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the paradox of tolerance disappears if you look at tolerance, NOT as a moral standard, but as a social contract.  If someone does not abide by the terms of the contract, then they are not covered by it.   in other words, the interlont and not following the full rules of the social contract of mutual tolerance.  since they are boreking the terms of the contrract they are no longer covered by the contract, and their intelorance should not ber trolerated.  [next poster]  sorry as someone who teaches the rhetoric this is a wonderful response to the tolerance of paradox. I cannot tell you how many times my students and I have had debates about this. this is the response. this does indeed fix it. I cannot wait to tell this to my classmates.  Philosophically and rhetorically this completely resolved the paradox of tolerance and I am floored by it's simplistic nature and I cant believe my eyes when I never saw it before.
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 @user-192 
 
 ... that makes sense. Downside is as soon as you do, suddenly there's a 0%
 chance you'll remember which goes where.
 
 I guess that's why you keep the box, lmao xD
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 fedi software which automagically migrates you to an instance servicing the 70
 closest people to you, based on the address you used when signing up. As
 people join you may get shuffled around, but your follow list should remain
 intact if you want to stay in contact.
 
 in addition, it should mirror your posts and such to a larger instance which
 serves the 2450 nearest people (70 * 35), and perhaps to another instance with
 the nearest 85750 people (70 * 35 * 35) etc, as large as is necessary.
 
 Then, a client UI which allows you to view each tier as you please, and post
 to particular tiers according to where your posts are relevant.
 
 when performance concerns start becoming apparent, start rationing posts! For
 example, if you want to say something to the whole world you should maybe only
 get to say it once or twice a year. but talking to your neighbors? who cares!
 speak all you'd like.
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 "people aren't supposed to have holes in them with bugs and shit until after
 they die. it wasn't supposed to be like this."
 
 yeah man. I know.
 
 for the weak
 for the meak
 all we need is one week
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 @user-246 
 
 ... licorice is typically considered unlikable. interesting if true 😉​
 kinda wonder what it says about our collective viewpoint, as measured against
 licorice as a control variable. solely for gauging proportion, but like... an
 interesting exercise in collective orientation and comprehension.
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 when facing riot shields, grab from the bottom and lift.
 
 they are like turtles.
 
 according to a Russian activist I read on the internet like 10 years ago.
 
 also, wrap your hands before grabbing tear gas canisters.
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 @user-883 
 
 They do value your privacy. They value it for exactly as much as those 1444
 partners are willing to pay for it.
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 say it with me now:
 
 Portlandia is not Portland
 
 and
 
 what's shown online to scare you is not Portland
 
 it's somehow more interesting than that, and also more expensive. because of
 course it is.
 
 keep portland weird yeah duh I'm weird as fuck but you wouldn't know it by
 looking at me
 
 yes you would, my dear
 
 okay well you wouldn't know how in particular I'm weird unless you talk to me
 
 nobody knows you. who are you even talking to
 
 heh good question glasses flash mostly people on the train or whatever
 
 question: when did all the "weirdos" become homeless people? what kind of
 world do we live in where - wait don't answer that.
 
 better question: how can we make a better world where people can be weird and
 not starve under the stars?
 
 (by lots and lots of government investment? no thank you, sounds like
 something that can be taken away.)
 
 (by redesigning society from the ground up? no way sounds too difficult and
 optimistic.)
 (by fading into the memories of the past? as all must do - fuck that tho.)
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 ... okay I think a demon wrote that last one. But they say angels and demons
 hang out with one another so they can yin-yang humans until they make
 decisions that reflect their true character.
 
