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by spritefs 4y ago
Do any tech companies do something similar to this?
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by spritefs 4y ago
Also something to note is that the focus of the article is preventative as opposed to creating new outlets. Just because reuters is there doesn't mean everyone will read it, but a good number of people could see content that's not
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by spritefs 4y ago
Something to keep in mind with this article (and the myriad of other articles like it): the author has a psych background, not an engineering background. He's worked as a consultant, not an engineer. He has a lot of things to say about
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by spritefs 4y ago
> You're not going to convince Jan 6 supporters of "the truth" and have them change their mind, because they're motivated by a selfish grab for power. They could care less about the truth. Someone is more at fault if
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by spritefs 4y ago
I don't know if discriminating against visa holders is illegal, but most visa holders are minorities so this would be a violation of the civil rights act
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by spritefs 4y ago
> Conclusion: bill gates has a profit motive for having his charity prop up ALL Kurzgezadt videos. I said the channel was engaged in shilling. I never said that this video was one of the videos involved. It's cool that you like this
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by spritefs 4y ago
> You can go to the store and buy wine without ever once having to test it for antifreeze. This doesn't say anything about truth, only past experience. Which isn't truth > all of those things are great, but their ability to
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by spritefs 4y ago
> I think this will rapidly accelerate a set of closely related trends that were rapidly growing in the internet: curation, trust, and reputation. But will it scale?
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by spritefs 4y ago
> companies definitely use the visa as a way to keep your salary low and work you to the bone. Isn't this illegal? Aren't H1B required to be paid at least the same as domestic counterparts?
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by spritefs 4y ago
This channel is a known shill. See the below video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjHMoNGqQTI
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by spritefs 4y ago
The point here isn't actually to not offend, it's to have some byzantine set of rules to force on others I remember at a job orientation a year or so ago, the HR people and management spent a long time talking at us about DEI shit
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by spritefs 4y ago
> The trap is when you don't care about the perpetrators facing justice because you think the victims deserved it > I don't think there's any real social obligation to feel sorry for victims. I disagree. In general the
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by spritefs 4y ago
> I mean, I'm sorry they're hurt and I'm sorry they're broke, but they really really should have known better. I agree with you that it's very hard to find any sort of value in someone like Logan Paul, but at the
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by spritefs 4y ago
Looks like Elon is going to step down if the current poll stays at the same numbers (57% yes to Elon stepping down) Vox populi, Vox Dei https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1604617643973124097
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by spritefs 4y ago
Every day I feel like more of an idiot for giving Elon the benefit of the doubt with this whole freedom of speech thing At this point he's so completely tarnished his public image, I don't see Tesla surviving this long term unless
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by spritefs 4y ago
I wouldn't be surprised if there was a bunch of backlash to this and he did the "Vox Populi, Vox Dei" thing again and backtracked like with the recent journalist banning Why are we giving this guy so much mental real estate?
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by spritefs 4y ago
> Snap, TikTok, LinkedIn Idrk how someone would link to Snap, links to TikTok are really uncommon for some reason, LinkedIn is in a different market and is likely less of a direct competitor > YouTube This one is too big with no well
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by spritefs 4y ago
Also note that Latino is a Spanish word, Latinx is obviously an English word. So we have non Latino white people telling Latinos to use an English word to refer to themselves Definitely no colonial undertone to this dynamic whatsoever
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by spritefs 4y ago
> GF is 100% Mexican descent, first gen US citizen, w/ advanced degree and she despises Latinx as a term (can't even pronounce it in Spanish she says). I mean, the whole """Latinx""" thing is just
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by spritefs 4y ago
> whitespace > Assigns value connotations based on color (white = good), an act which is subconsciously racialized. How exactly is whitespace good? It's like they pick out every word where "white" is used and say "
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by spritefs 4y ago
The positions I see on this are either conspiratorially raising questions about FBI involvement at Twitter or insisting that those questions are conspiratorial and that there's nothing more here Which one is correct? I have no idea, bu
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> But just speaking to companies is normal, and often welcomed by the company if the FBI is sharing information that is useful. But how do you know that the FBI was "just speaking" and merely that? We all are looking at the sa
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by spritefs 4y ago
> Twitter can always say no to the feds (and other governments) In practice, can they? Leave out the part about other governments for a second, just consider the US govt If you're doing moderation at twitter and Yoel Roth is above y
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by spritefs 4y ago
IMO the real problem here isn't the technology itself, but cultivating an unhealthy relationship with it and not using it maturely The most interesting thing in this article to me is the classist accusation. I wonder if this luddite tr
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by spritefs 4y ago
> Twitter is where the world goes today That's a pretty twitter-centric view of things See this https://www.statista.com/statistics/272014/global-social-net... I have no clue where the hell people get this
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by spritefs 4y ago
> As such, those who whold those views have simply become more comfortable saying the quiet parts out loud. > You had the former president spouting QAnon conspiracies I mean, the former president probably didn't buy into any of t
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by spritefs 4y ago
> I would even be ok with 50%-100% tax rate above 100 million dollars net worth Why stop at 100 million? Why not something like 10 million, or even 5 million?
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by spritefs 4y ago
I wonder if the Dave Chappelle thing in SF pushed him over the edge or something. He even went and posted cope on his twitter account afterwards
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by spritefs 4y ago
Oh cool. Another Elon thread. How exciting He says that journalists were doxxing him? Where's the proof? Where are the Elon fans with a counter argument? Or are we all in agreement at this point that Elon "free speech absolutist&q
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by spritefs 4y ago
When I got second dose of covid pfizer, I remember feeling really strange. My heart was beating really irregularly and I felt like I was struggling to breathe. My vision also started to gray out in a really weird way. I thought I was going

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