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Comment #25509896
https://www.congress.gov/search https://www.congress.gov/member/thomas-tillis/T000476 I've had decent results consulting this site. The bill in question has not, as far as I can te…
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Comment #25264867
KISS Linux[1] is a similar option. Busybox-based init and coreutils (with musl by default), although all shell scripts are POSIX compliant so you can plug in pretty much whatever y…
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Comment #24851214
While I recognize that "private communities" have the ability to moderate and administer their communities whatever way they see fit (and subreddits [at least their initial iterati…
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Comment #24848723
Thank you for the more thorough take on that perspective. Yes, there are "parallels to the Dark Ages" in the sense that "medical practitioners prescribe treatment based on the best…
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Comment #24848058
How do you decide to attribute something to "modern medicine" versus "The Game of Telephone, Medical Style"? For example, >Giving patients highly addictive narcotics for pain relie…
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Comment #24843324
To reiterate what you're saying in case you just had a typo or something, you're advocating for blanket censorship regardless of context. Is that correct?
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Comment #24843272
That isn't the point, mind you.
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Comment #24842347
So a single comment I made multiple years ago that was in criticism of /r/the_donald was actually "brigading" and worthy of a ban across multiple unrelated communities?
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Comment #24841938
I think brigading is a real enough problem that moderators/administrators need to at the very minimum be aware of it and ready to step in if needed. I think Matrix is seeking a sol…
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Comment #24841346
>there's a huge responsibility on the folks writing moderation tools like this I'm fatalistic in my opinion that all moderation tools would eventually end up in situations like thi…
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Comment #24840503
>where participating in one community automatically bans you from other communities This absolutely does happen. I got banned from /r/offmychest, for example, despite never comment…