mlillie

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by mlillie 5y ago
Is the original article not a major journalistic misstep then? Nowhere does it clarify that this only applies to online gaming.
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by mlillie 6y ago
Yes, we have one party here. But so does America. Except, with typical extravagance, they have two of them! - Julius Nyerere
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by mlillie 6y ago
Yeah, socialist here, and I am absolutely no fan of Obama's...
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by mlillie 6y ago
Comment there says they're only selling the "Basic" which doesn't include GPS or LORA
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by mlillie 6y ago
> Ensafi’s team found that censorship is increasing in 103 of the countries studied, including unexpected places like Norway, Japan, Italy, India, Israel and Poland. These countries, the team notes, are rated some of the world’s freest b
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by mlillie 6y ago
Livestream for Hearing on “Mainstreaming Extremism: Social Media’s Role in Radicalizing America" is still going on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mstNE5KIM-g
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by mlillie 6y ago
Given that some 35% of global emissions this century have come from such unnecessary atrocities as the War on Terror[1] I am confident we have a good starting point for things to cut. [1] https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwa
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by mlillie 6y ago
There was a sea change in views on welfare in the 80s-90s[1], culminating with the Welfare Reform Act of 1996. Between means-testing, spending caps and staffing cuts, virtually all welfare programs have been decimated over the last 25 years
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by mlillie 6y ago
It's a lot more complicated than that. Many of these people are chronically underpaid, the service industry in particular. Yes, of course they like the extra unemployment money, but I bet 95% would prefer to return to work and be pai
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by mlillie 6y ago
Thanks for bringing up this book. Everyone who lives in California and thinks about nature needs to check out Tending the Wild.
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by mlillie 6y ago
Is their "slave wage labor" really any worse than being a construction worker in the US, in relative terms?
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by mlillie 6y ago
Thank you. The author really missed the big reveal at the end, I was also wondering this same thing.
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by mlillie 6y ago
Isn't spyware just a subset of malware? This is definitely spyware
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by mlillie 7y ago
Not including the "Mystic" system seems like a huge oversight. It's an analog game system that works using yes/no questions, 2D10, and a probability table. It's not too elegant, but it works wonders. It can be used
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by mlillie 7y ago
They do subject themselves to it. However, what that analysis lack is an understanding that the worker/employer power relationship is completely asymmetrical. Workers have everything to lose, Employers have nothing to lose. That leads
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by mlillie 7y ago
Americans on any problem: "You've got to vote with your wallet to change the world! That's the spirit of the free market and liberal democracy!" China votes with wallet Americans: "This is 'authoritarianism&#
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by mlillie 7y ago
> re-education camps If you're referring to the Uyghurs in Xinjiang, there is a lot of outcry, but little evidence to back up statements made by Western press. Google doc amalgamating sources: https://tinyurl.com/xin
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by mlillie 7y ago
Isn't the core assumption of MVT that there exists a one dimensional spectrum from which to calculate a median in the first place? Voting for candidates is hardly one-dimensional; even a particular ballot measure may have multiple choi
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by mlillie 7y ago
100 'dollars' to spend
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by mlillie 8y ago
This is what I was thinking. I know a big complaint especially of the larger US unions is that they just end up mirroring the bureaucracy & power structure of management anyway
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by mlillie 8y ago
I think it would be comparable, but not equal, to a factory walkout. Without active bug-squashing, DevOps and server maintenance, there is an increased risk of a major outage, which would even affect previous customers as well. Also, most t
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by mlillie 8y ago
How would you qualify US style vs non-US style unions? The prevalence of business unionism here?
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by mlillie 8y ago
A few fallacies as I see them in this article. One is that everyone, like the author, is starting from a 'clean slate'. This is an extremely privileged position. Almost no one in this country is completely out of debt AND mentally
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by mlillie 8y ago
US equivalent is SMOG: Signal, Mirrors, Over the shoulder, Go when safe. Not sure whether it is better to signal before or after looking, but that was what my partner's driving instructor taught.
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by mlillie 8y ago
> can be explained entirely by discrimination I understand this is hyperbole, but this is the perfect case of how legitimate grievances are derailed by bad actors. Emphasis on the word "entirely". We don't and can't t
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by mlillie 8y ago
This reeks of both-sides-ism and enablement. "Where does it stop?" is the same slippery slope garbage peddled by #HimToo and #BlueLivesMatter acolytes. But even engaging with the question at face value, the answer is very simple,
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by mlillie 8y ago
Apple does not pay their fair share - http://fortune.com/2018/01/18/apple-bonuses-money-us-350-bil...
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by mlillie 8y ago
Unemployment is at a record low. Workers are smart to organize and strike now, as it's a (labor) seller's market.
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by mlillie 8y ago
Also worth considering that the vast majority of parents who don't care simply can't afford to care. Working 2+ jobs, they may not have the time or emotional effort to invest in the same way that more privileged parents with elabo
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by mlillie 8y ago
Why not highlight the actual most performant for that specific method?

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