virtual_void

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by virtual_void 3y ago
Morals and ethics are similar but not the same, i would agree. They suffer the same problem though in that morals and ethics do not have one universal standard. So something may be unethical to you but not to me but both be in the bounds of
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by virtual_void 3y ago
No. No you haven’t, at least not a singular unambiguous answer. A lack of trust is not a reasonable reason to refuse to state a single verb or noun. Trust isn’t really a part of this - we are strangers on the internet. I don’t believe that
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by virtual_void 3y ago
I was simply using the word feel as a synonym for the word believe. No injury intended. You still have not answered the very simple question though, and i might be a bit slow off the mark but i don’t see it answered elsewhere in this thread
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by virtual_void 3y ago
Apologies, I wasn’t suggesting i was closing down the conversation. I am trying to find a specific thing in the social contract that you feel is violated. We agree it’s not stealing it seems. Re trespass, that’s not what the specific tort y
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by virtual_void 3y ago
No, that tort specifically relates to depriving someone of, otherwise damaging their property. We've agreed it's not stealing. We've agreed that not all piracy is immoral, for some definition of immoral. I think we can agree
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by virtual_void 3y ago
You’re claiming that all piracy is immoral or breaches a social contract. Then you claim exceptions are ok. Thus not all piracy is immoral. I am trying to get to specifics but you keep waving your hands about this stuff.
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by virtual_void 3y ago
Then which specific thing in your conception of the social contact are you equating piracy with? The post states that piracy isn’t stealing and you agree. There must be some other thing in your mind that is equivalent.
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by virtual_void 3y ago
Without a clear definition of morality that is considered universal you cannot make any claims about generality. There are many examples of piracy where no one loses out yet someone does benefit. Painting such a complex subject with such a
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by virtual_void 3y ago
Are you are relying on that terminology because you believe piracy to actually be stealing? Depriving a person of something they already own.
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by virtual_void 3y ago
And you are presuming that no pirates do by claiming that all piracy is immoral. How do you stand on the idea that someone desperately poor, who cannot afford a text book that would be transformative to their life, pirates said book. Is tha
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by virtual_void 3y ago
Your argument is based on the terms of a conceptual social contract which is ill defined and not universal. You seem convinced that your system of values are the same set everyone else has. That doesn’t make for a useful argument.
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by virtual_void 3y ago
There is no singular conception of The Social Contract, nor indeed of morality. You’re making a point about how you feel about it without presenting an argument. The discussion of harms or lack of harm from piracy has been raging for a long
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by virtual_void 3y ago
I find it interesting that we always frame it as if we all perceive it in the same way. I find in person to be draining, so the opposite of you. I guess this is the core of the difficulty. Not everyone feels the same but very often we’re fo
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by virtual_void 4y ago
Totally agree re your first sentence. The second sentence is stating things as fact with regards to how you feel about relationships. I don’t see how a persons feelings about how they think about relationships can be invalid.
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by virtual_void 4y ago
You’re assuming your feelings about how other people make meaningful relationships are universal. It can be true for you yet untrue for others. It seems a bit much to state it as fact.
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by virtual_void 4y ago
I don’t see people finding the fact infuriating. People are upset because they feel like people are asking them to come in to the office because someone else wants to socialise. Enforced socialisation doesn’t seem reasonable any more than d
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by virtual_void 4y ago
Wouldn’t it be exciting if it was working because someone / something had found it and started tinkering. Hackers, if you will.
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by virtual_void 4y ago
It’s not. I can listen to audio from anywhere else except this site. Just hooked my phone up to look at the console and noted that the resources are not being loaded. I have a pihole running and checked that log and can see that fish.muted.
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by virtual_void 4y ago
Neat! I like it. I get no audio on my iphone though for the interactive keyboard. Might just be my setup.
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by virtual_void 4y ago
Is that true? I thought they could only devote devolved public expenditure to the nhs. Even if they could raise income tax (3p i think?) to fund extra in the nhs that’s a drastically unlikely scenario. Ultimately i think the nhs is Scotland
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by virtual_void 4y ago
The funding is given to them by the uk gov. They are allowed to elect how they spend it. If the funding is insufficient then it’s not really fixing the problem.
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by virtual_void 4y ago
He cites his sources (which seem reasonable), is making measurements and has written up objective results it seems. Perhaps there are other articles less objective on that site but it doesn’t seem like this article should be dismissed out o
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by virtual_void 4y ago
Thanks. Will take your advice on both counts!
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by virtual_void 4y ago
Interesting. We have a gas stove and a gas furnace. Furnace was changed a few years back and coincides with worse asthma symptoms for both me and my youngest son. Anyone have any air quality sensor recommendations? Preferably one that i can
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by virtual_void 4y ago
N is not the only thing that matters here. It is important but if you’re disregarding results solely on that basis then it’s unfounded. I noted from reading the paper that they based their sample size on a previous paper that shows the effe
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by virtual_void 4y ago
I think that’s fine if en mass that was happening. What causes corporations to sit up and take note is that when things are presented as a paid option with reasonable terms, people pay. However unreasonable terms (as we see with multiple st
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by virtual_void 4y ago
I think, from an emotional perspective re works i create, i feel the same. The bit i feel unsure about is if it really removes my ability to generate revenue. To make that claim I’d have to be sure the people that have copied would have ot
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by virtual_void 4y ago
I think the idea is that it’s problematic to pay for many different streaming services to get the content. Spotify got it right for music - one subscription, everything i want is there. Movies etc, not even close. How is one to fight back?
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by virtual_void 4y ago
Regarding your last paragraph, could you expand a bit on why you believe that copying creative content does indeed remove something from the author? I guess the usual argument is that a copy of something cannot, by definition be theft. The
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by virtual_void 4y ago
People are already trapped in a filter bubble. In general people do not seem open to ideas that do not confirm what they already believe. I don’t see how this differs. I’m also not sure that i agree with your idea that the core principal of

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