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by throwawayswede 5y ago
As a non-American, how is this legal? I was under the impression that financial trading is highly regulated in the US. I mean the possibility of her not giving insider info to her husband is very slim to none imo.
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by throwawayswede 5y ago
can't you print pdf from reader view? FF reader view is pretty good imo...
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by throwawayswede 5y ago
> It means the only reason you have a computer today is because the Islamic civilization passed the torch of knowledge to the West. Overstatement of the day.
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by throwawayswede 5y ago
Interesting to think about what other sort of supposedly environmentally-motivated campaigning that's happening will actually end up with a net negative effect on the environment.
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by throwawayswede 5y ago
> He's not trolling Yes he is. > or clickbaiting I believe he is. > …he thinks the Linux community should… You might be commenting on the wrong post, because clearly that’s not what the title of the talk says. While we’re on t
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by throwawayswede 5y ago
I'm aware that Brian has been trolling with such a title over the years, but I really think that it's the epitome of clickbait. Totally a personal opinion, but I absolutely hate such farcical titles. I'd honestly feel more co
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by throwawayswede 5y ago
Terribly slow to load, absolutely horrible UX. That moving/flying background windows is beyond horrible, spent 3 seconds trying to understand what this is and then the dizziness started to hit me. That is not to mention that from I saw
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by throwawayswede 5y ago
Not to take away from your comment, you're free to think and feel as you like, but you shouldn't really be trying to cram your views down other people's throats. You can feel "appreciative" and find wholesome justif
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by throwawayswede 5y ago
I had a bad connection for the majority of my internet usage life. People don’t understand that excessive data loading is superfluous. But to call people who worry about that weird is truly strange to me.
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by throwawayswede 5y ago
You do realize those people you call weird mainly refuse to enable js by default because of the amount of tracking it imposes right? Not to mention those “designed” articles (the verge style) that load like 3 megs at least of a god awful am
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by throwawayswede 5y ago
What a douchebag company honestly. Their marketing is absolutely evil. Changing the headline does not cut it, they need to fire people responsible for that outright lie. After a dude gets arrested, they’re like: oh, we were talking about ad
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by throwawayswede 5y ago
Reads like a clickbait title. Of course they are. Somewhat out of touch if Ben really thinks like that.
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by throwawayswede 5y ago
That doesn’t say what it is.
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by throwawayswede 5y ago
Somewhat of a bs saying really. I get the point, but the cover has the title, and we all do an initial assessment of the book by the title.
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by throwawayswede 5y ago
On a related/unrelated note, the website says: > Polkadot development is on track to deliver the most robust platform for security, scalability and innovation. This is absolutely meaningless. I absolutely hate these kinds of website
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by throwawayswede 5y ago
It has not really changed meaning. Asshole companies blatantly lying and using dark patterns only means one thing: that the company is a piece of trash and does not respect their customers.
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by throwawayswede 5y ago
This is seriously messed up. Purely because their marketing has been very aggressive to promote total and complete anonymity, directly sometimes and mostly indirectly. If it’s true that the French wording makes it seem like they don’t keep
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by throwawayswede 5y ago
> So no, I don’t think just laying out raw facts with no context and explanation and simply hoping everyone educates themselves is good enough. Again, it's not a matter of belief. When you call them "unbeliever" you'r
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by throwawayswede 5y ago
> Storytelling is the only way to argue any point Depends on your definition of storytelling, but generally this is just false.
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by throwawayswede 5y ago
> Your specific example about global warming vs climate change has a history in the US, but in the other direction Actually my example was to show that"both directions" are equally dumb and manipulative in terms of how they&#x2
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by throwawayswede 5y ago
If they want people to agree with them, they can only present the fact and maybe encourage people to educate themselves and be inquisitive. They can't trick people into "believing". You don't "believe" in scien
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by throwawayswede 5y ago
Seeming like they care, either for population karma points or for a more sinister reason like control. Like how the oil industry has spent billions to control the climate change conversation. edit: regarding downvotes I really don't un
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by throwawayswede 5y ago
Our brains have evolved to be attracted to stories and story telling. I'm not exactly knocking it down when it comes to social situation (or even business/advertising), but when it's being used in the context of presenting fa
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by throwawayswede 5y ago
Propaganda is still propaganda, regardless of whether it's used for "good" or for evil. From watching hundreds of similar documentaries over the years, these here look exactly the kind that I'd avoid watching because the
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by throwawayswede 5y ago
> isn't using a vpn a form of pirating? sorry, what?
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by throwawayswede 5y ago
You can't expect more when the discussion behind-closed-door is to whether "global-warming" or "climate-change" is a better term to get people to lean one way or the other. It's the idea that story telling is m
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by throwawayswede 5y ago
This sort of reminds me of the whole thing with lockdowns 1) It is noted that governments could, in theory, be requiring and enforcing lockdowns not because they're scientifically better for public health. Widely dismissed as silly and
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by throwawayswede 5y ago
Pre smoking ban, regulation required airlines to change air more regularly (every 3 minutes I believe). Now they change it with half-new half-reused air. From the article: > They don't change the air as regularly, as it costs money
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by throwawayswede 5y ago
It's not exactly evidence, but I heard the same thing on QI. It's actually very difficult to find any information on this other than (what seems to me as) ads put up by airlines at different times (mostly 90s) to promote the idea
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Airline cabin air quality is worse than before smoking ban (2016)(traveller.com.au)
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