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kook_throwaway

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    Comment #28713134

    [CoC authors] should speak and act with good intentions, but understand that intent and impact are not equivalent.

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    Comment #28597947

    2 and 3 absolutely can apply. Considering you get reported to the feds for transactions over $10,000 (or is it lower now?), it's completely reasonable for someone to decide it's no…

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    Comment #28498702

    >I don't think it's fair to say your experience represents some runaway extra-judicial outcome. Being involuntarily committed makes you a "prohibited person" and includes a lifetim…

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    Comment #28481859

    >Lots of folks are just too coddled and unwilling to take a risk, even for the greater good. I'm not sure how you arrived here from my comment. If I was willing to dox myself you'd…

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    Comment #28481532

    >Lots of folks afraid to take a shot that's been well-studied and given to millions and is, in all probability, quite safe. ;) That's one way to describe it. Another less charitabl…

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    Comment #28481261

    >Your threat model for ubiquitous cheap sensing tech is nation states? I'm not overly worried about being spied on by nation states. In general, my feeling is that if a nation-stat…

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    Comment #28481154

    There is an online course called nand2tetris where you build a whole computer from nand gate level (CPU, ram, ROM, memory-mapped display output, keyboard scanning, etc), write your…

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    Comment #28477289

    >As long as it’s limited to reasonable fines This will only result in those not living paycheck to paycheck being willing to speak out.

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    Comment #28474654

    Thank you.

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    Comment #28474545

    Hiro Protagonist

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    Comment #28474135

    Because we weren't debating the safety of mRNA. That is unrelated to the discussion and I would be feeding the troll by moving the conversation from ethics to semantics and efficac…

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    Comment #28467101

    I never said it altered DNA, that was the straw man the poster who replied to me built.

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    Comment #28467082

    The gravity of the falsehood is key to understanding. We have seen an incredible growth of authoritarianism, from the near daily 'Simon says' mandate changes, lockdowns, increased …

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    Comment #28466927

    Moderna and the FDA think it's a gene therapy. "Currently, mRNA is considered a gene therapy product by the FDA." [1] >Please quit spouting misinformation. I like how you start wit…

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    Comment #28466907

    Less AI and more people. I hope this succeeds.

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    Comment #28466876

    Maybe it is working, but being coerced to take a novel gene therapy from organizations with a long history of abuse is a horrific precedent that should offend everyone.

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    Comment #28464868

    SCOTUS has made many rulings that cops both know and regularly ignore. There's hundreds of videos online of police threatening a camera person with arrest if they don't provide ID …

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    Comment #28464802

    If you don't stop, cops will happily chase you in violation of department policy, endangering innocent bystanders[1], then shoot you when you are running away. If you happen to get…

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    Comment #28461092

    I'm having trouble finding mighty on ddg, got a link?

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    Comment #28460924

    Was MitMing half the web the giveaway?

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    Comment #28436886

    Its the entire system. The police, courts, judges, DAs, legislature. Those with power will always stand together against those that don't have it.

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    Comment #28436867

    >This kind of unintended impact should have been forseen, but I guess it wasn't. Why do you think it wasn't forseen?

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    Comment #28436852

    When you start asserting your rights and recording some of the more corrupt cops move on to legally stealing from folks that cooperate. There's really no reason to make the corrupt…

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    Comment #28436164

    For anyone else wondering: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_the_Rainbow_Warri...