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Individuals have rights that come from God? Is that a grant written somewhere? The notion of rights is completely abstract, a relatively recent concept in our particular society. I…

Is Belarus the first thing they worry about, though?

P-lease! the case is crystal clear: the MIG was used to threaten the plane into landing!

What difference does it make? Shares trading openly on the market is as explicit a valuation process as it gets.

Nice rewrite, now I no longer need to bother reading the original!

I think this entire moralistic debate is misguided. Granted, if RMS was indeed autistic, all the more reason to "judge" him more charitably. But even if he wasn't, its doesn't mean…

Disparaging an entire nation as "illegal and amoral" qualifies for being vlagged in this forum, I believe. Not to mention the fact that this is a digression from the topic of the t…

Who says what does or does not stand on its own? I am not seeing any negative stereotyping there, just colorful characters. You might argue that I ought to be Chinese to have a say…

"No one arrests you for possessing a copy"... YET

Curious: why was this post flagged?

What's so wrong with a biscuit?

No. Most of that land will then be sold to the highest bidder.

The letter is from academics to an academic organization (ACM), so yes: its scope is the rules of engagement in academic institutions. The issues you are bringing up are out of sco…

Unless the rental market in SF bounces back soon, one would expect a sizable portion of landlords to opt for cashing out. Which, in theory, should increase the real estate supply a…

Looks like you cannot actually try it out right away, you have to get on the waitlist...

Hardly a credible source of objective information, given that The Social Dilemma is itself a piece of media designed to trigger people into consuming and spreading it.

I used to read the NYT every day. Not anymore, now they are on my "disgraced media" list.

#abolish_ice

More people should see this!