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by rbecker 6y ago
> I believe that that power should always be as decentralized as possible. Sadly, cancel culture has so far had zero effect on media and internet platform ownership concentration. We're no closer to breaking up Google or Facebook or
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Keep in mind a majority of the world population has to learn a second language to even make use of these systems. So how does it compare to bias vs. non-native speakers?
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How severely degraded is the performance of 'expired' masks? Because I think they could still massively help, at least in non-medical settings.
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> “They’re racist because they exoticize other cultures, present ‘Joe’ as this default normal, and then the other characters — such as Thai Joe, Trader José, Trader Joe San — falling outside of it,” I'm confused. "Trader Joe&qu
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Phrased like that, it makes it seem like the only reason to oppose China is due to their internal politics, as if their growing political and economic influence in the West [1,2,3,4] poses no threat. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org&
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This article links to a few supporting studies: https://drbrighten.com/can-birth-control-affect-who-youre-at...
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It would be nice to also have more research on the effects of hormonal contraception on personality. There's many studies showing it affects mood, and anecdotal reports that it suppresses the desire for offspring [1]. Unfortunately the
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By 'criticizing' you of course mean trying to get them fired, and claiming their presence makes them feel 'unsafe'? Lets not pretend 'cancel culture' refers to pointing out flaws in arguments.
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How Islam Moderated Slavery(bbc.co.uk)
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That cuts to the heart of it - the 'old elites' get most of the attention, but they're not the only ones affected.
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Because of the resulting ethnic conflict: https://arxiv.org/abs/1110.1409 Perhaps the new Soviet man will be free of ethno-centrism, but until then, we have to deal with the flawed people that we have.
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You are asking for a cure, but I can only offer a diagnosis.
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The absence of a better news source doesn't mean we should be blind to its faults.
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Even ten times that many journalists will do you no good, when what they report is filtered according to some pre-concieved view of the world (or the journalists themselves are only hired if they share that view: https://www.yout
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> That the signatories of a letter denouncing a perceived constriction of public speech are among their industries’ highest-paid and most widely published figures is a large and obvious irony. Yes, how ironic that they are not blind to e
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Valid points, but fails to address why screenshots are so popular: Content gets removed quickly and often.
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> little evidence of anything not widely reported elsewhere Are you trying to say the claims are true, since they were independently reported? Or that they mostly lack evidence? Without telling us which claims are confirmed by other sour
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That describes almost every business. E.g. a movie theater depends on studios being willing to sell films to it, and on a public willing to buy tickets.
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> We want our 401k's to continue to grow No, we want more wealth , as measured by food, housing, healthcare, leisure, art, etc. These ads produce none of that. They are a waste of human time and resources, and even if they make so
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Archive link: https://archive.vn/fmZOs
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Not really? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_ambulance lists countless earlier examples that could be classed as 'paramedics': Shortly before World War II, then, a modern ambulance carried advanc
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If piracy is theft, then what is lobbying to take away rights?
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> A ton of these claims are unsubstantiated if you look in the latest versions. Could you be more specific? And which claims remain valid?
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> In many ways it functioned as a testing ground for some underused concepts that could substantially improve the health of the Apex scene. > The possiblilty of bringing corporate sponsorship to broader competitive Apex is interesting
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While not given as a percentage of revenue, this post estimates the Catholic Church's charity as anything but 'tiny': https://old.reddit.com/r/Catholicism/comments/6ogy4p/source_...
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That's why for such studies, the crime rate is assessed by victim surveys (free of police bias) and the difficult-to-fudge homicide rate. The results remain consistent. Edit: For an example of a victim survey, see https://ww
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One argument in Google's defense is that not allowing competitors to a product to place ads on searches related to a product would be anti-competitive. What this defense ignores is that they do more than just allow such ads - they also
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Archive link: https://archive.is/tNht3
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By that logic, China is doing excellent on internet freedom, since whatever is banned online, is also mostly illegal in the streets too.
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> How my white male co-founder gaslighted me According to this interview, he's Jewish: https://www.contagious.com/news-and-views/sleeping-giants-Ma... I wonder what the reaction would be if the subtitle was ins

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