foobiter

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by foobiter 5y ago
it’s an example of a similarly absurd law
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by foobiter 5y ago
I hate everything about this. Every step in this process is about making money and nothing else.
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by foobiter 5y ago
If you can’t look at it under any other light than the logical, maybe instead consider how interesting it is that humans can feel powerful sentimentality towards inanimate objects... to the extent that they feel compelled to act in irratio
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by foobiter 5y ago
the universe is huge and time is long, there could be millions of civilizations and we could happen to exist at a time that doesn’t coincide with a single one
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by foobiter 5y ago
you didn’t even give a single counter example
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by foobiter 5y ago
allowlist and blocklist are clearer regardless
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by foobiter 5y ago
how is he wrong?
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by foobiter 5y ago
I think there’s some shame associated with gamification; like if it works for you, somehow it makes you unintelligent... but as long as you’re aware of it don’t lose sight of how you’re being manipulated then it can be a valuable tool just
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by foobiter 5y ago
If bounties can’t outpace salary then no, not really.
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by foobiter 5y ago
the option to be tracked by one untrustworthy company? oh and they’re also in charge of the “anonymization” algorithm, oh and they also decide who is exempt due to protected status (race, income, etc), did I also mention they make the brows
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by foobiter 5y ago
it’s easy to double when numbers are under 5,000. Many ecologists are not as rosy as the indian government about this... 95% of their range is gone at this point and there’s not a lot of genetic diversity; a single disease can wipe out of t
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by foobiter 5y ago
tigers and pandas have such small natural habitats now that they’re effectively extinct in the wild; i’m not advocating for it, but it seems like nothing outside of large scale ecoterrorism can do anything fast enough to save our charismati
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by foobiter 5y ago
this is a very obvious strawman... if you’ve been treating people poorly for decades you too may discover that publicly playing devils advocate for a convicted rapist may be the final straw.
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by foobiter 5y ago
tolerance generally excludes the intolerant, yes
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by foobiter 5y ago
I’ve found a similar issue with wall clocks... it’s frustratingly hard to find an option with good type. The double digit numbers tend to throw off the face balance .
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by foobiter 6y ago
marjorie taylor green requires more detail than simply “a republican congresswoman” - she’s blamed forest fires on jewish space lasers, among other racist, homophobic, and transphobic conspiracy theories