notslang

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   by notslang 8y ago

   > If the politicians of a particular era were elected their policies must have been within the window of that era. Sure, they're probably somewhere _within_ that window, but that tells us nothing about the boundaries of the window.
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   by notslang 8y ago

   The Overton window is the range of acceptable public opinions. It's what you're allowed to talk about in polite company and what kinds of policies people will seriously consider. It's not a measurement of where popular electe
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   by notslang 8y ago

   Yeah, if anything it's his mother who's to blame.
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   by notslang 8y ago

   > The tide turned on Friday, June 8. Out of the blue, an email popped onto the forensics community mailing list. It contained a single link, to an Anonymous video. All that video said was "the API you seek is called Activities"
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   by notslang 8y ago

   That depends on whether the Overton window continues to shift leftward, or if it is pushed in another direction. There were LGBT rights movements as early as the 1890's, but those didn't last.
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   by notslang 10y ago

   I'm actually in the exact same position - not super interested in getting a job, very interested in researching and learning, and I've got enough money to be fine for a few years if I really needed to. Obviously I _should_ put for