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Comment #33313463
While I mostly agree I think this one is more about older people in government simply not understanding tech and data in the age of IoT. I know they do have some small understandin…
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Comment #31380172
BTW, that was literally the joke Dave made. That progress on LGBTQ rights was so fast that they can still use their white privilage against people who look like Dave if they are bo…
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Comment #31379965
I agree with your points but his particular joke was about transphobia vs racism. That trans and gay people can turn on their white privilage in a second to attack black people, in…
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Comment #30799150
I think we really need to limit how many one can own. Start taxing very very very heavily for anything beyond a second home for individuals and and anything beyond another number b…
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Comment #30649663
My team just does a weekly virtual meeting specifically for those social aspects, we could discuss anything in those meetings but it usually turns into TV, games or movies. As well…
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Comment #30649635
I am totally ready to read rational discussions that in no way is colored by hatered of either side or belonging to a particular religion or political beliefs or consperacy theorie…
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Comment #30597122
There are some typos and of course I meant world war 1. I am typing on a phone keyboard that isnt very accurate.
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Comment #30597112
No this is colonial social conditioning. Those same white Europeans werent scoffing at Arab, Persian or Indian scholars in the Renaissance, Romans and Greeks intermarried with Egyp…
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Comment #30491062
Not many good games these days. I recently played through Age Of Empires 3 and 4. I just dont like stuff like Elden Ring that is popular these days due to Dark Souls or every third…
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Comment #30490904
There is the CS's famed eletism and gate keeping. Just because its not Harvard or Stanford its not relevant? I am a CS grad myself but there is so much toxicity in the community wh…
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Comment #30490789
"Arab mujahdeen"? That word just proves you know nothing and arent interested in learning because a tiny fact check would tell you that you meant Afghan mujhadeen let alone knowing…
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Comment #30082321
Also long covid which can render people unable to work or issues like taking care of people who are sick or immunocompromised people who used to work outside but can't now.
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Comment #30082282
Yes. In most discussions I see about the resignation people on both sides seem to forget that those numbers of infections or deaths were actual people who had jobs but now can't wo…
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Comment #29750414
Some censorship needs to be accepted as anti terror measures. If you white people were ok with random brown people being pulled aside by TSA for random checks after 9/11, I as a br…
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Comment #29750303
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Comment #29607833
Just do stuff. The world has a lot of terrible problems and being in your unique position, you could start to tackle those that are close to you. Eg,climate change,public transport…
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Comment #29389399
I think the problem is CLRS is extremely dry and can easily put you to sleep so people do just enough to pass or get a good grade and forget about it. As a math grad, I think you h…
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Comment #29223117
I am surprized no one me tioned we could just limit home ownership to 2-3 for individuals and lets say 20 or so for a company. The actual limits can be decided based on discussion …
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Comment #28782366
Then get a pi-top instead of this. That takes a normal rasbperry pi 4 and puts it into a huge case and takes away part of the use case for the pi being so small
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Comment #28782331
I dont think there was a way to make a device this small and powerful without making it this tight and difficult to open. Your point is valid for laptops who try this or promote th…
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Comment #28743576
I think part of it is that there are't enough former software devs or engineers or data scientists in congress or the senate. The only programmer/politician I can name is Mayor Pet…
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Comment #28743558
Camel is out of business and they had a cartoon mascot. Also i cant remember the name but one used the Flintstones, they are also out of business.
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Comment #28743547
"facebook isnt going anywhere". If this was the 90s/early 2000s you would say that about Yahoo. MySpace was a thing for a long time and operated in a way that we were never concern…
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Comment #28496577
"worst-case they're a little nuts and talking shit" That is NOT the worst case. If they were serious in the bounty case it could result in punishment for multiple people and reward…