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Some people in a general sense just defend companies fleecing us for money because if it was the government who stopped it that makes it bad, which is, imo, very silly.

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I don't see how you even pretend to rationalize this thinking as anything other than "I'm banning specific things I don't like and cutting some rule that sorta fits that" afterward…

It almost seems like cheating to draw on Douglas Adams, of course he'd be the one to draw out futuristic truths in his droll way.

If I were more cynical, I would say that the antitrust concerns are being focused on in big tech in part due to the perception of anti-conservative bias or de-platforming, and the …

Eventually you become a Veblen good. Or you finally get to work less hours.

We have variable speed signs in the US, but where I live, they aren't followed, to the point that it seems unsafe to obey them and go 30mph when the flow of traffic is 60mph

There are those who give a lot of a shit, and who are deeply disturbed and troubled, knowing families and innocents and children being maimed and killed are on our collective hands…

As I understand it, white supremacists and fellow travelers organize in looser groups than ISIS as an entity. The term Scripted Violence, or Stochastic Terrorism are the terms I've…

Agreed, but I think they're saying they start with more innocuous symbols and messaging at the beginning of their ideological radicalization.

Alt right is a political term coined by a white supremacist, and encapsulates reactionary ideologies and intolerant, hateful and violent attitudes towards certain races, faiths and…

Fairly, but the OSCAR protocol was reverse engineered pretty well, and so you could get on AIM through Pidgin, or Adium, or Meebo, etc etc etc

How would you recommend expressing support, not minimizing these experiences while also not assuming victimization?

Uber seems very actively hostile to its employees, drivers, and riders. It's kind of impressive in a bad way.

Was the outlier Amazon?

Such are the better-safe-than-sorry business policies of a litigious society.

LineageOS provides the root flashable zip for any of their ROMs. I will read more into the security claims and concerns, and may be persuaded, but at first blush I support not spoo…

Thanks for this domain, very helpful.

Thank you for providing sources with your statements. I agree with your premise but still want to recognize you backing it up with data.

It makes for good drama. Like House of Cards. Or Fallout. We enjoy thinking our way through doomsday scenarios.

Not only providing support, but unilaterally disabling the product they purchased after the fact. That should be incredibly explicit. And even then. Just look at Ham Radio Deluxe.