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   by sb057 7y ago

   Gambia? I thought it was the Gambia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gambia#Etymology
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   by sb057 7y ago

   Only tangentially related, but I find that there is a massive under-appreciation of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom[1] which was left in the wake of Alexander's eastern conquest. Some of the artifacts[2] that they managed to produce in the
3. 363.▲
   by sb057 7y ago

   https://www.cnbc.com/id/32462271 >The short answer is that the "misspelling" is on purpose, done to differentiate Treasury bonds from the plural for the Department of Treasury, though I'm not sure why
4. 364.▲
   by sb057 7y ago

   >Why would Youtube or Twitter have to? Because combined, Google, Twitter, and Facebook have an effective monopoly on modern public discourse.
5. 365.▲
   by sb057 7y ago

   Don't you know the Fourth Amendment?: >The right of large business enterprises to be secure in their employees, locations, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall
6. 366.▲
   by sb057 7y ago

   In the words of BJ Campbell[1] the US is currently undergoing increasing partisanship[2], civil disorder[3], coup rhetoric[4], a widening wealth gap[5], a further-entrenching oligarchy[6], dysfunctional governance[7], the rise of Nazism[8]
7. 367.▲
   by sb057 7y ago

   I think it's more of a case that no one gives a shit about some former Soviet wasteland in the middle of Asia that will never affect them (as far as they know, at least).
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   by sb057 7y ago

   >russian chat app British-Emirati, but same difference.
9. 369.▲
   by sb057 7y ago

   Relevant: http://bbctvlicence.com/
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    by sb057 7y ago

    >Should Cloudflare be forced to host 8chan? If they have a monopoly on a necessary infrastructure, yes. Alternatively, should the local power company be forced to provide electricity service to a resident in their area they do not like?
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    by sb057 7y ago

    >The last hour would not come unless the Muslims will fight against the Jews and the Muslims would kill them until the Jews would hide themselves behind a stone or a tree and a stone or a tree would say: Muslim, or the servant of Allah,
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    by sb057 7y ago

    >From what I've seen, 8chan certainly seems to be in the action category. Users on 8chan, perhaps, but no the website itself. 8chan has cooperated with law enforcement against individuals making legally-actionable threats effectivel
13. 373.▲
    by sb057 7y ago

    Not him, but I would do it because I can.
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    by sb057 7y ago

    The problem is that a company named Noticeboardflare has practically monopolized protection of noticeboards, and that if you do not have their approval, your noticeboard is impractical to operate.
15. 375.▲
    by sb057 7y ago

    Anyone with enough money can bankrupt anyone with a sufficiently lower amount of money at will.
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    by sb057 7y ago

    I think a lot of it comes down to the fact that a long time ago Al Gore being a major advocate for legislative change, and of course, if the other side of the aisle says something, it has to be wrong and bad. Simple partisanship.
17. 377.▲
    by sb057 7y ago

    Is "technologists" a new term for someone who has a basic understanding of how math and computers function?
18. 378.▲
    by sb057 7y ago

    PSA: I get a horrific 5 GB< memory leak immediately upon opening the tool's page.
19. 379.▲
    by sb057 7y ago

    Given that they have an international airport (albiet with horrific underutilization) I think the remoteness ship sailed long ago.
20. 380.▲
    by sb057 7y ago

    I think that's called rent-seeking.
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    by sb057 7y ago

    Tip: don't follow their advice. My friend had a similar situation (signed up while underage and was banned) and they have banned all subsequent accounts as well. If you are permabanned from PayPal, you are permabanned, as a person.
22. 382.▲
    by sb057 7y ago

    >We are working to mitigate impact to Internet users in this region. >This incident affects: North America (Ashburn, VA, United States - (IAD), Atlanta, GA, United States - (ATL), Boston, MA, United States - (BOS), Buffalo, NY, United
23. 383.▲
    by sb057 7y ago

    Those landscape images bear a striking resemblance to Albert Bierstadt's paintings of the American West[1], but I don't want to go pointing fingers... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_works_by_Albert_Bier
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    by sb057 7y ago

    Regarding temperature, Fahrenheit offers more granularity. I, for one, can definitely perceive the difference between 22, 22.5, and 23 degrees C (71.6, 72.5, and 73.4 degrees F, respectively), but on a typical metric thermostat, fractions o
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    by sb057 7y ago

    Yes.
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    by sb057 7y ago

    If you ignore those damned TIGER imports, at least...
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    by sb057 7y ago

    They enabled that in September of last year, actually: https://twitter.com/TwitterSupport/status/104183895789645004...
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    by sb057 7y ago

    Part of the reason it wasn't a very big issue pre-Roe v Wade is that on-demand abortions were illegal in 46 states prior to it.
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    by sb057 7y ago

    Doubly ironic since "Simple online game reduces susceptibility to disinformation" is exactly seven words long.
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    by sb057 7y ago

    I don't think your "404.html" page is what you intended to link :P