Bullshit. There's a multitude of specific causes for which people can rally while they do not necessarily agree with each other on all other issues. I will rally for free speech in a crowd where there are Nazis, Sharia advocates, Commies and/or whoever else, wearing their respective symbolics, and that doesn't make me one of them. The rhetoric you're using here is often employed in an attempt to smear political opponents with a Nazi label.
All these stories about Russian "attempts to divide" coupled with minuscule resources allegedly devoted to the task now smell like bullshit to me. Looks more like someone has found a bunch of accounts of people who may indeed be linked to Russian government but hasn't found any evidence of them taking a definite side on political issues as a group (because they've been likely expressing their own views as individuals). That, however, would not make a story, so it was decided to portray the situation as an "attempt to divide" because in any case, it's not possible to prove otherwise.
Meanwhile, the so called trolls (actually, sockpuppets) are really active in the Russian part of the Internet, and have two kinds of tactics which are more or less effective: defend the government's POV on the issue at hand or simply flood the forum with all kinds of trash, usually of toxic nature, to suppress normal discussion. The latter only works in limited circumstances. I will therefore really believe stories about Russian meddling when there will be evidence of Russian agents take a certain side reasonably beneficial to the Russian government.
FWIW, as someone who lives in Russia, I would say that one of the most important goals for the thugs and crooks in power here is now the ability to effectively disable arbitrary parts or mechanisms of the Internet for the whole country while making sure that certain critical stuff works, even if it relies on those parts and mechanisms. (I may however be talking out of my ass in terms of understanding how Internet works, so sorry if that is the case.)
Thank you! Too bad the authors of TFA didn't state what they personally considered a violation when counting their stats. This could have affected the figures.
a lot of men don't like working with women. So why are we forcing them to?
It's actually more general. I fail to see how it is ethical to force anybody to hire (serve, fuck with, you name it — there is NO fundamental difference between any voluntary interactions between people) someone they don't like for any reason whatsoever. Well, at least if there's no direct imminent life threat as a result.
Well, in the sense that if the available pool of people was more diverse, the resulting hires would automatically be more diverse, too. But notice what AlanBDee started from: they didn't have a clear diversity problem in the first place.
There are two problems with what you're saying here. The first problem (concerning the kind of inferences you can validly make from your isolated Vietnam girl case) is already explained by the commenters below.
The second problem lies here: We're so desperate to find competent developers that we couldn't be discriminatory if we wanted to be. You're severely mistaken: if you just hire anybody that is competent without considering their race, sex etc., by the sheer (bad) luck your selection may happen to be biased. And then you'll be called racist, sexist etc. by the SJWs of this world.
Dude, I'm totally OK with you copying my plates (because that's what you apparently mean by "taking" in the context of where video is discussed). Yeah, that means that I cannot sell you copies of my plates. I don't care, I still have all of them.
I'm not really in a position to challenge anything, I live in Russia and am just curious. While being libertarian-leaning, I hear arguments that repealing net neutrality won't change anything materially for ISP customers, and I just don't find those (descriptive) arguments convincing, regardless of the libertarian (normative) perspective.
From a long history of reading Slashdot discussions on the topic, I've seen many people say that it many homes in the US have 2 or fewer choices for ISP and that it can be due to some regulatory issues or advantages to the existing ISPs. But what many people (sincerely) say is not necessarily the true picture. I don't remember any sources being cited on that.
Do you by chance know where the BetterPrivacy extension disappeared? Are there safe places where old versions of it can be found? I currently use the ESR version of Firefox.
Can you recommend me a good resource that would explain in detail: - What are the most common barriers for entry to the ISP market in the US specifically instituted by the federal and state governments. - How many households in the US have to deal with effective ISP monopolies (like a choice of one or two providers); * with mobile included in the available ISP count; * with mobile excluded (only fixed ISPs).
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This. Intel revenge!
This, at least among other things.
It is very, very inconvenient and frustrating when one cannot arbitrarily assign people dehumanizing labels!
At least here you can read at -1 if you really want to see what's been downmodded.
Bullshit. There's a multitude of specific causes for which people can rally while they do not necessarily agree with each other on all other issues. I will rally for free speech in a crowd where there are Nazis, Sharia advocates, Commies and/or whoever else, wearing their respective symbolics, and that doesn't make me one of them. The rhetoric you're using here is often employed in an attempt to smear political opponents with a Nazi label.
