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Every instance? FB and the other social companies are the worst offenders.
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> Did PornHub have revenge porn, child trafficking, etc. on the site? Yes. Does Facebook have revenge porn, child trafficking, etc. on the site? Yes.
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5y ago
Schizophrenia generally manifests in your 20's, so I wish this article broke out age because I think the causal link is more obvious (vs soothing tendency) when we are talking about the developmental effects of drug use on children.
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5y ago
> First, because they increase their chance of being a burden on society (giving a kidney isn't without significant risks) Sure its a serious operation but these points apply to donating a kidney as well. > Poor people would beco
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> I don't know, do you think the world would be better if people could sell their organs? "Voluntarily?" If someone meets the criteria to donate organs, for free, why shouldn't they also be able to charge for it?
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Too bad he couldn't or too bad he didn't...
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It's good to remember that Primogeniture and hereditary monarchy are only recently out of fashion in the west.
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> It shouldn't be easy to call someone creepy and get them fired. Thats not what happened. He wasn't fired because someone said something on the internet, he published a written apology calling himself a "sexual predator&q
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> I can't find source material indicating these were actually industry events. The initial tweet cited in that article specifically mentions "Massive Black afterparty" a arts studio, and "workshops" and "con
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Barring lawmakers from investing in equities seems like it would be another barrier for non-wealthy people to be politicians. EDIT: Why the downvotes? Middle class people use the stock market for their retirement funds. If you take away thi
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Google famously only hired people with elite education credentials in the beginning. "We also didn't want to hire anyone from what were considered lesser universities" Eric Schmidt https://youtu.be/hcRxFRgNpns
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>> and well-meaning attempts at gender reassignment surgery for them will backfire > The only thing kids can go on are puberty blockers. So instead of specifying gender reassignment surgery, they should have something more broad, l
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> "sorry I was inappropriate" is not the same as "this man harassed women in problematic ways". "I was terrible to women. I preyed on them, I ceaselessly hit on them, I pressured them into sex. Yes I was one of t
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> Do you have a citation on that last part? I can't find any info indicating they were work sponsored events with vendors and the like. https://www.hipstersofthecoast.com/2020/06/noah-bradley-admi... >
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> What we do know is that no legal action was taken. Given the outburst, one would imagine there would be a lawyer willing to help the alleged victims press charges had any real problems existed. By his own written published apology he a
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> Companies are not liable for the alleged misconduct It's not alleged, he published a written apology. > I doubt what Noah does at parties (I have found no references to the problematic behavior happening at specifically work e
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> Two of those “businesses” only exist because they are funded by taxpayers. Sure, but let's not pretend that is unique. Our government subsidize many (most?) companies in Energy, Automotive, and Aerospace.
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The author acknowledged that he was an asshole and did things that were inappropriate, thats why he apologized... You are creating a straw-man not reflective of this scenario.
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> Why didn't they simply ask Noah to stop making sexual advances at “work events” if it was really a pervasive problem Wizard's had a business relationship with him and were liable for his behavior. They didn't owe him any
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I don't use twitter and they have multiple UI for platform but AFAIK when you reply it usually says "replying to @...", which it didn't have in the screenshot or archive. https://archive.vn/69yo0
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> 2) "1 in 10 healthy women in their 40s will get pregnant in any single menstrual cycle". I.e. there is a 90% chance that a woman over 40 will have at least some difficulty getting pregnant. That is not what it means. It is u
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> Also 35 is the point where medicine considers a pregnancy to be 'geriatric'. Which is a dated term that isn't used frequently. Yes the risks for certain things increase after 35 but pregnancy after 35 or 40+ is healthy a
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>There's a very very fine line between "creepy" and "has game" and it usually comes down to how attractive you are which moulds how other people happen to perceive your advances. Yes, but not sure why that matter
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> but the reality is the rapist allegations are not true Wizards didn't fire him for being a rapist[1]. It's great he isn't a rapist! But why should his company ignore that he publicly apologized for doing sexually inappro
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> It's the iPhone of exercise equipment. It really is. > I know buying a good exercise bike, monitor (which they may already have), and a subscription to some cycling class service or box set isnt a sexy solution but damn is it
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> You also have to blame companies/hr for being so reactive Have you read his original published written apology [1]? I can't think of a company that would want to keep someone who in their own words was a "Shitty, Creepy,
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> something they did not attached to their work. Except it was very much attached to his work since this was happening at industry events...
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Yes that is the same tweet referenced above. They accused him of multiple things such as "groping female devs", "trying to pour drinks down the throat" of a drunk girl who bit his face. He apologized for SIC "shitt
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> I think you don't see Noah's reply because he deleted that tweet? Several times above, I have included a link [1] with both a screenshot and description which in no way indicate that... He was accused of being a known groper
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> The high dollar amounts sound impressive until you see the rest of the spending… 2001 - 2019 we spent 6.4 Trillion on our Wars in the ME to spread Liberal Democracy, that is 1.5x the entire 2019 Budget. That is a a lot of money for a q
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