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  • Second Boeing whistleblower dies in less than two months

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  • I really hate it when this sort of thing happens. If you read into this particular death, it looks like a tragic series of unfortunate events and not anything nefarious. The earlier whistleblower death looked truly suspicious and I don't fault people for that one, but this one just isn't. Now this family is going to be dealing with a conspiracy and hounded by insane people while trying to grieve their loved one. I wish people could really look into these things instead of just reacting because Boeing has been sketchy lately.

  • Whistleblower Josh Dean of Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems has died

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  • That's not what killed him though. It would be bizarre for Boeing to use their vast resources to hire some special assassin to... make a guy winded enough to go to the hospital? Feels like hearing zebras over horses to me.

  • Gray Zone Warfare tops Steam's best sellers partly thanks to disgruntled Tarkov players: 'at least it doesn't cost 250 dollars'

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  • I am someone with no Tarkov experience, but I like the idea of the formula and would like to play a PvE experience. I have seen Gray Zone and a few other options. Is anyone able to speak to the quality of the options out there right now without comparisons to Tarkov?

  • New Florida six-week abortion ban will be felt beyond the state

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  • Sure, okay. I agree that people are being manipulated by media and that politicians have lied. Now what? Are we going to just sit and hope it corrects itself? Fixing any of the problems our country or the world are facing is going to take a multi-faceted approach across all sorts of diverse groups and ideologies banding together to shut out the unacceptable ones. Part of that approach will be voting out the conservatives where it is possible and encouraging and aiding those that are "softly" disenfranchised via misinformation or inconvenience to vote. Anything else is just giving up, and we cannot do that.

  • New Florida six-week abortion ban will be felt beyond the state

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  • I would never deny that voters are disenfranchised and I would hope that most politically engaged people understand that it factors into these discussions. At the same time, it's not an explanation for all non-voting. Some of these laws have been around for longer than most of have been alive, and some of these states have been blue. Even setting aside the state-level government, there are local representatives and officers to elect. It all matters and a rising tide for any one factor will lift the other boats. We can all focus on what we are passionate about and join together so our efforts contribute to the whole.

  • New Florida six-week abortion ban will be felt beyond the state

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  • It's horrifying, but these are not dictatorships. DeSantis and his legislature were voted in by the people of Florida. DeSantis is not just stomping all over the opinions of Floridians, he represents those who showed up to vote. If we let only the cruel vote and choose our leaders, those leaders will be cruel.

  • Biden offers 'second chances' to 16 people jailed for nonviolent drug sentences

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  • I have that same habit, just without the ellipses. Totally understand!

  • Biden offers 'second chances' to 16 people jailed for nonviolent drug sentences

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  • All good, and apologies for the heat. There are just a lot of people that are commenting these very strong opinions and show a clear lack of understanding in even the basics of our process.

    And to address your revised take: because we have not had a filibuster-proof majority in the legislative chambers with the space to focus on cannabis issues. We have to vote in a congress with the ability to do this.

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    The Taliban are working to woo tourists to Afghanistan

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  • Oh cmon, being jailed by the Taliban has gotta be peak transition goals

  • Biden offers 'second chances' to 16 people jailed for nonviolent drug sentences

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  • why not just scrap the entire law that's landing prison sentences for nonviolent drug offenses?

    You really, really need to get caught up on the basics of how our government works before forming any strong political opinions. The president has no ability to "scrap entire laws" and that's entirely intentional and part of the foundation of the American political system.

  • US Supreme Court to decide if Trump has immunity in election interference case

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  • I don't think we get much further than this. The world would explode into activity the moment America is showing weakness or a blind eye abroad. China, Russia, and Iran would make huge plays for Taiwan, Ukraine+, and Israel respectively. Rogue states like North Korea would take any viable action they could. Virtually every terrorist group would attack, spurred on by those same countries. You don't let opportunities like that go to waste. It would be an extremely dangerous time to be living.

  • "I want to live forever in AI"

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  • I think it's both for me, which I think is what you might be saying as well. I would absolutely push the button to create the copy, or whatever, because I think I would derive satisfaction from creating a life (identical to mine, no less) that was free of the circumstance I was in, which must have been dire. However, I definitely don't consider that instance "me" even if I do consider the copy a legitimate, separate version of "me", so I don't feel that I have perpetuated my own instance, leaving me in whatever fight-or-flight terror I was in to cause the scenario in the first place.

  • IBM to buy HashiCorp in $6.4 billion deal to expand cloud software

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  • I hope that gets to the point where major players are able and willing to use it. I only have so much sway with my clients when it comes to tooling choice and open source options can be hard to sell to some enterprises until they hit a certain proliferation point.

  • IBM to buy HashiCorp in $6.4 billion deal to expand cloud software

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  • Most of my clients were not impacted by that change, since it was more related to building Terraform-adjacent tooling and not so much products built with Terraform. I was not a fan, but it didn't necessarily kill it as an option for me. This though... IBM will absolutely fuck this up.

  • IBM to buy HashiCorp in $6.4 billion deal to expand cloud software

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  • Oh christ, there goes Terraform... That really sucks.

  • Embracer Group announces its intention to transform into three standalone publicly listed entities at Nasdaq Stockholm - Embracer Group

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  • To be fair, Coffee Stain would likely be better known as the publishers of Satisfactory, Deep Rock Galactic, and Valheim instead of Goat Sim (lol), but your point stands.

  • FTC bans noncompete agreements for workers

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  • This is huge! This will increase wages for both the lower and middle class, make both employees and most employers happy, and I love the provision about not being able to make it even appear that your employees are under a non-compete. Eager to see how it survives the inevitable legal onslaught from the bigger corps, but regardless this FTC has been stellar.

  • NYT Opinion: Government Surveillance Keeps Us Safe

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  • ...right, so you're asking for all media orgs to selectively choose stories in an attempt to make the Overton window (one of the most overused and abused concepts in online political discussion right now, to be frank) what you want. I'm not cool with that, regardless of the underlying validity of the stance you want to push. You can call it fighting fire with fire or whatever, but I call it losing every principle you have in the pursuit of protecting those same principles.

    End of the day, I want the news I'm reading to tell me the opinions of the citizens I share space with. It doesn't matter if I like it or not, it is out there and I need to know about it. The news is responsible for reporting on where the Overton window is, not where it should be.

    Edit: I also wanted to add this. This conversation was on my mind as I was reading some of my news feed today and I saw the following articles posted by NYT just in the last few days, that are also discussing the left or their points of view.

    How ‘The Squad’ and Like-Minded Progressives Have Changed Their Party

    The Small-Business Tyrant Has a Favorite Political Party

    Rural Voters Are More Progressive Than the Democratic Party Thinks

    And here are some rather right-wing perspectives, from actual conservative politicians, although Cheney is certainly no longer a darling for them.

    Liz Cheney: The Supreme Court Should Rule Swiftly on Trump’s Immunity Claim

    Mike Pence: Donald Trump Has Betrayed the Pro-Life Movement

    I think it's completely reasonable to share these views with everyone. We need to know what our fellow citizens are talking about and believing, even if it's completely bonkers.

  • NYT Opinion: Government Surveillance Keeps Us Safe

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  • It's an opinion article, so I don't think NYT has committed any malpractice here. They published an op-ed from Pence last week about Trump not being harsh enough on abortion, but that absolutely does not mean they dislike abortion. There are people who wanted FISA renewed because they are in intelligence services and see the benefits directly. I'm also skeptical of mass surveillance laws, but I'm glad NYT posted this article so I could read an opinion from someone who disagrees, and I don't think this establishes an opinion or stance on the part of NYT at all because it's not what op-eds are for.