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  1. Comment on The global Cloudflare outage today was caused by a bad regex in a firewall rule that spiked CPU usage to 100% on all machines in ~tech

    SovietJugernaut
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    I noticed that the login service for the NYT was disrupted for most of the day today--is this the cause?

    I noticed that the login service for the NYT was disrupted for most of the day today--is this the cause?

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  2. Comment on A linguist’s case against "socialism": History has made the term vague and unproductive. Should it be retired? in ~humanities

    SovietJugernaut
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    It absolutely is worth it, because shifting self-referential terms post-pejoration is an essential part of how minority groups of all stripes battle with power structures they otherwise have...

    if the terms are going to have to be invented or refurbished with regularity anyways just to "break away" from stigmatization, it's worth asking if doing that is even worth the time in the first place, as opposed to just continuing to lean into the already established terms regardless of their implications or potential stigmatization

    It absolutely is worth it, because shifting self-referential terms post-pejoration is an essential part of how minority groups of all stripes battle with power structures they otherwise have little control over.

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  3. Comment on 2020 US Census will not include citizenship question, DOJ confirms in ~news

    SovietJugernaut
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    They don't need to flout the law so dramatically. The damage may already be done--it has been weeks of headlines linking the Census and a Citizenship question, whereas resolutions like this one...

    They don't need to flout the law so dramatically. The damage may already be done--it has been weeks of headlines linking the Census and a Citizenship question, whereas resolutions like this one often just get a tiny blurb that day as the media moves onto the next topic of contention.

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