@cynicalsecurity
I hear you, and I think that's a reasonable argument.

In some respects it's almost like a trolley problem for me. If I actively contribute, am I making an active choice to cause harm, rather than passively permitting it. Though I'd like to think that blocking a given source would at least mean that none of my funds were contributing to it.

I also understand how ridiculous I am being.

@kagihq

@jwildeboer If they understood what a palintir was, and how it was used in the third age, they'de already know.

If you want to "invest" too, buy #Duralex glasses! They are sturdy, thermal shock resistant, come in beautiful colours and make you smile every day of use, which will be like forever as they almost never break when dropped accidentally. And I say this based on personal experience :) It is also tradition to check the number at the bottom after you emptied the drinks you put in the glass ;) Which in my case is coffee in the morning and hot cocoa in the evening :) https://www.duralex.com

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The concept and philosophy of the liberal arts education is the (I think) sensible idea that everyone* should know a little about the 'greatest hits' of human knowledge.

Obviously what is considered a 'greatest hit' could be contentious. Should everyone read Shakespeare? Does everyone need to know a little algebra? Should everyone be able to read? Should everyone be able to critique art?

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*Sometimes this is contracted to only include the ruling class. I see no reason to do this.

I believe that Computer Science has a place in "The Liberal Arts Education"-- that is I think an understanding of how computers are made, programming and algorithms should be a part of what a "well educated" person knows regardless of their particular area of focus.

This is not the case at present and one can be considered "well educated" a know nothing about computers.

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@futurebird There are days when I think computer science is 10% mathematics and 90% marketing. This bothers me.

@dpk The last time someone gave me a Christmas gift I was surprised and felt guilty. Fortunately I had some things around the house that seemed appropriate.

Thursday presents, though. I can be quite into Thursday presents.

@cynicalsecurity @kagihq

I think I became uncomfortable with the big enough tent to include yandex thing. Though it's not entirely clear to me whether that has stopped, or whether it's no longer documented in the same way. Last year's response appeared to be a fairly robust defense of non -politicised search, which might be nice, if only it were possible.

That said, I am seriously struggling to find search that I am comfortable with.

I dunno why I'm so shocked when a conversation veers into a place driven by Islamophobia.

Not that I am without sin, but I grew up with that sort of Christian that would figure the Taliban were on the right path if only they called Jesus God instead of prophet, and I really cannot tell the difference between any of the fundamentalists.

I'd like to think that normal white people were better than that.

@Clover henchsibling, please. Henchsib if you're in a rush.

"In the last 100 years, Russia has attacked at least 19 countries - some as many as three or four times.
None of those countries has ever attacked Russia.
So (Russia) doesn't need security guarantees.
The Security guarantees are needed for everybody else."
- Kaja Kallas, Fmr. PM of Estonia

#Blakes7 Series D, Episode 05 - Animals

SERVALAN: Make for the ridge. Its a natural vantage point. Captain, I want you to make sure we're ready to lift off this mud ball at the first sign of trouble.
CAPTAIN: We will be, Commissioner.

https://blake.torpidity.net/m/405/273 B7B1

@JessTheUnstill You know, if they did, they'd at least be better models than Dawkins

@artemis I hadn't actually noticed. I'm not even certain that I could say when he slipped into ignore-able generalised obnoxiousness for me

This made my day today.

Police pulled over a dalek outside DSEI, London's arms fair, scanned the QR code on its lanyard and were taken to my fake Royal Navy recruitment website - http://royalnavy.org.uk

@laprice
Hmmm. I'm not certain spouse would have understood that there could be difference between changing the material conditions of production and magic, before moving to Europe, and even so may have had difficulty working out which one to choose.

Not that I'm disagreeing with you, but I know I'm an alien.

My mom needed a man’s signature to get a credit card. We fought for decades to change that — and now the Trump administration wants to roll those protections back.
Absolutely not. Take a minute to say NO.

https://nationalfairhousingalliance.salsalabs.org/ecoaregb/index.html

To spell it out more clearly:

It’s not that the Black person need not provide evidence of claims of racism. (Well actually, they don't and especially not to *you*)

It’s that *you* think you get to judge whether that is racist, that is racist.

@skinnylatte
Also, making them relive it to satisfy your need is plain cruel.

@evacide
I can believe you have to say that, quite easily.