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Re: A Man Who Stood Up To Facebook

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Post by kbenson » Sun, Oct 16, 2016, 12:22 AM UTC

rokhayakebe wrote: post #103

kbenson wrote: post #79

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> 1BR apartment in New Orleans is ~$1300. Sure, but my point was that if you view SF as integral for some reason, you can find 1BR apartment rentals for ~$1300 (and 2 bedroom for $1400) an hour North of SF. If you're willing to go slightly over 2 hours from SF (which if you've considering flying in occasionally isn't bad at all), you can find 2 BR apartments for It's not a beach in a tropical climate, but it sure is…

I am sure living in Ukiah is different from Sao Paolo.

Well, yeah. But living in SF is different than Sao Paolo as well.

The point is one lets you get to SF (which we are assuming is important for the purposes of this discussion) within a couple hours with a car at the cost of gas and you can go back home a the end of the day. The other requires 12+ hours in a plane and costs of $600+ per trip, and you need to find a place to stay when you get into SF.

Each have benefits and drawbacks. I just thought it would be interesting to discuss those.

Re: A Man Who Stood Up To Facebook

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Post by tmd83 » Sun, Oct 16, 2016, 6:52 AM UTC

micaksica wrote: post #56

komali2 wrote: post #49

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"Will need to be persuaded to compensate," i.e., sued, which will take probably 2-5 years to complete because it will be cheaper to bill lawyers than payout potentially millions to Vachani. A big problem with our legal system is that it favors those with more money in every way - the rich can lever more cases, better cases, more often. They can afford to appeal at every level, to pay lawyers to look for hundreds of l…

> A big problem with our legal system is that it favors those with more money in every way - the rich can lever more cases, better cases, more often. The legal system is not the only institution affected by this.

Yes that is and has been the way of the world. But we at least like to pretend or want that to be not the case. Also legal system was suppose to be the place to go when in other system (administration and such) fails to protect the poor and weak.

Re: A Man Who Stood Up To Facebook

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Post by anon12345690 » Sun, Oct 16, 2016, 7:19 AM UTC

kefka wrote: post #55

DanBC wrote: post #26

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It's a fucking stupid metaphor that acts as a barrier to understanding. People should stop casually making jokes about rape[1] or using rape as a metaphor. [1] It's baffling to me that crimes of sexual violence are a common theme for jokes on US media.

As and aside, it also disgusts me that male-male rape is used as an additional punishment in prison, and is seen as a wide positive side effect in the "law-and-order" types. Ive seen plenty show and movies that talk how "Bubba is going to ravage you". Because a prison sentence needs to have a side source of rape.

Have you actually ever been to prison? Rape inside is nowhere near as common as you think. Prison code and rules are often more fairly enforced than actual laws outside.

It's easier to get into prison than to get hurt inside for being innocent of your accused actions.

Re: A Man Who Stood Up To Facebook

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Oct 16, 2016, 7:01 PM UTC

pmoriarty wrote: post #91

kareemsabri wrote: post #77

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Rent is the killer in SF. Forget about Brazil and imagine even a cheap American city. 1BR apartment in SF is ~$3300 1BR apartment in New Orleans is ~$1300. $24K/yr in savings on rent alone. Even if you fly in 8 times per year, for a round trip cost of $1K with food and accommodations, you're still well ahead. If you live abroad, and can earn USD and take advantage of the exchange rate, you're even farther ahead. A 1B…

You don't need to go as far as New Orleans to pay ~$1300 for a 1BR. There are lots of place in the Bay Area where you can get that, but you may have to sacrifice convenience, safety, age or condition of the apartment, commuting distance, or some other desirable traits. The best, though, if you can swing it, is telecommuting. Then you can work most anywhere with an internet connection. And there are, arguably, far mor…

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Re: A Man Who Stood Up To Facebook

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Post by gjolund » Sun, Oct 16, 2016, 8:59 PM UTC

I have said it before, and I will say it again.

Facebook is the folly of our generation. We are already paying the consequences of giving away our right to privacy, and it is only going to get worse.

Re: A Man Who Stood Up To Facebook

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Post by hueving » Mon, Oct 17, 2016, 7:23 AM UTC

whybroke wrote: post #107

hueving wrote: post #99

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It's ways higher than 1%. http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/jul/... Almost 1 in 10 supporting savage violence and meaningless destruction. It's not the poster that made it a slur, it's the insane violence supported by a non-negligible portion of Muslims that made it a slur.

Twice that rate of Germans (16%) and Americans (18%) think the Sun goes around the earth.[1] So does 9% really indicate a key culturally defining characteristic? [1] http://www.gallup.com/poll/3742/new-poll-gauges-americans-ge...

As long as thinking the sun goes around the earth doesn't induce violent murders, I don't care.