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Vast tragedies throughout history were perpetrated by people who thought they knew better than everyone else, that their ends justified imposing their means on the rest of the huma…

What a cynical, defeatist attitude. The Internet is full of people, and you don't know who reads what. Everyone has to learn somewhere, to start from something. Your logic essentia…

Wilfred is a genius. The OP article is from about a year ago, but it laid the foundation for the Emacs package he just released: http://www.wilfred.me.uk/blog/2017/08/30/helpful-ad…

What kind of conclusions do you mean?

It helps us see through the deceptive arguments against anonymity. You don't think that's helpful?

So what about the IPCC scientists who have whistleblown and quit because of their unscientific practices?

> Universal basic income, free university education and free state-run healthcare are leftist... no Democrat puts those things in their platform so I wouldn't call any democrat lef…

Well here's an interesting observation: the "right" subreddit cites some sources that the "left" subreddit cites, but not vice versa. For example, NYT and Politico appear near the …

Left and right are degrees of authoritarianism, e.g. libertarian is far right, and nazism and communism are far left. Nazism and communism would be flavors of authoritarianism.

MBps or Mbps? I'm guessing the latter, but...

Good grief, it's like an invisible war going on inside your browser. > We're on a mission to drive them out of business But if you succeed, won't you go out of business? It's like …

They should probably change their wording if they want to gain wider appeal: "Plasma Mobile turns your phone into a fully open hacking device..."

So, just to be clear, you want to impose your will on the planet, as a whole. You don't care about any form of democracy. You don't care what anyone else thinks. You think you're r…

> How about this: Are people allowed to act in a way that will save themselves, even if it sames everyone else on the planet, and has some side effects? I think the answer is an em…

Why do you trust the IPCC?

> Never mind that smarter, nation wide, grids can allow electricity to flow in either direction depending on where the production and need is. Larger grids are also more vulnerable…

Nothing wrong with his comment. Yours is rude.

I'm sorry but this is a complete no-go. As much as I like Backblaze's attitude and pricing plans, this is unacceptable for a backup service. It's way too easy for files to be accid…

Indeed, I nearly lost my GPG key due to undetected corruption, because the corrupted file had been backed up for a long time. I only recovered it from a very old CD-R backup I made…

A couple of years ago I went to use GPG for the first time in a long time. My private key didn't work. I looked at the file, and its size was 0 bytes. Cosmic ray? GPG crash? System…

How do you define "hate movement"?

> It is the argument that is still lawfully used to deny service on the basis of sexual orientation in much of the country; only a minority of states have public accommodation laws…

It's very simple. It's morally wrong to enforce fairness of outcome, for a few reasons: 1. Doing so requires taking away from those who have, whether property or opportunity. This …

> In fact, I did not refuse to consider his arguments. I considered them. They're poorly sourced, terribly reasoned, and not very well communicated. There are prominent, respected …

I'm observing that your attitude is defensive, as if the assertions you're refuting are personally insulting to you, as if they imply that you shouldn't have bought a Tesla. I don'…