 I don't know if that's true, and frankly I don't know if anyone says that.
 What could the gods, learn, from me?
 
 this is how I'd speak to posterity. For the past, I'd describe it a bit more
 exciting, bountiful, and heartfelt. They love that sort of thing - to know
 that their children's children are living their true love and fulfilling their
 most honest ambitions.
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 economy, labor, family.
 
 three primary focuses for three primary parties.
 
 what else do you need?
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 people think the lord of the rings is historical fantasy. HA! most people
 believed whatever the pope didn't want them to believe. They acted holy when
 the magic men came to be, and the rest of the time they just danced like a
 spark.
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 @user-450 
 
 I read on the internet that onions are part of the "aurum" family, which is
 toxic to most animals. They contain a compound of some sort that is damaging
 to their blood.
 
 I think pigs and humans can eat them? Probably others, like horses maybe. Not
 sure though.
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 @user-1625 
 
 um, that's a fairly specialized term that people outside of political science
 are unlikely to know
 
 might not be audacity, but instead just plain ignorance.
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 I can certainly see a future where programmers choose a level of abstraction
 they are comfortable with, same as today, but fill in the gaps, the lower
 parts, the parts they will not spend time, energy, and mental space
 understanding, with AI.
 
 I think that the role of the various people on a software team will begin to
 merge. Product designers, managers, front-end versus back-end, these feel like
 distinctions that will begin to fade from relevance. I think that's okay. I
 think it will make us feel more powerful, will elevate workers to a higher
 tier of organizational operation, and will increase the flexibility of
 computation.
 
 Why program your own software when you could use someone else's? This is the
 way of the past.
 
 Why use someone else's software when you could design your own? This is the
 way of the future.
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 what better way to build tangible support for Ukraine than to get a bunch of
 people in motion, building acclimation to weather, learning tactics and
 sharing beliefs and ideology, and ready to fuck shit up and gather them all in
 one place, ready to move, and then ship them to the frontlines?*
 
 just saying if vanquishing treasonous fascists isn't your cup of tea we could
 just hop across the sea and deal a crippling blow to autocracy half the world
 away.
 
 veterans are much scarier than new recruits. and if we're handling the
 backline stuff, we could get used to terror.
 
 veterans are scarier than recruits
 
 EDIT: * maybe not the frontlines for most, that's a scary place to be
 
 EDIT2: between the annexation of Crimea and the full invasion of Ukraine,
 western powers sent warriors to Ukraine to bolster their foremost. This
 radically empowered them to stave off the initial Russian assault, and while
 the doctrine learned was quickly obsoleted, the practice of soldiering never
 goes away.
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 @user-1074 
 
 November's pretty far away, just saying. I think I got less than a week. But I
 guess it depends where you live yeah?
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 one of the downsides of "first-past-the-post" style voting is that the winner
 gets all of the power, no matter if 100% of the population voted for him or
 51%.
 
 if, however, the top 2 candidates were chosen, then it's naturally likely that
 the older, more experienced of a particular position would spend their effort
 mentoring the young, rising star.
 
 in doing so, they would naturally transfer knowledge from one generation to
 the next like parents to children.
 
 however, this only happens when the primary candidate and the secondary both
 believe the same things.
 
 meaning those who have collectively similar beliefs concentrated in an area
 will have the advantage of passed-along experience, while those from more
 divided areas (thus implying that the primary and secondary candidate don't
 agree) will often have better actionable skills.
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 🖼
is it really sedition if you have EVER once thought " hey what would I do if my country TRIED TO KILL ME?"  yes, it still is.  this is why it's worth it.
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 @user-1074 
 
 "I don't know any nazis. If I knew them, I'd beat them into the ground."said
 every single boomer punk and your grandpa said your grandpa. well, maybe not
 yours, who can say, it was for people my age at that stage of that part of --
 stack overflow --
 
 you can find common cause to cooperate against any elemental foe. your fellows
 will guide you and lift you up to spiral drill press your way to infinite
 homes.
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 @user-568 
 
 good idea! tea bags are nice when you need them to be portable, but when
 you're at home loose leaf is the right way to go ^_^
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 On one hand, people should be free to do as they want to.
 
 on the other, people can be really horny sometimes.
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