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by trod123 2y ago
It wasn't always like that. The actual solution is something that all forums have done for decades starting in the 90s with BBS/moderated usenet groups. You only allow moderators to do the actual moderating. You don't allow u
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by trod123 2y ago
When you silence people, you isolate them. Isolation does weird things to the mind, one of which distorts reflected appraisal, other parts where reflected appraisal is denied in communications are even more impactful. It induces a involunta
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by trod123 2y ago
There is no point, even my previous response was significantly downvoted, and that was quite constructive which contradicts your entire statement. You might suggest such, but this has the effect of just baiting me for a response so it can b
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by trod123 2y ago
This isn't necessarily true. For example Equifax's TheWorkNumber won't do this (companies that don't do background references/verification of employment use this service), and their representatives and processes see
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by trod123 2y ago
I could elaborate, but rather, let me ask you this instead since its more relevant. What is the point of responding with any legitimate criticism when any potentially negative sentiment however mild, upfront, expressing disagreement, gets d
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by trod123 2y ago
If you consider this to be true, you would seem to have a rather low standard. There are many aspects in which they are not the best.
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by trod123 2y ago
> To be fair - anyone contributing to the GPL... I agree, and also to add another point, this actually provides some protection to those authors. If you are a maintainer with credentials that allow you to push code into the kernel/d
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by trod123 2y ago
Paywall: https://archive.ph/guNgg
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by trod123 2y ago
Depends on the topology, my guess would be no though. Generally speaking, a compromise requires a lot of non-public work to be done in a very short time period. If they don't know how they were initially compromised (and you can't
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by trod123 2y ago
Its not a problem until it suddenly is, and by the time it becomes a problem its too late. Its not fear mongering, its risk management and the laws are draconian and fail fundamental basis for a "rule of law", we have a "rule
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by trod123 2y ago
and a good number of things that were going to pass into copyright were further extended to 2053.
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by trod123 2y ago
> I believe it is the responsibility of parents to provide a safe environment for humans to grown, learn who they are, and how the world works, until they can operate and exist safely without their parents. I agree completely, and empath
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by trod123 2y ago
So many parent's today don't follow this advice and they see it as harmless. I know a good number of parents that track a variety number of things through the phones, where they've mandated to their children if you don't
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by trod123 2y ago
Yes it is, and it did so quite densely and unambiguously for the word count. Anything less relies on the ambiguity of corrupted language, and knowledge and experience that the reader obviously doesn't have. Good people don't tortu
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by trod123 2y ago
I had a long response, but it came across as preachy so I canned it. The short of it is, as you gain real world experience you will realize that the world is filled with looters and thieves, and its up to you to figure out who they are and
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by trod123 2y ago
Not always, but it is rare in this day and age of ruin. People don't realize that privacy is the right to not to be blackmailed, manipulated, or coerced by the highest bidder.
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by trod123 2y ago
For those not familiar with why concurrency is desirable in a text editor, can you elaborate?
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by trod123 2y ago
For those people who can't even be bothered to find the papers. Here's a site that gives you those references. Do the critical thinking and reasoning. If you actually do the reading, you'll find what I have said is quite corr
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by trod123 2y ago
There's some evidence if you know where to look for some of these things (i.e. the programme Dr. Ellie recommends on youtube does actually have papers backing what she says), but overall the dental industry has a long sordid history. Y
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by trod123 2y ago
While Frances debt to GDP as a single country has reached above that threshold, the driver of statism is the primary currency they use, and they pooled their primary currency with the eurozone (i.e. the euro), and the aggregated country deb
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by trod123 2y ago
To be exposed to ideas and observations that may be outside your normal perception. Forewarning of the issues when it matters, following rational principle, is being forearmed in preparation (should you choose to act on that warning and hed
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by trod123 2y ago
If the latter were true, then we would have seen the demand increase for all those specialized fields from graduates, but we have seen its just like what it was, no jobs and more debt, Older people fulfilling roles, until they retire or die
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by trod123 2y ago
bitcoin is traceable. not a false equivalence at all. Search history is kept tied to a profile/semaphore/data lake and then also tied financially to the way you pay, as well as the devices you use. When data is collected, it will
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by trod123 2y ago
I think its a fair point to say that most of humanity will probably be dead within 20-30 years. You have far more destructive people in positions that only make survival less likely, compared to the intelligent ones. The people who made thi
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by trod123 2y ago
Don't forget indoctrination and demoralization for thought reform as well. Beams marxist reeducation right into every teen's life in subtle ways. There's good reason its being considered a national security threat when all u
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by trod123 2y ago
> It scares the shit out of me. It should because anytime austerity, or other diverse circumstances happen where life is on the line, these are the first people that end up dying and worst the responsibility for the travesty is entirely
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by trod123 2y ago
There are some subjects that are personal that no one will be comfortable searching for while its tied to a billing address (i.e. any login). Abortion in some states for example. It doesn't matter what any company says right now, the p
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by trod123 2y ago
There are a great many problems with LLM's and AI in general. The underlying problem is, LLMs break the social contract in about as many ways as a human can dream up. There is no useful beneficial purpose that doesn't also open th
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by trod123 2y ago
Not really, government and academia can't fire people. Prior to Vietnam they could relieve them temporarily, but that's not the same. They get paid regardless. The moment you can't fire people for not meeting a base level of
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by trod123 2y ago
You forgot to mention the fact that retired members can be recalled, that would dramatically factor into the calculations. As well as the fact that many roles are tied to holding an active clearance, and while some things would be available

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