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by sdinsn 6y ago
> Governments that try to trade safety for the economy will end up with neither. [Citation needed]
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by sdinsn 6y ago
I personally put blame on all parties involved
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by sdinsn 6y ago
Of course its speech. And my criticism of unhinged public outcry is speech as well! It's as simple as that.
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by sdinsn 6y ago
Is this about censorship and information control, or just about economic equity? Why should we be a market for China's applications when we can't do the same?
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by sdinsn 6y ago
You are missing the external and unhinged nature of 'cancel culture'.- What if I decide to buy Goya black beans, and someone takes a picture of me at the grocery store, and brands me as a affiliate of some certain political mi
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by sdinsn 6y ago
China bans American apps. Why wouldn't we do the same?
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by sdinsn 6y ago
Such as?
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by sdinsn 6y ago
> This doesn’t happen in the coffee or sugar business. Uhhh, are you joking? Slavery is still found in these industries to this very day. Organized crime too- for example, cartels in Mexico have moved to extort Avocados from farmers beca
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by sdinsn 6y ago
No? There are no fonts built into browsers.
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by sdinsn 6y ago
A vector of foreign state information gathering/spying
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by sdinsn 6y ago
> can we treat this as the minor issue it is Is it actually an issue at all?
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by sdinsn 6y ago
They don't dump genetically modified anything anywhere. Inside a lab, they produce chemicals using genetically modified enzymes instead of traditional methods of chemistry.
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by sdinsn 6y ago
Being silent does not mean they "pretend to have no responsibility". Believe it or not, not everyone uses social media and broadcasts their opinion to the world. Believe it or not, not everyone has time to protest.
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by sdinsn 6y ago
> Postmates customers overwhelmingly tip the delivery driver I've never used Uber Eats so I don't know what the app is like- but Postmates forces me to tip before I can order more food.
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by sdinsn 6y ago
Have you heard of Notion? It's not self hosted, but I use it to organize all my things
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by sdinsn 6y ago
https://github.com/google/open-location-code/wiki/Evaluation...
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by sdinsn 6y ago
Sounds like a good idea. (And just FYI, the pricing section isn't rendering properly on Firefox 77)
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by sdinsn 6y ago
Similar to this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamir%27s_Secret_Sharing
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by sdinsn 6y ago
I'm surprised Uber considered itself a software company at all. They are a contractor management company.
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by sdinsn 6y ago
No, in Android the app that is in focus can read from the clipboard without restriction
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by sdinsn 6y ago
> isn't normal You're right- creating a amazing, successful business that employs a ton of people isn't normal. Just a friendly reminder that some people do deserve the money they've earning. Bezos is one of them
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by sdinsn 6y ago
And yet, China bans foreign apps. God forbid other countries give China a taste of their own medicine.
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by sdinsn 6y ago
> shouldn't the governments provide an alternative for businesses There is: cash.
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by sdinsn 6y ago
Gab is a racist cesspool. If I was Visa, I wouldn't want to be associated with them in any fashion either.
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by sdinsn 6y ago
"Noob gains" just means that new quantitative measurements can take place over a short period. Athletics is incredibly quantitative- even for the most advanced and experienced athletes.
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by sdinsn 6y ago
> Are conservatives regarded as indistinguishable from Trump fans these days? Yes
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by sdinsn 6y ago
By that definition, loss of smell is not a signal symptom for COVID.
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by sdinsn 6y ago
> If you have everyone in the US $10,000, no strings attached What you are missing is that UBI is supposed to replace all existing entitlement programs, such as unemployment, disability, food stamps, social security, etc. We already ha
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by sdinsn 6y ago
> wonder how many actually use this currency. 100% of cyber criminals use Bitcoin, that's a lot of people!
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by sdinsn 6y ago
Why should foreign countries be funding them at all?

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