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tt433··on Eric Engstrom, co-creator of DirectX, has died
Can't help but think we can't keep doing this to children/young adults...
tt433··on FTC issues orders to nine social media and video streaming services
I don't think you need to be Trump or a Trump supporter to find personalized ads offensive and unwelcome. I think there's pretty bipartisan agreement it's getting a little out of hand. For instance, when I was under 21, I often got ads for alcoholic beverages, even though those services knew my exact date of birth. Why was I given those ads? At the time I had no way of learning why.
tt433··on Pornhub just purged all unverified content from the platform
Yes, unfortunately reddit pays engineers to obfuscate use cases so they can push notifications and steal your attention. The mobile app didn't even have (lasi I checked) a (n intuitive) way to get to r/friends short of actually clicking on a link to that feed a user has posted. The lights are on but it seems no one is home
tt433··on Pornhub just purged all unverified content from the platform
Does Safari have a "use desktop site" option?
tt433··on Child spends $16K on iPad game in-app purchases
I told Sen. Feinstein she was the most disappointing politician to ever represent me and the first I regretted voting for, after pointing out she's been in the Senate longer than I have been alive. She actually did what I asked and stepped down from the minority leadership in the Senate Judiciary committee. I wasn't the only one who said something.

SOPA is an older example, politicians do actually listen. Defeatism will not get you anything you want.

tt433··on U.S. Treasury breached by hackers backed by foreign government – sources
Unless someone exacts extensive damage to something like the electrical grid. In which case it would cause mass suffering and death. Don't underestimate the steel trap of that cold war mentality.
tt433··on Hacker’s Discovery Changes Understanding of the Antikythera Mechanism
Clickspring is one of the most fascinating channels on YouTube. From a 3D modeling perspective, it's always nice to see how boolean operations are applied in real life to metal to create useful tools.
tt433··on SCOTUS rules you may sue government agents for damages when they violate rights
An egregious overreach all in reaction to the loss of a sum of souls we have since grown numb to.
tt433··on Twitter limits users interacting with Trump's tweets about 'stolen' election
You actually don't have a legal right to a lawyer who lies about fraud whenever they aren't in front of a judge and their actual freedom depends on telling the truth.
tt433··on Twitter limits users interacting with Trump's tweets about 'stolen' election
Donald Trump himself wasn't a politically viable candidate until people took his transparently bad faith, virulently racist birther lies in good faith. Have we learned nothing?
tt433··on The Moral Case for a Wealth Tax Has Never Been Clearer
Care must be taken not just in the composition but also in the execution and judgment of the law. Edit: and therefore I think flattening the issue into a single paragraph misses the point entirely
tt433··on The Moral Case for a Wealth Tax Has Never Been Clearer
Standard of living has stagnated in most of our lifetimes, causing extreme disillusionment and blind rage
tt433··on The Moral Case for a Wealth Tax Has Never Been Clearer
How this is a reaction humans have to problems boggles my mind. You're just giving up because they're trying a little harder to escape the law?
tt433··on The Moral Case for a Wealth Tax Has Never Been Clearer
They're at least explicitly saying out loud what some of their choices about not prosecuting are. Most of the time the thought that goes into those decisions isn't shared with the public. The prosecutor has a wide degree of independence, and they are always accountable to someone. Even prosecutors who aren't "progressive" choose not to prosecute some crimes, to litigate everything would be ridiculous and counter productive to the business of government and commerce. My guess is your hair is on end because of a prosecutor(s) who was installed by the public.
tt433··on The Moral Case for a Wealth Tax Has Never Been Clearer
Yeah just because criminals do crimes and avoid prosecution, we should give up prosecuting crimes. Schools can build themselves.
tt433··on Cracking the meat-allergy mystery with the tick-bite link
I have a similar reaction to nickel jewellery/watches, even nickel guitar strings make my fingers blister more than cobalt strings.
tt433··on Cracking the meat-allergy mystery with the tick-bite link
Allergies are very strange. The skin in my mouth falls off when I eat beans, and there is very little literature about that one either.
tt433··on Agents raid home of fired Florida data scientist who built Covid-19 dashboard
What if I had four legs and a tail? Edit for clarity: both are non sequiturs. You provide no justification for your spurious speculation. The article has a video.
tt433··on Agents raid home of fired Florida data scientist who built Covid-19 dashboard
Mass gun ownership also increases gun ownership among fools and incompetents who leave their guns in places where they can be stolen and introduced into the black market.
tt433··on 'Havana syndrome' likely caused by directed microwaves – US report
I have a much higher skepticism of self reported symptoms like this than the average person. I know a lot of hypochondriacs personally, so that may be a factor in my judgement. I think the human brain is excellent at coming up with little stories about how we are victims of bad actors.
tt433··on 'Havana syndrome' likely caused by directed microwaves – US report
I think the federal government and the corporate news media have a lot of credibility issues when it comes to Cuba.
tt433··on 'Havana syndrome' likely caused by directed microwaves – US report
I still think cicadas are more likely than malevolence
tt433··on Sonic attacks on US diplomats likely microwave energy, government study says
I'm fairly sure I remember the insect science community suggested cicadas or something at one point, I don't think it's impossible. More likely than antagonism honestly
tt433··on Mushrooms Can Eat Plastic, Petroleum and CO2 (2018)
I believe it does, particularly if you use techniques like potato boxes (I haven't tried these yet so not sure how effective they are.)
tt433··on Mushrooms Can Eat Plastic, Petroleum and CO2 (2018)
Sounds like a fundamental problem with the organic product, on top of the existing lower expected calorie yield per acre.
tt433··on Arecibo Observatory Collapsed
State creation has been partisan for much of this country's history for what it's worth. I find any excuse for not giving the district two senators and a representative (or more) to be unconscionable and based in partisan politics. You are welcome to argue otherwise.
tt433··on Arecibo Observatory Collapsed
That this is clearly a partisan issue for you in your own words instead of an issue of Americans receiving their due representation is disappointing.
tt433··on Arecibo Observatory Collapsed
Evidence leads me to believe PR would be competitive. GOP primary voters are overwhelmingly racist though, so the politicians feel an imaginary sword hanging over their heads.
tt433··on Arecibo Observatory Collapsed
Damage from multiple hurricanes as well
tt433··on Arecibo Observatory Collapsed
They recently voted for statehood in a plebescite. I believe the official GOP platform does actually support statehood, but I'm of the view that GOP politicians and voters don't actually know what their platform is beyond revanchism
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