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Post by IncreasePosts »

lostlogin wrote: post #180
dralley wrote: post #129

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I accept US responsibility for a great many of the civilian deaths caused in Vietnam. I don't accept US responsibility for Islamists of different varieties blowing up each other's markets and places of worship with weapons provided by Iran and Syria.

Do you believe the violence would have happened without the US invasion?

Probably not the same violence. But Saddam would have kept genociding the Kurds if he stayed in power. And maybe launched another war against Iran.

Re: Replit founder Amjad Masad isn’t afraid of Silicon Valley

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Post by sillyfluke »

sd9 wrote: post #266

The title is a non-sequitur. “Terrorist sympathizer” and “successful businessperson” (or “rich person”) are completely orthogonal. Building a successful business does not necessarily change your terrorist sympathisation status. You can be a rich terrorist sympathiser.

As far as I can tell, nowhere does the article argue that being "terrorist symphathizer" and being a successful business person are mutually exculsive, so you seem to be arguing against a point no one made.

What is obvious is that people should be outraged if a successful businessperson is actually a "terrorist sympathizer", because most people, whatever their ideology, would simply consider it to be an outrageous and ridiculous state of affairs if a successful businessperson was allowed to function unimpeded in western society and its business world if they themselves considered the businessperson to be an unapologetic "terrorist sympathizer".

The title is clearly an enagement ploy by the editor because it forces the reader to decide whether they themselves believe the founder is actually a terrorist sympathizer or not. If they don't think so, then it's outrageous that he's been libelled in a such a manner. If they think he is a terrorist sympathizer then it would be outrageous to them that he is allowed to operate unimpeded in western society and its economic realm.

That's why this comment sounds disingenously pedantic and your follow-up comment's detached tone doesn't feel sincere frankly. The article does list specific reasons why he was called a "terrorist sympathizer" and forces the reader to decide whether they themselves would consider the founder a "terrorist sympathizer" given the context in order to come to a conclusion about him in general.

Re: Replit founder Amjad Masad isn’t afraid of Silicon Valley

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sillyfluke wrote: post #442
sd9 wrote: post #266

The title is a non-sequitur. “Terrorist sympathizer” and “successful businessperson” (or “rich person”) are completely orthogonal. Building a successful business does not necessarily change your terrorist sympathisation status. You can be a rich terrorist sympathiser.

As far as I can tell, nowhere does the article argue that being "terrorist symphathizer" and being a successful business person are mutually exculsive, so you seem to be arguing against a point no one made. What is obvious is that people should be outraged if a successful businessperson is actually a "terrorist sympathizer", because most people, whatever their ideology, would simply consider it to be an outrageous an…

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Re: Replit founder Amjad Masad isn’t afraid of Silicon Valley

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Post by lmc »

Cyph0n wrote: post #438
lmc wrote: post #436

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Whatever. I suggest you take some time to reflect on your biases. What if a group used similar tactics to try and shut down e.g. gay friendly spaces?

1) Uh.. not terrorism? Hate crime perhaps, but that should be decided by a jury, not unilaterally determined by the gov. 2) So arms manufacturers participating in a war (at best!) are now equivalent to.. gay establishments? I suggest thinking through your examples before sharing them :)

Ha, fair points. But i still think you're wrong. Any group going around hitting people with slegehammers shouldn't be tolerated.

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Post by CjHuber »

ActionHank wrote: post #423
ramon156 wrote: post #363

I know this isn't very on the topic, but these articles make me cringe physically. > “You should compete,” I suggested. > He smirked. “I always compete.” Feels like a vocal jerk-off. Just tell me the details, idc how tuff the interview was.

These pieces are usually just advertising with more words. They want to frame Replit and their hero founder as being rebels who don't follow the rules or fear goliath. This is fantasy fiction for VCs, founders, AI bros, and anyone else who isn't actually looking for information.

I don't know what it is but I don't think that it's an ad. Otherwise I guess they wouldn't have that snarky pro-israel undertone towards him.

Re: Replit founder Amjad Masad isn’t afraid of Silicon Valley

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Post by amiga386 »

gghhzzgghhzz wrote: post #361
amiga386 wrote: post #331

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Do you have the name or names of the person accused of 'attacking police with sledgehammers'? You should be less flippant. The accused's name is Samuel Corner. He and his friends are still on trial for their actions. Here's the bodycam footage where you see Samuel Corner attack police seargent Kate Evans with a sledgehammer while she was on the ground, fracturing her spine. Watch from 3m05s to 3m10s: https://www.yo…

> The group's stated aim is to stop the UK or any UK companies giving Israel any military support. They target companies who they think supply Israel. They break in and smash them, and as you've hopefully just seen with your own eyes, they are not afraid to attack people with sledgehammers. They use violence to achieve their political aim. They are terrorists and belong in prison. Yet none of them are being prosecute…

That's a good point.

I think they meet the definition of "terrorists" by their stated goals and acts. But it seems there's reticence by the CPS to break out the Terrorism Act.

Palestine Action is already a proscribed group because of spraypainting RAF planes. I would say this raid seems more terroristic than base invasion, but what do I know? I'm not the Home Secretary.

It raises questions, because while the Terrorism Act is heavily criticised for being overbroad and making a number of otherwise innocuous things crimes, the CPS haven't used it against this group of people, who'd face prison just for being a member, or claiming to be a member of Palestine Action. Maybe the CPS can't reliably prove they are?

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Post by mikestorrent »

foobarian wrote: post #437
kaicianflone wrote: post #434

Replit with vercel starter templates and supabase is amazing. I even have it do all my migrations and RLS policies. Also playwright automated testing in github action CI/CD. I have it originated from a master prompt project I have architected with shadcn suggestions and how I like my app router setup. I'm hooking this up to comet to be fully agentic with Linear tasks and human-in-the-loop approvals with up to 5 UI ve…

In the immortal words of Peter Stormare in the VW ad, "what does this do??"

Well, at some point in time, his workflow produces a landing page where you can express interest in funding his projects

Re: Replit founder Amjad Masad isn’t afraid of Silicon Valley

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Post by _bohm »

AlexandrB wrote: post #435

It's ridiculous to frame an opinion that's extremely common and popular as some kind of expression of rebellion against "the man". What a puff-piece.

Two people got black bagged by the federal government less than a year ago for expressing this opinion

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Post by topaz0 »

nailer wrote: post #223
cholantesh wrote: post #172

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Estimates of birth that rely on the mid-2023 figure and deliberately ignore Israel's systematic dismantling of the health and food systems in Gaza and the drop in fertility levels. >the casualty count that Hamas claims The Gaza Health Ministry's count is widely regarded as an underestimate, but mostly by people who don't refer to it with a dogwhistling caveat.

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Because the infrastructure required to document the deaths systematically was bombed to hell.
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