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by tivert 2y ago
> do you have a source for ATACMS using GNSS not GPS? GNSS is a general term that encompasses GPS and systems like it. GPS is the American GNSS. https://www.gps.gov/systems/gnss/
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by tivert 2y ago
> They would have to be launched from a ship or larger aircraft, which are vulnerable to existing defenses. What about a swarm of drone Zodiac rafts?
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by tivert 2y ago
> Then the abusers will have a new system to game, and they will be less successful for a while. But that doesn't happen in the US, because the Congress has long been unable or unwilling to do its job. The simple solution is to remo
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by tivert 2y ago
> Well I don't know what to tell ya man. I am too dumb to just invent this. How about admitting you could be wrong? You repeated an unbelievable claim, and so far have failed to support it. The best you seem to be able to do is come
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by tivert 2y ago
> What right do you have to say this woman shouldn't be allowed to end her life though? Read the article. She really wanted appropriate housing, which was the care she needed for her condition. She tried for years, and they wouldn&
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by tivert 2y ago
> Please don't trivialize peoples stuggles by offering pithy anecdotes. I think you're mistaken, I didn't trivialize anything. If anything's being trivialized, it was the value of quadriplegic people, who some interne
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by tivert 2y ago
> What is the steelman argument for why it's okay to help people kill themselves a la MAID, but not okay to execute murderers? I would assume it's something that centers personal bodily autonomy above all other competing moral
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by tivert 2y ago
This woman was approved: https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/woman-with-chemical-sensitivit... Edit: fixed link, was looking at two very similar ones and got them mixed up.
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by tivert 2y ago
> I think the causality might go the other way. They can't "pull" people in person because they spend all their time on OnlyFans. Talking to and charming people is a skill you can develop, not an immutable characteristic.
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by tivert 2y ago
> ...one shared quality of every single person I've met who has stuck around Wikipedia for a long time is ... they put a low value on their own time. ... Who are they? ... I think common professions are software and computer enginee
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by tivert 2y ago
> Good luck helping somebody paralyzed from the neck down live a fulfilling life. Honestly, you seem to suffer from a lack of imagination. There are famous examples of people profoundly paralyzed who most likely lived fulfilling lives (
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by tivert 2y ago
> Worrying parallel: will euthanasia become another "solution" for those who can't afford proper care and treatment? Moving homeless people to warmer cities and offering euthanasia to those who can't afford treatment
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by tivert 2y ago
> I support jail time for cases like this, but with mandatory physical consequences (like a daily beating with a stick). I hear you, but I think corporate dissolution is the one case where no one can really expect a device to remain supp
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by tivert 2y ago
> Yes this is exactly it, any remote thing that can disqualify people that is today forgiven... No that's not at all "exactly it." Do you realize you're moving the goalposts? Looking for flaws in an applications accor
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by tivert 2y ago
> As I see it, it should go something like this: automation scales to the point where it’s pushing people out of jobs. This scares the working class. It gives them a real reason to go out and force change... The biggest problem with that
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by tivert 2y ago
> Here's a fact sheet from the ACLU which covers the USCIS denaturalization unit created by Trump during his last administration. [0] That sounds nothing like "declaring anyone that subsequently went on to be naturalized while
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by tivert 2y ago
> But the car that this engine drives is one that is meant expand and deepen the human experience by keeping people healthy for longer and giving people back more free time than ever before to explore themselves and the world. But some p
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AI company trolls San Francisco with billboards saying "stop hiring humans"(arstechnica.com)
11 points by tivert 2y ago|2 comments
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by tivert 2y ago
> There was also talk in a video I think from Jamelle Bouie of the NYT talking about these groups going further and declaring anyone that subsequently went on to be naturalized while living here under these and other programs to have the
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by tivert 2y ago
> I doubt he was arrogant. I think he was on the run and didn’t have any place to put away the evidence. Probably homeless this whole time. And had to go to get food at some point. He totally did. Find a trash can, and put it in (though
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by tivert 2y ago
> Most people don't even know what jury nullification is, and even fewer realize it is in fact legal. I'd be surprised if he was banking on that. Also, IIRC, the court system is pretty against it. The judge won't instruct
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by tivert 2y ago
> I have a different take. Assuming his crime is driven by his beliefs/mission, not being found will not further it. I'm not so sure in this case. It would have been hard for the perpetrator to predict beforehand, but there was
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by tivert 2y ago
> If you’re not pushing the envelope to be noticed more and build your promotion packet, you’re coasting. No, I'd say that's just not being ambitious, which is different from coasting.
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by tivert 2y ago
> Eh, they cant control messages as well. Communication worldwide is easier than ever. They totally can (see China, People's Republic Of), it's just in many places the authorities have not yet chosen to. It's pure fant
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by tivert 2y ago
I think the title is actually very misleading. It should be "He Built Apple's 1980s Retro Themed iPad Concept [video]" or even better "He Built a Case for His Raspberry Pi Based on Old Apple Concept Art."
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by tivert 2y ago
Maybe not "every shop," but ones with a security guard monitoring the video who's actually doing his job, trying to "dazzle the camera" would definitely draw extra attention to you, which is probably not what you
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by tivert 2y ago
Remember when technology was going to liberate the common man? It turns out the tyrants are almost always in a better position to use it for tyranny.
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by tivert 2y ago
> At $150k, I was coasting at a large company for a few years, but it wasn’t like I did _nothing_. I did my sprint work as assigned within the sprint. It's weird to count literally doing your job as requested as "coasting.&quot
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by tivert 2y ago
That sentiment is event older than that. IIRC, it was fairly common for classical authors to complain bitterly about how lazy their slaves were. They thought they deserved more effort and enthusiasm from them, because they only considered
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by tivert 2y ago
> What is wrong with the requests for money? Wikipedia ads are the least intrusive of ads. Did you forget the /s?

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