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acali | 3 years ago | on: Blocking Kiwifarms

Keffals openly admits and is proud of their connection to providing children with hormones-blockers outside the supervision of parents. The police need to be involved in all of this

acali | 3 years ago | on: Blocking Kiwifarms

That post was deleted within minutes. The user was banned. Do we also need word filters to prevent the post from even appearing client side?

acali | 5 years ago | on: Nearly half of Twitter accounts pushing to reopen America may be bots

From Bot Sentinel's About Section:

"Instead of creating a model based on our interpretation of a troll or bot, we used Twitter rules as a guide when selecting Twitter accounts to train our model. We searched for accounts that were repeatedly violating Twitter rules and we trained our model to identify accounts similar to the accounts we identified as “trollbots.”"

That's not a bot.

acali | 7 years ago | on: US is an oligarchy, not a democracy (2014)

Who earns $1B as income? I seriously don't think that is a thing. The big earning usually happens when companies or stock gets sold. And yes, it would hurt incentive and takes away funding from capital investment.

acali | 7 years ago | on: US is an oligarchy, not a democracy (2014)

Just because a property is unoccupied or unused doesn't mean it isn't owned by someone. You are still suggesting theft of private property. Just because a majority of people vote for something doesn't mean it is morally good. I think taxes are theft and immoral but I accept them because of what I believe about human nature.

acali | 7 years ago | on: US is an oligarchy, not a democracy (2014)

Who decides from where, to whom, and how much, "redistribution" will take place? When does the marginalized group get enough support that the balance shifts and they are no longer marginalized?

acali | 7 years ago | on: US is an oligarchy, not a democracy (2014)

I think it has much more to do with population. Sweden, Norway, Denmark all have populations less than 10M. Size of government, including tax rates, I would argue, factor more into a country's overall cultural profile which taken as a whole likely correlates with inequality.

acali | 7 years ago | on: New documents link Huawei to suspected front companies in Iran, Syria

The quotes are by individuals associated with the organizations, it doesn't appear to be the official position of the think-tanks. I think it is unfair to call the Brookings Institute a "right-wing pay-to-play lobbying group" but you are just sourcing from a left-leaning activist group.

acali | 7 years ago | on: Firing Frankness

Always keep in mind that HR is there to manage the company's "human resources"; they are not looking out for your best interest. They are acting on behalf of the company.

acali | 7 years ago | on: Indigenous women kept from seeing their newborns until agreeing to sterilization

This might be putting the cart before the horse but is it easier to implement these kinds of policies when they are mandated by a central authority? I'm thinking about nationalized healthcare here. This is the type of banal evil that the free market can stand against. The moment the word gets out about the practice that isn't forcing sterilization, I'd imagine they'd go there if the option was available.

acali | 7 years ago | on: Terry Davis has died

Terry Davis' legacy will be remembered by a lot of different communities. I found him through a YT video that focused on his controversial side but was pretty inspired by his projects. All I can say is he touched a lot of different people and his legacy/infamy is vast.

acali | 7 years ago | on: Nearly Half of Americans Are Lonely

Does anyone else get the sense while some people will claim they desire more social interactions, the're also very quick to judge each action, looking for indications of in-authenticity or hints that they're dealing with someone nefarious.

acali | 7 years ago | on: CS50, Harvard’s Largest Class Expands Its Line Up of Courses

I'm five years out of graduating university with a B.S. in Sociology. At some point in that time I realized my love for CS and design-thinking. I decided to try and make a career change. Last month I completed CS50 and should be receiving my certificate soon. I'm also now looking at degree/cert programs to continue my education.

The amount that one can learn from this course is incredible and it really sets you up to continue learning. I also just started the intro to game development today.

acali | 8 years ago | on: Baltimore Cops Kept Toy Guns to Plant Just in Case They Shot an Unarmed Person

In the last paragraph:

> It is not just Baltimore cops. It is cops. They will shoot you in the face in front of your infant daughter. They will choke you to sleep for selling cigarettes. They will shoot you in the back for walking away.

It appears his main point is to say because these Baltimore cops have been accused, all cops are guilty.

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