nisuni

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by nisuni 6y ago
Merry Christmas to you! :)
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by nisuni 6y ago
And that’s why I was happier when basic research was mostly being carried out in public institutions.
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by nisuni 6y ago
So, what would be the viable alternative? Selling user data? Genuine question: are there business that are not viable unless you sell user data?
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by nisuni 6y ago
> Only when I went to college in a college town did people largely seem to want to live and let live. Well, live and let live sounds pretty ideal, given that in several places across California conservative opinions are not tolerated. Ma
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by nisuni 6y ago
DKIM might have non-repudiation as unintended side effect, but I am totally fine with it!
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by nisuni 6y ago
Is this enough to explain not a single woman in the top 100?
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by nisuni 6y ago
Independently of who said what, look at the facts and make up your mind.
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by nisuni 6y ago
What's the current status of Tor? I remember seeing in the past many de-anonymizing attacks against it.
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by nisuni 6y ago
The apps by the same author are very, very interesting: http://www.pixelegg.me
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by nisuni 6y ago
I never said it’s OK for the government to control speech undemocratically like happens in China, maybe I didn’t explain myself well. My point is: I would prefer the government decides democratically what can and cannot be told. And I am fi
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by nisuni 6y ago
But a country’s policy is decided by the citizens, if you live in a democracy. Facebook’s policy is decided by its CEO and few others. Citizens/users have no saying. There’s a big danger in shifting most of the public discourse to priv
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by nisuni 6y ago
Friendly reminder that when what can and cannot be said is chosen by a private company, they will always choose what’s better for their business. The only way of having some moral (rather than commercial) principles guiding the choice, is t
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by nisuni 6y ago
> The reason you should leave your political views at the door because you're trying to pass them off as facts. Never tried to do so, you must be mistaken. > That is simply not supported by evidence. It is.
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by nisuni 6y ago
I never said that the article says that it’s fraud. I said, taking full responsibility for it, that vote-by-mail is more prone to fraud. Why should I leave my political views at the door? Is because they don’t align with yours?
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by nisuni 6y ago
I know everyone in certain social circles is pressured into saying that vote-by-mail is the best thing ever, because the Orange Man said that vote-by-mail is bad and you must be on the other side. However, it’s time to admit that vote-by-ma
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by nisuni 6y ago
> It shows whatever your stance on abortion that making it illegal doesn't stop it That’s not an argument. Making homicide illegal does not stop serial killers, is this a good reason for legalizing homicide? I am not taking a side o
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by nisuni 6y ago
Completely wrong analogy. Critical theorists just want to shut down any kind of debate whose conversation does not fit their worldview. I don't think we need examples here. On the other hand, there are many opponents of critical theory
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by nisuni 6y ago
My thoughts exactly. I plan on checking and maybe using Ceasefire, but if it succeeds the critical theorists will declare it another means of intersectional oppression. And then the mob will start. And then Ceasefire will not be big enough
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by nisuni 6y ago
I am not necessarily speaking about human trafficking in theie supply chain. I am talking about redirecting your efforts towards issues that have a real impact. Does Apple want to do something about slavery, some philanthropic gesture? Ther
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by nisuni 6y ago
There are places in the world where slavery is still a thing, unfortunately, and they clean their conscience by replacing a few words in their codebase. Slacktivism at its finest!
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by nisuni 6y ago
I have my evidence that Lena is not harmful to women, at least to this woman. It’s one data point, but better than zero. You are making a much stronger claim without evidence. How is Lena harmful? How many women did Lena drive out of CS? Do
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by nisuni 6y ago
My point is: people (often, males) like to speak in the name of all women when it comes to Lena. It’s offensive, it keeps women out of CS, it’s a symbol of the patriarchy, etc... As woman, I am saying this is not the case, at least not for
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by nisuni 6y ago
Woman here, you are absolutely right, I couldn’t care less about Lena!
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by nisuni 6y ago
As a woman in CS I couldn’t care less about Lena. Let’s focus on real things, not on this phony issues!
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by nisuni 6y ago
> why Cancel culture. People lose jobs for things said 30 years ago, and that were completely acceptable 30 years ago. > Niel Golightly stepped down after an employee complained about an article he wrote in 1987 that said women should
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by nisuni 6y ago
Never heard of a stereotype according to which only women are mean.
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by nisuni 6y ago
The First Amendment, as you correctly point out, protects freedom of speech in certain cases that are not really relevant here. However, people might support a higher standard for freedom of speech, and might wish businesses also concur in
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by nisuni 6y ago
Inverting the Laplace transform is a central problem in computational physics, since it connects imaginary-time results (easier to obtain numerically) to real-time response. Over the years a number of approaches have been developed for the
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by nisuni 6y ago
That’s not about Michael, we both agree on his outstanding qualifications and on the fact that he fully deserved the job. That’s about hirings based (also) on skin color rather than merit alone.
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by nisuni 6y ago
I am sorry for him. I know as a fact that he’s brilliant and fully deserves the position, but given the circumstances (Ohanian resigning and calling for someone black to replace him) he will always have to live with people having the reason

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