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lurchpop
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Comment #34671136
I have a manager who does the "teaching" thing poorly. If you're making a request in the form of a question, fine. But if you're trying to make me THINK, fuck off.
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Comment #30420031
Basically returning to Pneumatic tubes but probably way less elegant and over-engineered
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Comment #29335539
What if the state is the US demanding data using NSLs or dragnet warrants?
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Comment #25355860
great! finally a search engine that will give me mainstream news sources and the official washington or brussels consensus on facts.
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Comment #25012237
But it will be bar policy to have your name/address/email info or their reader won’t authenticate you.
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Comment #24795827
Or there’s cases like WMDs or “Assad gassed his own people” which are outright frauds coming from the establishment who determines what is factual.
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Comment #24795784
It becomes an issue when people do try to start their own networks, those networks get smeared and service providers (credit cards, hosting, dns) start cutting them off.
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Comment #24396511
I don’t like the “unbanked” basis for these anti cashless arguments because they’ll just solve that problem.
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Comment #21622672
No they intentionally put those sources higher in the results even when there’s more popular content below it. They get extra priority as they’re deemed “authoritative sources.” So…
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Comment #21622554
google also has a definite opinion on news, politics and other controversial topics which will get worse and worse during election years or during times of war.
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Comment #21120540
ICBM tag with targeting coordinates hmm
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Comment #20610902
Isn’t this all predicated on a manifesto that surfaced before the dust even settled? Also saw reports the manifesto was a hoax. Everyone needs to slow the hell down.
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Comment #19655525
What if Rachel Maddow had a source inside the IRS who's trying to get at a folder that has trump tax returns and other financial details but doesn't have access. Source says they c…
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Comment #17905865
yeah, judging from a few of those samples, i'm assuming toxicity means being on the "incorrect" side of the gun and immigration debates.
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Comment #16934819
Using national numbers isn't really useful. The case study of the $50k ironworker in Seattle is well below the median for that city which has a median income of $80k.
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Comment #16934768
Why are they characterizing $50k as "high paying?" That's median income for Washington state, and generally medians tend to skew low in terms of the lifestyle they afford.
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Comment #16806390
Bmw will remotely disable a car if you don't use their batteries or have an authorized dealer install it. Would be cool if that sort of thing was covered.
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Comment #16675624
Jesus Christ, if you want to put up one of those buildings you'd have to pay the existing renters over 3.5 years rent.
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Comment #16571063
The author also makes a few contradictions. They need less surveillance because there's more "eyes" on the ground, and yet the biggest walkable cities that come to mind, nyc and Lo…
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Comment #16538835
I think that protective tone they're taking is PR. These potential enforcement actions are for your safety because we care about protecting investors. Not that it's a power grab in…
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Comment #14871309
sounds the same as EOS
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Comment #14844591
It sounds made up. I wonder if this is some flimsy parallel construction cover, or they're railroading this guy to justify some new anti cryptocurrency legislation/policy Dhs is wa…