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by sigmar 10y ago
>Stop changing the subject. The issue that you brought up is whether or not Joe Rogan giving air time to something is endorsing it. I was referring to an endorsement of the person, not the topic. ie "Seems irresponsible to give a pl
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by sigmar 10y ago
You are conflating minority viewpoints with reputability. No serious media source would invite a conspiracy theorist with no credibility. Differing viewpoints are an important part of any discussion.
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by sigmar 10y ago
Mind pointing out specifics of what is "namecalling and misinformation"?
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by sigmar 10y ago
Isn't giving over airtime on your own show somewhat an endorsement? If you're giving them free advertising, you should probably at least spend some time vetting their credibility. Seems irresponsible to give a platform to moon lan
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by sigmar 10y ago
If your feel your perspective gets marginalized, shouldn't you want to be able to convince others of what you believe to be true? Removing all political conversation will perpetuate the status quo.
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by sigmar 10y ago
If you reread his comment, it is clear his point is not that there shouldn't be large investments. His point was that this was a bad investment chosen due to who the CEO was, and that so much more good could have potentially been done
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by sigmar 10y ago
Trump said the election was rigged (specifically saying the polling places are rigged: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/78769993071869542... ) and refused to say whether he would accept the results.
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by sigmar 10y ago
>Either he was Satoshi, but really wants the world to think he isn’t, so he created an impossible-to-untangle web of truths, half-truths and lies. And ruined his reputation in the process. This makes no sense as he was privately and publ
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by sigmar 10y ago
>If it doesn't count against their data limit, they're effectively not paying for it. Not true. If I stop paying for my ISP bills, I will no longer have access to those zero-rated services. >Conflating the Zero-Rating issue
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by sigmar 10y ago
>The only thing changing is who is paying for the delivery, and the consumer can still make a conscious choice about whether to avail themselves of that offering. The customer is still paying for the delivery, even when it is zero-rated.
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by sigmar 10y ago
Stuff like this site which tries to look like abc but isn't: http://abcnews.com.co But also lots of no name websites reporting both conspiracy theories and false info
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by sigmar 10y ago
>Unlike other phone manufacturers, Google does not promise potential customers that your data will be protected from Google, it's partners and from law enforcement and mass surveillance programmes. Are you referring to Apple? Becaus
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by sigmar 10y ago
>so the assertion that the attacks originated from Russia isn't saying much. You seem to have a prejudice that you are not willing to challenge. TreatConnect: >This discovery strengthens our ongoing assessment that Guccifer 2.0 i
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by sigmar 10y ago
The NSA has not, but more than a few private companies have investigated- Cloudstrike https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/bears-midst-intrusion-democ... Security firm Mandiant https://www.washingtonpost.com&#x2
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by sigmar 10y ago
>The New York Times completely made up the story about Trump mocking a disabled reporter There is video ( http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34930042 ) and it was very widely reported by both conservative and lib
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by sigmar 10y ago
The president's job is enforcing all of the laws set by the legislative branch and he needs to know where his authority begins and ends.
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by sigmar 10y ago
>while pushing fake and manipulated news about Trump? Link please.
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by sigmar 10y ago
>Fresh people get elected to major positions all the time. For the main role of being a President, few things can prepare you. And for all the details, there are tons of advisors etc. to help you. It is nice for the president to at least
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by sigmar 10y ago
Not sure why either. Kind of seems to highlight the fact that individuals don't matter though, doesn't it? Seems like a lot of western states: https://twitter.com/Nate_Cohn/status/796888708209373184 htt
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by sigmar 10y ago
All votes of the 2016 election are not counted yet, and likely won't be for several weeks.
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by sigmar 10y ago
>The defendants E-Learning Ltd and Logical Thinking Ltd, which operate website Chess24.com, had argued in court papers that World Chess was seeking to stop websites from reporting on information already in the public domain and not prote
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by sigmar 10y ago
Care to explain how you connect the financial success of GMO products and the legal status of copyrighting genomes? Having one doesn't enable/prohibit the other.
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by sigmar 10y ago
>You don't have to take everything literally, do you? >Paid astroturfers is a known fact. I'm so confused. Are you arguing he wasn't serious about there being astroturfers? or that he was being serious and it's tru
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by sigmar 10y ago
"yeah, [that bad english is a] security precaution. Much safer to be from nowhere than from somewhere you can be tested on, see Guccifer2" -thegrugq https://twitter.com/thegrugq/status/793104621828907008
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by sigmar 10y ago
Has anyone seen any estimates of how much economic productivity was lost from today's DDoS?
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by sigmar 10y ago
The entirety of his comment was summarizing the piece (To quote it: this is a..., The piece does not say...., It doubly says that if we..., This piece is a defense of...). and he didn't add any maligning.
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by sigmar 10y ago
I agree entirely. The Podesta leak to the public should not have happened. The emails would have done more public good in the hands of a responsible journalist
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by sigmar 10y ago
Did you read the piece? Because it sounds like you didn't. It doesn't malign the source.
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by sigmar 10y ago
This seems to illustrate the issue with mass leaks. Lots of stuff can be taken out of context and misrepresented. Which is why journalists exist, ie to give information/leaks an accurate and responsible perspective.
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by sigmar 10y ago
http://www.snopes.com/2016/10/18/project-veritas-election-vi...

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