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by zentiggr 5y ago
Considering there IS a divide, that there is a distinct American Black culture, that has gotten suppressed by way too many of us... This is a great way to encourage representation and sponsor more content within the culture, for everyone to
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by zentiggr 5y ago
You need to justify how "for <group>" is exclusionary, as opposed to it's normal meaning of "focusing on <group>".
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by zentiggr 5y ago
You make it sound like segregation end... the last few years, and especially the state voting laws passed in the past year, show that while it may not be explicit law anymore, it is still certainly what a lot of people are fighting to do in
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by zentiggr 5y ago
I'm really not sure what you're trying to say here. We in the US have a long history of subjugating and violently suppressing the rights of black slaves (and every black person after outlawing slavery). The last few years have sho
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by zentiggr 5y ago
It's not "IS not important"... it's "SHOULDN'T be important". Bigotry, hatred, and violence, whether explicit or less obvious (voting rights, bias in many services etc) is the problem that some us unfortun
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by zentiggr 5y ago
Well, it's kind of the default majority, and with the history here in the US particularly, not only is it unnecessary to say, it almost automatically invokes the history of racism we're still dealing with. So yes, not acceptable
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by zentiggr 5y ago
Wow... pick an already known to be basically unethical organization as a possible solution to unethical behavior. Not that there's any way in our current culture to assemble a truly impartial reputation tracker, but surely we can do be
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by zentiggr 5y ago
Maybe instead of general accelerationism, it's time for politicians and business leaders to suffer the effects of lack of privacy first. Let's get some polls going on which politician / billionaire we should "reveal&quot
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by zentiggr 5y ago
I love the idea of "Bad Chess"... such a wild concept on top of an otherwise very structured ruleset.
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by zentiggr 5y ago
I served on a submarine 20 years ago. Fire Control Technician... so fairly high clearance given what I had to operate, and against potentially whom. There are a wealth of things I don't know anymore... and no one else will ever hear th
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by zentiggr 5y ago
I can see a possible future where only a few holdouts rely on 'prestige' as a decision criteria, while a majority of academic fields/groups have switched to open access... and the former get only more and more vocal about the
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by zentiggr 5y ago
Not in academia, but have watched the debates over the past decade or so... It really seems like it's the inertia of existing administrators that haven't shifted away from judging papers based on the prestige of the journals they
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by zentiggr 5y ago
If we as a species develop enough to be able to electrolyze a significant enough portion of all of Earth's water for this problem to arise, it's almost a given that we have developed technologies that no longer require us to stay
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by zentiggr 5y ago
So, not worth arguing the point with you? Already decided that Trump's a victim? Sigh.
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by zentiggr 5y ago
Because once FB/Twitter/every other large forum limits themselves to only doupleplusgoodposters, there will be a few billion people looking for somewhere else that they can speak, and other services will arise. And we'll fina
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by zentiggr 5y ago
Behavior follows the rewards. Personal, political, corporate, and especially in the natural world. Not just politicians, although they are the most visible at it.
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by zentiggr 5y ago
And if I fill out most of the form, but some custom BS UI chunk can't play nice and borks the page... I'm done with "company", leaving the page since it never finished loading, but my email address is already saved? Abso
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by zentiggr 5y ago
Idiotic, yes. Autocratic is just as applicable.
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by zentiggr 5y ago
That's pretty much the business model. Cost of settling can be less than the cost of defending the suit. Every case where someone with pockets deep enough, holds out and gets a judgment against the troll - especially with legal costs
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by zentiggr 5y ago
I think once people see that their 'other party' preferences are at least being represented in the early rounds, they will gain confidence in their ability to express their actual desires in the ranking. The understanding that thi
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by zentiggr 5y ago
I've had a habit for my entire adult life, of sorting the letters of words alphabetically in my head. The longer the word the better. It's even better when the sorted letters turn out to make any sort of repetitive pattern. And I
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by zentiggr 5y ago
Somebody owns shares in an ISP, or gets their salary from one, or has somehow drunk the kool aid. ISPs, once they have a legislated monopoly in localities, have a solid track record of stagnating investment in improved capabilities regardle
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by zentiggr 5y ago
Yes, it is. But the ground rule has always been 'follow the money'. Expect companies, and their paid for legislators, to protect their revenue streams, no matter how badly it screws any individuals. This is the fight we are in, a
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by zentiggr 5y ago
This resonates with me in a somewhat unexpected way - exposing a lack of self-confidence, or believing that any choice you make will automatically be worse. I have specific life circumstances that set that belief deep in my bones. I am work
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by zentiggr 5y ago
It's taken me a lot of work to figure it out for myself (with some excellent professional assistance). I still feel like just expressing my viewpoint could help someone else change, I just don't expect it most of the time. We are
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by zentiggr 5y ago
When I feel daunted by a repetitive editing task, or intimidated by something I don't know yet... The repetitive tasks I choose a small number of steps, something I can accomplish in 5, maybe 10 minutes, and plan to stop and do somethi
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by zentiggr 5y ago
> I do think it performs best using Chrome though. Sounds like a nail in the coffin, to me. I'll avoid Chrome. Unless it suddenly goes 100% FOSS, gets audited, and every feature that causes platform lockin gets stripped / opene
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by zentiggr 5y ago
The inherent contradiction between -- "let me do anything I want, I want to succeed and be huge!" -- "make sure I can stop anyone that wants to do the same thing, I want to be the only one to succeed and be huge!"
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by zentiggr 5y ago
Until Amazon has financial liability for fake/paid reviews, they will never go away.
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by zentiggr 5y ago
And after going to the site, and being forced to toggle every opt-out option individually before saving... if you return to the site later none of your opt-outs are shown and you have to redo everything each time.

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