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  1. Comment on After Super Tuesday, Joe Biden is a clear favorite to win the nomination in ~society

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    Biden has absolutely no chance against Trump. The debates will be a disaster for him.

    Biden has absolutely no chance against Trump. The debates will be a disaster for him.

    4 votes

  2. Comment on Volfefe index in ~finance

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    Which is why we should start considering the nature of Twitter's ownership. That influence rests in the hands of Jack Dorsey and some shareholders. Twitter needs a new ownership model that...

    It's amazing how Twitter, a place where people exchange funny pictures and short posts, has become a thing that can influence the global economy.

    Which is why we should start considering the nature of Twitter's ownership. That influence rests in the hands of Jack Dorsey and some shareholders. Twitter needs a new ownership model that reflects this nature. Be it nationalization, internationalization, non-profit, or something else. All of those have their own problems, but are probably better than private ownership.

    Mastodon style federation would be a good way to take it out of the hands of a single entity, but Twitter would have to be seized from private ownership before that happens.

    2 votes

  3. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~news

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    I'm saying be consistent. Democrats doing it in 2012 then making a fuss about Republicans doing it now just hurts their case.

    I'm saying be consistent. Democrats doing it in 2012 then making a fuss about Republicans doing it now just hurts their case.

  4. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~news

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    This isn't really much worse than the 2012 Democratic Primaries. No candidate other than Obama was on the ballot in more than 5 states. Even then they wouldn't even let the delegates those...

    This isn't really much worse than the 2012 Democratic Primaries. No candidate other than Obama was on the ballot in more than 5 states. Even then they wouldn't even let the delegates those candidates won vote in the convention.

    2 votes

  5. Comment on Meet the anti-woke left: ‘Dirtbag’ leftists Amber A’Lee Frost and Anna Khachiyan on populism, feminism and cancel culture in ~society

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    What? Who is out there saying they are being persecuted in a way that they wouldn't be if they were just bi? The difference between pan and bi isn't exactly set in stone, but the one I've seen...

    pansexuality is bisexuality for people with a persecution complex

    What? Who is out there saying they are being persecuted in a way that they wouldn't be if they were just bi?

    The difference between pan and bi isn't exactly set in stone, but the one I've seen most is whether or not gender has any role in your attraction: pan - gender doesn't matter at all, bi - attracted to all genders, but gender still plays a role.

    Other possible distinctions are about whether you are attracted to nb/genderqueer, or even if you are attracted to trans people. But both of those (distinctions for pan vs bi) are generally rejected by bi people.

    3 votes

  6. Comment on Firefox bug: All extensions disabled due to expiration of intermediate signing cert in ~tech

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    It's literally listed under "Firefox Data Collection and Use". Anyone who knows what they are doing would have everything in that section turned off, especially after the Mr. Robot thing.

    It's literally listed under "Firefox Data Collection and Use". Anyone who knows what they are doing would have everything in that section turned off, especially after the Mr. Robot thing.

    1 vote

  7. Comment on Firefox bug: All extensions disabled due to expiration of intermediate signing cert in ~tech

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    Good thing they got people to disable studies with their Mr. Robot stunt. I have to turn on a tracker in order to get my tracker-blocking extensions to work...

    Good thing they got people to disable studies with their Mr. Robot stunt.

    I have to turn on a tracker in order to get my tracker-blocking extensions to work...

    1 vote

  8. Comment on Ignore the Poway Synagogue shooter’s manifesto: Pay attention to 8chan’s /pol/ board in ~humanities

  9. Comment on Suggestion for users: avoiding excessive use of acronyms in ~tildes

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    That's why I said the abbr tag should be supported, obviously the link solution is a little hacky and unintuitive for readers. On the other hand the abbr tag has default styling that tells you...

    That's why I said the abbr tag should be supported, obviously the link solution is a little hacky and unintuitive for readers. On the other hand the abbr tag has default styling that tells you there is hover text (dotted underline).

    As for mobile, it's kind of annoying that it doesn't support the abbr tag (or I guess title text in general). This article proposes a bit of a hacky solution (adding the title text in parentheses as ::after content).

    3 votes

  10. Comment on Suggestion for users: avoiding excessive use of acronyms in ~tildes

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    You can use a link to nowhere to provide the meanings of acronyms on hover. [IMHO](# "In my honest opinion") Becomes IMHO, which doesn't go anywhere*, but shows the provided text when you hover...

    You can use a link to nowhere to provide the meanings of acronyms on hover.

    [IMHO](# "In my honest opinion")

    Becomes IMHO, which doesn't go anywhere*, but shows the provided text when you hover over it.

