Julian O.

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In the '90s, Usenet had "*plonk*". It was a simple response you gave, like "Ok, Boomer", just before you "killfiled" someone. It was the sound of being blocked. Twitter needs that.

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@sxcxh Hey, are you using X more than Facebook? I invited you to something on Facebook, and now I am hassling you on other social media - Julian

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@slatticus @zachxbt You are, unsurprisingly, missing the point. Not everyone is so smart and diligent and observant as you. That doesn't mean they deserve to lose all their money, and software professionals need to discuss how to prevent it.

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@slatticus @zachxbt Read up on the "Just World Fallacy".

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@kareem_carr >300 lines is code smell. Code smell doesn't mean it is wrong, but it should be alerting you to a potential problem.

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@irondog70 @DaveNashville @K_Bjerhof @Wayne_K_Smith @AP I got this from your own statements "1st Amendment works for everybody, smarty!" and that the US Government only imposes "reasonable" conditions. These statements require trust in the US courts and legislature.

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@irondog70 @DaveNashville @K_Bjerhof @Wayne_K_Smith @AP Exactly what I mean by head-nodding foolishness. You pretend to agree with your interlocutor. You pretend to be humble. Yet, what you don't do is admit you are wrong about the nonsense you spill, and stop spilling it.

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@irondog70 @DaveNashville @K_Bjerhof @Wayne_K_Smith @AP You don't trust the Senegal government, but you trust your own, even as you complain that your media is not reporting what every other country's media is reporting.

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@irondog70 @DaveNashville @K_Bjerhof @Wayne_K_Smith @AP ChatGPT? That's not an analysis. It is more biased than any of the sources you have complained about. The simple fact is you have zero idea about Free Speech around the world, and you are just making shit up. Perhaps it is time to knock off the head-nodding foolishness.

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@irondog70 @DaveNashville @K_Bjerhof @Wayne_K_Smith @AP That is it? That is your take down of Senegal, that, just like the USA, has freedom of expression enshrined in their constitution. You told us you would give us an analysis. Why are you lying?

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@irondog70 @DaveNashville @K_Bjerhof @Wayne_K_Smith @AP You agree with my satirical ridicule of your position. We have common ground! Now where is the promised takedown of the free speech rights of Denmark and Finland... Hell, I would even accept Senegal.

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@irondog70 @DaveNashville @K_Bjerhof @Wayne_K_Smith @AP I was wrong; you aren't wasting my time at all. You are *hilarious*. "Name a country, and I will explain why they don't have freedom of speech." "Here are four." "... American mainstream media isn't covering France riots! It doesn't matter how wrong I am, I am still right."

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@irondog70 @bentsolutionsau @Wayne_K_Smith @AP Thank you for wasting my time with a non sequitur.

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@irondog70 @bentsolutionsau @Wayne_K_Smith @AP Norway, Ireland, Denmark, Finland, or any of the 30+ countries that rank higher than the USA in the World Press Freedom Index: https://t.co/qfiIKnocte

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@irondog70 @Wayne_K_Smith @AP Do you at least understand *why* we are laughing at you? I didn't realise "American Exceptionalism" is called that because America has exceptions where other countries have conditions.

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@irondog70 @Wayne_K_Smith @AP So, other countries have conditions, but the USA doesn't, "as long as <names one of the many of the USA's conditions>". Got it.

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@EricCamden12 @pennjillette @SweetMattyD @DamnedJuggler I have fallen behind - I am still listening to Nov 2020 episodes. I now have a knot in the pit of my stomach, and I don't know how many months I will have it till I find out what happened.

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@McKenzie_Ben Oooh! I *just* saw someone on my timeline complain about that. Maybe I can link to two people with the same problem and be helpful. It was... *checks notes* @McKenzie_Ben. Oh... sorry.

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@ChrisMedlandF1 @thatGiacomoGuy @ZackBornstein You are working to maximise the chance that a single empty seat, if available, ends up next to you. It is a zero sum game; that means it is less likely to appear next to someone else. That someone else is losing because of your attempt to game the system.

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@ChrisMedlandF1 @thatGiacomoGuy @ZackBornstein You are struggling to see the people who lose? How about all the individual travellers who have less chance of randomly enjoying sitting next to an empty space when you greedily try to grab it for yourself?

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@1goodtern Black-and-White thinking doesn't help. If you think masks are 100% effective or 0% effective, you are dangerously wrong. Ditto: vaccines, RAT tests, PCR tests, ventilation, social distancing, mortality, mildness, effect on children, handwashing. Think in terms of probabilities.