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by yesco 2y ago
Let's imagine populations: A, B, and C. Each population has their own distinct way of interpreting reality. It's not that their worldviews are completely different from each other, it's simply that the lens through which they
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by yesco 2y ago
I don't think the point you are raising here is mutually exclusive to the parent comment, nor does it really justify anything.
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by yesco 2y ago
It means their credibility and reputation has been damaged due to their dishonesty being exposed. The closest comparison would be like how a brand known for its high quality products might "cash-in" it's reputation for quick
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by yesco 2y ago
I was specifically talking about the ones who wanted to crucify Assange the moment he revealed something inconvenient for their side after years of praise for what he did under Bush, which likely applies to you as well considering your twis
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by yesco 2y ago
Personally as an American, I'm far more interested about the shit my government is hiding from me than getting yet another reason to hate Putin, what could possibly be leaked from Russia that would make their optics worse than it alrea
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by yesco 2y ago
Only her campaign chief John Podesta's emails were ever actually leaked (after he fell for a trivial phishing attack)
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by yesco 2y ago
Interesting take, but what exactly are you talking about here? You are asserting that some people are lying but who? On what basis? Is this really as big a problem as you are making it out to be? (In the context of nerd platform wars?)
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by yesco 2y ago
I'd say it's an inate property of all communities based around a given platform. It's not necessarily "wrong" either as obviously if someone is willing to use a platform, then they will also naturally be willing to
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by yesco 2y ago
Despite your smug attitude, the evidence you just linked is nothing new and does not contradict the person you were replying to, did you even read the report? Well I did (again), so let's take it from the top: - Russia hacked into vari
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by yesco 2y ago
Ah, but you are mistaken, it is quite simple to praise people's immense bravery even when you aren't paying them!
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by yesco 2y ago
I'm surprised this isn't in more standard libraries, are there any other atomic file operations being neglected like this?
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by yesco 2y ago
Are you suggesting most people enjoy graffiti? Because I don't know anyone irl who does so I'm a bit surprised by this perspective. I've personally always viewed it as equivalent to littering and assumed the ones doing it wer
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by yesco 2y ago
Ah I understand now, what a clever solution!
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by yesco 2y ago
Yes, it is absolutely hard to believe the average journalist knows more about anything than the average person does. I view the average journalist as a person who is educated in writing blog posts accessible for wide audiences. Therefore
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by yesco 2y ago
At the end of the day, someone has to do the actual enforcement though right? I'm not saying a government super database that knows everything about you isn't a threat to human rights as you say, but the biggest threat? I would ha
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by yesco 2y ago
Wikipedia offers it's external links via citations
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by yesco 2y ago
I'm a little confused why you would need NPT to resolve this? Why not just create a separate local prefix for your local networking needs? Unless you mean something else by "breaks routing"?
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by yesco 2y ago
Personally, I've come to realize that capitalism, communism, socialism are simply semantic pits that don't really mean anything. If you say these words to people they have wildly different interpretations of their definitions and
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by yesco 2y ago
One dude's crappy blog doesn't change the fact that Kagi has excellent search results.
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by yesco 2y ago
Times have changed, and they changed 10 years ago: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Wales_summit
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by yesco 3y ago
So you would prefer the war in Ukraine to go nuclear? This isn't a hypothetical.
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by yesco 3y ago
And where are you from? What has your country done for Ukraine?
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by yesco 3y ago
Let's put it a different way, if Vlad wasn't apolitical, like all the haters seem to be complaining about, I wouldn't be paying Kagi any money, it wouldn't even be on my radar. While no one can truly be unbiased, I want
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by yesco 3y ago
Looking at the big picture, in terms of trade off, how much benefits are there to plastic straw bans vs the large amount of inconvenience it generates for consumers? Hear me out. Plastic bags, plastic cups, plastic cup lids, styrofoam, plas
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by yesco 3y ago
I've been interacting with ChatGPT and other LLMs so much I've already caught myself getting influenced by their word choice in the same way I might start subconsciously adopting the vocabulary of a friend. Food for thought .
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by yesco 3y ago
Thanks for responding, I meant this when I said "pay their dues" btw: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/pay-d... I didn't feel that strongly about this a few years ago but
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by yesco 3y ago
Wasn't Trump just upset NATO members weren't paying their dues? What am I missing here?
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by yesco 3y ago
If this was a Douglas Adams novel I'd interpret this as strong foreshadowing that the AI will inevitably destroy the world due to a person misgendering somone
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by yesco 3y ago
Epic's Infinity Blade got me to buy an iPod touch when I was in middle school
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by yesco 3y ago
I can only see this trend continuing in the coming years. I know people love to get cynical about Linux desktops being niche, but the reality is that desktops in general are becoming niche. Really consider the audience here, in broad stroke

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