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by mshanowitz 5y ago
Until money no longer becomes a reliable measure of value and then everything goes to hell. Right now we are benefitting both from the stability of the US Dollar, as well as from the benefits of pumping more and more of it into the system (
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by mshanowitz 5y ago
Coverage is still a good target to aim for because it ultimately does lead to people writing bigger and better tests. "…there is a moderate to high correlation between the effectiveness and the coverage of a test suite when the influen
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by mshanowitz 5y ago
Are you implying that the NY Times is promoting conspiracy theories?
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by mshanowitz 5y ago
I don't dispute that there is evidence that 67 phones had been targeted with Pegasus software. I am however skeptical of that justifying an international breaking news story that so-and-so is on the "list" without having chec
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by mshanowitz 5y ago
I'm not suggesting we take their word for it at all. I brought this point because some times in the "denial" you see their admittance (which isn't the case here). It's just a bit weird that media couldnt bother to t
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by mshanowitz 5y ago
I've seen no PR blitz. I'm honestly just a little skeptical seeing how some stories gained mainstream acceptance over the years without much basis in fact
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by mshanowitz 5y ago
Another part of this story is that the company completely denies their connection to this "list". The media thus far has presented very little evidence that this list is actually from NSO Group. They have provided no information o
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by mshanowitz 5y ago
Perhaps the basic functions of the internet that Google provides like mail and basic document storage should be treated as public utilities as well
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by mshanowitz 5y ago
Act II is grossly misrepresented. It wasn't just the GOP and a lot of evidence was presented. In fact, there hasn't been a whole lot of new evidence presented since then.
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by mshanowitz 5y ago
Read the article. The author lists 5 or more such smoking guns. All together, it is quite compelling.
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by mshanowitz 5y ago
Indeed, however there was something uniquely terrible about the Nazi atrocities. The Nazis invaded countries and then systematically got to the task of murdering their entire totally harmless Jewish population, simply because of their ethni
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by mshanowitz 5y ago
There is an organization in Israel, Tzomet, dedicated to these kind of stuff. I believe they manufacture such products. But they're explicitly dedicated for times of need and not for leisure purposes.
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by mshanowitz 5y ago
Just want to point out that this argument is not universally accepted by modern halachic (Jewish law) authorities. Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, a very prominent orthodox Jewish halachist held that closing/opening an electrical circuit does
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by mshanowitz 5y ago
Also inability to reply to specific text messages. I find this to be a very useful feature that you only get with "smart" messaging apps like WhatsApp.
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by mshanowitz 6y ago
Your equivalency is false. Parler did not make any change of behavior. Amazon knew very well who they were and what they did when they were making 100s of k a month hosting them. Furthermore it is simply not true that Parler refused to work
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by mshanowitz 6y ago
It just happened to be that Google, Apple and Amazon all banned Parler within hours of each other, shortly after all the big social media companies banned President Trump, thus boosting Parler as an alternative social media platform. This i
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by mshanowitz 6y ago
Jordan Peterson?
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by mshanowitz 6y ago
But it is your position that he should have been fired, correct?
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by mshanowitz 6y ago
https://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/9980/jewish/Cha... Deuteronomy 16:18
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by mshanowitz 6y ago
Since the beginning of time, civil societies have had police and a justice system. I know it's in the old testament. Society needs an authority to turn to to resolve disputes or injustice and to maintain order, the alternative is chaos
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by mshanowitz 6y ago
Banning militia groups or similar groups or speech has upfront benefits but hidden costs. Facebook taking responsibility for such activity will inevitably to other very difficult decisions down the road. One mans terrorist is another's
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by mshanowitz 6y ago
Notwithstanding the relatively small amount purchased, the question remains still: is this something the federal reserve should be engaged in in the first place? And what are the long term consequences of even the perception of such behav
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The Effort to Fix the Troubled Boeing 737 Max(wsj.com)
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by mshanowitz 9y ago
FYI, the Jewish population was almost completely expelled from that region by the year 135 CE.