director who wants to ban AR-15s entirely [1], and has pushed controvers
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by pseudo0 5y ago
Their push for people to use the mobile app has gotten user-hostile to the point of ridiculousness. Some subreddits now just prompt you to either continue in the app or return to the homepage, there's no option to continue in the mobil
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by pseudo0 5y ago
One issue is that developers will often set an attractive low rate to sell the initial units, and it doesn't get appropriately adjusted as the building ages. Then down the road, when expensive stuff (roof, elevators, etc) need to get f
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by pseudo0 5y ago
I'd imagine it's more of a defense in depth approach. Why do your adversary's work for them? Unsophisticated adversaries (ie. random anti-nuclear agitators) might be dissuaded entirely due to the lack of information, and even
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by pseudo0 5y ago
Constructing an extraordinarily elaborate strawman does not make your beating up of that strawman argument any more impressive. Plenty of reasonable people simply asked "isn't it possible a lab with a history of safety issues stud
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by pseudo0 5y ago
Or we could use a tiny fraction of the economic potential enabled by global, ubiquitous high-speed internet to put a few more telescopes in space? Laying cable across the globe also seems like it would be a whole lot more expensive and envi
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by pseudo0 5y ago
What's stopping the federal government from implementing a VAT? I realize there's a ton of legal and political inertia, but theoretically it seems like it would be an improvement. In an ideal system everyone would charge a VAT rat
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by pseudo0 5y ago
Why not just cut the corporate rate to 0 and raise the necessary funds through a VAT? No amount of fancy accounting tricks will eliminate companies' dependence on the US consumer market.
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by pseudo0 5y ago
The customers who don't like the console system can game on a PC. It's not a perfect substitute, but it's pretty close. Is there any real equivalent that offers more user control for smartphones though? Stock Android is a bit
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by pseudo0 5y ago
Thanks for this excellent alternate perspective. The inclusion of the facts that CNN conveniently left out makes this verdict look a whole lot more reasonable. But balanced perspectives don't drive outrage clicks I guess.
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by pseudo0 5y ago
Domestic extremists kill about 40 people a year on average (including domestic Islamic extremism), based on the fairly expansive definition of extremism used by the ADL [0]. So a year of extremist murders for the entire nation is roughly on
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by pseudo0 5y ago
Per the documented incidents in the parent comment's linked Wikipedia article, incels kill well under 20 people per year on average. If you have a more comprehensive source, I'd be happy to reevaluate my position if needed.
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by pseudo0 5y ago
Incels kill fewer people each year than lightning strikes, bees, or trampolines. I'm sure law enforcement agencies are bored and concerned about having their funding cut given the collapse of ISIL, but putting funding into better menta
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by pseudo0 5y ago
It seems like there's a bit of a logical leap in that argument. As the article notes, Cellebrite isn't exactly discerning when it comes to their customer base. It seems like they sell their tools to just about anyone willing to pa
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by pseudo0 5y ago
Tens of thousands of migrants have died trying to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe. How many have died trying to reach Australia since their strict immigration policies were put in place? It might seem counterintuitive, but that &quo
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by pseudo0 5y ago
The housing estimate seems quite high for my area as well, particularly for the single adult category. It was using a figure that I'd expect for a nice 1br in a trendy area. Someone under financial pressure would probably be renting wi
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by pseudo0 6y ago
It was intended as more of a proof by contradiction. If we assume that the judge is correct in assessing this as a state created danger, then this standard would also apply to a wide variety of dangers that the government is also involved w
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by pseudo0 6y ago
This interpretation of "state created danger" seems remarkably overbroad. By this logic, you could tie just about any danger back to the state with a similar degree of proximity. Take someone hit by a drunk driver, for example. Th
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by pseudo0 6y ago
It's the result of a decades-long lawfare campaign by anti-death penalty activists. The more protracted and expensive it is to carry out the death penalty, the easier it is to argue for abolishing it on the practical grounds of cost ra
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by pseudo0 6y ago
On the (mobile) NYTimes home page it's the 24th story down, and entitled "Officer Attacked During Capitol Riot Died of Multiple Strokes" and redirects to https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/04/19&
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by pseudo0 6y ago
Is 11% earning $500k for at least one year really that surprising? For example, a mom and pop small business selling their store in order to retire could qualify for one year, but that money would likely be the bulk of their retirement savi
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by pseudo0 6y ago
A far simpler explanation for the same pattern would be that prisons take up a lot of space, and are therefore often located outside of urban centers, and rural areas also happen to be whiter than average. People generally also don't w
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by pseudo0 6y ago
The US saw a similar drop in the murder rate around the same time period, despite no action in terms of firearm policy. Declaring the policy to be effective based on a secular decline in murders seen broadly across the Western world seems r

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