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Duwensatzaj

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    Comment #48833937

    0.4% of the US population has HIV. 12-15% of gay men in the US have HIV. The rules exist for a very real reason.

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    Comment #48562548

    Agreed on the second part, it's pretty terrible. Just absolutely wasteful, and the proposed centralization of research funding is the wrong direction. Disagree on the first. It was…

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    Comment #48562325

    >Science has flourished in the US precisely because it could proceed without whimsical political picking and choosing Please don't take this as a defense of the Trump administratio…

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    Comment #48303877

    Yes, what did you expect? That’s amazingly fast for federal prosecutors.

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    Comment #48259278

    https://playbill.com/article/watch-supreme-court-justice-ket...

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    Comment #48251808

    Is this from 2024? The news article mentioned a threatening note. Curious what it said.

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    Comment #47954207

    From gitea: GIT is a trademark of Software Freedom Conservancy and our use of “gitea” is under license.

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    Comment #47954175

    > Anyone can build an app that aggregates from everyone's data. Unless they gut or disable their API, and then ban scrapers, although I understand why after seeing bots crush sites…

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    Comment #47740878

    It won’t. Some people are perfectly happy to destroy and destroy as long as they get some small portion as profit for themselves.

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    Comment #47426390

    What lies have you seen? ChatGPT is the most censored one, but I’ve only seen rejections, not lies. My other complaint is that ChatGPT ends every response with a teaser to ask more…

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    Comment #47360533

    The IRS used to have a much worse reputation. Congress passed the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 and improved their customer service.

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    Comment #47302020

    > 3D printers are about to get pushed over the edge via legislation. That’s specific to Democrat controlled states, unlike age verification requirements. They’ve decided to treat e…

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    Comment #47054104

    >the waves of people leaving anything are always overblown Digg, MySpace and Vine?

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    Comment #46880628

    Lower receiver being the serialized part isn’t universal. Many firearms have only a single receiver or only the upper receiver is serialized.

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    Comment #46874315

    Internet Archive's trustworthiness took a hit when they waded into fact checking - https://blog.archive.org/2020/10/30/fact-checks-and-context-... and wiping content they disapprov…

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    Comment #46398536

    > All the other players" aren't deliberately tuning their AI to reflect specific political ideology Google did something similar if not quite as offensive. https://www.npr.org/2024…

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    Comment #46240796

    You already gave up your arms. Why are you surprised they’re coming for anything else they want?

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    Comment #46227650

    Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, X, YouTube, Reddit, Twitch and Kick. GitHub is not included, nor is Discord.

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    Comment #45946045

    Free Range Kids organization has been fighting against this, and a number of states have passed laws around it.

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    Comment #45485699

    > There is a history of important Chinese personnel being kidnapped by e.g. the US when abroad. Like who? Meng Wanzhou?

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    Comment #44880418

    Same as it ever was. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JournoList GameJournoPros during GamerGate. Not sure what the "Trust and Safety" people use to coordinate. My guess is Discord.

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    Comment #44202579

    Sorry, I don't have Gell-Mann amnesia - Wikipedia is not a trustworthy source on controversial claims like this based on the outright lies I've seen on things I know.

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    Comment #44202537

    >provocative So what? >make people feel in fear for their own safety. Private chats and bad taste Halloween costumes are designed to make people fear for their own safety? At least…

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    Comment #44198767

    I agree that comparing the UK to the PRC is ridiculous, but you seem to have missed that UK policing goes far beyond your example. Hamit Coskun was arrested and convicted for burni…