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by tenpies 7y ago
How does 4chan do it? Last I checked they have moderators (well "janitors"). They are volunteers, work for almost no recognition (still Anon), and probably do not have the mental health problems that regular people do. There is
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This. The most likely scenario to me seems that NYT is seeing a very clear trend after several years of flaunting a complete lack of accountability, highly controversial (not in a good way) hires, and obscene levels of bias for "the n
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I would say that is pre-2016. After 2016, journalism as a profession became extremely fast and loose. A "we'll apologize if we're wrong" approach took over, plus zero accountability or consequences for false informatio
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And refuted not with "uncontested" social science (an oxymoron if there was ever one), but with job termination. We had someone clearly trying to have a constructive discussion on a topic and he was treated as if he had written th
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> retail investors I don't think the target is retail investors, at least not directly. This is an unprecedented time when it comes to two things: * The amount of money flowing into index ETFs that don't really discriminate wha
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It upsets me because it's removing utility from the language. "They" is plural. "They are running late" tells me that multiple people are delayed. "She is running late" tells me that one person is runn
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Exactly. If you looked at my order history at Apple you'll see I order a new MacBook Pro every year. By that end of a week, the laptop is back in Apple's hands and I'm receiving a full refund. Unfortunately all their "
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What makes me somewhat mad are the (Western) countries "solving" their public pension problems through immigration. Not only do you then destroy the tax payer base in the country that loses the emigrant, but you're just push
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> I'd like to think the majority of people just want to live and be kind to each other What you're getting to is the Golden rule in almost all human civilizations: treat others as you would like to be treated. The problem is w
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> You're not in general paid in "visa". You either have a bank account and can withdraw cash, or you can get paid in cash. But we've already seen that you can effectively be "banned" from the financial syste
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Alternative explanation: Putin has zero plans to move a finger towards the commitments. The accord is after all - an accord - utterly unenforceable. The political equivalent of "I promise to guarantee to at least think about possibly
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I believe the last time we ran the numbers it wasn't that drastic. The mandatory retirement saving in Canada (Canada Pension Plan) is quite bad, can't really be maxed out beyond a very low benefit, and is almost criminal for your
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This is actually a semi-common problem in the Western world. See also: Spain and Britain. We've seem to hit a point where populations in some countries are split evenly and there is no unifying political will.
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This is what happens when social media companies destroy the business model of journalism and the entire profession gets replaced with outrage bloggers chasing impressions.
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What's the over/under on this "update" of the "algorithm" taking at least until 2020?
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Thankfully I get to make my own hardware decisions, so I've made a point of ordering a new MBP every time a new revision is released , and promptly returning it to Apple the next day when I realize the keyboard is still absolute rubbi
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Whenever someone points out Portugal and you talk to them you find that they think just decriminalization turned Portugal into a beautiful utopia. In practice decriminalization was 20% of the action. The important 80% was investing heavily
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Keep in mind Popeyes is not really fast food. Unless you're ordering fried chicken, everything is cooked to order. They are bound by physics as to how fast they can cook a piece of chicken while keeping it delicious. Add assembly ti
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by tenpies 7y ago
“A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It's where the rich use public transportation.” - Gustavo Petro Although I much prefer the adaption: "A prosperous country is not a place where everyone has a car, but
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> the orangered envelope is cherished on reddit Is is cherished? There is literally a meme that "orange envelope = who did I piss off now?". And granted there is a little bit of worthwhile content on Reddit, but it's ba
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I think one of the major issues, is that if I say "I'm just not into identity politics" the person will be knocking at HR's door in precisely 5 seconds and HR will be scheduling re-education for later in that day. You ca
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But only Google is this outwardly politically aligned. You don't see these problems emerge at Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook, or Netflix. Google's culture is uniquely subservient to politics. The organization's mission is very
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> China is also a huge foreign debt holder, and if presumably no longer a buyer due to decoupling, will send US interest rates skyrocketing. Before that happens, the capital exodus demanding to liquidate their Yuan for USD would have bur
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> I reported the tweet that called for burning the restaurant across the street down to Twitter, and Twitter did remove that tweet You already got 99% more than the average Twitter report. Twitter really needs a better "this tweet
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> I actually ended up having these on reddit I am actually quite surprised how complicit the media is in not reporting what goes on Reddit. It's the one place on the "mainstream" internet I run into where you can see cal
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> The current generation of politicians around the globe seem content to ignore any sense of responsibility either globally or locally. Absolutely, they are because the people who vote them in are as well. Look, at the end of the day, no
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This. You have to consider that Canada does not have a singular public health system since they are provincial responsibilities. The Federal government "guarantees" it, but in practice doesn't do anything other than delegat
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The worst part is I think both sides have at least some merit for their suspicion. Obviously the Republicans seem to be more openly punished and the balance tipped against them, but the Democrats also suffer occasionally, especially if the
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And speaking of capitals: York, the capital of what would become Canada at the time was also burned down. In fact, it's the reason the capital of Canada is Ottawa today. When the Province of Canada was established, it was deemed that
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Is it a problem? Older people are more likely to vote and spend more time on Facebook. Older people have more money to donate to parties and spend on products they are advertised. If it is a problem, it sounds like a great one to have. W

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