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jtrek

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    Should hate speech be protected under freedom of speech laws?

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  • This is an important point. There's a big difference between guys with guns telling you what you can say, and a local get-together. Sometimes people act like they should be able to say whatever they want wherever they want, even if they're like standing in someone else's house

  • oblivious rule

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  • They have poor media literacy and reasoning skills. If they were smart and empathetic, they probably wouldn't be hateful.

  • Volkswagen- detects when your tests are being run in a CI server, and makes them pass (2015)

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  • We don't need this at my job. Management specifically forbid us from writing integration tests at all. And they don't even know what unit tests are (not a joke) so that's not a problem.

  • Wait, AI rule? 😶

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  • I really would like people to think more about that.

    If you produce more valuable stuff and get paid the same, you're getting a bad deal. It's delusional to think the owners are going to pass those profits on to the workers in any meaningful way.

  • Bitwarden New CEO has extensive M&A, Private equity experience, Removes Transparency from its Motto

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  • I use keepassxc. It does the job.

  • A pill can stop people from developing COVID after being exposed to the virus, trial finds

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  • A pill can stop people from developing COVID after being exposed to the virus, trial finds

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  • Probably get more return on resources investing in therapy to address phobias, in that case.

  • A pill can stop people from developing COVID after being exposed to the virus, trial finds

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  • That doesn't sound much different than a traditional vaccine, unless you can self administer it

  • Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?

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  • Oh, hard to pick! Maria was a good fight. I finished it by parrying her with the pistol, and then missed the critical attack so I just bonked her and she fell over. Still counts!

    Moon presence was also pretty cool, and felt like it was a few tweaks from being Really Hard. It does that move where your health goes down to 1 and you have to rally it all back! Luckily for me the axe is good for rallying, and the boss is very generous about waiting for you. Elden Ring feels like it wouldn't have given such a long recovery opening!

  • Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?

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  • I finished it and the dlc! The orphan was tricky. I don't think anything took more than five tries though. Hunter's axe is MVP.

    Definitely a good game. Interesting setting.

    Tried a bit of a new game with the cane sword and it's way less solid.

  • Do any of you, living in the US, vote?

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  • I vote in every election. New York has ranked choice for some things now, which is nice. The way judges are picked is pretty bad, though.

  • What do you think about gambling?

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  • I don't enjoy it. I think it's sad when people get addicted to it.

    I don't even like big random factors in games. One of the things I like about the dark souls franchise is there's very little randomness. You never win or lose because "lol critical hit", like you might in something closer to D&D

  • Eventually we've gotta throw out the book to protect people

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  • Conservatism is just in-groups to protect and out-groups to behind. They don't care about consistency or fairness.

  • Don't waste any of your time arguing with anyone who presents a fallacy

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  • I've seen some confusion about ad hominem.

    "You're wrong and an asshole" isn't an ad hominem. "You're an asshole so you're wrong" is.

    The former is two separate claims.

  • Tech support for mum

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  • I think there's something with age and lead poisoning that makes people short sighted, easily manipulated with emotional appeals, and short tempered.

  • The totally hypothetical button thought experiment

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  • I wonder how many people would change their answer if it was highlighted they're in the set of people that may die. Even though it's long odds, people are more intuitive than rational with things like that.

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    Exclusive: LinkedIn planning to lay off 5% of staff in latest tech-sector cuts, source says

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  • Microsoft should never have been allowed to buy LinkedIn. It should be split off.

  • Dating has gotten so expensive that nearly half of U.S. singles say it’s no longer worth it, as the average night out approaches $200

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  • That's an important detail. Clicking through, it says

    A first date in our study means one shared starter, two main courses and two cocktails. For each restaurant, we pulled the median starter, main and cocktail price from the menu. For each city, we took the median across all fully-priced restaurants.

    That's extremely heavy for a first date. It's a poor strategy for several reasons to go that hard the first time you're meeting someone.

  • Dating has gotten so expensive that nearly half of U.S. singles say it’s no longer worth it, as the average night out approaches $200

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  • As a real cheapskate, you should keep an eye out for places give them out for free. There's an LGBT center near me with a giant basket for free, and a free clinic a longer walk away that gives them out and also does free STI tests.