Devonshire
1yr ago
AI artbots have put known artist's written signatures onto art. All the comic book people who copied Rob Liefeld's style in the 90s did not write his name on their "art."
Devonshire
1yr ago
Those are really good arguments that Jones should have made in court.
Devonshire
1yr ago
That does not explain the discrepancy he raised at all. It is an entirely separate issue.
Devonshire
1yr ago
I like automatic trash cans, but the inside of a trash can lid tends to get coated with the most disgusting crud, since it is a trash can after all, and since it is electronic I cannot just hose it off. Are there models that are explicitly designed to guard against this?
Devonshire
1yr ago
An FBI plant.
They may or may not exist, but getting rid of people who might-just-as-well-be-glowies is an important skill for any group.
Devonshire
1yr ago
These days people are dredging drama from normies who have absolutely no power over anything.
Devonshire
1yr ago
He was livid about George Floyds criminal background not getting enough attention, he
Well, I was going to point out the similarity there is to African-American resentment.
The source of your resentment might even be 100% genuine and justified, but it is fucking tiring to listen to.
Devonshire
1yr ago
It is my prior, not my sure assessment of truth. It also fits the evidence.
Devonshire
1yr ago
I think the worst part of WFH is that working in an office gave me the muse to let my mind go on crazy tangents.
(Well, crazy tangents that were interesting to other people, I should say.)
Devonshire
1yr ago
I definitely do not want the "ha ha I get the last word" but just that I do not ever need to see it.
It could be entirely client-side now that I think about it.
Devonshire
1yr ago
My favorite part so far is that the author correctly handles quotes that cross paragraphs. I think I am in love.
Devonshire
1yr ago
merely securing the wire
You still are not getting it.
WE
DO
NOT
CARE
ABOUT
SECURING
THE
WIRE.
The assumption is that the fire is compromised as fuck. Not only monitored by the enemy, but in complete control of the enemy.
Devonshire
1yr ago
I interpret that as a threat.
You are free to interpret it however you want. If you start with the assumption that the US is evil, you will quickly find everything they do to be a threat. And it is a free country, so no one will stop you!
Devonshire
1yr ago
Under our system, can't the thugs just go to the polls and look through what everyone voted for?
No.
Devonshire
1yr ago
Why don't you have a problem with the existing system
The fact that I am criticizing your amazing new dreamed-up-in-5-minutes system does not mean that I have no problems with the current system.
fill them out yourself, allege that they're from legitimate voters and deliver them
There are lots of issues with mail-in ballots, and I have discussed them at length in other places. But this attack is impractical in nearly every location. I cannot say definitely that it never works anywhere, but if you have a particular place where you think it works, let me know so we can discuss that specifically.
Devonshire
1yr ago
The pattern of younger-woman with older-man is very common in history, and both parties often prefer it.
But in the modern day it often looks pathetic to be fishing from the kiddie pool, like an adult showing up to a kids' sporting league and winning. Wow, okay.
Devonshire
1yr ago
And after 20 years they are middle-aged. Definitely not impossible to commit crimes of violence any more (and if the original crime was against a small child or an elderly person, sure, this does not apply) but if they hang around any criminal elements in an attempt to, say, get an illegal handgun or fence some goods, they are likely to just become another victim.
If someone's an annoying sex pest online, yelling that they're an annoying sex pest and here's their real name doesn't actually protect the online spaces they've been preying on --
There is an approach to alleged abusers that is nuanced but might be the right thing to do: they are removed from positions of power, but just that; you do not need to unjob them or take away their phone number or anything else.
Say there are adults modding subreddits for teenagers that have a record of violating sexual boundaries and thinking that kids ought to be able to consent to sex. Them having a position of power is the issue.
but I find it easier to model the doxxing entirely separately from the cancel culture entirely separately from the harassment itself
I think you are right that there need to be separate, but related, discussions
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when you can/cannot break anonymity (many times you can, maybe times you cannot)
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when you can/cannot reveal specific personal information (this probably never a reason to post someone's street address, SSN, phone number, or anything about their family members, unless the subject is trying to say that they are not the same John Smith)
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when you can/cannot reveal less private but still sensitive information (in this case I specifically think "their employer" and this would only be relevant if their specific job is a problem that puts them in a position of power over vulnerable people -- and "oh I just saw their linked in page" is not a sufficient reason to post it)
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maybe distinct from the above, or maybe not: when you can actually contact their employer (and this is really easily abused with the bullshit of "hey I am just letting you know." If your reasoning would enable you to just letting the boss know that an employee of theirs was gay in the 1980s, your reasoning is probably wrong) or any business partners or family members
As a metaphor, compare breaking the lock to someone's front door. On its own, the damages aren't that severe
"Irreversibly breaking the lock on someone's front door" is a good analogy and I am going to start using it.
Is there any kind of portable fossil-fuel heater you roll out for emergencies?
Massachusetts is giving incentives to install heat pumps as part of the HVAC unit when it is time for replacement. It has been going on for a few years so there has to be some data on how it works.
Devonshire
1yr ago
When a conversation gets really heavily nested, I want to pick a comment and make that the new root of my discussion, like on reddit. If I click on "context" I get sent to a page with all the parents still existing.
Example: https://www.themotte.org/post/75/culture-war-roundup-for-the-week/8664?context=8#context
Devonshire
1yr ago
And I'm advocating changing the rules.
To say that people questioning the rules get punished. Typical strongman behavior but I will try literally anything else.
If you have the power to punish lawyers for representing the wrong people, you also have the power to say those immigrants just do not have legal rights to stay in the country in the first place.
Devonshire
1yr ago
If my network connection dies while composing a comment but before posting it, sometimes the page gets permanently stuck and I have to save the comment then reload the page to actually submit it.
Devonshire
1yr ago
Speed chess?
Devonshire
1yr ago
I think there is an easy line to see between "stop entering unfair contests of your own volition" and "society is unfair" but maybe that is me.
The $3.6M number could be broadcast the same way that cigarette deaths are.
The hypothetical was that the land value was going way up. If no one wants to buy it then the value is not there.
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