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by zests 6y ago
Social media is universally terrible, you might be the last one to notice.
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by zests 6y ago
One day we’re going to find out that some inordinate amount of internet comments are paid astroturfing and the regular commenters will be equally upset between getting duped and not getting paid for their comments.
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by zests 6y ago
I wonder how the inevitable red moat will fare against the moat that is turning blue.
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by zests 6y ago
How do you decide which of the violent and/or damaging speeches to deplatform? I see nothing done except “use tribalism to decide.”
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by zests 6y ago
Everyone is enfranchised but some people are more enfranchised than others.
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by zests 6y ago
Its the Motte and Bailey fallacy.
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by zests 6y ago
After the 2016 election I read a headline “Russia hacked the election.” Do you see no similarities at all?
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by zests 6y ago
> Try to ram this through your thick skull What the heck
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by zests 6y ago
I sit here dumbfounded at all of this. People believe that Trump saying he won’t be somewhere is inciting violence. I saw conservatives lose their brain with Obama in 2008 (“ODS”) and I lost faith in “the right”. In 2015-2021 I lost whateve
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by zests 6y ago
Luckily (or perhaps unluckily for you because you stopped reading) there are plenty of systemd hardening tips in the article. Its quite strange to stop reading after an init system opinion but these init system religions are nothing if not
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by zests 6y ago
Your disclaimer applies to every article ever. I agree 100% but there’s nothing really specific to this article that makes me worry more. Its just common sense.
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by zests 6y ago
Rising educational standards mean that for a lot of jobs a high school degree is not good enough anymore. An increase in the work force, from one family earner to two, is a sign of progress. Its also a sign that both parents might have to w
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by zests 6y ago
Some people, I’d venture a guess at 1/100 people, can and do use printed text compulsively. Other people, I’d venture a guess at closer to at least 9/10 people, can and do use screens compulsively. This topic comes up a lot and I
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by zests 6y ago
Everything is bad in excess but not everything is equally bad.
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by zests 6y ago
I’ve always found these “Drake equation” and “Fermi paradox” discussions pseudoscientific at best. Its fun speculation and poses interesting questions but there’s no need to interpret these formulas as scientific fact. Its much more likely
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by zests 6y ago
This is quite a funny conversation to be having on Christmas Eve :) There’s probably a reason the Bible was the only available book instead of no books being available in Europe.
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by zests 6y ago
Chess is becoming an e-sport and as the other comments mention there is also the series queens gambit. Chess is growing in popularity on sites like Twitch and Youtube.
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by zests 6y ago
All I can remember from the last month is “Brexit was a bad idea —- without a trade deal the UK is ruined.”
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by zests 6y ago
I haven’t used RnR but I assume its similar to Python/Django in taking people who know how to program in any language and turning them in to full stack web developers. Its a funky learning curve where all team members are effective and
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by zests 6y ago
Persi is always worth reading although I have only read his papers.
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by zests 6y ago
Is this the final shoe to drop? The gamble payed off. Brexit does not seem like a terrible idea if they get tariff free trade. I can’t believe the EU would agree to this.
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by zests 6y ago
Chess is an amazing game. It has personality and if you know a bit about the game it has infinite depth. Players have playing style. There is a rich history going back hundreds of years.
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by zests 6y ago
This is the uncanny valley between dystopian and genius. My vote goes toward dystopian because no doubt extremely targeted billboards or even posters are on their way. What happens when phones are constantly broadcasting your unique adverti
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by zests 6y ago
This take does not make any sense to me. The scientific community is responsible for peer reviews and journals can operate however they’d like. Google is responsible for google and can submit/censor/only pay for research that they
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by zests 6y ago
You’re talking about the best selling book of all time (by far). Its more likely that you misunderstand it than all the readers misunderstand it. Its just one of those things that is so popular that people find any way possible to criticize
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by zests 6y ago
$COMPANY is a private company and they can censor however they see fit. If you do not like it, you can start your own company and do it your own way. If you agree with this statement for one company you should agree with it for another.
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by zests 6y ago
Imagine using bash without pipes or an understanding of file descriptors.
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by zests 6y ago
You are misunderstanding what these terms actually mean. Free as in freedom basically implies free as in price. No one is hiding this. Free as in price does not imply free as in freedom. Free as in freedom is a lot stronger of a concept tha
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by zests 6y ago
Let's say that 30 years from now some of your beliefs would be considered extremist. What value judgement do you place on yourself today? Can we live in a world where "if you believe this now you're evil but if you believed t
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by zests 6y ago
I feel like the thread of the conversation has been lost. The answer here is that "no frame" is correct. If you simply believe what is morally fashionable then you likely would have had very objectionable "far right" bel

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