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"petty political disagreement" literally donated massive amounts of money to donald trump and supporting a genocide. the post discusses Thiel and Trumps misconduct and the ethical reasons the author is choosing not to invest, but
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Rumeysa Öztürk: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/tufts-student-from-tur... here's the article: https://www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2024/03/4ftk27sm6jkj .
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this is such a trope at this point that it has its own wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Asking_Questions
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This person believes in the (white) replacement conspiracy theory and is trying to articulate its tenets without referencing or naming it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Replacement_conspiracy_t...
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but DEI isn't just about race, nor is the idea behind it that a superficial characteristic makes someone more qualified for a job. DEI addresses the systemic barriers that have historically disadvantaged certain populations (like race,
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men are also victims of sexual violence.
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i mean, 1 in 3 women have a chance of experiencing sexual violence in the US. it sucks that some men now fear interacting with women because of n=2 false accusations, but a grassroots movement was literally created because women aren't
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> extensive programs of race consciousness Programs which were largely created by both academics employed in educational institutions and by the paying students who wanted to learn about more than Western history and culture. Where'
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This never happened, of course. On the single occurrence of it happening at UCLA, it was covered extensively.
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tech has always been political. the difference is most people on HN are on the side of the Feds/profiteers now. hate to see that even more. "This is our world now... the world of the electron and the switch, the beauty of the baud
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yeah fair, the leftmost folks are not really involved in party-level messaging at all. i disagree that they're a narrow slice and aren't a bloc, though. in federal politics sure but in local politics they're more active and t
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american liberals are for neoliberal markets which alone puts them to the right of their global counterparts. besides hollow support for socialized healthcare, they've put forward no meaningful reforms which would lead to it (beside
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to clarify: the leftmost bloc eschews identity politics because they are first and foremost anti-capitalist and believe that identity politics are a wedge issue designed to distract from class struggle (which is to say, they still address i
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kinda but not really in a meaningful way, at least not yet. there's some plugins for popular 3D software but it's still early days.
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splats augment 3D scenes, they don't replace them. i've seen them used for AR/VR, photogrammetry, and high-performance 3D. going from splats to a 3D model would be a downgrade in terms of performance.
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splats don't have wireframes, and they have an embedded webgpu viewer in the linked page.
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do you have citations for any of this ("most protestors", "calling for destruction", "extermination", "misinformation", etc)? you may also be surprised to find that much of the world doesn't cons
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mostly scale: accumulation of data over time and use of that data (a single brief observation of an anonymous person vs identification and observation of a person over time, with real-time activities reported to law enforcement). same way t
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a police officer observing you briefly with their eyes is quite different than an entire police department outsourcing surveillance of protected activities to a third party which monitors your online activity over time.
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and i disagree with you. once again, these are facts and numbers - it's not enough to wait until the situation becomes so dire that we no longer have the ability to legally, meaningfully respond and reverse our circumstances. it&#x27
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these incidents - among an escalating number of other, similar incidents - are a grave betrayal of the US’ purported values, especially when it claims to be morally better than "other countries" who routinely violate the rights of
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> I'm just pointing out that Khalil is affiliated with a group that supports Hamas The article that you linked says he was a negotiator for Columbia pro-Palestine protestors. Painting them as supporters of Hamas is a tired tactic in
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I (reluctantly) acknowledge the practicality of this, but what happens when those economic and political elite are too extreme and are overthrown? Supporting those actors creates a permanent divide and causes further isolation. Consider the
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> elite and economic consolidation plays a greater role in building lasting ties with a country instead of ideological ties Elite and economic consolidation is a corrupting force, though. A country's actions are just as important as
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Mass government purges - including unlawfully firing people who oversee the legality of government actions - is an indicator of deteriorating civic freedoms as institutions meant for oversight and public services are dismantled.
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No, the money that Thiel dumped into Trump's campaign and the time and money Thiel spent grooming Vance into a politician - in combination with advocating for Vance - is what chose Vance. Again, gotta use those critical thinking skills
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Which wouldn't be as concerning if he hadn't gutted the newsroom first.
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> Is your source an anon with a 1-letter pseudonym? Nah, it's Forbes, USA Today, CBS, Washington Post, and New York Times. https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2024/07/16/jd-... ht
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Of course you can't actually engage with the substance of my argument, so you settle for pedantry. Tells me all I need to know.
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The existence of violence doesn't mean that civic rights aren't deteriorating. In fact, it's an indicator. Washington Post is owned by a billionaire who has gutted the newsroom and said that only pro-capitalist stances will b

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