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by starkd 4y ago
Voluntary at first. It could easily become mandatory as the grid gets more and more strained from the increased usage.
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by starkd 4y ago
I think that's kind of a failure of imagination on your part. Violation of rights crosses the board over all parties. Look at the Twitter files release fro yeterday that demonstrates heavy FBI involvement in twitter direction. https
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by starkd 4y ago
Look at the founder's discussion about the tyranny of the majority. Something which pure democracy is prone to, if carried to the extreme. It's the reason why we have elected representives and not everything is determined by pleb
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by starkd 4y ago
You too might need a gun if the police around you are unable police crime and crime gets out of control. Don't think it can't happen, because it does. Also, telling people they can "simply move" if they want more rights
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by starkd 4y ago
you have anything of substance to say?
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by starkd 4y ago
The problem is that there is not enough development of new sources. Even with efficiency gains from wind/solar, not only is it not enough they have to be backed up with coal or gas. Also, plugging the new sources into the grid is n
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by starkd 4y ago
Yes. This may be the reason Toyota is yet to go all in on EV's (though they have invested in it somewhat). The ceo may be the smartest guy in the room. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/29/toyota-ceo-stands-b
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by starkd 4y ago
I largely agree with you, but before you call a post garbage, you might want to be a little more specific and even cite some sources. He raises some troubling issues concerning cost/benefit that have largely gone unanswered.
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by starkd 4y ago
The disturbing part is in the FBI/Twitter (gov't/corp.) collaboration to suppress a story in the media. Not sure what the crime is, because this is a new area. But it should be deeply disturbing in terms of credibility for
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by starkd 4y ago
>>One thing that's very important in Germany when getting help is to never EVER say that you have suicidal thoughts. The moment you do that you slide into a bracket out of the social system that you can never get out of on your o
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by starkd 4y ago
>> there's nothign to lose whatsoever. Except hundreds or even thousands of dollars you may or may not have to pay the counselors until you find the right one. I don't mean to be discouraging anyone from getting help, but k
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by starkd 4y ago
Sources? You do know they covered different topics, right?
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by starkd 4y ago
Matt Taibbi literally said the exact opposite of this.
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by starkd 4y ago
Entirely one way in the sense that they were out to re-inforce a narrative.
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by starkd 4y ago
No, they blame the former head of the FBI Comey for announcing that he's not going to prosecute Clinton for her carelessness with her emails, and then sort of reversing himself days ahead of the election. Maybe Clinton bears some bla
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by starkd 4y ago
Bureaucratic inertia. It's not uncommon for orders to go partially unimplemented or even outright ignored by the people carrying it out. Many people have remarked on this. Even Jimmy Carter once remarked that one of his biggest supr
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by starkd 4y ago
It was definitely not neutral. But any effort by a government body to censor public forums crosses a dangerous line. It's not the FBI's job to do that, and they lose credibility in the public eye as a neutral arm of law-enforceme
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by starkd 4y ago
That's false. Matt Taibbi never said that. Read the whole thread. He claimed the Twitter was effectively operating as a subdiary to the FBI. You can claim that was perhaps hyperbole, and that the Trump admin did make some requests
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by starkd 4y ago
Just because Wray was appointed by Trump does not mean the FBI operated at the whims of Trump. For one, these positions are merely nominated by the president. They still have to be confirmed by the senate. The president is effectively gi
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by starkd 4y ago
Oh, please. These issues were not about child exploitation. It was the heavy hand of governent coming down on citizens over jokes. Parody and satire have always been given wide interpretations in the courts. The fact that you point to the
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by starkd 4y ago
That's because the winning side won. It's very short sided. That may be fine for now, but just imagine future elections, when those FBI agents have a different narrative they wish to enforce. It really is not that hard to imag
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by starkd 4y ago
So, you're saying someone is going to try to vote on the day some random low-follower account told them was the correct date? Despite consistent messaging from a variety of other sources telling them the correct date? You really don&
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by starkd 4y ago
Individuals accounts cannot always be categorized in one of two ways. There was a consistent attempt to counter any ideas that ran counter to a certain narrative.
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by starkd 4y ago
There is a major difference when a branch of government makes these requests as compared to another business entity. Especially, the federal government. For one, it becomes more of a command than a request. The consequences for not compl
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by starkd 4y ago
Huh? You can simulataneously point to a bias, while at the same time realizing that individual accounts don't always neatly fall into one of two positions. There was a clear indication they wanted to suppress anything that would sugg
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by starkd 4y ago
It doesn't matter if they were pro-dem or pro-republican. They were doing nothing wrong. What business is it to the FBI. The FBI had partisan agents working on government time to censor American citizens during an election. If you
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by starkd 4y ago
Not everything is a partisan. The FBI should not be asking Twitter to take down accounts. Period. These accounts he cited were low-follower accounts that were doing nothing illegal or immoral. This is a threat to everyone, no matter wh
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by starkd 4y ago
But the FBI was not actively hacking the emails. You are really just proving my point about the FBI unnecessarily involving itself in these issues. They are supposed to be impartial. That's this story should be taken seriously from
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by starkd 4y ago
The problem was that it was entirely one way. This was not about dangerous misinformation. Many of the accounts they wanted suppressed were low-follower accounts making jokes. A ton of FBI agents paid to sway an election. Even if you
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by starkd 4y ago
You may not mind it because you're side won. But that is incredibly short-sided. What if the FBI decides to sway an election to a candidate you don't support sometime in the future? See where this is going?

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