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ciarannolan
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Comment #25352752
Didn't help Iran: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet
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Comment #25348578
I'm not sure I completely understand your point, sorry. I'm saying that it makes no sense to lose on purpose just to say you "played fair".
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Comment #25348491
> The paradox of tolerance states that if a society is tolerant without limit, its ability to be tolerant is eventually seized or destroyed by the intolerant. Karl Popper described…
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Comment #25348431
> If US social media companies are banned in China, that means the US needs to allow Chinese social media companies to operate in the US. Actually lol'd at this. "If they're not wi…
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Comment #25341531
> SpaceX CEO Elon Musk unveiled revised plans to travel to the Moon and Mars at a space industry conference today, but he ended his talk with a pretty incredible promise: using tha…
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Comment #25341132
All the references like "Please contact sales@spacex.com to evaluate how Starship can meet your unique needs" are pretty funny. I'd like to imagine some mid-level manager working o…
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Comment #25340966
> The depiction of police (allegedly) escalating the situation with threat of deadly force, especially with kids present [...] Not "allegedly". There is video: https://twitter.com/…
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Comment #25336962
+1 to The Fire Next Time God gave Noah the rainbow sign -- no more water, The Fire Next Time I found the book to be much more intellectual and insightful compared to modern pop-rac…
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Comment #25336842
I feel strongly that it was one particular option that you listed, but I think this is a fair assessment. Wonder why it's being downvoted (maybe I'm missing something from this sto…
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Comment #25334080
Microsoft only grossed $100,000,000,000 last year. What makes you think they can afford more than $500 for a bug bounty?
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Comment #25327285
Redact ---> print ---> scan ---> distribute. I think US courts and lawyers are finally starting to learn this.
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Comment #25307700
> Didn't they champion themselves as the bastions of free speech at one point? Didn't liberals too?
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Comment #25307685
They make the mobile site shitty to use on purpose, so that you download their app and let them harvest even more information about you.
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Comment #25306953
> At this point I'm convinced Reddit's platform is being used as a propaganda tool, with the goal of bombarding users with the same views in every major subreddit. +1 It's not even…
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Comment #25296675
> "SEC filings: The parent company of Dominion Voting Systems received $400 million from an Investment Bank in Switzerland that is 75% owned by the Chinese government. UBS Securiti…
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Comment #25296591
People with this ultimate victim attitude are absolutely toxic to employ and work with. I go out of my way to screen them out of hiring in technical roles.
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Comment #25277222
> only ~94% effective Lol.
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Comment #25277213
It just old and sick people dying, don't worry about it!
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Comment #25257647
+ Tableau
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Comment #25257621
> So welcome, Microsoft, to the revolution. We’re glad you’re going to be helping us define this new product category. We admire many of your achievements and know you’ll be a wort…