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I wonder sometimes if writing articles “Trolls did thing trolls are known for doing” is incidentally giving the trolls exactly what they want.

IT tries to be proactive at first, but being proactive usually costs money, so it's often ignored. And then a failure happens as a result of ignoring that issue and then the tech p…

Wasn’t that about perfectly healthy people being forced to die against their will? The specific episode I referenced it wasn't so much about perfectly healthy people being forced t…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_a_Life_(Star_Trek:_The_Ne... Star Trek: The Next Generation has an absolutely brilliant episode on this topic that touches on a lot of the things…

Has that been the case for your content, and would you say it's at all worth it for someone looking to start out?

I insinuated that your statement wasn't overly concerned with the merits of democracy vs. corporate interests, pretty directly in fact, and asked you to let me know if that assessm…

No, because I already did .

"Governing itself" isn't some magical good I don't think one who holds this particular stance is particularly concerned with the merits of democracy. Call me on it, if I'm wrong, s…

I'm not disagreeing with that and I'm not even making a value judgment on what's more acceptable, porn or racism. I don't care to have that discussion. Perhaps my initial question …

Now Tumblr is a sex-free haven for white nationalists and Nazis. Is the author basing this on anything other than checking to see if white nationalists and Nazis are simply using t…

Clearly that person has some fears or has had some troubling experiences, and it's not helpful or kind to be provocative. And how do you know throawaysea isn't speaking from the sa…

So Arch?

Why would it be defined only in terms of the government? "Freedom of speech only applies to the government" exists as an argument that is technically true if one were to go to cour…

Pffft, the Metra catches fire even when it's not -20 below, we've become quite used to it.

Better idea: Change your name to Wallace F. Davidson, write this same article but in novel form, publish it under the title "Infinite Mess", become best-selling author, send me a c…

It's not that the left dislikes freedom of speech, it's that the right has twisted the meaning and use of freedom of speech to promote hate, conspiracy, and fear. Seems to me that …

Because prosecutors sometimes care more about being seen as tough on crime and not compassionate towards young kids who do stupid things at an age where they're not blessed with an…

That in mind, in the interest of specificity I wonder if the phrase '[foreign] state actors' would be better used?

I have not but will take a gander this morning. Thanks for that!

This looks like something that may be useful for my team. A question for the developers if you're reading this: something we've needed for a while was the ability to audit changes …

The fact that you succeeded doesn't matter You don't get to determine that for someone. It is not my nor your, nor anyone else's place to tell someone what matters to them as an in…

Well sure, if you want to get into the weeds of actively measuring what success looks like across different methods of screening out potential employees then that conversation can …

then you're doing it wrong What's right and what's wrong in this case here? I'm gainfully employed now, at a company I actually have come to really enjoy working for, making arguab…

>You know, where people typically list "8 years experience in 3 year old technology" and the laundry list of every other keyword/language/framework they've ever heard of. I have a …