forgetfreeman

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by forgetfreeman 3d ago
Simple: don't own a vehicle with this capability.
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by forgetfreeman 7d ago
"which inevitably changes the learning environment" This, right here, is the most commonly repeated trope in "tech" circles whenever the topic of education comes up. It's infrequently questioned at all, much less ch
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by forgetfreeman 7d ago
I'm not sure where you see velocity. The last major innovation in arethmetic was the introduction of zero when the hindu-arabic numeral system was adopted by medieval western societies. Likewise english grammar isn't exactly a hot
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by forgetfreeman 14d ago
"would like" is pretty wild in this context. The number of individuals who have had a job they truly enjoyed is a rounding error in recorded history. I'll save us both the indignity of repeating tired boomer tropes around mod
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by forgetfreeman 15d ago
Significantly less. Wanted a job? Walk through any neighborhood being built with a tape measure in your pocket. You'd have a job doing something before you made it past the 4th house. Had a car? Delivering food paid enough to afford a
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by forgetfreeman 20d ago
I think it's distasteful to screen ethically questionable business practices with segments of the disabled community. If this product was being marketed towards the need of developmentally disabled individuals I feel like there would b
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by forgetfreeman 20d ago
Maybe, maybe not. A lot of folks would gleefully avoid rocking the boat if handed a job this cushy. If they do flake out you could ask if anyone in facilities would like to take a break from emptying trashcans...
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by forgetfreeman 21d ago
What data might that be? I've looked and there doesn't appear to be any authoritative source of long-term data for either # of reported foodborne illness outbreaks or # of individuals sickened in this way per year, either of which
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by forgetfreeman 21d ago
"There are downsides to the consolidation of food suppliers, to be sure, but food safety is probably better for it." Nope, quite the contrary. By necessity consolidation means fewer individual processing facilities, which in turn
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by forgetfreeman 21d ago
Yep. You're starting to catch on. Same functionality, significant cost savings for the organization.
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by forgetfreeman 21d ago
If you think CEOs are the primary legal signatories for their company you might need to spend some time away from garage band startups. Companies maintain entire legal departments for a reason.
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by forgetfreeman 21d ago
Neat. Hire an intern to prompt the "CEO" as needed. Problem solved.
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by forgetfreeman 21d ago
And they are. I read somewhere a few days ago that France is vacuuming up academics and advanced students that have been displaced by various recent policy changes that have proven to be hostile towards academia and research.
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by forgetfreeman 25d ago
Oh I am very clear about what precedents I want set. I want the C-suite, board, and major shareholders of any corporate entity that meaningfully deviates from legality to face all of the same consequences a private individual would.
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by forgetfreeman 26d ago
The most recent was ~15 years ago, but in my experience some shit never changes. Surfers are still the same belligerent assholes on their favorite local breaks they where 30 years ago so I doubt much has changed in these places either.
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by forgetfreeman 26d ago
True. Where we appear to disagree is that any overreaction has taken place. If anything I'm deeply dissatisfied that charges haven't been filed.
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by forgetfreeman 26d ago
Really? Dudes are catching felony raps for web scraping and you dont see how any of this is felonious?
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by forgetfreeman 29d ago
Grandmother Mountain boulders in western NC, me and a buddy had to cut a climbing trip short after getting into some shit with a four pack of the locals over me taking photos of some of the problems there. Nobody got hurt but it was every b
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by forgetfreeman 1mo ago
The irony, or perhaps cognitive dissonance, inherent in this position is staggering to me.
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by forgetfreeman 1mo ago
On the subject of gatekeeping in the climbing community there's also the minor issue of getting threatened with violence by locals when trying to document routes.
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by forgetfreeman 1mo ago
I am sick to death of the seemingly obligatory oh-but-im-all-in-on-ai disclaimer embedded in what is otherwise a (totally valid) critique of AI. Have the courage of your convictions already.
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by forgetfreeman 1mo ago
As Stated Elsewhere you have to have a thing before it can be violated. Given the comprehensive scope of digital surveillance performed by tech companies, you can't claim to have privacy online. And before you "but but the gover
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by forgetfreeman 1mo ago
I'm saying most parents are perfectly powerless to prevent their children from seeing shit like that on the internet. Hell there's snuff on YouTube. Hardly a non sequitur.
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by forgetfreeman 1mo ago
I mean I think we can all broadly agree that showing snuff and hardcore porn to 11 yr olds is objectively bad. There is a line, we just might not agree on exactly where it should be placed.
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by forgetfreeman 1mo ago
Nah, we definitely need identity and age verification, if for no other reason than it strips tech companies and data brokers of plausible deniability. They already know who you are and by extension your age, this fight is very much about
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by forgetfreeman 1mo ago
Except technicality absolutely factors in. Sure there's mouthbreathers out there that exercise no oversight at all over the content their kids are exposed to but there's also a large group of well-intentioned parents that would li
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by forgetfreeman 1mo ago
"parents will always be shitty" Maybe cut nontechnicals a little slack? Their adversaries have invested literally billions of dollars in R&D.
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by forgetfreeman 1mo ago
1990s: ~%36 of all teens smoked 2020s: >%2 of all teens smoke Kinda suggests that putting limitations in place actually produces results. Crazy innit?
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by forgetfreeman 1mo ago
This "well actually" feels like it's in the same vein as tobacco companies funding cancer research. 30 seconds with Google shows that CoreCivic's Q1 earnings for 2026 are ~%50 higher than earnings reported for Q1 from
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by forgetfreeman 1mo ago
I think it's the utter banality of the end goal that offends me as much as anything else. The idea that we as a society will sell ourselves this cheaply beggars belief.

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