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  • ABC’s rules for the Harris-Trump debate include muted mics when candidates aren’t speaking

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  • After the previous crap show debates that happened in 2016 with both candidates and the moderator trying to yell over each other, I think this is for the best.

  • Texas Instruments Monopoly

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  • IIRC TI produces the chips themselves (they're an American electronics powerhouse), but you're right that they didn't design it themselves.

    Also, man, that thing has been in use for 48 years. I guess when you have the market under your thumb, you don't need to worry too much about improving your hardware.

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  • I was mistaken in my previous posts. I wasn't aware that the effective date of MAID for mentally ill people had been pushed out again. But the fact remains it's in the plans and it's very likely to become a reality; if they didn't want to do it, they would have revoked it entirely.

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  • Since you believe bullshit...

    https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/cj-jp/ad-am/bk-di.html

    I was mistaken in that it was currently available. However, they're planning on making it available for solely mental conditions in the future and have been pushing the eligibility date back for a few years. The fact remains they think this is a good idea and want to do it.

    Healthcare professionals wouldn't agree to that...

    They're already agreeing to killing their patients to begin with. Healthcare decisions are made based on cost constantly. The door is open, anything is possible now. And not only that, but there have been plenty of unethical medical practices in history that are no longer done, like the lobotomy.

  • Prosecutor vs. Felon: The narrative that dominated the DNC was powerful...and problematic

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  • Lots of conservatives look at Trump's trials and think that the whole ordeal is a sham to keep him down. If anything, emphasizing him being a felon is going to embolden them in their persecutory beliefs. It isn't the zinger you seem to think it is, it just makes the justice system look illegitimate in their eyes.

  • Down with under-screen fingerprint sensors!

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  • Oh yeah, I forgot about that! I could swipe down on the fingerprint sensor to look at my notifications! That so boss, dude.

  • Microsoft's Copilot falsely accuses court reporter of crimes he covered

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  • I mean, if Copilot can't be expected to provide truthful information, then why are they passing it off as a helpful AI assistant? What's the point of using it if it's just going to spew lies and slander? As some kind of satire generator? If so, why don't they market it as such?

  • Microsoft's Copilot falsely accuses court reporter of crimes he covered

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  • If a fortune cookie company was printing inciteful and defamatory fortunes, then yes, they would be responsible for those.

  • Anti-LGBTQ+ hate preacher says racists go to Heaven and MLK is burning in Hell

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  • Fairy tales, eh? Like that the universe could not have possibly created itself and all that came to exist must necessarily have an origin which we know as God? Or are you referring to the incredibly well-attested resurrection of Christ, which most people dismiss simply on the grounds that "I assume this is impossible, therefore it didn't happen"?

    Christianity is a religion that's about sharing the love of God with everyone you know. There's harsh truths that come with that, yes, but does someone really love you if they don't tell you the truth? And how do you measure which ideas and concepts are "responsible" for human suffering? I could argue that the godlessness of the 20th century has led to the horrifying deaths of tens of millions of people in the 20th century and a depression/loneliness epidemic that's so agonizing that people are creating wonders of technology to cure it in their futile effort to deny the existence of their souls. If religion was itself responsible for so much suffering, then why were communist nations, which rejected religion entirely, the cause of so many deaths? Surely if religion is such an idiotic and backwards idea, rejecting it should lead to an utter paradise, right?

    I outgrew my atheism over five years ago and I thank the Lord for it. There's plenty of room for you in this gathering too, fellow.

  • Microsoft's Copilot falsely accuses court reporter of crimes he covered

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  • I am so, so looking forward to the legal quagmire that is pretty much anything involving AI.

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  • If that's the case, then why does Canada allow people only with mental illnesses and addictions to seek out MAID? And how do you know for sure that this isn't going to expand as a cost-cutting measure throughout any healthcare system that enables it?

    It is genocide.

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  • we created the thing

    we operate the thing

    we make money off the thing

    but pretty please don't hold us responsible for what the thing does 🥺

  • Rant about "having ADHD is not an excuse for everything"

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  • One of the worst things in my life is not knowing where my brain disorders end and where my personality begins. It feels like no matter what I do, I'm never good enough for myself.

  • Down with under-screen fingerprint sensors!

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  • I really miss the rear fingerprint reader on my Galaxy S8. It was so effortless to pick it up and touch the sensor at the same time whenever I wanted to use my phone. Honestly, I miss the retina scanner as well. It always worked better and faster for me than the face thing that most phones have.

  • What is the best biographical book that you have read?

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  • Born Twice. It's the autobiography of a Green Beret fighting in the US military's most highly-decorated unit of all time, MACV-SOG. He read the audiobook himself, so if you go that route, it has a "Grandpa telling you stories" vibe to it, except that you're an adult now and he doesn't have to hold anything back anymore.

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  • I don't like it because, as a person with chronic mental illness, it's legitimizing me committing suicide rather than learning to cope with my symptoms. I already think too much about how nice it'll be to be dead and not having to worry about dealing with my symptoms. If one day I decided that my life was no longer bearable, what's the practical difference between me making an attempt on my own life that allegedly needs to be urgently stopped, and me going through months of paperwork and evaluations to do the same thing? If suicide is wrong, if we shouldn't use a permanent solution for a temporary problem, then why should we turn it into a medical procedure? It feels dystopian because the medical industry, in my case, would be throwing up its hands and saying "you know what, you're right, you're completely broken and there's no possible way to fix you. Let's just kill you instead."

  • Anti-LGBTQ+ hate preacher says racists go to Heaven and MLK is burning in Hell

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  • I'm glad you're honest about what you think of me.

  • Anti-LGBTQ+ hate preacher says racists go to Heaven and MLK is burning in Hell

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  • Jesus warned people very, very frequently against going to where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth AKA Hell. It was one of his favorite subjects.

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  • Jesus told us not to judge others for the sins that we ourselves also commit. All the time we spend trying to decide the state of others' souls would be far better spent taking the logs out of our eyes before yelling at others about the specks in theirs. Other people's salvation isn't your problem, you can't force people to accept Jesus. (Especially after they have already died.) You can, and should, instead become a shining beacon of grace that attracts people to the faith.

    Someone else mentioned whether or not Hitler is in hell. I really don't care if he is. It isn't my problem. Jesus saved a man who was right beside him in crucifixion moments before they died, but that doesn't mean I'm going to hang my entire faith on the salvation of a certain person.

    If you're curious, you should read what some classical Christian writers have said about Hell. The best summary I can give is that it's a place of such unbridled, horrifying hatred that people will tear the flesh off their bodies and throw it at other people while burning alive because they hate each other so much.