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by toofy 8y ago
But this isn't what the Supreme Court rules at all. It ruled that in handling the case, the Colorado commission had been biased against the defendant; the ruling specifically stated that Colorado "can protect gay persons in acqui
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by toofy 8y ago
> ...this is now dangerous precedence. Payment processors choosing not to do business at their whim. Hasn't this been going on since the beginning of payment processors? I'm pretty confident in thinking that almost every paymen
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by toofy 8y ago
> Completely unmoderated is also not the right balance. I wouldn't want to be part of a completely unmoderated instance. Moderation is tricky. I think you just summed up precisely what makes federated instances the best solution we
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by toofy 8y ago
I’m not sure this is really an issue when we consider that there are gobs and gobs of completely unmoderated instances. You might be correct, but considering there are so many totally unmoderated instances and that anyone can easily attach
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by toofy 8y ago
I am in complete agreement that Linus is one of the best we have, and I personally think it would be a huge loss if he were to pull back from the project, and not only for technical reasons. Without sounding like I’m engaging in hero worshi
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by toofy 8y ago
Yeah, companies make political statements all the time , on a regular basis, on all political "sides". -- Whether it is a hunting accessories business advocating for 2nd amendment rights, -- An enormous craft supply store (hobby
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by toofy 8y ago
> Let the receiver evaluate the information This ignores one of Google's primary missions. As jlebar posted in a different comment > evaluating trust on the internet using computers (call it AI or not) is literally Google's
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by toofy 8y ago
> ... without proposing any solutions... While I don't necessarily agree with everything the poster is saying--implying that someone is only allowed to discuss topics in which they have a readily available solution would likely ruin
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by toofy 8y ago
> What's the next stage of society? Fully Automated Luxury Gay Space Communism, duh.
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by toofy 8y ago
I really need to pick this book up, I've seen it mentioned so many times since it came out.
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by toofy 8y ago
Sorry, I'm confused by your statement, are you saying "at least" 50% of the lower class are immigrants?
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by toofy 8y ago
Well, I would personally argue the ethical thing would be to pay workers a fair wage.
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by toofy 8y ago
> This also shows why high import taxes are a necessity. How so? To artificially keep salaries high?
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by toofy 8y ago
> I need a citation for... > I really don't care what academics say about the cause because they're divorced from reality... I feel like this is unfair... We should be here for good faith discussions--not to set up arbitrary
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by toofy 8y ago
> For instance we literally pay some farmers not to grow food. And at times when harvests are high the government will prevent farmers from marketing some portion of their harvest which, in extreme cases, can mean that food simply ends u
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by toofy 8y ago
> Anyway eventually regulation caught up and ended the low pay loopholes. So now a job at those factories pays half a million kroner a year, or more than I earn as a senior IT-architect. I think this is an important point that many peopl
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by toofy 8y ago
Yeah, I'm with you. It seems like many of these types of projects are sometimes forcing themselves in the middle when none of the parties involved invited them. Your example with brave browser is a great example. They're like som
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by toofy 8y ago
> Anyone living on $34K in NYC has the option of living like a peasant in China, India, or even poorer countries. If you don't want to emigrate, you can do Peace Corps or other volunteer work and have all your expenses paid for, as
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by toofy 8y ago
Again, when looking at wealth disparity, these numbers immediately lose their meaning once you begin to remove regional and local context. We must take into account what quality of life that salary will purchase for the location in which th
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by toofy 8y ago
> To make the Global Top 1% you have to earn $32,400 It always troubles me when people throw this global piece into it. This global number is absolutely meaningless outside of a regional and often even city based economy. The quality of
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by toofy 8y ago
I didn’t get the sense that they were implying chat messengers should cease to exist. While they certainly could have been more explicit, I think that’s a rather uncharitable interpretation. The larger conversation seems to be revolving ar
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by toofy 8y ago
If the open source ecosystem as a whole has taught us anything, we can take things much further than simply proof of concept and still remain open. I think your point on UX/UI is an important point though. Open source has a turbulent h
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by toofy 8y ago
With all due respect to this project, I’m sure it has a lot of great potential, however: > Our patent pending switching technology ensures data integrity. I personally have little interest in trading one network which is controlled by a
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by toofy 8y ago
> ads are the only way to keep the net free. Do we really believe this? My understanding from people who were around back in the day say the web was far better before the web was a giant shopping mall and ad supported sites took over ev
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by toofy 8y ago
> The title of this article seems to imply that face painting was intentionally used among Juggalos to deter computerized facial recognition... I find it so interesting how we all interpret text so differently. As I said in another comme
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by toofy 8y ago
> ... we’re making a concerted effort. It’s interesting — knowing that so many major discoveries through all of history were completely accidental I didn’t read it this way at all. I actually interpreted it to mean they “stumbled upon” a
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by toofy 8y ago
I might be mistaken, so please, forgive me if I’m wrong, but I feel like you may be missing my overall point.
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by toofy 8y ago
Yeah I’m not sure any of the big tech empires purchasing GitHub would be necessarily better than the others. It would have been nice to see them bought by someone who we could consider neutral and someone who didn’t have such a long history
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by toofy 8y ago
> They made money too. Sure, but it isn’t profit motive that I think we should be concerned about in this case. Its the entire space in which GitHub exists is now radically different. Until the buyout, they were an independent company
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by toofy 8y ago
Agreed, however, we shouldn’t fool ourselves into believing ms would put the wider software community’s needs before their shareholder profits. The situation with GitHub has radically changed, it is no longer a neutral and independent proje

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