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LawTalkingGuy
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Comment #37342512
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Comment #37342477
> the amount of problems that would come from disinformation When we used to say disinformation I imagined deep webs of false references, faking critical data. Now I can lookup mos…
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Comment #37339355
It's not that we want to defend KF, it's that we want to have a discussion on the merits of the issue not the reputation of the participants. KF is ultimately an archive site. It "…
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Comment #37339126
Inclusive of who into what? Comcast has an all-women Open Source Program Office, which sounds like a way to include females in engineering. But they define women as "females and ma…
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Comment #37338746
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Comment #37338088
> From my own observations, I feel that the right is often wrong on many things, but the far left has gone off the rails The difference, I feel, is that I know many people whose id…
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Comment #37337861
> It isn't an "appeal to emotion," it is emotion. Emotion is not this ephemeral second-class citizen in your mind. It's you. It's the part of you that cares about things Regardless…
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Comment #37166664
> As of 2020, over 37 million people 12 and older actively used illicit substances... And yet our cities are being destroyed by having a mere 2-10k junkies in an extreme state of d…
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Comment #37001798
> But criminalization certainly isn't the solution. There are many ways to see criminal law - as a punishment, or as a tool. Portugal uses it as a tool. They know, because many of …
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Comment #36992027
> my 1g bag How much did you end up using? And did you notice it abstractly, similar to "I've been using food delivery too much recently", or did it have a physical or mental toll …
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Comment #36991670
> All drugs have long been decriminalized in Portugal Portugal did not decriminalize use of drugs! Public use of drugs, and being uncontrollably high in public, is criminal and the…
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Comment #36989519
> Nobody starts using because they have a great life but they’re just curious what a bit of meth feels like and then accidentally get hooked. No, I know people who've been hooked m…
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Comment #36989053
> It's a tactic to convince a general audience, It doesn't sound friendly the way you say it, as if the "general audience" can't think for itself and needs to be convinced and tact…
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Comment #36978562
> You cannot 'treat' those people. Nobody can un-addict the drug addict except the drug-addict themselves. This isn't true. You give them opioid antagonists such as Suboxone. It's …
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Comment #36808622
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Comment #36808005
> Turns out, it's usually better to be fast and break things In terms of # of correct guesses, sure. In terms of damage from guessing incorrectly over time, usually not. The trick …
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Comment #36807649
> Literally every single one of your claims about what trans people believe are false; I count at least 7 distinct ones. (I can enumerate them if you'd like.) It's honestly impress…
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Comment #36807532
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Comment #36806005
When you do pen testing you're given a limited list of valid targets. I imagine that the mission parameters were that he take a check and remove money from the account. It would al…
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Comment #36804383
Wow dude, Way to deflect political criticism in a thread about presidential candidates. Partisan much? This is simply your side's baggage. So many stupid decrees. Both sides are nu…