mgraybosch

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by mgraybosch 1y ago
Being disagreed with is not the same as being censored. Harden your heart, make a virtue of defiance, and speak your truth.
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by mgraybosch 1y ago
If you want to speak freely, don't expect to do it on somebody else's platform. Even if you aren't subject to censorship at the hands of the admins or moderators, you might still run afoul of the prevailing groupthink. Here&#
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by mgraybosch 2y ago
Good for them. I hope all their demands are met.
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by mgraybosch 2y ago
How is this new? I recall people talking about "personal branding" over twenty years ago. I disliked the notion then, and it hasn't grown on me over time.
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by mgraybosch 2y ago
Yeah, Jesse Singal is to transgender people what Andy Ngo is to anti-fascist activists. They want to get their mendacious asses kicked so that they can play the martyr. They're both assholes.
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by mgraybosch 2y ago
> Neither does Singal. The hell he doesn't. https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Jesse_Singal Who should I believe? A wiki that links to sources to back its opinions, or some rando on HN? Oh, and did you create this a
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by mgraybosch 2y ago
Well, if it ain't a Nazi bar it's certainly the Hotel California. I'd happily delete my account if that were permitted, but it isn't, and I'm sure as hell not going to email the management and say "pretty pleas
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by mgraybosch 2y ago
Neither have I, but I don't talk shit about trans people for a living, either.
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by mgraybosch 2y ago
Tolerance isn't a moral precept. It's a peace treaty. If you aren't willing to tolerate trans people, then why should they tolerate you ?
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by mgraybosch 2y ago
I think he's an asshole. He's some kind of journalist, but from what I've read of him he seems like the sort of man who lives in unreasoning and unrelenting terror that the guy in the stall next to his might have a vagina ins
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by mgraybosch 2y ago
Bari Weiss is a right-wing grifter. Nothing she publishes in her "Free Press" should be trusted, and Substack is still a Nazi bar. https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/substack-announcement-bari-we...
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by mgraybosch 2y ago
Give it some time. Bluesky will be old and busted, monetized and enshittified. Then all of the "interesting" people will pioneer some new proprietary platform instead of building their own websites and DMing each other on Signal,
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by mgraybosch 2y ago
> At the very least, a ban on semiautomatics and bump stocks sounds like it'd reach bipartisan appeal. I think you're assuming that Republicans are still capable of bipartisan compromise. You'll have to pardon my cynicism
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by mgraybosch 2y ago
I guess we have similar "No shit, Sherlock" files, but our respective files are rather different from those of other Americans.
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by mgraybosch 2y ago
> The sad part is that the U.S. has a huge population of people that still don’t think anyone else’s rights to the pursuit of happiness and peace take precedence over their constitutional right to own guns, and if Sandy Hook didn’t move
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by mgraybosch 2y ago
Stop making sense. Seriously, though, reducing work hours globally might also help with those low birthrates with which Elon Musk, JD Vance, and other rich white dudes and their bootlickers are obsessed. People don't have time or energ
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by mgraybosch 2y ago
I blame the parents. It stands to reason that guns and ammo should not need a "Keep out of reach of children" label, yet they plainly do since parents are obviously leaving loaded firearms where their kids can get at them.
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by mgraybosch 2y ago
> Good point about Judicial Warrants, we will implement an autodelete so that if the user didn't delete their data within X days, it gets deleted automatically. Hence, when Warrant comes, we are sorry we don't have the data any
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by mgraybosch 2y ago
What do you do with the data you collect, and why should anybody let you do so? How does anybody know you won't sell this information or "share" it with "partners"? Will you say "Judicial warrant or GTFO"
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by mgraybosch 2y ago
Oh, great. Van Eck phreaking is back. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Eck_phreaking
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by mgraybosch 2y ago
I'm not surprised, and frankly this has been happening in the US for years. Every time some guy goes apeshit with an AR-15, we chalk it up to "mental illness", but it looks more like "revenge on society" to me. Like
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by mgraybosch 2y ago
When I was a .NET n00b in 2009, I used to swear by the MSDN Library. Nowadays I often swear at what Microsoft offers in place of the MSDN Library. I'm hoping the same doesn't happen to MDN Web Docs. I've always got it open
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by mgraybosch 2y ago
I don't blame you for wanting out. I regularly fantasize about retiring to Montana, where I'll grow dental floss and write manifestos. Of course, if you're not into Frank Zappa you won't get the bit about dental floss; i
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by mgraybosch 2y ago
I was just about to mention that we already have this. Though, frankly, if all of your income is W2 and you haven't fucked up your W4, you shouldn't have to file at all. If you're a W2 wageslave, the government knows how much
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by mgraybosch 2y ago
I also lift, and I've written and published some fiction that's basically Hawkmoon on a Harley, but when I get as burned out as you seem to be, I can't do anything resembling intellectual or creative work. Or, rather, I can
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by mgraybosch 2y ago
When was the last time you had a break, let alone an honest to Crom vacation? It sounds like you're thoroughly sick of your work, but can't or won't consciously admit it even to yourself, so your body is staging a wildcat str
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by mgraybosch 2y ago
Sell it? Who would buy it? Just donate the code to UC Berkeley or dump it on the Free Software Foundation.
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by mgraybosch 2y ago
RTO as stealth layoffs, huh? How did Elon Musk sire so many children when he, like most CEOs who play this game, plainly has no balls?
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by mgraybosch 2y ago
If I was going to do a newsletter (for people too ignorant or lazy to use RSS feeds), I’d probably go with Buttondown and charge the punters $10/year. Buttondown charges a flat fee based on subscriber count and they aren’t a Nazi bar b
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by mgraybosch 2y ago
I don't blame them. If buying isn't owning, then downloading isn't stealing.

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