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by wbsss4412 4y ago
I agree, from the perspective of what industry creates, but keep in mind that the effect on the consumer space varied throughout that history significantly. There was no consumer room sized computer. Realistically I think the future is alre
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by wbsss4412 4y ago
Convergence is something that’s been talked about for a long time, but I don’t see it being something the large consumer companies want to actually drive forward. Looking at the direction of Apple/Microsoft/Google, they’d much rat
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by wbsss4412 4y ago
While I’m sure AR glasses are coming and will be popular, the notion that they’ll be so popular that smart phones won’t even have screens is particularly bold. Smartphones didn’t replace PDAs, most people didn’t have a PDA to replace. Smart
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by wbsss4412 4y ago
> Here is the crux of the issue: the graphs and the source do not say that the non-wealthy Texans actually pay more money in taxes. Instead, they contribute higher share of total tax revenue. Did we read the same article? Because that is
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by wbsss4412 4y ago
Pointing out that conflating two things is incorrect isn’t the same thing as defending either of those bad things. Your points are dishonest and sloppy, and this subject is too serious to just accept it.
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by wbsss4412 4y ago
Most of the world doesn’t even use iMessage, it’s all WhatsApp/messenger/WeChat. This controversy is such a nothing burger in comparison to App Store policies. There’s plenty of cross platform chat clients out there and new ones s
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by wbsss4412 4y ago
The US is still has the second largest manufacturing output in the world. This also isn’t the 1940s anymore in the sense that, while the world and the US are particularly dependent on China, China is also dependent on the rest of the world.
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by wbsss4412 4y ago
> when Russia does something to protect their border, ooooohhh, big bad russia That’s funny, I didn’t realize that Ukraine was inside of Russia’s borders. I thought it was it’s own sovereign country.
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by wbsss4412 4y ago
1. Ah I see, because Israel never signed the document they’re a-okay . It doesn’t matter what actions you take as long as you have meaningless pieces of paper that back you up. Note that Iran still hasn’t violated the NPT. If all that ma
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by wbsss4412 4y ago
1. It’s widely known that Israel has developed nuclear weapons long after the NPT was international law. Iran has mirrored Israel in that regard. 2. As stated above, Iran openly calls for destruction of the state of israel . To my unders
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by wbsss4412 4y ago
You’re making the false equivalence here. I never made the assertion that they were no different, only that they have done the same things that you were accusing Iran of, which is correct .
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by wbsss4412 4y ago
I’m not saying that Iran is beyond criticism, it certainly deserves quite a bit, but as an American, yes, we do need to have nuanced and sophisticated discussions about this topic. Sorry to rain on your jingoism parade.
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by wbsss4412 4y ago
The US/Israel are guilty of all three of those things (to my knowledge, Iran hasn’t actually stated genocidal intent towards Israel, only that they support destruction of the state of Israel, which is often conflated as such)
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by wbsss4412 4y ago
Tesla doesn’t have a fully integrated battery supply chain, though. Panasonic, LG, CATL, BYD, etc are going to be the leaders in the battery supply chain from what I can tell, and the legacy manufacturers will be able to buy from them just
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by wbsss4412 4y ago
The impact of foreign investment has been much greater in Vancouver, though. 40% of the population was born outside of Canada. Not saying it’s a bad thing, but it’s not just seething racism at play, there were major waves of immigration int
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by wbsss4412 4y ago
TOTP is an open standard, as you noted, you can just keep and exported file of the seeds and store them in an encrypted back up file, and import them into and TOTP app on any platform. Services like authy make it difficult to export your se
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by wbsss4412 4y ago
As if privacy isn’t political. The fourth amendment exists for a reason.
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by wbsss4412 4y ago
That’s a them problem.
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by wbsss4412 4y ago
It’s marginally useful, but it also is extremely slow to roll out given the extremely limited range of the cell towers (at least the ultra high speed ones anyways). Personally I have it turned off on my device, there’s not enough of a notic
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by wbsss4412 4y ago
I was with you until the 5G one. The only bubble I’m aware of related to 5G is the telecom people who keep hyping it. I have never ran into anyone anywhere, cyberspace nor meatspace, who has claimed that 5G was actually useful for something
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by wbsss4412 4y ago
Why not use an email aliasing service instead of continually making throwaway emails?
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by wbsss4412 4y ago
3G is being shut down in the US.
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by wbsss4412 4y ago
It is, but is distinct from the meaning of “identity politics” and not making that distinction causes confusion.
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by wbsss4412 4y ago
I realize that, but it’s a redefinition that makes it very challenging for people engaging in fleeting internet conversations to follow the thread. Identity politics and partisanship have fairly well defined meanings within political discou
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by wbsss4412 4y ago
You’re confusing partisanship with identity. I realize it’s seemingly a small difference or amounts to the same thing, but not making the distinction really muddies the conversation.
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by wbsss4412 4y ago
How is identity at the crux of “defund the FBI”? “Identity politics” are generally considered to be issues related to things like race, gender, social class, etc
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by wbsss4412 4y ago
I feel like calling that “identity” muddles the term, as identity politics generally refers to categories like race and gender, and maps to feelings on issues such as abortion and the Black Lives Matter movement. To attempt to be helpful, I
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by wbsss4412 4y ago
Do you have particular examples of identity being a core part of the issue? I see people complain about identity politics all the time, but when it comes down to it, the individual issues that fall under that umbrella are things that people
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by wbsss4412 4y ago
Again, the point was never that you have to be perfect, it’s that it’s shouldn’t just happen to perfectly align with Americas foreign policy agenda.
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by wbsss4412 4y ago
I wasn’t specific enough. My point was that people are inconsistent due to the intersection between their advocacy and their own sense of nationalism. The issues are amplified when they pertain to Americas enemies and lessened when it perta

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