It's all one side as far as I'm concerned and always has been.
Exactly right, better to cut your losses and just hit "block and report as spam".
>I don't think "if you're raising a child the way most Americans do, you shouldn't have a child" is going to be a productive argument I didn't say it is a productive argument, I said, "I reject the assertion that it is…
You miss the point completely. The issue here isn't that ABC fired Kimmel because he isn't funny and his show was losing money. The issue here is that government regulators threatened and pressured ABC over Kimmel's…
>What of the wellbeing and interests of the vulnerable who stumble onto /b/ ill-equipped for the firehose? Are we their keepers also? No, in a free society the government doesn't decide, via its monopoly on violence,…
Neither Kimmel or Kirk ever said anything that wasn't fully protected under the 1st Amendment, and anyone claiming otherwise is either ignorant of the law, a blind political partisan, or (more likely), both.
All political parties and politicians rely heavily on emotional appeals both because they are effective and because people across the political spectrum are becoming more polarized, dumber and less informed (more…
Friend of mine ran a dial-up BBS in the early 90s when we were in our late teens. We had been to a few 2600 meetings (in the lobby, near the payphones) and were obviously into tech, though not as heavily as others. The…
>Is that not the epitome of the classic mid life crisis? The classic epitome of the mid life crisis has always been something along the lines of, "I spent my whole life working and doing a job that I didn't like,…
In 2026 scare quotes around the word "leader" should be obligatory in all cases.
A large portion of the time I google something that I know a lot about the AI summary is misleading if not outright wrong. Frightening when you consider how many take their so-called AI as gospel.
If you only support the right of people you agree with to speak freely, you don't support free speech.
>The Swedish party in question seems to hold a position on immigrants that is fascist due to their hostility towards immigrants. Controlling borders and opposing immigration is a legitimate political position, whether…
When a "private company" is using public land and public money to set up their surveillance devices, it is no longer private.
Describing these mass surveillance devices as "license plate readers" is a deliberate tactic to deceive people about their actual use and capability. Flock cameras record everything, not just license plates. They record…
>And I'm sure these sites don't make it easy to figure out your total P&L because then you might stop. That's just not true. Fanduel for example shows your lifetime win/loss statement ("career stats") prominently on…
>You will find a lot of people who will tell you they win at these things. They don't. How do I know this? Because if you win consistently, they kick you off. This is only true in some cases and entirely depends on your…
Not sure if I'm not losing enough or not gambling enough money, but those bastards barely send me any promotions.
It doesn't have to be "most" is just has to be "many". As everyone knows, it is all about growth and gaining users for these companies. Having a shrinking pool of users rather than a growing one is the kiss of death.
>The question here is, does Discord do the same thing for any or all of the selected options? Or is identity data full well and truly purged once the outcome is determined - no hashing, nothing retained other than the…
If it isn't worth the time for someone to write something themselves, it isn't worth my time to read it.
Many believed the women who accused Assange of rape also that led to the bogus charges that had him imprisoned in an Embassy and then a British dungeon for years. >who craft no end of reasons to not believe them. The…
I think tribalism is inherent in humans, as we our species evolved in a tribal fashion. It is also certain that billions and billions of dollars have been invested by the CIA (and their equivalent in other countries) to…
I'm certainly no fan of Trump (in fact I think he is far and away the worst president of all time), but in 2026 we can say without a shadow of a doubt that the government was spying on Trump and the Trump campaign in…
To be fair, this sort of thinking is not entirely wrong (although it may be in this case). Your priorities are not necessarily the same as whatever person/worker you are dealing with. And the priorities of the worker…
It's all one side as far as I'm concerned and always has been.
Exactly right, better to cut your losses and just hit "block and report as spam".
>I don't think "if you're raising a child the way most Americans do, you shouldn't have a child" is going to be a productive argument I didn't say it is a productive argument, I said, "I reject the assertion that it is…
You miss the point completely. The issue here isn't that ABC fired Kimmel because he isn't funny and his show was losing money. The issue here is that government regulators threatened and pressured ABC over Kimmel's…
>What of the wellbeing and interests of the vulnerable who stumble onto /b/ ill-equipped for the firehose? Are we their keepers also? No, in a free society the government doesn't decide, via its monopoly on violence,…
Neither Kimmel or Kirk ever said anything that wasn't fully protected under the 1st Amendment, and anyone claiming otherwise is either ignorant of the law, a blind political partisan, or (more likely), both.
All political parties and politicians rely heavily on emotional appeals both because they are effective and because people across the political spectrum are becoming more polarized, dumber and less informed (more…
Friend of mine ran a dial-up BBS in the early 90s when we were in our late teens. We had been to a few 2600 meetings (in the lobby, near the payphones) and were obviously into tech, though not as heavily as others. The…
>Is that not the epitome of the classic mid life crisis? The classic epitome of the mid life crisis has always been something along the lines of, "I spent my whole life working and doing a job that I didn't like,…
In 2026 scare quotes around the word "leader" should be obligatory in all cases.
A large portion of the time I google something that I know a lot about the AI summary is misleading if not outright wrong. Frightening when you consider how many take their so-called AI as gospel.
If you only support the right of people you agree with to speak freely, you don't support free speech.
>The Swedish party in question seems to hold a position on immigrants that is fascist due to their hostility towards immigrants. Controlling borders and opposing immigration is a legitimate political position, whether…
When a "private company" is using public land and public money to set up their surveillance devices, it is no longer private.
Describing these mass surveillance devices as "license plate readers" is a deliberate tactic to deceive people about their actual use and capability. Flock cameras record everything, not just license plates. They record…
>And I'm sure these sites don't make it easy to figure out your total P&L because then you might stop. That's just not true. Fanduel for example shows your lifetime win/loss statement ("career stats") prominently on…
>You will find a lot of people who will tell you they win at these things. They don't. How do I know this? Because if you win consistently, they kick you off. This is only true in some cases and entirely depends on your…
Not sure if I'm not losing enough or not gambling enough money, but those bastards barely send me any promotions.
It doesn't have to be "most" is just has to be "many". As everyone knows, it is all about growth and gaining users for these companies. Having a shrinking pool of users rather than a growing one is the kiss of death.
>The question here is, does Discord do the same thing for any or all of the selected options? Or is identity data full well and truly purged once the outcome is determined - no hashing, nothing retained other than the…
If it isn't worth the time for someone to write something themselves, it isn't worth my time to read it.
Many believed the women who accused Assange of rape also that led to the bogus charges that had him imprisoned in an Embassy and then a British dungeon for years. >who craft no end of reasons to not believe them. The…
I think tribalism is inherent in humans, as we our species evolved in a tribal fashion. It is also certain that billions and billions of dollars have been invested by the CIA (and their equivalent in other countries) to…
I'm certainly no fan of Trump (in fact I think he is far and away the worst president of all time), but in 2026 we can say without a shadow of a doubt that the government was spying on Trump and the Trump campaign in…
To be fair, this sort of thinking is not entirely wrong (although it may be in this case). Your priorities are not necessarily the same as whatever person/worker you are dealing with. And the priorities of the worker…