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frostwhale··on I refused to become an FBI informant, the government put me on the no fly list
You are wrong the courts have ruled it is unconstitutional. You have a right to fly. There is no due process here.

https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/federal-court-sides-aclu...

frostwhale··on No Qualified Immunity for Cops Who Made Stuff Up to Justify Phone Seizure
They hire (i.e. elect) the people that hire the people that decide who hires them.
frostwhale··on German draft proposal would subsidize smaller firms to enter 5G market
that's kinda that point... you dont get any data from China.
frostwhale··on King Kazu signs new professional football contract at 53 years old
He was born in 1967 and been playing professionally since 1986. He has even started a game for Yokohama FC this year.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuyoshi_Miura

frostwhale··on Most surgeries are ineffective
The title doesn't overstate the claim, its simply false. The statement "most surgeries to relieve pain are ineffective" and "most surgeries are ineffective" are completely different largely unrelated statements.
frostwhale··on Trump says he will ban TikTok through executive action
This makes no sense. China constructed the largest fence in the world to achieve what you say they achieve, then you say constructing a fence is showing weakness. This is utter nonsense.

"The US needs to recognize they're behind the game and behave like adults" okay so who is the adults? China? Then this IS behaving like adults as I outlined.

frostwhale··on Google-backed groups criticize Apple's new warnings on user tracking
The only caveat i'll add is Apple is providing ad software that doesn't trigger the double verification. This can be seen either as a push to force people to respect privacy(as their software does), or a push to control a larger share of the ad market (as the foxes here i'm sure believe)
frostwhale··on Good writing is a business advantage
As someone who had issues with this before, can second this is the best advice. As well as running it by someone else to see if they're picking up on the narrative you're trying to convey.
frostwhale··on Supreme Court says criminal convictions require unanimous juries
There's a racial difference between jurors in my mind because there's a racial difference between jurors in reality lol. Pretending otherwise is foolish, lawyers literally pick their juries based on this obvious fact.

"Why should black people be judged by black people only?" Is a racist strawman argument. I am saying black people should not be judged by white people exclusively, as can happy if every jury is majority white.

frostwhale··on The ACLU wants to know why Facebook beat a 2018 wiretap case
I mean, yeah. There have been a lot of revolutions in world history. They did not exist _solely_ to rubber stamp the laws of the rich.
frostwhale··on Time is the only real currency we have
I'd say you're also born with energy if you're born with time.
frostwhale··on Supreme Court says criminal convictions require unanimous juries
Yeah its a trade off, as the article mentions, against alienating a minority voting bloc in juries. In the US most relevantly black vs white jurors.

Juries will generally be majority white meaning the opinion of the black jurors would be discounted often.

Neither solution is ideal, and this topic interests me greatly, it seems very similar to the questions of fairness and bias in statistics / ML.

frostwhale··on Europe heroically defends itself against veggie burgers
I am not a vegetarian but I grew up with two sisters who were, meaning i was served fake meat a lot.

I agree it can be quite good! Spicy fake Italian sausages were a favorite I remember. That being said, to the earlier point they're best when they're not trying to exactly replicate meat flavor but just taste good. Spicy italian sausage was good because it didn't try to taste too much like sausage and was just spicy and italian haha.

frostwhale··on Firm wielding Theranos patents asks judge to block coronavirus test
Couldn't have said it better. "Why would i develop something that could save millions of lives if it will save millions of lives and might not make me money". Absurd
frostwhale··on Amazon: Staff told to work overtime as virus spikes demand
Had the same reaction. Its forced overtime so maybe they'll complain? But with the virus hitting, if correct safety precautions are taken the extra cash seems like a good thing? We'd need to actually talk to Amazon workers for their opinions. Also important how Amazon responds if a worker doesn't want the overtime.
frostwhale··on Dagen H: the day Sweden switched from driving on the left to the right (2018)
All of the issues people that Direct Democracy has, or people perceive it to have. And presumably, since he said legally, there are rules they have to follow to not agree with the election.

That being said, like you I am curious for more details! It does seem a little strange on the face of it.

frostwhale··on Online porn searched by Parliament staff more than 24,000 times
I also believe that Parliment outlawed porn / made it more difficult to access recently.
frostwhale··on A roadblock to productivity is the smartphone on your desk
While I fully agree with the article, what exactly is it trying to tell me that everyone didn't know? Is it just saying that your phone is a distraction, and that distractions make it harder to focus? I'm just unsure what part of the article anyone would disagree with.
frostwhale··on Amazon is paying to tweet nice things about warehouse working conditions
I believe it is not illegal if they're not withholding who they are or their motivations.
frostwhale··on How Postcards Solved the Problem of Disappearing Rice
I think the difference is that there are other safety nets in place to prevent people from taking too much. Those are most likely still in effect with the postcards, the only difference is people now know when they can escalate their issues with not getting rice from a local official and succeed. The local official never wants this since the official knows what the citizen is actually due and escalating the issue will confirm this. If someone is demanding too much from the local official, they will have no worries about the complaint running up the chain because they are doing their job correctly.
frostwhale··on Samsung’s Chromebook Plus now supports Linux apps
I try to avoid using a graphical display while doing deep learning (or any gpu intensive work). It reserves some, albeit not much, vram and while it shouldn't cause issues like the one you're stating, it definitely can.
frostwhale··on Malaysia Opposition, Led by 92-Year-Old, Wins Upset Victory
No there isnt a secret cabal of jewish warlords ordering christians around. Or Muslims. Or atheists even for that matter.
frostwhale··on Teen monitoring apps don't work, and drive a wedge between teens and parents
Its also possible the parents are installing these monitoring apps after other more "natural" (non-tech) ways to limit the child's access failed. This could also explain why these kids exhibit the behaviors in the study, as it adds a bias to the sample.
frostwhale··on Google Workers Urge C.E.O. To Pull Out of Pentagon A.I. Project
It's nothing more than an attempt for Silicon Valley to pretend that they're a bastion of pure innovation, where all advancements are only for good. It's naive and extremely holier-than-thou.
frostwhale··on Google Workers Urge C.E.O. To Pull Out of Pentagon A.I. Project
I believe that is the point of his comment.
frostwhale··on Elon Musk Deletes Own, SpaceX and Tesla Facebook Pages After #deletefacebook
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it dates back to C? And # is used as includes / other first compiler steps? And the hashtag on twitter is a reference to this.
frostwhale··on Ursula Le Guin has died
Pretty big sci-fi reader and have never read her (to my shame), can you recommend where to start?
frostwhale··on Jeff Bezos' Guide to Life
I disagree completely. While hitting it as big as Jeff Bezos did relies on luck, there's generally themes and qualities that lend themselves to being "lucky" as you call it. And even if you dont hit it as big as Bezos, those qualities can improve your life and other's opinion of you. For example, Jeff Bezos always gets the job done. Nearly every tech success story has some variation of that skill, the ability to complete the task, sometimes in a roundabout way, even if it seemed impossible.

This is not to say acquiring that trait gives you a billion dollar company. But it certainly doesn't hurt to have.

frostwhale··on Americans Are Receiving Unordered Parcels from Chinese E-Criminals
While I agree this seems fishy, there is probably a reason the USPS did this which we have not discovored yet.
frostwhale··on Volunteering helps with anxiety and stress
That's fair. However it's worth pointing out that "selfish" reasons for volunteering can be valid! You're allowed to help yourself while helping others.
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