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Comment · 7 years ago
No. That would mean less then a day heads-up from the researcher.
Comment · 8 years ago
you grew up in the country's capital, and had family in the north-west, no wonder you have no idea how life really was
Comment · 8 years ago
i grew up in Poland too, east, and south-east looked like like this, or worse. where did you grow up? not everybody had a tractor, still had plenty of horses around, doesn't mean everybody used them, that'd be ridiculous
Comment · 8 years ago
are you being serious? you see pictures of a country that's been under communist rule since the 40s and you see no connection? it's just an underdeveloped country to you?
Comment · 8 years ago
there's no bias, the photos represent the general state of the whole country
Comment · 8 years ago
It does look like Twitter is for rejects if you only read the top entries.
Comment · 8 years ago
it has everything to do with the current political climate, and the fact that extremist views on one side are tolerated, while ones on the other are actively being fought against

if you don't want to listen to "nut jobs", you don't have to, nobody's shoving Alex Jones in your face, but banning people you find objectionable sets up a dangerous precedent

Comment · 8 years ago
i don't understand why anybody, especially a person with technical knowledge, would purchase and install a device that constantly listens to its surroundings and uploads conversations to the internet

it's scary what a third party can do through your smartphone, let alone all the IoT garbage connected to an Echo

Comment · 8 years ago
So, a government organisation is openly telling Facebook how to moderate speech now, and they're complying? I know Facebook's a private company, so they don't have to uphold the 1st amendment, I'm just wondering how far do we have to go down this rabbit hole before people wake up.
Comment · 8 years ago
the way you said it, it looks like we can just model the system based on your understanding of what's right or wrong, or maybe you have some other infallible person in mind?
Comment · 8 years ago
In a clearly biased environment like Facebook everything is "Fake News".
Comment · 8 years ago
Nice to have this on paper, but I'm fairly sure everybody knew this already.

It's scary that people like Luckey or Thiel aren't immune to political persecution in Silicon Valley. Can't imagine how oppressive the environment has to be for the regular folk.

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