codeecan

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by codeecan 4y ago
I think this might be a joke based on https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3801018/Terror-atta...
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by codeecan 4y ago
> Like so many others I am sickened by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the gigantic humanitarian crisis it continues to create. #StandWithUkraine At DuckDuckGo, we've been rolling out search updates that down-rank sites associated
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by codeecan 4y ago
No, but if abortion is illegal, knowing you where there can be used as evidence: https://definitions.uslegal.com/d/destruction-of-evidence > destruction of evidence that is relevant to a case .. or an inference that
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by codeecan 4y ago
> in democratic countries the best vaccine for the job was chosen. thats a bit of a white washing job, there was 1000's of posts about the risk/effectiveness of Astrazeneca and the JnJ vaccine that were removed from social medi
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by codeecan 4y ago
It was Ottawa, and Trudeau used all same rhetoric Putin is using now, calling them Nazis[1], denying the leaders bail[2], charged with mischief, and pushing propaganda thru state media. Like the story of truckers attempting to burn down an
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by codeecan 5y ago
> MIT told him it was canceling the lecture to “avoid controversy” after students and recent alumni demanded he be uninvited because he’d recently argued academic evaluations should be based on merit. Damn, I assumed he said something ra
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by codeecan 5y ago
do you know what coerced means? compelling a party to act in an involuntary manner by use of threats, including propaganda or force. They're clearly coerced, unless you don't think getting fired falls under threats.
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by codeecan 5y ago
> The suffering people didn't choose this. They 100% did, an article from 2011/2013 about the government distributing low cost appliances[1] and free houses[2]. They were getting tons of free and cheap stuff and the people were
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by codeecan 5y ago
Its a lot harder for your government to become authoritarian when your citizens can shoot back
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by codeecan 5y ago
your link shows where it was approved, those aren't usage numbers, > ... there should be a preference for an alternative to the AstraZeneca [1] > Canada’s largest province says it will stop giving out first doses of the Oxford-As
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by codeecan 5y ago
Summary: > ... AfD didn't have enough engaged supporters, so they were open to hire ... Flyerservice Hahn, a fictitious company. > @politicalbeauty set up a fictitious website, without registering a company ... created fake Linke
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by codeecan 5y ago
You premise that they remove only false information is wrong, "vaccine producers are immune from liability", is not false but is anti-vaccine ... its taken down. When reports about problems with AstraZeneca were coming out, those
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by codeecan 5y ago
The hypocrisy is deafening, from the article: > Portland City Council stands with the people who may one day face difficult decisions about pregnancy, and we respect their right to make the best decision for themselves. Also Portland, &q
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by codeecan 5y ago
And you should understand the law, techdirt bases is "What matters is solely the content in question. If that content is created by someone else, the website hosting it cannot be sued over it.", which is only true as long as you &
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by codeecan 5y ago
Not true for companies protected under Section 230, in order to maintain their liability shield they are supposed to remain platform neutral [1]. A company should not be able to act like a publisher and determine what stays on their service
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by codeecan 5y ago
I believe Aaron Swartz[1] was arrested for something similar where he was sending batch requests to access documents. His case didn't involve fraud like here but it sets a precedent for causing undue burden on a computer system. [1] h
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by codeecan 5y ago
It's well supported that the combination of lock down isolation[1] in addition to the free CERB money resulted in the spike of drug abuse / suicide deaths[2]. [1] https://www.aei.org/op-eds/the-coronavirus-is-
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by codeecan 5y ago
The summary is the lock downs resulted in +4,155 excess deaths under 65 for 2020? Thats pretty damning for the government and a confirmation of what anti-lock down protesters have been saying since last year. If they let under 65s free whil
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by codeecan 5y ago
Interesting, illegal under HIPAA rules but possible precedent under the Affordable Care Act? With Obamacare: > Although insurers can’t charge more for health status, they can charge up to 50% more for smoking status [1]. Under HIPAA: &gt
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by codeecan 5y ago
Scary indeed, slight correction, not the FBI [initially]; > A California company that specializes in removing celebrity photos from the internet notified an unnamed public figure ... He was caught by random chance of this company.
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by codeecan 5y ago
> he impersonated Apple customer support staff in emails that tricked unsuspecting victims into providing him with their Apple IDs and passwords > He gained unauthorized access to photos and videos of at least 306 victims across the n
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by codeecan 5y ago
> This is a temporary measure that's getting us through a risky period > until the proof-of-vaccination requirement is lifted next year I think we have vastly different definitions of what temporary means
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by codeecan 5y ago
> The report also showed that a Facebook page for The Epoch Times, an anti-China newspaper that spreads right-wing conspiracy theories, was the 19th-most-popular page on the platform for the first three months of 2021. Domestic vaccines
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by codeecan 5y ago
They don't control the database used, any country can thru legal means attach additional hashes for search and reporting. Apple has already proven it will concede to China's demands. They are building the worlds most pervasive sur
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by codeecan 5y ago
> Apple said its systems "ensure local laws and customs are respected". We'll be hearing that a lot soon. And this is the company people are trusting to scan photos on their devices in their pockets for the sole purpose of
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by codeecan 5y ago
I believe yearly booster shots was on the conspiracy theory bingo card. If immunity is waning after ~1 year, will people who supported passports continue to support them when told they need to be triple vaccinated? Probably not, and any cre
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by codeecan 5y ago
This is disingenuous, Australia is in lockdown right now. You know there are people who (3) want mandatory vaccinations, passports and those without to be lockdown, fired, etc and then (4) the other extreme, for non-vaccinated people to be
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by codeecan 5y ago
I expect Canada to become a police state (its already on the way) and the brain drain to accelerate. Bill C-10 and C-36 are horrific China emulating policies, loose definition of "hate speech", bypassing courts in favour of human
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by codeecan 5y ago
TLDR - Almost half of vaccine hesitant respondents reported fear of side effects and not trusting the COVID-19 vaccine; - over one-third reported not trusting the government, not needing the vaccine, and waiting to see if safe. Seems reason
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by codeecan 5y ago
Its a little late if people are noticing that now, last year a woman was arrested for posting about an anti-lockdown protest on Facebook[1]. I don't know the Australian laws, but many countries have been hiding behind covid to push aut

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