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by jtmb 2y ago
Some people in a general sense just defend companies fleecing us for money because if it was the government who stopped it that makes it bad, which is, imo, very silly.
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by jtmb 4y ago
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by jtmb 4y ago
I don't see how you even pretend to rationalize this thinking as anything other than "I'm banning specific things I don't like and cutting some rule that sorta fits that" afterwards
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by jtmb 7y ago
It almost seems like cheating to draw on Douglas Adams, of course he'd be the one to draw out futuristic truths in his droll way.
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by jtmb 7y ago
If I were more cynical, I would say that the antitrust concerns are being focused on in big tech in part due to the perception of anti-conservative bias or de-platforming, and the telecoms, other than in the case of owning CNN, have no such
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by jtmb 7y ago
Eventually you become a Veblen good. Or you finally get to work less hours.
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by jtmb 7y ago
We have variable speed signs in the US, but where I live, they aren't followed, to the point that it seems unsafe to obey them and go 30mph when the flow of traffic is 60mph
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by jtmb 8y ago
There are those who give a lot of a shit, and who are deeply disturbed and troubled, knowing families and innocents and children being maimed and killed are on our collective hands, and who do not know how the US can and should escalate, fi
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by jtmb 8y ago
As I understand it, white supremacists and fellow travelers organize in looser groups than ISIS as an entity. The term Scripted Violence, or Stochastic Terrorism are the terms I've heard, for messaging and ideology that repeatedly crea
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by jtmb 8y ago
Agreed, but I think they're saying they start with more innocuous symbols and messaging at the beginning of their ideological radicalization.
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by jtmb 8y ago
Alt right is a political term coined by a white supremacist, and encapsulates reactionary ideologies and intolerant, hateful and violent attitudes towards certain races, faiths and nationalities. Those who identify with the term or act acco
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by jtmb 8y ago
Fairly, but the OSCAR protocol was reverse engineered pretty well, and so you could get on AIM through Pidgin, or Adium, or Meebo, etc etc etc
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by jtmb 8y ago
How would you recommend expressing support, not minimizing these experiences while also not assuming victimization?
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by jtmb 8y ago
Uber seems very actively hostile to its employees, drivers, and riders. It's kind of impressive in a bad way.
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by jtmb 9y ago
Was the outlier Amazon?
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by jtmb 9y ago
Such are the better-safe-than-sorry business policies of a litigious society.
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by jtmb 9y ago
LineageOS provides the root flashable zip for any of their ROMs. I will read more into the security claims and concerns, and may be persuaded, but at first blush I support not spoofing application signatures, as this is the same sort of cha
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by jtmb 9y ago
Thanks for this domain, very helpful.
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by jtmb 9y ago
Thank you for providing sources with your statements. I agree with your premise but still want to recognize you backing it up with data.
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by jtmb 9y ago
It makes for good drama. Like House of Cards. Or Fallout. We enjoy thinking our way through doomsday scenarios.
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by jtmb 9y ago
Not only providing support, but unilaterally disabling the product they purchased after the fact. That should be incredibly explicit. And even then. Just look at Ham Radio Deluxe.