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I hate to say it, but I’m inclined to think that the Russian government may simply block access to Firefox (and the Firefox addons site).

Probably true, but that's not justification for Mozilla to save them the trouble by doing it for them.

Tangent: Whenever the news reports a major earthquake somewhere, I like to remind people that Plate Tectonic Theory is "just a theory" and that some religious leaders confidently assure us that earthquakes are caused by promiscuous women.

Link is to the second page of the article. I thought it was odd how it kept saying "Smith said" without identifying who Smith is.

Proper link: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/06/microsoft-in-damage-control-mode-says-it-will-prioritize-security-over-ai/

There's absolutely nothing wrong with reporting the facts that you do have when you have them and are confident of your sources.

Acknowledging remaining open questions that you don't have answers to yet, is a bonus.

A perfect example of reporting before the fog of war clears would be reporting completely erroneous information as factual. So unless you're suggesting that a Ukrainian fighter jet did NOT in fact strike a target inside Russia, then this isn't the "perfect example" you're looking for.

Males, yeah, that’s how we high five.

No, we don't.

Females I go waaaaaay lighter on. Like a fist bump with your palm.

And the intended recipients are all psychic and can tell that your delivery will be different than every other drunk high-fiver they've previously encountered. Right?

How Lewis cleans up this mammoth of a mess that he has created for himself remains to be seen. Can he do it? One wonders what Jeff Bezos, the billionaire owner of The Post, who must be growing quite tired of constantly seeing his newspaper ensnared in controversy, thinks of the situation. Inside the newsroom, though, the sentiment is plain as day.

“He’s really losing the newsroom on a large scale,” a staffer said, sizing up the state of affairs. “People don’t trust him, don’t believe he has the same values and ethics as our journalists and there are major concerns of how far he would go to censor or shut down coverage.”

Ahh, that makes sense. Thanks.

That attitude/idea can lead to blaming the marginalized group for their own victimhood.

Probably a dumb question, but how so?

I just see it as beating the bully with their own stick. I can't imagine how anyone would see that and conclude that the bully's victims are somehow to blame. Probably lack of imagination on my part, so help me out.

Looks like a prime example of Godwin's Law

https://xkcd.com/1053/

My first thought in situations like this is that maybe he secretly wishes he were a she. It's true just often enough that I think it's worth considering as an option.

And honestly, I don't care if it's true or not. If, whenever a public figure publicly tries to humiliate or demonize some minority group, public discourse immediately starts talking about whether said public figure secretly is, or wants to be, a member of said minority group, then it serves as a deterrent for others wanting to humiliate or demonize minority groups.

A) You're in the closet and don't want people to know? Then don't ridicule people who came out of the closet.

B) Oh, you're not in the closet and don't want people to think you are? What a coincidence. Also, don't ridicule people who came out of the closet.

So, a byproduct of this process is, potentially, greenhouse gases? Yay.

How would they know now? It's the same answer. Stop being a dick.

As I started reading the last sentence, I thought it was going to say, "This effect also works on dogs."

... that made any such interference a criminal offence. If the conduct continued, he added, “my office will not hesitate to act”.

If they've already committed a crime... then what's with the fucking warning? This is why the rich and powerful think that they're above the law. It's because, apparently, they are.

IANAL, but I feel like if the heirs to an estate cared enough about the deceased's Steam account enough to get the court involved, Steam wouldn't have a leg to stand on. But that's probably what it would take to get them to do the right thing.

Yeah, I want to see the TST's tenets up there next to the commandments. That ought to stimulate some interesting discussions.

For those not familiar,

One should strive to act with compassion and empathy toward all creatures in accordance with reason.

The struggle for justice is an ongoing and necessary pursuit that should prevail over laws and institutions.

One’s body is inviolable, subject to one’s own will alone.

The freedoms of others should be respected, including the freedom to offend. To willfully and unjustly encroach upon the freedoms of another is to forgo one's own.

Beliefs should conform to one's best scientific understanding of the world. One should take care never to distort scientific facts to fit one's beliefs.

People are fallible. If one makes a mistake, one should do one's best to rectify it and resolve any harm that might have been caused.

Every tenet is a guiding principle designed to inspire nobility in action and thought. The spirit of compassion, wisdom, and justice should always prevail over the written or spoken word.

Source

ETH abandoned the trustless part. Now you're supposed to trust the validators. Clearly, you can't.

... with frickin laser beams attached to their heads!

I feel like I've been down voting a lot of posts linking to garbage articles on sciencealert. Starting to think it's not a very reputable source of information.