Pons_Aelius @ Pons_Aelius @kbin.social

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Gov: We wanted to have access to the data, so we forced companies to retain it. But we also expected them to keep it secure...

Change my mind.

In the end, if you are not of interest to a nation state hacker (or a member of a drug cartel) you have nothing to fear from the things you listed.

But that won;t change your mind.

No one hear is gonna tell you, even if you sit up and beg.

One of the few instances where the movie is on par, quality wise, with the novel.

I truly do not care what anyone else believes, so long as it doesn’t lead them to inhibit the fundamental human rights of others.

I agree. Anyone has the right to believe what ever they want.

The problem is that so many faiths have the belief their's is the only correct one and they have the right (no, the duty...) to force their beliefs on others.

It is the perfect example of the paradox of tolerance.

Kiwi's a bit perplexed they were called a major country...

What?

I am not sure which is more ridiculous.

Lumping all of western philosophy into one group. (what do you include in this group? Besides Descartes, of course.)

or

Lumping all of eastern philosophy into one group. (what do you include in this group?)

or

Reducing both groups to dichotomic catch phrases.

There is a massive difference between alone and lonely.

And conversely:

Just because you are forced to share a living space does not mean you have a connection with those people.

All I see is:

The only way to have complete privacy online is to never go online.

Anything else will always be a compromise.

Banning still occurs.

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Don't want email verification?

Create your own instance.

Though if you do, enjoy having the trolls flock to your instance, use it to spam the fuck out of everyone else and be de-federated in short order.

How does wiremin deal with illegal content?

How does wiremin deal with spam?

How does wiremin deal with trolls?

That then lets the least worse option have no actual policies, make zero substantive change while in office because they know you will always vote for them.

But that is more about FPTP voting and the two party system.

Translation: Everyone absolutely must listen to what I have to say and I absolutely have the right to make others shut up the fuck up so they can listen to what I have to say. It is what I call freedom!!!!

I am glad you can keep the faith and keep voting but I also understand the OP's (and a lot of other american's) ennui.

When it seems the Dems biggest selling point is "Well, at least we are not the GOP" but have little or no actual policies to enrich the lives of the people who vote for them it must be very disheartening for millions of your average citizens when their options are terrible or more of the same with no real improvement.

That is because politics is all about certainty and the appearance of knowing everything.

When a politician changes their mind on something they are seen as weak. "If they change their mind of this, how can we trust anything they say?"

Science is all about what the evidence tells us. If new data shows that our previous notions were incorrect, we must change our minds.

I really feel sorry for people in the USA.

The worst thing that happened to your country since WW2 was fighting and winning the cold war. The outright rejection of anything even slightly left of centre as communism!!! has destroyed your democracy.

Add in non compulsory voting and I have no idea how you change it.

The threat of discovery was what forced him to have to buy twitter in the first place.

Fool me once...

This was my thought as well.

Gods exist because humans believe in them. The stronger the belief, the stronger the God.

As belief fades, so does the Deity and their power.

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Rule 1: posts have the following requirements:

Title must match the article headline

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Personally, a post expressing displeasure about what others are posting rings a bit hollow when it comes from an account that has been around for months but has not posted or commented anything prior to this.

Please improve your efforts to entertain me...

What have you brought to the table?