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by wredcoll 5mo ago
> He also didn't leave after the police were called, which is not all that unusual for someone who looks out their window and sees someone they're in conflict with has traveled across the country to stand in front of their door
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by wredcoll 5mo ago
This is delightfully well put.
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by wredcoll 5mo ago
Ha ha, nobody real uses youtube right, not like presidential addresses go out on youtube....
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by wredcoll 5mo ago
> But let's not forget that if author cannot live of what they create, they, for the most part, won't be able to continue creating. Github (and sourceforge and and) seem to prove this point wrong.
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by wredcoll 5mo ago
Wait, so your argument is that people being against censorship or discrimination are now considered to be left wing? That's literally the overton window moving to the right, you're contradicting yourself!
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by wredcoll 5mo ago
NYTimes constantly deletes parts of Trump's comments or outright rephrases them in an attempt to make him seem smarter, or at least, less insane. They rarely to never do that for other people.
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by wredcoll 5mo ago
Good point, Star Wars was famously not about politics. Very apolitical.
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by wredcoll 5mo ago
> but they weren't pulled over for those reasons. Yeah, good point, they were probably pulled over for being black.
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by wredcoll 5mo ago
What job has a lower education requirement than cop ??
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by wredcoll 5mo ago
It's a "few" who actually commit the crime. It's the vast majority who refuse to prosecute them for committing the crime.
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by wredcoll 5mo ago
Yeah, that's a great point, thanks for sharing. One time a teacher cut in line in front of me at the grocery store, so it seems like the real problem here is teachers having too much power.
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by wredcoll 5mo ago
> Do I have the right to express which political party I prefer? Yes. Do I have the right to express my opinion of your choice? Your answer here please: __________
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by wredcoll 5mo ago
Wait, your argument is that aliens and bigfoot are just camera shy?
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by wredcoll 5mo ago
They reported seeing a lot of other things as well. Rationalizing that as "they were right about big squids existing" is a bit of a stretch.
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by wredcoll 5mo ago
It is ridiculously hard to understand. I don't get it either. There's something about not just knowing they're a liar but constantly being told that? Trump benefits a great deal from friendly mass media.
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by wredcoll 5mo ago
well said. Hasn't anyone watched Ant-man?!
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by wredcoll 5mo ago
Ok sure, assuning your gaming machine lasts 5-10 years, what about everyone else who is born (or turns 18 or whatever) during that timespan?
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by wredcoll 5mo ago
Whats the difference, from an anarchist perspective, of a leader making a rule or a group voting on a rule?
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by wredcoll 5mo ago
I agree 100%, but it makes a mildly interesting jumping off point. My first question is: but what if they don't?
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by wredcoll 5mo ago
It wasn't economically viable 20 years ago. What about 20 years in the future?
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by wredcoll 5mo ago
I don't get this, is there a world where we need fewer cpu/ram/ssds in the future? Like, there's so many things that could benefit from a cheap processor involved in their operation, the growth seems effectively unlimi
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by wredcoll 5mo ago
I too disapprove of the csgo/dota2 gambling markets on principle, but how many people actually participate in it? Like, 10k? 100k? 1 million? That seems hard to believe.
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by wredcoll 5mo ago
> The deterrence argument is used to throw the book at people committing minor crimes like shoplifting And it doesn't work there, so why would it work for impaired driving? You seem to be operating under the idea that because she di
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by wredcoll 5mo ago
Those are, by definition, things that prevent you from rationally estimating capabilities and risk.
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by wredcoll 5mo ago
So your hypothetical is that someone reads the headline "elderly woman kills family of four with car due to incapacity, receives no jail time" and goes "oh, no jail? No biggie" but if they read a headline "... and r
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by wredcoll 5mo ago
Ok, so give an actual example.
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by wredcoll 6mo ago
Reddit did it, linked in, most social media really, this is all just a throwback to /~user/ paths from apache and other early webservers. I think slashdot used the same convention.
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by wredcoll 6mo ago
I fail to see the plausibility. Afterall, the east indies corporation existed.
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by wredcoll 6mo ago
Have you tried `C-x e`
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by wredcoll 6mo ago
> The very obvious reason that corporations are “worse” is simply that they have more leverage. The idea that “leverage is likely to be abused” is a much more thoughtful heuristic for the paradigm. If you enjoy thought terminating cliché

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