freshm087

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by freshm087 7y ago
The simple truth is that society doesn't need computerized voting technologies to have fair elections.
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by freshm087 7y ago
For starters, the whole voting machines concept is a essentially a ploy to exploit wide-spread respect for computer technologies in society to sell hardware, and software. It reduces observability compared to pieces of paper, and doesn&#x27
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by freshm087 7y ago
It certainly has nothing to do with democracy, and intended to solve exactly one problem: Microsoft's need to increase revenue through sweet gov't funded contracts. Let's not be fooled by opensourced code, once the idea is so
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by freshm087 7y ago
There's a school of thought which considers complex data types to be more a part of problem then a solution. You may disagree with it, but nevertheless one certainly doesn't need complex data types to write GUI (or anything) effec
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by freshm087 7y ago
In Eastern Europe it's often the case. Worth mentioning however that plumbing services are much cheaper then in States, and there are usually no legal/insurance nuances which reapairing may bring in the US. So it's simply eas
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by freshm087 7y ago
To sum it up. Starting point: A produces more good then B. Me: A can produce more good than B, but not necessary more per dollar spent, and I think it's not the case. --Here was a place to to try to prove it's more per dollar spen
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by freshm087 7y ago
Such law exists in Belarus, and mr.Kurz (Austrian chancellor) recently visited it.
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by freshm087 7y ago
"Doubt it" is pretty much a clear invitation to present arguments. But you are welcome to present some sarcasm instead, even if very general.
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by freshm087 7y ago
I agree that gov't is relatively good at sending checks (except in some economic circumstances, e.g. when the currency it prints is no more in demand - like in Venezuela, or late USSR). However it doesn't necessary make a particul
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by freshm087 7y ago
I agree it also includes some usefully prepared people, nevertheless no state welfare program exists without bureacrats. Also, preparedness/trainings are not exclusive feature of gov't system. I know what I'm saying here be
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by freshm087 7y ago
I really don't know why inefficiency is ok, sorry. If a system is less efficient at scale then engineering approach teaches us to modularize/split it into smaller chunks. Btw, you used "professional" word as if it's
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by freshm087 7y ago
Because Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and food stamps do more good for 100+ million Do more good because their have much bigger budgets? - Maybe. More good per every dollar spent? I doubt it.
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by freshm087 7y ago
The thing is, charities and churches are rarely "run well". It's good that gov't agencies, and programs are so well known to to be run well, don't have problems with inefficiency, and corruption. Oh... wait
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by freshm087 7y ago
Mozilla themselves has said that they didn't remove it for political reasons [or "ideological censorship" as you put it], rather it was the language and vitriol If it's about politically incorrect speech - it's ab
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by freshm087 7y ago
So if Verizon would block certain websites for its customers it will not be censorship? Well, it will be. You seem to believe that censorship implies denying legal rights, and only is real when it's total. But censorship can be perfect
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by freshm087 7y ago
Because Dissenter was created by Gab, a far/alt-right online platform. So what? I'm not trolling, I'm trying to understand. It's doesn't look like anybody was forced to use the extension, you don't like it -
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by freshm087 7y ago
Disabled CSS would leave such form still usable. It wouldn't look, and behave exactly as intended, for sure, but I suppose these days no one expects unchanged user experience while disabling CSS. Meanwhile, disabled JS on JS-based form
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by freshm087 7y ago
I'm not a native speaker, and may miss some nuances, but promiscuous is defined as "having multiple sexual partners" by my dictionary which I think is as neutral as possible. Promiscuity is at first, and foremost was (and sti
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by freshm087 7y ago
Enforced monogamy in western societies is part of a broader history of social control that came to exist because it was good at perpetuating itself It's one interpretation, good for those who accepts the faith tenets of post-structur
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by freshm087 7y ago
I'm not claiming that EU is planting landmines against migrants. I'm telling that EU's border with migrant-providing regions is short, and already fortified - and that's why there's no discussion about border walls.
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by freshm087 7y ago
TB of my knowledge the border between Turkey, and Greece still has uncleared landmine fields, and Serbian-Croatian border has uncleared spots too, in spite of the treaty. For clarification, I'm not telling they appeared there because o
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by freshm087 7y ago
HC factically started her campaign right after the first Obama's term, had support of party leadership, and therefore major party donors, and having sympathies of the press. DT started his campaign a year before elections, was rudicul
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by freshm087 7y ago
Europe doesn't currently have a problem with building a wall to keep the Mexicans out or anything. This is plainly not true. EU has a lot of its own walls. It's just the fact that it lacks long land border with countries from wh
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by freshm087 7y ago
There are already a lot of replies, but let me sum it up: 1. People don't spend much effort on configuration unless they like the process. 2. You won't get "narrow slices" of functionality. You win at some things, you lo
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by freshm087 7y ago
When you say allies, what comes to my mind is US-UK or US-Israel relationship. It's quite a narrow view, I dare to say. There's no need any for any stable special relationship, or even shared objectives to form an alliance. Expe
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by freshm087 7y ago
"Forest of parens" can be intimidating for sure, but if it's really a forest, then it usually means there's too much nesting. Which is a problem for any language/syntax. Overnested Python code is hard to grasp, and
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by freshm087 7y ago
Any radical voice that made the news, in any light, has gotten a larger following. Every single time a moderate brings a radical to debate it is a net gain for the radical. You literally don't believe in democracy. Not that you are o
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by freshm087 7y ago
Why you believe you should stop other people from sharing something?
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by freshm087 7y ago
NZ is in a state of collective shock, and, at the moment, apparently a very cool head, and bravery (understanding that you will get massive social pressure, and lots of ugly accusations) needed to stand against censorship. By no means it&#x
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by freshm087 7y ago
In fact, exactly NZ gov't should have continued doing things as usual. This tragedy, while having huge media-multiplied emotional response, is (from POV of rational security) is an absolute outlier. An average Kiwi has probably bigger

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