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shephardjhon
5y ago
There is a lot of merit to free software and open spurce spftware but in this or other cyber security cases, I would prefer a paid option that makes it clear where the devs are getting thrir money from. If it is free, than the user is the p
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shephardjhon
5y ago
Poor people can still become rich but you can't undo 300 years of racism, and policies like redlining. Also there HAVE been provrams for the kind of thing you are asking for, the home loan program after world war 2 where only 2 black s
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shephardjhon
5y ago
Does your "civil liberties" concerns include far left or even Islamist content? No? And before you downvote "I'm just asking questions" as probably your favourite broadcaster says.
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shephardjhon
5y ago
Stop watching Fox. I have seen MSNBC and PBS criticise Biden a lot for mot fulfilling his campaign promises like minimum wage and not sending enough vaccines to other countries and lack of action on climate change. Meanwhile I never saw Fox
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shephardjhon
5y ago
Sorry but it does matter. Back in Pakistan, I liked center left PTI and my dad liked left wing nationalist MQM. My mom once even voted for JUI but other wise votes center-right. We had no issues at the dinner table and these parties are at
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shephardjhon
5y ago
Depends on how the company ran. Fast.ai did a great study showing how some social media os designed to radacalize people. They show it as an ethics warning in chapter 6 of their course before the chapter on generative AI. If they train mode
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shephardjhon
5y ago
I am no legal expert so I won't comment on that aspect but I cant say I am surprized by the kneejerk MRA-type reaction here. Here is the actual issue, current "mixed" hacker houses don't attract women so this is a thing
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5y ago
Its not anti-tech or anti-corpprate, its anti-monopoly. Remember its two huge corporations fighting this battle, Epic isn't some innocent tiny startup but in this case they have a point that Apple and Google have too much control and t
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shephardjhon
5y ago
I woulden't say media is still as honest as they always were when it comes to right wing media. Fox News recently had to do multiple retractions but only did so in a miniscule way. The damage the oroginal reports like "Biden will
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5y ago
-Public healthcare is something every industerialized country has. Including the white ones your racist leader wants immigrants from. -at the time masks were in VERY short supply and needed for medical experts AND people were stealing them
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shephardjhon
5y ago
Its not just one or a few people that one guy disagrees. Sorry but the openion of a guy with no experience or professional degree in a field is not the same as people with 20+ years of experience and a phd. And the openion of a piedratician
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5y ago
Facebook needs to implement a new "unless you show me peer reviewed papers you cant promote snake oil" rule. And implement a more strict "show me FDA approval" for anything claiming to be a cure on facebook.
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shephardjhon
5y ago
Throughout your entire 3 paragraph rant you didnt mention one concrete well known example of deliberate misniformation spread by experts. And by deliberate I dont mean something where another point was argued previously with less proof