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chillingeffect

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    Comment #48853247

    This is amazingly coherent and explanatory article! the writer really went into depth about the problem and...surprise...the answer is almost embarrassingly simple. Everyone in the…

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    Comment #48720594

    yes some of the provocative imagery is non-productive in public spheres outside private circles. As a remedy, I recommend everyone on the left read George Lakoff's book "Don't Thin…

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    Comment #48720163

    What's needed are democratically-agreed upon guidelines. Yes if you suck at science, you can't get paid. But if the subjects you study are politically inconvenient to the presently…

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    Comment #48719571

    I am generally agreeing with you. IIUC, your point is we can't survive like this, so why are we even pretending to go to Mars? and i'm saying: let's not wreck ourselves trying to g…

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    Comment #48691709

    Yes, it's important to leave the solar system...but we have 4 billion years to think about it. We can do a little bit each year. We don't have to tap into all of our social service…

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    Comment #47843836

    not useful in a disaster scenario: YOU> HELP I'M DROWNING C64> YOU' HERE! YOU> OH NO I'M ON FIRE C64> IGLAY! YOU> IM BEING SWALLOWED BE A SNAKE C64> YOU> BIRDS ARE NIPPING ON ME C6…

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    Comment #46940642

    I really like this...I've been trying to come up with a similar system, not necessarily for just gh, but for comms in general. And with groups so e.g. someone from my group can tru…

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    Comment #46906397

    yes and also no ;) Think of stirling engines as driven by "heat differentials" as opposed to "heat." At first when you fire up the GPU, it's hotter than everythign else and can sta…

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    Comment #46905948

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_predictions_for_autono... and (no longer updated sadly): https://motherfrunker.ca/fsd/

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    Comment #46905932

    When someone can’t manage first-order thermodynamics or basic human boundaries, it’s reasonable to downgrade their credibility across domains. re: thermodynamics....you can not fea…

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    Comment #46057336

    > If folks want more Rust projects under licenses they prefer, they should start those projects. 100% true, but also hides a powerful fact: Our choices aren't limited to doing it o…

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    Comment #46052089

    True, but you might want to look into the licenses people are actually choosing for Rust versions of coreutils/uutils and who's promoting them.

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    Comment #46049130

    >And if AI does not work for a specific task, "use it until it does," he added.

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    Comment #46048431

    Even worse, the license requirements (gpl->mit) will be less beneficial to the community than the rust replacements.

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    Comment #46009265

    The 2nd amendment is different from the Castle doctrine. You can have the 1st one without the 2nd one. A militia to deter occupiers is different from protecting one's own house. An…

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    Comment #45982448

    Yeah it pays to have a huge library of routines...e.g. multiplication for every size combo of number sizes, signedness. Also sorts...everything, but if you scour youll find many :)…

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    Comment #45948179

    >Welcome feedback or new ideas to make our communities safe. Nuture not control. Living wage. Access to day care.

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    Comment #45792258

    Id like to point out submitter, binning, has no comments and no favorites. Only a string of sexually conservative submissions with very low karma. I submit that this user is not a …

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    Comment #45792207

    Started off ok, but revealed themselves when talking abt trans like this: >The bodies featured in porn are parodies of nature: women with enormous breast and butt implants; male “c…

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    Comment #45688633

    The invention of the corporation is virtually to eliminate responsibility/culpability from any individual. Human car crash? Human punishment. Corporate-owned car crash? A fine whic…

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    Comment #45583103

    If hate the esp32 adc, let me introduce you to its "fpu." Or its external flash and memory...