Well, the term "feminazi" does exist. It's not however the meaning that the bot authors seemed to imply.
Some can even mistake their wife for a hat!
All these stories about Russian "attempts to divide" coupled with minuscule resources allegedly devoted to the task now smell like bullshit to me. Looks more like someone has found a bunch of accounts of people who may indeed be linked to Russian government but hasn't found any evidence of them taking a definite side on political issues as a group (because they've been likely expressing their own views as individuals). That, however, would not make a story, so it was decided to portray the situation as an "attempt to divide" because in any case, it's not possible to prove otherwise.
Meanwhile, the so called trolls (actually, sockpuppets) are really active in the Russian part of the Internet, and have two kinds of tactics which are more or less effective: defend the government's POV on the issue at hand or simply flood the forum with all kinds of trash, usually of toxic nature, to suppress normal discussion. The latter only works in limited circumstances. I will therefore really believe stories about Russian meddling when there will be evidence of Russian agents take a certain side reasonably beneficial to the Russian government.
So I guess you're addressing yourself in your last line, too.
FWIW, as someone who lives in Russia, I would say that one of the most important goals for the thugs and crooks in power here is now the ability to effectively disable arbitrary parts or mechanisms of the Internet for the whole country while making sure that certain critical stuff works, even if it relies on those parts and mechanisms. (I may however be talking out of my ass in terms of understanding how Internet works, so sorry if that is the case.)
Thank you! Too bad the authors of TFA didn't state what they personally considered a violation when counting their stats. This could have affected the figures.
a lot of men don't like working with women. So why are we forcing them to?
It's actually more general. I fail to see how it is ethical to force anybody to hire (serve, fuck with, you name it — there is NO fundamental difference between any voluntary interactions between people) someone they don't like for any reason whatsoever. Well, at least if there's no direct imminent life threat as a result.
Well, a remote "touch" command from my ISP would sure be a reason to sue them.
What is meant by a "violation"?
Well, in the sense that if the available pool of people was more diverse, the resulting hires would automatically be more diverse, too.
But notice what AlanBDee started from: they didn't have a clear diversity problem in the first place.
There are two problems with what you're saying here. The first problem (concerning the kind of inferences you can validly make from your isolated Vietnam girl case) is already explained by the commenters below.
The second problem lies here: We're so desperate to find competent developers that we couldn't be discriminatory if we wanted to be. You're severely mistaken: if you just hire anybody that is competent without considering their race, sex etc., by the sheer (bad) luck your selection may happen to be biased. And then you'll be called racist, sexist etc. by the SJWs of this world.
Dude, I'm totally OK with you copying my plates (because that's what you apparently mean by "taking" in the context of where video is discussed). Yeah, that means that I cannot sell you copies of my plates. I don't care, I still have all of them.
I'm not really in a position to challenge anything, I live in Russia and am just curious. While being libertarian-leaning, I hear arguments that repealing net neutrality won't change anything materially for ISP customers, and I just don't find those (descriptive) arguments convincing, regardless of the libertarian (normative) perspective.
From a long history of reading Slashdot discussions on the topic, I've seen many people say that it many homes in the US have 2 or fewer choices for ISP and that it can be due to some regulatory issues or advantages to the existing ISPs. But what many people (sincerely) say is not necessarily the true picture. I don't remember any sources being cited on that.
It is, in some ways. Just in case, the question was genuine. It's never wrong to ask for suggested reading. You don't have to answer though.
I'm skeptical of the latest US trend to find Russian influence everywhere. However, I do find this plausible.
Thank you very much!
Do you by chance know where the BetterPrivacy extension disappeared? Are there safe places where old versions of it can be found? I currently use the ESR version of Firefox.
Can you recommend me a good resource that would explain in detail:
- What are the most common barriers for entry to the ISP market in the US specifically instituted by the federal and state governments.
- How many households in the US have to deal with effective ISP monopolies (like a choice of one or two providers);
* with mobile included in the available ISP count;
* with mobile excluded (only fixed ISPs).
This. Doesn't mean that there are inherently better options, but still.
The "item price", as opposed to the loot box price, may or may not exist.