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There's this perception in the US that the country is special, exceptional, that it's the land of freedom, the best example of democracy, that it's such an example of good governance that it can confidently lecture other countries about their shortcomings in these fields, but increasingly, to...

Regarding the use of AI, I don't see it as a problem in this particular case. If used sparingly and cleverly, to augment rather than replace the creative process, great. That's the history of technology in a nutshell. If it results in people getting fired, yeah, that's bad, but that's not a...

Mastodon is a decent try, but it suffers from the same issue plaguing many open-source projects: it feels like it's for savvy people. You need something that's as easy and painless to use for the average Joe as facebook or twitter.

Yeah, until his bottom line is threatened. A Brazilian judge called him on his BS and the manchild blinked.

This isn't nearly enough. What is needed is an algorithmic transparency law. If you're a platform with large enough reach (say over 50 million users), then the algorithms you use when promoting content, what shows up on a user's wall, what's trending, what gets promoted and what doesn't...

We pillage plunder, we rifle and loot. Drink up me 'earties, yo ho. We kidnap and ravage and don't give a hoot. Drink up me 'earties, yo ho. We extort and pilfer, we filch and sack. Drink up me 'earties, yo ho. Maraud and embezzle and even highjack. Drink up me 'earties, yo ho. We kindle...

In the context of a genocidal war of conquest supported by large parts of the russian population, "russophobic" doesn't mean anything anymore . if "phobic" means "afraid of", yeah, many people are afraid of drunken genocidal rapists and murderers with no respect for human life, and for good...

Ars can be an echo chamber, I've had posts downvoted into oblivion for mild disagreement with the herd or sometimes just adding some nuance, but if you think Twitter or any other place on the Internet isn't an echo chamber, you haven't been around much. Reddit is basically a well curated...

Well, if law enforcement asks you to turn over data about illegal activity happening on your platform in a publicly accessible space (non-encrypted), or in a private encrypted space that you, the platform have access to, I'm pretty sure that makes you an accomplice in any country. You might...

Want to know the difference between all of the above and what Durov is accused of having done, summed up in a single word? "Knowingly"

Any russian citizen except for Putin is at the mercy of the government each and every day, that's how that system works and how it's always worked. Given the potential risks to his family, if I was in his place I'd do exactly the same finger-wagging and keeping quiet that you speak of and I...

Yeah, sorry, gotta call bullshit on that one. Snowden exposed the greatest mass privacy violation in the history of humanity (that the US still hasn't reformed in any way), although he had plenty to lose (good $200k/yr salary, family and freedom), and the US revoked his passport while he was...

Or maybe the only thing I've been commenting on is people who either assume I didn't read the entire article or ask loaded questions, because that kind of response to an argument is not only disingenuous and dismissive, but ultimately the opposite of constructive and in good faith. Gratuitously...

Let me see if I get the thought process right: because I say that mass shootings are bad and focusing on sites like 4chan ignores the root of the problem (easy access to guns), and I don't mention the anime stuff (which I'm not into, and don't care about), that means I approve of breeding...

I've been labeled "leftard" and "intolerant bigot" by Americans for making essentially the same points on different Reddit boards. Guess that makes me a moderate.

I did, I just chose to focus on a particular part of it, because that's what struck me as misguided. I couldn't care less about the anime stuff.

Hate to break this to the author, the attorney general of New York and anyone else who seriously believes that taking action against an imageboard will in any way make a dent in the torrent of hate that occasionally manifests itself in the form of shootings: IT'S THE GUNS. 4chan, like any other...

Not a problem with removing stereotypes from GTA V, it really in no way detracts from the game. But I think it's worth asking whether making certain groups exempt from stereotypical depictions won't backfire in the long run by actually othering them in the process.

If there's a rubber chicken or red herring involved, count me in.

"Usually" is the keyword, the rest is mere assumption. I'll get boosters until the virus becomes endemic and after that I'll only get them if I need them, similar to flu shots. I'll also mask in crowded environments, if I have symptoms or if I'm around vulnerable people, but only in those...