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SenAnder

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    Comment #38733791

    The claim was that "we figured out how to handle Nazis 80 years ago", where the "we" that did the handling would be considered modern-day Nazis, and it is to people holding a mild …

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    Comment #38733759

    I don't think I said anything that disagrees with your post. Except for one detail - the comic you linked writes (emphasis mine): "It's just that the people listening think you're …

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    Comment #38733147

    You're right, credit also goes to the Russians that had just finished starving Ukraine into submission (and would go on to implement a system of brutal repression that killed tens …

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    Comment #38731391

    > The manufacturer argued that this was because of malpractice by these workshops, and that they should be serviced by them instead of third parties. So libel on top of computer sa…

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    Comment #38731363

    But remember - Malthusianism was debunked, and the planet can support many more people. As long as you never think about environmentalism and population size at the same time - the…

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    Comment #38722398

    The email cites a tweet url as the reason for the ban, but the tweet itself has since been deleted. What was it?

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    Comment #38703383

    Throughout the piece he cautions against abandoning friends, principles, and of striving for the inner circle for its own sake, and for greed. It is a very uncharitable reading to …

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    Comment #38701354

    It's very in line with the current zeitgeist to dismiss a thoughtful piece on the perils of compromising personal values and friendships for the sake of social climbing, as a mere …

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    Comment #38699654

    So it is your claim that Blacks still lie about their race on the census, in significant numbers, because they are afraid of... what, exactly? Except in rare cases, race is obvious…

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    Comment #38691646

    > What is the better solution that retains the anti-theft capabilities of the device? Include the unlock key in the box the device was sold in, and in Apple's database. Tech-savvy …

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    Comment #38690799

    > Higher-income households reside in distinct neighborhoods and send their children to better schools than low-income households. But state and federal funding supplements local ta…

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    Comment #38690731

    Dismantling Jim Crow does not seem to have affected their numbers much - the census found Blacks to be 10% of all Americans in 1950, and 12.4% in 2020: https://en.wikipedia.org/wik…

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    Comment #38690575

    48% of the US, including 35% of those self-described as liberal, and 25% of those self-described as extremely liberal, are nazis? What a flexible (and useful!) term. I'm so glad it…

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    Comment #38690516

    I don't know why you're singling out the middle-aged or men, but in the 1950s the US was in fact 87.5% non-Hispanic White [1], so all other groups accounted for only 12.5%. [1] htt…

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    Comment #38666088

    Much like the EU patent convention that also excludes computer programs as such, programs for generic computers routinely get patented. It seems it is the opinion of esteemed paten…

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    Comment #38650373

    > a lot of opposition from feminists for obvious reasons They oppose financial aid to young families, flexible working hours, and the promotion of living in multigenerational/exten…

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    Comment #38649765

    Interesting. The researcher correctly states that economic concerns are only an excuse. But he never asks why people object to reducing their homelands to mere economic zones. This…

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    Comment #38649562

    Formally verifying does no good if the compiler is infected. In the stuxnet example, formal verification wouldn't even help - how do you formally verify centrifuge timings? Unlike …

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    Comment #38644627

    > adult websites Don't buy their framing - every website with user-uploaded content is an "adult website" in the eyes of this law. If one of your users uploads a single jpeg of por…

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    Comment #38644492

    Hospitals in at least 4 states diverting patients from emergency rooms after ransomware attack - https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/11/28/ardent... Moreover, it is unt…

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    Comment #38643922

    We lament that circumventing DRM is legally perilous, but sabotaging your customer's property is illegal . That you were the one that sold that property makes no difference - you s…