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by zcid 6y ago
Millions of people are wrong.
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by zcid 6y ago
You can also have investors that buy into a company because it is counterproductive to their goals. Not all investments are meant to produce financial profit.
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by zcid 7y ago
I do the same, but it seems that more and more reddit comments are also astroturfed so my faith in them is faltering. Finding authentic recommendations at this point is extremely tiring because I have to constantly be gauging a user's
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by zcid 7y ago
While I like the idea of pedestrian areas, it does feel like this is another angle for our elites to prepare the lower classes for austerity. Owning your own home, eating meat, being able to raise a family; all of these are things that our
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by zcid 7y ago
Same here. Crazy to think that I've been using it for over 15 years and never had a reason to change. I've tried other browsers, but none of them gave me a compelling reason to continue with them. I think the most probable reason
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by zcid 7y ago
I heard somebody make a similar argument one time in regards to Common Lisp. He said that with Java you would have to wait several years sometimes to get a feature (assuming the language developers actually cared about the feature), but wit
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by zcid 7y ago
Their programs are simple and works well at the job for which they are intended. Why should I not use good software just because the developers' politics are not in vogue?
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by zcid 7y ago
"Professional journalist" just means you're a blogger that gets paid. And everybody has standards. Some people just like to wave theirs around a little more.
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by zcid 7y ago
I still use a T420 and T430. Both are great for development use. The screens are lacking, but when you spend most of your time in the terminal or browser, you don't really notice.
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by zcid 7y ago
I don't get the Russia hate. Sure they have problems as a country, but how does that affect the average user? I would think that since I don't live there I can trust Russian companies more than I can ones in the US.
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by zcid 7y ago
Even disregarding the many questionable aspects of consumerism, think about how many developers you know that have dedicated their entire ability to creating better advertising. The amount of brain power that has been spent on marketing (la
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by zcid 7y ago
Can you show me some examples of cheap junk food? A bag of chips and a soda costs about the same here as a pound of chicken or pork and any one vegetable side. Go down the frozen meal aisle where I'm assuming most unhealthy people shop
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by zcid 7y ago
Can I ask why this comment was detached? I feel it was relevant to the point the OP was making concerning legislation vs popularity among the citizenry.
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by zcid 7y ago
Same-sex marriage never achieved enough support to be legalized [0][1]. It was voted against throughout the country including liberal states such as California. Same-sex marriage was legislated by a small number of judges. I'm not maki
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by zcid 7y ago
No problem. I don't see a problem with exclusionary platforms as long as they aren't using their extreme dominance in multiple areas to maintain a monopoly. I guess what I am looking for is a cap on wealth and power.
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by zcid 7y ago
A slippery slope is only a fallacy if you can't demonstrate a downward slide. Once you can demonstrate that slide, the issue needs to be taken more seriously. I believe that over the last two years, we have seen a dramatic increase in
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by zcid 7y ago
Or maybe instead of this being a conspiracy of brigades, more people are waking up the dangers of too much control in the hands of a few powerful people?
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by zcid 7y ago
How about they disallow all the illegal content you are using as examples? Legal speech should not be censored.
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by zcid 7y ago
Facebook is just as restrictive as Google. Vimeo doesn't compare to YouTube in any way. To follow the analogy of the parent comment, Vimeo is like only being able to publish on the Amazon app store. If we accept this ownership of the d
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by zcid 7y ago
As a side note, his home town, Charlottesville, canceled the holiday celebrating Thomas Jefferson's birthday[0][1]. It seems to me that our society is too focused on condemning historical persons for their flaws than celebrating them f
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by zcid 7y ago
A lot of people like myself just don't care anymore. I don't know a single publication that I really trust anymore. All of them have heavy bias or just outright lie. As important as the idea of journalism is, the institution itsel
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by zcid 7y ago
It's not apparent to me from the article that this woman is making a serious attempt to make up for those absences. That she wrote this almost seems like a celebration of her choice to de-prioritize them. My father would be gone for a
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by zcid 7y ago
Those dads are shitty parents too.
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by zcid 7y ago
I don't want to be too harsh, but I can't respect her decision. It's selfish, and not properly caring for the next generation is a dead giveaway of a sick society.
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by zcid 7y ago
Same here. My dad was military when I was young and during my teenage years had another job that took him away from home for about half of the month. I wouldn't ever disparage him for it. He provided well for his family, and most of my
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by zcid 7y ago
Except a lot of people don't like Google having persistent cookies that track your web usage. Why should giving up that data be a prerequisite for accessing a website?
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by zcid 7y ago
So, I still have to whitelist Google in uMatrix and allow cookies for this to work. Even after doing so, I get a 0.1. I reloaded the page to check for variation as some other users mentioned but get the same score each time. I guess Google
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by zcid 7y ago
And what about the other 99.99999% of people that use the web? Do they also understand what is going on behind the scenes?
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by zcid 7y ago
I love the address bar at the bottom. It feels so much better on a mobile device. As a whole, this version is much nicer to use than the previous versions. My two main gripes are the default search engine and telemetry. Both of these option
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by zcid 7y ago
I can't seem to reply to your other comment so I do so here. It is entirely different to move your company or business to another country vs another state. Most people are not going to expatriate and most companies wouldn't gain m

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