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by snsr 8y ago
As a parent of a child with multiple life-threatening food allergies, I cannot stress enough the degree to which the references you've posted are actively harmful. The quackery promoted by some of the people you've mentioned can h
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by snsr 8y ago
Apparently a 1.5mm puncture due to a meteor/debris strike in the Russian Soyuz MS-09 module. More information: http://blogs.esa.int/alexander-gerst/2018/08/30/slow-leak-de... https://twit
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by snsr 9y ago
Legalize it.
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by snsr 9y ago
> independent academics found it can have a disparate impact on poor communities of color. A 2016 study reverse-engineered PredPol’s algorithm and found that it replicated “systemic bias” against over-policed communities of color and tha
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by snsr 9y ago
> But in a little less perfect imaginary world, in which bad people never get the chance to hurt innocents because police stops it, some bad people might still go down resisting arrest, at which point 100% of all homicides would be poli
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by snsr 9y ago
> but I think this is a complicated result of wider cultural issues, none of which can be isolated The lack of accountability for murders committed by police in the US is not a difficult "issue" to isolate.
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AI Experts Want to End 'Black Box' Algorithms in Government(wired.com)
1 points by snsr 9y ago|0 comments
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by snsr 9y ago
What. the. fuck. http://www.latimes.com/business/lazarus/la-fi-lazarus-republ... > The FCRA Liability Harmonization Act is particularly noxious. Authored by Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.), the bill would cap ac
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by snsr 9y ago
> I'll bet $5 that signing up for their monitoring service comes with a class-action waiver It does indeed. https://trustedidpremier.com/static/terms
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by snsr 9y ago
Not sure who, but the fraudulent comments were all submitted by a bot. Verizon has made similar efforts in the past. http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Bots-Flood-FCC-Website-Wi... http://www.dslreports.com&
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by snsr 9y ago
Copyright enforcement is censorship.
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by snsr 9y ago
> So where is the problem again? Third-party liability for content hosts is a problem for all online platforms. Platforms are not dumb pipes in the way that an ISP should be.
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Internet Censorship Bill Could Spell Disaster for Speech and Innovation(eff.org)
235 points by snsr 9y ago|74 comments
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by snsr 9y ago
> Not all neo-Nazis Give me a break.
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by snsr 9y ago
Absolutely incorrect. No brakes, and he sped up. This was an intentional attack. https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/896433978810519552/pu/p...
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by snsr 9y ago
> it seems very odd that the DMCA could even be applicable here This is an invalid takedown request.
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by snsr 9y ago
> As much as I dislike the guy, I do believe he didn't want to rip the people off , he wanted to try to salvage what he could to make himself look good get them their money. I think his behavior in both this case and in his "p
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by snsr 9y ago
I tried it and instantly switched all of my editors and terminals over - it's clear, legible at different sizes, and the monospace script "italics" are great for variable names, comments etc.
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by snsr 9y ago
> I don't like Mr. Sessions, nor do I like asset forfeiture, but I'd like to know more about the efficacy of rehab before heading down that path. It's a lot more effective (and just) than locking people up.
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by snsr 9y ago
It's now possible for a drug dealer to serve time in a forfeiture-financed prison after being arrested by agents driving a forfeiture-provided automobile while working in a forfeiture-funded sting operation. — Reagan attorney general
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by snsr 9y ago
This practice (brought back to life by Reagan's "Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984") is not only unjust but unconstitutional at face value. The cynicism required to double down on this practice is a new low for Sessions
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by snsr 9y ago
> As long as there is a single party interested in content hosted on IPFS , the "IPFS Network" will persist. I imagine that's one of the reasons why it's not ideal for archival content.
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by snsr 9y ago
> Instead, there must be social and business pressures brought to bear to prevent emboldened behavior with accountability. Some of the actions described in the article are crimes - these assholes should be prosecuted.
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by snsr 9y ago
Thank you
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by snsr 9y ago
Anecdotally, it's prevalence seems to have increased markedly in my neck of the woods over the past ~15 years.
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by snsr 9y ago
> Where is the evidence? > These claims are 100% false. hmm
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by snsr 10y ago
There were no "fence-sitting" Senators for this vote - all voting Republicans wanted to remove privacy protections. All Democratic and Independent Senators voted to keep privacy protections in place.
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by snsr 10y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrymandering
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by snsr 10y ago
> but the news programs during the day is just facts as far as I can tell Selective reporting and the style and tone of presentation matter.
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by snsr 10y ago
I imagine so, and I certainly applaud the spirit of the award, but I still thought it worth noting.

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