bill_mon

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by bill_mon 5y ago
This is getting off topic. Stating facts about the world is not discriminating. As an employer, I can choose not to hire stupid people.
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by bill_mon 5y ago
The UN humans rights are not law in the USA. The first amendment says that the government can't make laws about religion. In the USA, people are free to have whatever religion they want, which is great. Pointing out that all available
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by bill_mon 5y ago
Atheism is the lack of belief in any gods. You can be religious without any gods. An atheist can be religious.
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by bill_mon 5y ago
Treading carefully is probably our best bet, but it's very difficult and error prone. There are no militant atheists, in any reasonable sense of the word. If mentioning facts about the world is seen as criticism of religious people, th
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by bill_mon 5y ago
I can agree. But this means that we can never talk about anything other than specific, technical issues at work. We can never reveal any opinion or outside fact about anything. I suppose that's a solution. In this scenario, our guy wou
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by bill_mon 5y ago
> So, you knew what the meaning of "toxic" was all along, but you pretended to not know what the meaning was in order to make some kind of point? I would prefer a direct discussion. Yes, I knew all along that "toxic"
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by bill_mon 5y ago
> what makes you think so? Because that's how language works. You don't call somebody a neanderthal to imply he has great hair.
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by bill_mon 5y ago
Toxicity is a serious thing. We label toxic chemicals with labels and warnings because they're dangerous. Serious business. When we apply "toxic" to a person or his behaviour, we borrow that seriousness. That's why we ch
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by bill_mon 5y ago
Now you're inventing more personality for Mr X. He doesn't like Microsoft and doesn't hide it. He thinks Santa Claus is for children and doesn't hide it. He's not the problem here.
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by bill_mon 5y ago
Toxic means dangerous.
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by bill_mon 5y ago
> Take Mr. X, who is outraged by Microsoft's behavior and refuses to buy Microsoft's products, tells other people about his problems with Microsoft, and tells everyone to use FOSS alternatives? Now, Mr. X also thinks that it&#x
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by bill_mon 6y ago
> How do you respectful tell someone you think they are mistaken? How about "you're mistaken"? The problem is with "You don't know what you're talking about, but I do, so let me answer your real question&quo
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by bill_mon 6y ago
Good points. I'm not so sure benefit of the doubt must be earned. More like, any participant in a discussion forum must show it when answering, and do proper research before asking anything. If all questions are good questions, there&#
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by bill_mon 6y ago
I disagree, I see it as saying "you don't know what you really want, but I can read your mind". It's disrespectful and not giving the benefit of the doubt.
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by bill_mon 6y ago
This article is hidden behind a cookie wall, pressing "Agree and Continue" does nothing. Edit: tried opening in firejail and enableing javascript, this gave some kind of infinite loop reloading the page over and over.
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by bill_mon 6y ago
I find both to be correct.
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by bill_mon 6y ago
> Your intent is irrelevant (& fairly assumed) when you use the wrong word. If my intent is irrelevant, why bring it up? And this is exactly what we're talking about: Is using the wrong word bad in itself, or does there need to
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by bill_mon 6y ago
No, intent is in my head only. When I say something, I know the intent, you guess at the intent when you listen.
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by bill_mon 6y ago
That would take a mind reader. You're simply guessing at intent, we all do. But the problem in this case isn't intentions, but the mere mention of a word. Like Voldemort.
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by bill_mon 6y ago
> I’m saying that the word carries intent. No, you're saying that you know the intent.
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by bill_mon 6y ago
> Well that's really the only bar we have for offensive language, isn't it? We can construct any bar we'd like. You seem to completely dismiss concern for the bar being too low, why is that? Lots of people might feel sort
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by bill_mon 6y ago
> Saying the actual word is meant to inflame or diminish. How could you possibly know this? Also, it's obviously just not true. You're saying that the intent matters, but what we're seeing these days is that the mere menti
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by bill_mon 6y ago
Remote viewing works or it doesn't. How do you propose we find out which it is? Do you have an opinion on what 2+3 equals?
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by bill_mon 6y ago
There are conflicting reports about every little thing. I've never seen a single indication of remote viewing and I've never seen any such claims hold up. I know of no mechanism that would allow remote viewing. Null hypothesis and
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by bill_mon 6y ago
The Wikipedia page on remote viewing gives the opposite impression. Wikipedia also tells me that "The Stargate Project was terminated and declassified in 1995 after a CIA report concluded that it was never useful in any intelligence op
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by bill_mon 6y ago
My reading skills may be lacking here, but are you claiming that remote viewing works?
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by bill_mon 6y ago
Because most devices can't be updated? Supporting version 4+ gives you a much larger audience than limiting to version 7+.
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by bill_mon 6y ago
Thanks, that's good. Thank you for providing this work. I still find the terms very vague. For example: - Who's morals? - What exactly "spoils the image of..."? - Illegal in what jurisdiction? - Do I not redistribute the
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by bill_mon 6y ago
The "terms of use" make it impossible to count on these for serious work. One day the author may find your use of them inappropriate.
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by bill_mon 6y ago
He held out for a limited time in history, he end his empire is gone. Western civilization rules much of the world today, though not all.

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