syshum

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by syshum 5y ago
History of the world would be very different if people actually believed that.
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by syshum 5y ago
Good to know Patreon comes out against the idea of Self defense. I wonder how far that extends.
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by syshum 5y ago
Open Source is made up by the organizations that represent Open Source. As such if the Organizations are hostile to Free Software, then Open Source is hostile, you can not separate the 2 like you are attempting Sure under a technical defi
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by syshum 5y ago
"open source" has largely been transformed by large corporations to mean "dev friendly" but user hostile. This is why Libre or "Free" Software continues to further seperate itself from "Open Source"
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by syshum 5y ago
I think you have made a lot of assumptions of facts not in evidence to come to this conclusion
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by syshum 5y ago
IANAL, but from the US stand point there are a few specific occupations that make a person a "mandatory reporter"[1] but for the general public I am not aware of any statute that requires a normal citizen to report any crime at al
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by syshum 5y ago
dealer lobbies are powerful at state level, less so at federal level especially in states which tax the sale of new cars, as most of the time dealer sales represent a huge % of state revenue
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by syshum 5y ago
I guess the parent clear in their last post. They meant that the rational thing would be to ***force*** the free release of the manufacture specific tools and information. if they were FORCED by regulations, then they would not have the opt
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by syshum 5y ago
Notice the Canadian government did not in fact say they did not freeze the accounts of donors, only that they did not "provide lists of donors to Financial Institutions" Those are very different statements, and they can both note
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by syshum 5y ago
Small business do not go cashless to save money, nor raaccciiismm They go cashless because it eliminates the threat of robbery. Them proudly having signs everywhere saying they were cashless is to announce to the would be theif there is no
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by syshum 5y ago
And they could implement that feature in an optional way, so only their "official" labels have the feature, but allow 3rd party "dumb" labels, this would for many make the cost worth it for the official labels and not
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by syshum 5y ago
So in your mind "trust" is about free stuff? As long as they print or tax enough to spend on "free" things for everyone all the lies, deceit, and authoritarianism is forgiven? Interesting >>FDA fast tracked vacc
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by syshum 5y ago
Trust is earned not given. Tell me, how as any US Governmental institution earned any trust at any point during the response to COVID?
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by syshum 5y ago
Assuming for a second I would support your idea of "responsibilities", the question is where to draw the line. If that line is drawn where you believe it is, any undue burden monetarily on society, then you would you agree you re
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by syshum 5y ago
"I don't trust any government agency" is where you should stop. Government should be inherently distrusted.
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by syshum 5y ago
In this day there is very limited reasons to not have backups, Even if your devices can not store that kinda of data, and 2TB is nothing IMO... (My home has raw storage online capacity of over 100TB right now, and probably triple that in o
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by syshum 5y ago
>> A group of protestors has occupied a city and created a massive public disturbance in the process for those that live and work there. Yes, that is the point of protesting. Which is a fundamental right in free society. As long as t
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by syshum 5y ago
>>Have you backed up your email? Yes... Every piece of data I have that I care about is backed up following a 3-2-1 model I am also in the process of moving off Gmail due to the Legacy termination. >I don't think users truly u
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by syshum 5y ago
>>Care to provide specific examples of what you have tried and been unable to say because the government explicitly tells you not to? Looked at Canadian news lately? I am not even talking about those blocking a major bridge or anythin
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by syshum 5y ago
You can not look history from a lens of our modern ethics. Doing so is fraught with problems and you end up missing the the lessons history has for us, and worse you can never see anything good about history. Slavery was terrible, but when
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by syshum 5y ago
>No one said racism or slavery until you did hmmm >like why you think black and female humans should not have voting rights So you subtle call me a racist, but no one mentioned it? Really..... No where in any comments ever have a sta
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by syshum 5y ago
You can list 100's of topic for which people will disagree with each other on how children should be educated. I still believe it should be in the parents corner. That is not to say the parents should direct what the schools teach on
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by syshum 5y ago
Good parents should do this, but from what I see this is not what is happening in modern schools. It was starting to change even when I was in public schools 30 years ago, and from what see it has only gotten worse. Lets Critical thinking,
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by syshum 5y ago
Sorry no, democracy is not a core tenant of America... Core tenant's of America's founding where Individual rights and self governance. The Founders took great pains to LIMIT the amount of democracy in our system, because they un
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by syshum 5y ago
At this point the evidence is pretty clear that is the case.. well maybe not "indoctrination" but for sure many many school systems do not share the value system of the parents sending their kids to the schools The question then
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by syshum 5y ago
So let me guess, the "Climate Crisis" is now going to be used as a justification for draconian authoritarian government policy, regulation, and laws. or worse we will new see heads of State, governors etc, just declare "sta
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they are purposely built their for Geo-political reasons, to ensure those area's stay "disputed"
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by syshum 5y ago
"for the immediate future, we will continue to operate as we always have." == 18-24 mos of transition, then founders exit, and company starts its merge into larger org. Happens every time
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by syshum 5y ago
Well that depends on the crime, and a whole host of other factors including the fact that it is ciruclar logic. We cant trust them because they re offend, but they re offend because of lack of opportunities created by society not trusting t
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by syshum 5y ago
>>>Things need to be put into perspective, and evaluated carefully. And leading with hyperbolic "Think of the children" hand waving pearl clutching does nothing to put "things into perspective" In the context of

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