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  1. Comment on New allegation of drunken assault surfaces against Kavanaugh from 1998 in ~news

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    If you are so in favor of adding more Justices, then surely you must support Trump adding 10 more justices right now? Oh wait, you only support it if it can help you achieve your political goals.

    If you are so in favor of adding more Justices, then surely you must support Trump adding 10 more justices right now?

    Oh wait, you only support it if it can help you achieve your political goals.

    3 votes

  2. Comment on ‘Master/Slave’ Terminology Was Removed from Python Programming Language in ~comp

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    I bet this will literally happen.

    Plugs are male/female, we going to attack that next?

    I bet this will literally happen.

    12 votes

  3. Comment on Should tech companies everywhere take a militant stand re: piracy? in ~tech

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    Copying someone else's digital content for your own personal use does not deprive them of the original. Therefore, even if piracy is immoral, it is less immoral than outright theft.

    I really do not see how downloading someone's movie or an artists album is any different.

    Copying someone else's digital content for your own personal use does not deprive them of the original.

    Therefore, even if piracy is immoral, it is less immoral than outright theft.

    4 votes

  4. Comment on Daily Tildes discussion - our first ban in ~tildes.official

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    The idea that politely stating an opinion that you disagree with is "white male privilege" is hilariously irrational. The fact that a person can state a strongly-held, "vile" opinion while...

    The idea that politely stating an opinion that you disagree with is "white male privilege" is hilariously irrational.

    The fact that a person can state a strongly-held, "vile" opinion while remaining calm and collected, while you can't argue against it politely in response, merely shows that he has more control over his emotions than you do.

    1 vote

  5. Comment on Some Amazon reviews are too good to be believed. They're paid for. in ~tech

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    Amazon does little to combat fake reviews, which is why so many people can get away with buying them. Another huge reason fake reviews happen is because if your product is brand new on Amazon and...

    Amazon does little to combat fake reviews, which is why so many people can get away with buying them. Another huge reason fake reviews happen is because if your product is brand new on Amazon and you don't have an existing audience, it's almost impossible to get enough sales in order to get organic reviews. This is because only a tiny fraction of product buyers will ever bother to leave a review. I sell books on Amazon and I'm not sure of the exact numbers, but something like 1% or less of buyers actually leave a review of them.

    Amazon also ranks the best-selling products the highest in their product search results, which means a brand new product starts at the bottom and has almost no chance of making decent sales without some kind of outside promotion. The single most important thing you can do to increase your new product sales is to get some 5-star reviews, which is why so many new product sellers turn to fake review sellers for the first few reviews.

    Adding a single 5-star review to a brand new product that has no reviews can more than double the sales of it, so the incentive is very high to get good reviews as soon as possible.

    14 votes