    *Edit: it scrolls to the top of the page, but you can get the id of your comment after posting it and change the # to that, so #comment-3197 for this comment

    @Deimos, it would be nice to have some support for the abbr tag, either by converting that specific formatting (an empty link) to it or by adding it to the supported "HTML-exclusive formatting" tags.

    12 votes

  11. Comment on Emoji keep getting more inclusive. So why is there no trans pride flag? in ~lgbt

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    How is removing gender options more inclusive though? Unicode now has modifiers for male, female, and gender neutral, whereas this only has gender neutral. Overall this seems mainly focused on...

    How is removing gender options more inclusive though? Unicode now has modifiers for male, female, and gender neutral, whereas this only has gender neutral.

    Overall this seems mainly focused on furries, which means it has a rather limited target audience, and is likely to turn off anyone not in that audience.

    13 votes

  12. Comment on Megathread: April Fools' Day 2019 on the internet in ~talk

  13. Comment on The "Disney Vault" is open - Disney’s new streaming service will include "the entire Disney motion picture library" in ~movies

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    VRV

    Wonder how long it will take to get some of the smaller ones to start bundling together to compete with the big boys

    VRV

    2 votes

  14. Comment on Colorado governor will sign bill aimed at bypassing electoral college in ~news

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    Wikipedia has a list of states currently considering it. Notably it's passed the New Mexico House, and is currently in committee in the Democrat controlled Senate. With a Democratic Governor...

    Wikipedia has a list of states currently considering it. Notably it's passed the New Mexico House, and is currently in committee in the Democrat controlled Senate. With a Democratic Governor there's a pretty good chance it gets passed there as well.

    Other Democrat trifecta states it's being considered in are Maine, Nevada, and Oregon. If all 5 states pass it, it will be at 203 electoral votes, but it will probably stall there as there are no more Democrat trifectas to pass it.

    4 votes

  15. Comment on Venezuela aid: Genuine help or Trojan horse? in ~news

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    So why aren't we considering Brazil's election illegitimate? The right-wing government jailed a well known opponent (Lula) which led to a fascist getting elected. That's arguably a bigger problem...

    So why aren't we considering Brazil's election illegitimate? The right-wing government jailed a well known opponent (Lula) which led to a fascist getting elected.

    That's arguably a bigger problem internationally because more people are directly affected, plus the Amazon rainforest is in danger as a result of the election.

    1 vote

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  17. Comment on Venezuela aid: Genuine help or Trojan horse? in ~news

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    That's a jump. Boycotted election does not equal illegitimate election. The opposition specifically asked the UN to not send election observers, why would they do that if they thought the election...

    He then proceeded to jail many of his opponents prior to the 2018 presidential election, resulting in the opposition boycotting the vote, giving Maduro an overwhelming victory. Since Maduro was illegitimate due to the improperly-conducted elections

    That's a jump. Boycotted election does not equal illegitimate election. The opposition specifically asked the UN to not send election observers, why would they do that if they thought the election would be illegitimate?

    2 votes

  18. Comment on Venezuela aid: Genuine help or Trojan horse? in ~news

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    That's exactly what I mean, although I was thinking mainly about the weapons that are usually included with said "aid". You raise a good point about its affect on local agriculture.

    That's exactly what I mean, although I was thinking mainly about the weapons that are usually included with said "aid". You raise a good point about its affect on local agriculture.

    4 votes

  19. Comment on Venezuelan soldiers set fire to aid convoys at Colombia border as two protesters killed in clashes in ~news

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    ...if you believe the first-world Western media who are in support of regime change. Venezuelan state media teleSUR claims it was right-wing opposition who burned their own trucks as a false flag....

    ...if you believe the first-world Western media who are in support of regime change.

    Venezuelan state media teleSUR claims it was right-wing opposition who burned their own trucks as a false flag.

    Both sides have their own interests and reasons for lying, and one side is lying, but we really don't have any way of knowing which it is.

    Either way, this is just another event ramping up to a conflict that will lead to the deaths of thousands of innocent Venezuelans, and quite possibly end with an even worse, right-wing government in charge. At best, another classic Latin American coup; at worst, Trump's Iraq.

    7 votes

  20. Comment on Venezuela aid: Genuine help or Trojan horse? in ~news

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    When Russia sends "aid" to Ukrainian border regions, we rightly call it out as bullshit. This should be no different.

    When Russia sends "aid" to Ukrainian border regions, we rightly call it out as bullshit. This should be no different.

    9 votes