biglearner1day

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by biglearner1day 4y ago
> If someone forgets to lock their door and a thief gets in and robs them, do you think it's fair to "blame" the person who forgot to lock their door? No, but let's say they've bought from a manufacturer who is n
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by biglearner1day 4y ago
> I smell a fair hint of victim blaming here. Why is that a bad thing? You should absolutely blame and hold the victim responsible and accountable for their part.
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by biglearner1day 4y ago
I suppose the question you're asking is why we've socially moved away from doing stuff just for fun in an effort to make a “passive” income and monetize as much of our time as possible. Personally, I've seen my peers (by both
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by biglearner1day 4y ago
> So you’re in favor of the government controlling political speech that you don’t agree with? Where did I say or imply any of that? >Nowhere in the DI&E training I’ve taken at the country’s second largest employer do they claim
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by biglearner1day 4y ago
Hah, nice. My personal favorite would be wtfpl[0]. [0] http://www.wtfpl.net/
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by biglearner1day 4y ago
I find it amusing you continue with the Cathy Newman reenactment. >So the government should pass laws that tell private companies what they can’t talk about. Yes, they should not allow private companies to spew and enforce systems of pre
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by biglearner1day 4y ago
I think that the last sentence already answered all the questions you just asked. "The government should keep social media platforms in check and protect their citizens against censorship (in any form, as long as it is lawful) on large
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by biglearner1day 4y ago
When you want to provide others with reliable software, but are unable to keep your personal beliefs and politics out of it.
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by biglearner1day 4y ago
Please don't pull a Cathy Newman. Like I said, for the third time: government influence has a negative outcome in most cases. I'm not sure how you got to a different conclusion. The government should keep social media platforms in
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by biglearner1day 4y ago
This is a win. Despite how we feel about Russia and its government, it's a good move to decrease Microsoft, Apple, and Google their global power. Now we hope that the open source community stays true to their open source intent and all
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by biglearner1day 4y ago
I was not disagreeing with you in the initial reply, two things can be true at the same time. Like I said; government influence has a negative outcome in most cases, but allowing social media platforms to do as they wish is a recipe for dis
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by biglearner1day 4y ago
I understand that you have a rich imagination, please do not use it to justify censorship.
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by biglearner1day 4y ago
I hope you can see the hypocrisy and bias in your desire to ban ideas you dislike – it's dangerous. A better outcome would be to fight bad ideas with good ideas.
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by biglearner1day 4y ago
> It amazes me that people want to give the government this much power. It amazes me that we let social media platforms run freely with whichever narrative, ideology they enforce. Government influence has in most cases a negative outcome
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by biglearner1day 4y ago
> I hope that if someone writes a book saying people should physically harm you One could argue that calls for gender-affirming surgeries or treatments are equally, if not, worse. These topics are especially prevalent in the LGBTQ commun
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by biglearner1day 4y ago
I believe you completely missed the joke.
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by biglearner1day 4y ago
> Yeah, but then they would imprison the CEO and not the developer. While they do get blamed, the Netherlands doesn't seem to care all that much. They seem very selective with how they react to supposed money laundering https:&#x2F
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by biglearner1day 4y ago
Can't let that happen! The anti-money laundering excuse got old, which excuse will they use next? Anti-terrorism?
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by biglearner1day 4y ago
Please do remind me how many persons named in the Panama Papers have been arrested, or had their assets seized.
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by biglearner1day 4y ago
I would challenge you to prove that they actively advertised their service as such. Stop spreading misinformation.
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by biglearner1day 4y ago
> Actually they go after the people committing the crime AND those facilitating it. But only if it is in their interest. We don't see other services and platforms sanctioned for facilitating illegal activity. Furthermore, the Data P
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by biglearner1day 4y ago
And it is always under the guise of anti-money laundering, anti-terrorism or whatever other reason they can find to excuse their inexcusable actions. Take mass government surveillance for example.
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by biglearner1day 4y ago
> Anonymous cash transactions So not crypto.
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by biglearner1day 4y ago
> They have the technical means to control what goes on there or not. Imagine the scenario wherein potential "illegal" crypto is mixed through another service. How would you expect Tornado to verify that without straight-up blo
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by biglearner1day 4y ago
I doubt that would be the case given his history and method of working
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by biglearner1day 4y ago
Hotspot owner here, my ROI was 1 week when I started. It's still rewarding a good amount after all this time.