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by simplecomplex 8y ago
Our daily anti-China clickbait! Oh but it looks like US Military was doing this first... "Yet China isn't the first place innovators have sought to build a device to resemble a bird: in 2013, the U.S. military acquired more than 3
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MSG is not a health hazard. That’s a myth unfounded by science, often associated with the placebo “Chinese restaurant syndrome”. MSG occurs naturally in all sorts of things, seaweed, celery, meats, etc.
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That’s a hoax. China does not have a problem with fake eggs made from plastic. Chicken and eggs are a staple of Chinese diet, and both incredibly cheap and plentiful throughout the country.
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No, tech is not easy. I dont think I’ve met a software engineer in my entire 20 year career who would characterize programming as “easy”. I don’t think of law, medicine, and architecture as easy either. I’m sure I could have been an archite
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Sometimes there’s an unrealistic expectation that engineers know everything, but senior engineers I’ve worked with and hired knew most of that list... at least somewhat. Yes, comfort with bash and a knowledge of how networking actually work
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>. It was initially paid for by Torres, but is now funded to the tune of $US1.2 million annually through a voluntary occupancy tax paid by local hotels. So it’s not “millionaires building private police forces” Can the mods remove this i
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"But any blue-collar coder will be plenty qualified to sling JavaScript for their local bank." And any idiot is plenty qualified to write articles for Wired.
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Marijuana policy is the epitome of broken American politics. Obsession with money and morality, racism and ignorance driving policy, a tiny minority out-of-touch with what they’re regulating writing the legislation, business regulations tha
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by simplecomplex 8y ago
Yeah, I watch movies and listen to music. I pirate movies (via bittorrent) mainly because it’s easier than maintaining subscriptions with Netflix, HBO, Amazon Video, etc. I’m not against paying for movies, I’m just not interested in walled
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Yes, so you're not the only one. I don't care to see what stupid news articles and memes my friends happen to like every single day while mindlessly browsing their phone in bed, at lunch, at their workdesk, etc. I have a wife, a f
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And what's the left's proposed solution? More forgiving terms or no money at all available?
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Authoritarianism is forcing Facebook to silence speech Democrats don’t like. That’s authoritarian. Not people freely reading and writing. I fear my fellow Americans have completely lost the plot...
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So I shouldn’t be allowed to use Facebook because some people see ads and vote republican? Because I can post what I want whether or not it’s true or you agree with it? The only authoritarianism here is your call to forcibly break up Facebo
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No, but I started posting to my own website instead, and syndicating the content to FB, Twitter, Instagram, and Mastadon. I also use brid.gy fed to backfeed Twitter and Instagram to my blog. For private messaging, I use email.
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Microsub, Micropub, Webmention, Microformats, WebSub, and ActivityPub.
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You’re argument amounts to “American citizens can’t be trusted to govern themselves” I’m sorry but speak for yourself, not me. This is a democracy. Don’t tell me I can’t know about things because I want to score imaginary internet points. D
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I sure remember my racist Republican family members living in their own bubbles long before the Internet... I remember “liberal” and “conservative” media empires before the web... I remember gerrymanderred 50/50 political races before
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Which, hypocritically and ironically, Ferris does not live by. He works almost constantly, and his business isn't automated and entirely dependent on self-promotion. I wouldn't call a company with a bus factor of 1 and which requi
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Alternative to what, exactly? I can email updates of my life to family pretty easily. No ads, totally free, private, supports replies, images, whatever really. This is what my family who never joined Facebook did. We all just send everybody
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ALL human morality is quasi-religious. Democracy is fundamentally a moral philosophy. The crime of murder is "natural rights". Our whole society is built on natural rights.
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Even their logo makes no sense as a trade mark. Supreme is a common noun, and uses one of the most common typefaces, Helvetica, on a solid red background. There’s no unique aspect to their logo at all. Maybe I should start a company named T
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I already did. I post to my own site and use rss/Microformats reader to consume content. Funny thing is I love it but everyone who uses Facebook (especially geeks) likes to tell me this is all wrong because 2 billion people aren’t usin
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Having a political party that wasn’t intent on destroying the government itself would be a start. A president that isn’t a man child too.
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Values? I understand not using Facebook because it’s annoying and filled with ads... but what values is one upholding when they quit Facebook because they show ads? That advertising is evil? I don’t watch TV because it sucks and is filled w
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Disintermediation did happen. I can reach my fans directly. Many independent shops have their own website. But disintermediation doesn’t mean guaranteed customers, just that the independent shop owner doesn’t have to pay $1000 in rent every
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Contact archive.org, this is what they do.
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What fees? Depositing and spending money at all the major consumer banks in USA is free.
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No, because there are no consumer bank fees for depositing and spending money. That’s what I and most consumers use a bank for. In the US, consumer banking is free. Most checking accounts have no cost and neither do the debit/credit ca
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Disrupted... how? Consumers suffer... how? Is depositing money hard or something? Is spending money using a debit card online difficult? Because those two things are the primary purpose of consumer banking.
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Oh no! You allow politically charged articles that have nothing to with tech and are inherently divisive, then pull the thought police bullshit when the kitchen gets hot. If you don’t want nasty discussion maybe apply the guidelines to the

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