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escapetech

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    Comment #14935628

    A guilt and redemption system focuses almost exclusively on the transgressions of the accused for the well being of society. An ethical system takes into account the well-being of …

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    Comment #14916857

    Also, please reconsider your decision to feature Google and Facebook as prominently as "featured employers". If it's for security, maintenance, and janitorial work, it's more pract…

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    Comment #14900872

    Certainly while there are cultural aspects at play, it's impossible to ignore the reality of certain areas in America being cleaner and less littered, and better serviced than othe…

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    Comment #14900167

    It's not only in cities. In the USA, public facilities outside of exclusive areas are usually associated with those considered poor and personal failures. Combined with the resentm…

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    Comment #14776546

    > Now, the government is too afraid to publicly speak about Liu As it should be. Speaking up would only draw more attention to Norway's unscrupulous actions in conflicted and autoc…

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    Comment #14752639

    Also problematic for numeric code in Ocaml is the lack of native interoperability with C data types and native arrays and instead having to use time-consuming abstractions such as …

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    Comment #14725158

    I would also add * Open sourcing data to promote transparency and integrity. * Whistle-blower protection of both civilians and law enforcement who witness and report misconduct. * …

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    Comment #14703167

    >> I'm glad her experiences are such that she hasn't encountered these barriers, According to whom? Just because one doesn't address or mention the obstacles faced in their persona…

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    Comment #14689661

    The lengths that companies will go to protect themselves from lawsuits is silly, but at the same time necessary given the potentially problematic behaviors and motivations of certa…

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    Comment #14685199

    In light of the "All Eyez on Me" movie recently released, there is an interesting, indirect relationship between Michael K Williams and Tupac Shakur. Shakur was filming with Mickey…

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    Comment #14681837

    Actually a breakup can turn into any one of those situations. One person can begin spreading rumors and propagating lies about the other person, or begin leaving harassing messages…

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    Comment #14681828

    You personally may think dating coworkers is fine under some circumstances, and so may the other person potentially involved, but others not involved and observing may find it unac…

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    Comment #14680700

    I've seen projects for extending train lines and bus routes literally coming to complete halt because residents were defensive and paranoid about the demographics of people that wo…

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    Comment #14680653

    It's not necessarily about power imbalances - subordinates might express interest in a superior, or a colleague might interest in another colleague, and both situations can be just…

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    Comment #14659393

    Considering that the DA threw everything but the kitchen sink at the Cosby case, a retrial would be either unlikely or unfruitful, given the judge's intentional leaking of juror's …

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    Comment #14659145

    > Let's not lose sight of other potential dangers just because we're focused on one that's getting a lot of attention in the moment. Sure, the Cosby trial might be an example of an…

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    Comment #14658860

    Yes, with matters like censorship and human rights abuses being allowed to continue under the guise of "national sovereignty" and "states rights", then yes, the Balkanization of in…

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    Comment #14658682

    > but what about the other end of the spectrum, where baseless claims are leveled on a person. You are confusing imaginary baseless claims with matters of public record. The potent…

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    Comment #14658268

    This wouldn't be the first time a government is requiring Google to modify their search results. This case parallels the "right to be forgotten" cases brought against them by the E…

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    Comment #14654705

    What many people fail to realize is that the older and fixed pipeline legacy API's in modern graphics cards are emulated with thin layers directly on top of the modern stacks. On t…

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    Comment #14611589

    Vala has been out for some time. I haven't used it since 2007 though. Vala would always come up in discussions about C# on GNU/Linux and Stallman in particular wanted no parts of C…

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    Comment #14609499

    The so-called political aspect very relevant, after all it's policy being discussed. The French tech visa programme remedies the problems with US tech visa that the OP listed, rais…

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    Comment #14608379

    Donny boy should spend more time seeking advice from foreign leaders and less time pushing and arm-wrestling them, one them being French president, who apparently "gets it" when it…

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    Comment #14608171

    > This could have taken a very different turn. Until something similar happens to them, people often take for granted living in a society where the legal process is relatively acce…

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    Comment #14604067

    > But Jolla has shipped. Jolla 1, Intex Aquafish, Turing Phone, Inoi R7[1]. Limited runs of Jolla C, Tablet. Sony Xperia X should be coming soon Proving my point - all of these dev…